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$0.01/1hr835h86.64%92.40%
- 2BidKing$0.02/1hr169h48.66%32.94%
- 3Cornerpond$0.02/1hr158h87.54%97.16%
- 4Crosshair X$0.03/1hr359h91.81%93.35%
- 5Ropuka's Idle Island$0.03/1hr121h88.04%95.40%
- 6The NOexistenceN of Lilith$0.04/1hr52h86.84%98.05%
- 7Cookie Clicker$0.04/1hr128h95.30%96.42%
- 8Melvor Idle$0.04/1hr244h88.13%90.12%
- 9Mini Cozy Room: Lo-Fi$0.04/1hr122h88.06%96.78%
- 10Chill Pulse$0.04/1hr115h88.38%95.55%
- 11Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition$0.05/1hr81h88.27%89.29%
- 12Rust$0.05/1hr394h86.78%86.80%
- 13ORION: Prelude$0.05/1hr18h77.92%75.45%
- 14Geometry Dash$0.05/1hr92h92.91%93.04%
- 15Razortron 2000$0.06/1hr8h85.25%86.19%
- 16TROUBLESHOOTER: Abandoned Children$0.06/1hr100h89.17%93.48%
- 17Terraria$0.07/1hr148h97.30%97.38%
- 18Beasts of Bermuda$0.07/1hr268h77.07%68.98%
- 19Graveyard Keeper$0.08/1hr52h85.31%85.38%
- 20Space Engineers$0.08/1hr254h88.57%88.84%
- 21Brotato$0.09/1hr57h95.15%96.02%
- 22Planes, Bullets and Vodka$0.09/1hr6h84.98%85.13%
- 23Cyberhunt$0.09/1hr5h84.92%84.85%
- 24Hexarchy$0.09/1hr21h84.52%81.92%
- 25Starbound$0.10/1hr157h89.60%89.97%
- 26Drug Dealer Simulator$0.10/1hr21h85.79%86.19%
- 27Tricolour Lovestory$0.10/1hr20h82.26%81.30%
- 28Rusty's Retirement$0.10/1hr71h91.95%96.71%
- 29Rogue Legacy$0.10/1hr15h89.71%92.39%
- 30Wallpaper Engine$0.10/1hr50h97.45%97.57%
- 31Vampire Survivors$0.10/1hr50h97.84%98.32%
- 32Mechabellum$0.10/1hr104h84.07%83.74%
- 33Tiny Pasture$0.11/1hr56h88.28%92.48%
- 34Dragon Cliff$0.11/1hr92h86.61%88.66%
- 35Cruelty Squad$0.11/1hr18h92.84%96.04%
- 36Stardew Valley$0.11/1hr135h98.35%98.48%
- 37DSX$0.11/1hr71h77.80%69.52%
- 38Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth$0.11/1hr17h88.08%92.24%
- 39Orb of Creation$0.12/1hr99h84.90%84.99%
- 40Spirit City: Lofi Sessions$0.13/1hr91h92.84%97.63%
- 41inbento$0.13/1hr7h87.59%96.67%
- 42Touhou Mystia's Izakaya$0.13/1hr44h95.35%98.56%
- 43Streets of Rogue$0.14/1hr29h92.60%96.03%
- 44觅长生$0.14/1hr89h91.14%93.09%
- 45Deadside$0.15/1hr69h77.38%75.51%
- 46Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Enhanced Edition$0.15/1hr132h83.77%83.50%
- 47This Is the Police 2$0.15/1hr24h81.08%75.21%
- 48SYNTHETIK: Legion Rising$0.15/1hr32h90.00%93.87%
- 49Monster Sanctuary$0.15/1hr32h88.34%91.24%
- 50Dungeon of the ENDLESS$0.16/1hr19h85.14%85.27%
- 51FTL: Faster Than Light$0.17/1hr59h93.96%95.11%
- 52For The King$0.17/1hr24h87.22%87.74%
- 53ARK: Survival Evolved$0.17/1hr87h83.35%83.33%
- 54UnderRail$0.17/1hr86h85.42%86.08%
- 55Garry's Mod$0.17/1hr57h96.78%96.87%
- 56Pathologic 2$0.17/1hr40h88.63%91.68%
- 57Nordic Ashes: Survivors of Ragnarok$0.18/1hr57h86.22%88.24%
- 58Hero Siege$0.18/1hr45h70.28%67.15%
- 59PEAK$0.18/1hr22h94.37%94.64%
- 60SpeedRunners$0.18/1hr17h92.08%94.00%
- 61Punch Club$0.18/1hr11h82.06%80.24%
- 62A Dance of Fire and Ice$0.18/1hr33h93.09%94.07%
- 63Across the Obelisk$0.18/1hr110h82.38%80.42%
- 64PlateUp!$0.18/1hr27h92.07%94.72%
- 65Naval Action$0.18/1hr108h65.44%52.20%
- 66Death Must Die$0.19/1hr38h88.50%90.15%
- 67Phasmophobia$0.19/1hr106h94.28%94.40%
- 68Going Under$0.19/1hr13h86.46%90.15%
- 69ISLANDERS$0.19/1hr8h90.89%94.43%
- 70ShellShock Live$0.19/1hr52h91.21%92.97%
- 71The Long Dark$0.19/1hr103h88.64%88.94%
- 72Tales of the Neon Sea$0.20/1hr9h85.05%85.27%
- 73Friends vs Friends$0.20/1hr13h83.62%82.72%
- 74The Isle$0.20/1hr100h80.52%80.14%
- 75People Playground$0.20/1hr49h98.04%98.46%
- 76Survivalist: Invisible Strain$0.20/1hr59h85.33%86.78%
- 77Bean Battles$0.20/1hr5h89.41%93.83%
- 78Factory Town Idle$0.21/1hr24h85.56%90.90%
- 79Amber Isle$0.21/1hr30h84.57%82.78%
- 80Kerbal Space Program$0.21/1hr48h94.89%95.57%
- 81Punch Club 2: Fast Forward$0.21/1hr24h84.17%82.48%
- 82Dyson Sphere Program$0.21/1hr94h96.22%97.46%
- 83Megabonk$0.21/1hr31h93.58%94.41%
- 84Hollow Knight$0.21/1hr71h96.70%96.91%
- 85Tales of Maj'Eyal$0.21/1hr33h89.01%94.50%
- 86Planetbase$0.22/1hr69h82.28%79.73%
- 87This Is the Police$0.22/1hr17h83.57%82.35%
- 88Sally Face - Episode One$0.22/1hr13h94.00%97.32%
- 89Your Only Move Is HUSTLE$0.23/1hr22h94.36%96.49%
- 90Crypt of the NecroDancer$0.23/1hr13h92.54%95.51%
- 91Barotrauma$0.23/1hr77h93.10%94.02%
- 92Gremlins, Inc.$0.23/1hr88h84.97%85.00%
- 93Empyrion - Galactic Survival$0.23/1hr87h79.91%78.45%
- 94Tales of the Black Forest$0.23/1hr5h92.52%97.60%
- 95Sephiria$0.23/1hr38h88.96%93.67%
- 96Airships: Conquer the Skies$0.24/1hr53h89.29%95.91%
- 97Hero's Adventure: Road to Passion$0.24/1hr76h84.63%84.51%
- 98Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure$0.24/1hr7h86.48%91.78%
- 99Halls of Torment$0.24/1hr28h92.89%95.40%
- 100Stoneshard$0.24/1hr68h76.91%74.63%
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.