Best Value Indie Games Under $20
The Indie games on Steam games under $20 that deliver the most playtime per dollar: median reviewer hours divided by current price.
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By price
Price divided by median reviewer playtime — how much you pay per hour of gameplay. Lower is better. Reviewers tend to sink more hours in than the average owner, so treat this as an optimistic estimate. Free games are excluded because there's no price to divide by.
- 1YoloMouse - Cursor Changer$0.01/1hr779h86.18%92.50%
- 2BidKing$0.01/1hr200h48.02%32.54%
- 3Crosshair X$0.02/1hr309h91.89%93.36%
- 4Melvor Idle$0.02/1hr239h88.15%89.98%
- 5Mini Cozy Room: Lo-Fi$0.02/1hr140h87.71%96.90%
- 6Ropuka's Idle Island$0.02/1hr153h88.03%95.19%
- 7Cookie Clicker$0.02/1hr123h95.33%96.41%
- 8Geometry Dash$0.02/1hr118h92.89%92.97%
- 9UnderRail$0.02/1hr176h85.03%86.08%
- 10Naval Action$0.02/1hr184h65.25%51.81%
- 11Dragon Cliff$0.03/1hr78h86.73%88.61%
- 12The NOexistenceN of Lilith$0.03/1hr58h86.92%98.07%
- 13Dungeon Defenders$0.03/1hr96h90.57%93.09%
- 14SpiritVale$0.03/1hr290h72.56%50.35%
- 15SCUM$0.03/1hr526h74.83%74.01%
- 16Muse Dash$0.04/1hr14h91.02%91.49%
- 17Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Enhanced Edition$0.04/1hr107h83.79%83.47%
- 18Terraria$0.04/1hr130h97.31%97.37%
- 19GemCraft - Chasing Shadows$0.04/1hr50h88.16%94.90%
- 20Oxygen Not Included$0.04/1hr184h95.97%96.72%
- 21Grim Dawn$0.04/1hr86h92.75%93.44%
- 22The Outlast Trials$0.05/1hr88h91.77%92.36%
- 23shapez$0.05/1hr21h91.78%95.91%
- 24Avorion$0.05/1hr177h87.67%90.01%
- 25Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion$0.05/1hr123h90.14%93.17%
- 26Don't Starve Together$0.05/1hr102h94.78%94.90%
- 27Mortal Online 2$0.05/1hr315h70.42%59.82%
- 28Spirit City: Lofi Sessions$0.05/1hr94h92.62%97.58%
- 29Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition$0.05/1hr73h88.27%89.20%
- 30PlateUp!$0.06/1hr35h92.18%94.75%
- 31Empyrion - Galactic Survival$0.06/1hr103h79.91%78.37%
- 32Rusty's Retirement$0.06/1hr72h91.97%96.70%
- 33God Of Weapons$0.06/1hr46h84.78%84.02%
- 34Darkest Dungeon$0.06/1hr61h91.45%91.65%
- 35Euro Truck Simulator 2$0.06/1hr81h97.35%97.44%
- 36Legion TD 2 - Multiplayer Tower Defense$0.06/1hr120h85.84%86.28%
- 37Touhou Mystia's Izakaya$0.06/1hr49h95.44%98.56%
- 38Brotato$0.06/1hr47h95.09%95.92%
- 39Rust$0.06/1hr311h86.70%86.69%
- 40CrossCode$0.07/1hr61h89.73%92.37%
- 41Hero Siege$0.07/1hr122h70.26%67.14%
- 42Enter the Gungeon$0.07/1hr46h94.10%95.10%
- 43Bean Battles$0.07/1hr7h89.53%93.83%
- 44Space Engineers$0.07/1hr145h88.56%88.81%
- 45Tales of Maj'Eyal$0.07/1hr51h89.16%94.49%
- 46Tiny Pasture$0.07/1hr58h88.39%92.48%
- 47DSX$0.07/1hr57h77.31%69.45%
- 48POSTAL 2$0.07/1hr14h96.15%96.95%
- 49Drug Dealer Simulator$0.07/1hr27h85.54%86.15%
- 50Atomicrops$0.07/1hr41h87.85%92.05%
