Best Value Indie Games Under $40
The Indie games on Steam games under $40 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%
- 13Foxhole$0.05/1hr586h80.38%79.52%
- 14ORION: Prelude$0.05/1hr18h77.92%75.45%
- 15Geometry Dash$0.05/1hr92h92.91%93.04%
- 16Razortron 2000$0.06/1hr8h85.25%86.19%
- 17TROUBLESHOOTER: Abandoned Children$0.06/1hr100h89.17%93.48%
- 18Terraria$0.07/1hr148h97.30%97.38%
- 19Beasts of Bermuda$0.07/1hr268h77.07%68.98%
- 20Graveyard Keeper$0.08/1hr52h85.31%85.38%
- 21Space Engineers$0.08/1hr254h88.57%88.84%
- 22Brotato$0.09/1hr57h95.15%96.02%
- 23Planes, Bullets and Vodka$0.09/1hr6h84.98%85.13%
- 24Cyberhunt$0.09/1hr5h84.92%84.85%
- 25Hexarchy$0.09/1hr21h84.52%81.92%
- 26Starbound$0.10/1hr157h89.60%89.97%
- 27Drug Dealer Simulator$0.10/1hr21h85.79%86.19%
- 28Tricolour Lovestory$0.10/1hr20h82.26%81.30%
- 29Rusty's Retirement$0.10/1hr71h91.95%96.71%
- 30Rogue Legacy$0.10/1hr15h89.71%92.39%
- 31Wallpaper Engine$0.10/1hr50h97.45%97.57%
- 32Vampire Survivors$0.10/1hr50h97.84%98.32%
- 33Mechabellum$0.10/1hr104h84.07%83.74%
- 34Tiny Pasture$0.11/1hr56h88.28%92.48%
- 35Dragon Cliff$0.11/1hr92h86.61%88.66%
- 36Cruelty Squad$0.11/1hr18h92.84%96.04%
- 37Stardew Valley$0.11/1hr135h98.35%98.48%
- 38DSX$0.11/1hr71h77.80%69.52%
- 39RimWorld$0.11/1hr246h97.35%97.85%
- 40Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth$0.11/1hr17h88.08%92.24%
- 41Eco$0.12/1hr186h82.48%80.73%
- 42Orb of Creation$0.12/1hr99h84.90%84.99%
- 43Project Zomboid$0.13/1hr200h93.68%93.87%
- 44Spirit City: Lofi Sessions$0.13/1hr91h92.84%97.63%
- 45inbento$0.13/1hr7h87.59%96.67%
- 46Touhou Mystia's Izakaya$0.13/1hr44h95.35%98.56%
- 47Streets of Rogue$0.14/1hr29h92.60%96.03%
- 48Factorio$0.14/1hr252h97.00%97.51%
- 49Grim Dawn$0.14/1hr180h92.79%93.52%
- 50觅长生$0.14/1hr89h91.14%93.09%
- 51Deadside$0.15/1hr69h77.38%75.51%
- 52Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Enhanced Edition$0.15/1hr132h83.77%83.50%
- 53The Scroll of Taiwu : Beyond The Dome$0.15/1hr157h67.89%65.46%
- 54This Is the Police 2$0.15/1hr24h81.08%75.21%
- 55SYNTHETIK: Legion Rising$0.15/1hr32h90.00%93.87%
- 56Monster Sanctuary$0.15/1hr32h88.34%91.24%
- 57Dungeon of the ENDLESS$0.16/1hr19h85.14%85.27%
- 58Oxygen Not Included$0.17/1hr149h95.96%96.73%
- 59Farm Together 2$0.17/1hr154h87.84%93.72%
- 60Avorion$0.17/1hr148h87.96%90.04%
- 61FTL: Faster Than Light$0.17/1hr59h93.96%95.11%
- 62For The King$0.17/1hr24h87.22%87.74%
- 63ARK: Survival Evolved$0.17/1hr87h83.35%83.33%
- 64UnderRail$0.17/1hr86h85.42%86.08%
- 65Garry's Mod$0.17/1hr57h96.78%96.87%
- 66Pathologic 2$0.17/1hr40h88.63%91.68%
- 67Nordic Ashes: Survivors of Ragnarok$0.18/1hr57h86.22%88.24%
- 68Hero Siege$0.18/1hr45h70.28%67.15%
- 69PEAK$0.18/1hr22h94.37%94.64%
- 70SpeedRunners$0.18/1hr17h92.08%94.00%
- 71Punch Club$0.18/1hr11h82.06%80.24%
- 72A Dance of Fire and Ice$0.18/1hr33h93.09%94.07%
- 73Across the Obelisk$0.18/1hr110h82.38%80.42%
- 74SpaceCraft$0.18/1hr131h80.89%65.33%
- 75PlateUp!$0.18/1hr27h92.07%94.72%
- 76Mortal Online 2$0.18/1hr218h70.48%60.06%
- 77Naval Action$0.18/1hr108h65.44%52.20%
- 78Death Must Die$0.19/1hr38h88.50%90.15%
- 79From the Depths$0.19/1hr134h87.36%89.25%
- 80Slay the Spire 2$0.19/1hr134h61.88%60.69%
- 81Phasmophobia$0.19/1hr106h94.28%94.40%
- 82Going Under$0.19/1hr13h86.46%90.15%
- 83ISLANDERS$0.19/1hr8h90.89%94.43%
- 84ShellShock Live$0.19/1hr52h91.21%92.97%
- 85The Long Dark$0.19/1hr103h88.64%88.94%
- 86Tales of the Neon Sea$0.20/1hr9h85.05%85.27%
- 87Friends vs Friends$0.20/1hr13h83.62%82.72%
- 88The Isle$0.20/1hr100h80.52%80.14%
- 89People Playground$0.20/1hr49h98.04%98.46%
- 90Survivalist: Invisible Strain$0.20/1hr59h85.33%86.78%
- 91Bean Battles$0.20/1hr5h89.41%93.83%
- 92Factory Town Idle$0.21/1hr24h85.56%90.90%
- 93Miscreated$0.21/1hr146h70.51%65.95%
- 94Amber Isle$0.21/1hr30h84.57%82.78%
- 95Kerbal Space Program$0.21/1hr48h94.89%95.57%
- 96Punch Club 2: Fast Forward$0.21/1hr24h84.17%82.48%
- 97Dyson Sphere Program$0.21/1hr94h96.22%97.46%
- 98Megabonk$0.21/1hr31h93.58%94.41%
- 99Hollow Knight$0.21/1hr71h96.70%96.91%
- 100Tales of Maj'Eyal$0.21/1hr33h89.01%94.50%
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.