- 51People Playground$0.07/1hr137h97.40%97.69%
- 52Death Road to Canada$0.08/1hr30h89.06%92.74%
- 53Wall World$0.08/1hr13h88.19%90.56%
- 54ARK: Survival Evolved$0.08/1hr123h83.40%83.34%
- 55Chill Pulse$0.08/1hr46h87.90%95.43%
- 56ORION: Prelude$0.08/1hr12h78.01%75.47%
- 57Orb of Creation$0.08/1hr118h84.86%84.48%
- 58Spiritfarer: Farewell Edition$0.08/1hr36h93.37%94.90%
- 59Stardew Valley$0.08/1hr127h98.38%98.48%
- 60My Time at Portia$0.08/1hr72h90.31%91.46%
- 61The Lost Village$0.08/1hr72h81.84%71.20%
- 62TROUBLESHOOTER: Abandoned Children$0.08/1hr75h89.27%93.42%
- 63Vampire Survivors$0.08/1hr45h97.94%98.31%
- 64Spelunky 2$0.08/1hr84h90.42%92.81%
- 65Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem$0.08/1hr36h59.62%55.86%
- 66Warhammer: Vermintide 2$0.08/1hr36h85.05%85.04%
- 67Nordic Ashes: Survivors of Ragnarok$0.08/1hr65h86.35%88.20%
- 68Starbound$0.08/1hr71h89.79%89.93%
- 69The Binding of Isaac$0.09/1hr19h93.32%94.61%
- 70Mechabellum$0.09/1hr103h84.20%83.70%
- 71Banner of the Maid$0.09/1hr39h85.73%86.40%
- 72Razortron 2000$0.09/1hr6h85.47%86.36%
- 73Blasphemous$0.09/1hr28h89.24%89.85%
- 74Roguebook$0.09/1hr20h85.17%83.83%
- 75Kingdom Two Crowns$0.09/1hr22h89.18%90.18%
- 76Rusted Warfare - RTS$0.09/1hr27h90.33%96.33%
- 77FTL: Faster Than Light$0.10/1hr31h93.97%95.08%
- 78Rogue Legacy$0.10/1hr15h89.86%92.34%
- 79Two Point Campus$0.10/1hr31h86.38%87.84%
- 80Bakery Simulator$0.10/1hr11h80.71%66.20%
- 81Garry's Mod$0.10/1hr50h96.81%96.88%
- 82Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader$0.10/1hr149h87.41%87.87%
- 83Chronicon$0.10/1hr49h89.58%94.10%
- 84This War of Mine$0.10/1hr20h93.03%93.83%
- 85PEAK$0.10/1hr49h94.20%94.45%
- 86Kenshi$0.10/1hr118h94.77%95.59%
- 87Tank Mechanic Simulator$0.10/1hr19h85.87%87.58%
- 88Project Zomboid$0.10/1hr162h93.64%93.75%
- 89HuniePop$0.10/1hr19h93.08%95.57%
- 90Loop Hero$0.10/1hr29h91.10%92.72%
- 91Library Of Ruina$0.10/1hr97h92.79%94.47%
- 92Cruelty Squad$0.11/1hr19h92.93%96.02%
- 93Gremlins, Inc.$0.11/1hr37h85.09%84.99%
- 94Lobotomy Corporation | Monster Management Simulation$0.11/1hr79h92.89%94.24%
- 95UBERMOSH$0.11/1hr4h88.96%92.46%
- 96American Truck Simulator$0.11/1hr45h96.50%96.92%
- 97Mr. Prepper$0.11/1hr27h83.21%80.01%
- 98Noita$0.11/1hr72h94.12%95.12%
- 99Foxhole$0.11/1hr171h80.37%79.46%
- 100Monster Sanctuary$0.11/1hr45h88.56%91.22%
How the math works: we sample each game’s Steam reviewers, take the median of their total recorded playtime (lifetime hours, not hours at the time of review), and divide it by the game’s current price in your selected currency. Reviewers usually sink more hours in than the average owner, so the numbers run generous. Free games aren’t listed because there’s no price to divide by, and a game needs playtime data from at least 20 reviewers before it qualifies. All prices are Steam’s own regional prices, never exchange-rate conversions.