Best Value Indie Games Under $5
The Indie games on Steam games under $5 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%
- 14Muse Dash$0.04/1hr14h91.02%91.49%
- 15Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Enhanced Edition$0.04/1hr107h83.79%83.47%
- 16Terraria$0.04/1hr130h97.31%97.37%
- 17GemCraft - Chasing Shadows$0.04/1hr50h88.16%94.90%
- 18Grim Dawn$0.04/1hr86h92.75%93.44%
- 19The Outlast Trials$0.05/1hr88h91.77%92.36%
- 20shapez$0.05/1hr21h91.78%95.91%
- 21Spirit City: Lofi Sessions$0.05/1hr94h92.62%97.58%
- 22Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition$0.05/1hr73h88.27%89.20%
- 23PlateUp!$0.06/1hr35h92.18%94.75%
- 24Rusty's Retirement$0.06/1hr72h91.97%96.70%
- 25God Of Weapons$0.06/1hr46h84.78%84.02%
- 26Darkest Dungeon$0.06/1hr61h91.45%91.65%
- 27Euro Truck Simulator 2$0.06/1hr81h97.35%97.44%
- 28Touhou Mystia's Izakaya$0.06/1hr49h95.44%98.56%
- 29Brotato$0.06/1hr47h95.09%95.92%
- 30CrossCode$0.07/1hr61h89.73%92.37%
- 31Enter the Gungeon$0.07/1hr46h94.10%95.10%
- 32Bean Battles$0.07/1hr7h89.53%93.83%
- 33Tales of Maj'Eyal$0.07/1hr51h89.16%94.49%
- 34Tiny Pasture$0.07/1hr58h88.39%92.48%
- 35DSX$0.07/1hr57h77.31%69.45%
- 36POSTAL 2$0.07/1hr14h96.15%96.95%
- 37Drug Dealer Simulator$0.07/1hr27h85.54%86.15%
- 38Atomicrops$0.07/1hr41h87.85%92.05%
- 39Death Road to Canada$0.08/1hr30h89.06%92.74%
- 40Wall World$0.08/1hr13h88.19%90.56%
- 41Chill Pulse$0.08/1hr46h87.90%95.43%
- 42ORION: Prelude$0.08/1hr12h78.01%75.47%
- 43Spiritfarer: Farewell Edition$0.08/1hr36h93.37%94.90%
- 44Vampire Survivors$0.08/1hr45h97.94%98.31%
- 45Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem$0.08/1hr36h59.62%55.86%
- 46Warhammer: Vermintide 2$0.08/1hr36h85.05%85.04%
- 47The Binding of Isaac$0.09/1hr19h93.32%94.61%
- 48Banner of the Maid$0.09/1hr39h85.73%86.40%
- 49Razortron 2000$0.09/1hr6h85.47%86.36%
- 50Blasphemous$0.09/1hr28h89.24%89.85%
- 51Roguebook$0.09/1hr20h85.17%83.83%
- 52Kingdom Two Crowns$0.09/1hr22h89.18%90.18%
- 53Rusted Warfare - RTS$0.09/1hr27h90.33%96.33%
- 54FTL: Faster Than Light$0.10/1hr31h93.97%95.08%
- 55Rogue Legacy$0.10/1hr15h89.86%92.34%
- 56Two Point Campus$0.10/1hr31h86.38%87.84%
- 57Bakery Simulator$0.10/1hr11h80.71%66.20%
- 58Garry's Mod$0.10/1hr50h96.81%96.88%
- 59Chronicon$0.10/1hr49h89.58%94.10%
- 60This War of Mine$0.10/1hr20h93.03%93.83%
- 61PEAK$0.10/1hr49h94.20%94.45%
- 62Tank Mechanic Simulator$0.10/1hr19h85.87%87.58%
- 63HuniePop$0.10/1hr19h93.08%95.57%
- 64Loop Hero$0.10/1hr29h91.10%92.72%
- 65Cruelty Squad$0.11/1hr19h92.93%96.02%
- 66Gremlins, Inc.$0.11/1hr37h85.09%84.99%
- 67UBERMOSH$0.11/1hr4h88.96%92.46%
- 68American Truck Simulator$0.11/1hr45h96.50%96.92%
- 69Mr. Prepper$0.11/1hr27h83.21%80.01%
- 70Monster Sanctuary$0.11/1hr45h88.56%91.22%
- 71Don't Starve$0.11/1hr22h95.62%96.54%
- 72Gold Mining Simulator$0.11/1hr32h76.95%72.50%
- 73Tricolour Lovestory$0.11/1hr6h82.22%81.16%
- 74Death's Door$0.11/1hr17h90.85%93.14%
- 75Downwell$0.12/1hr6h90.44%96.54%
- 76Streets of Rogue$0.12/1hr34h92.75%96.03%
- 77Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth$0.12/1hr17h88.25%92.28%
- 78Dungreed$0.12/1hr41h89.17%93.31%
- 79Moonstone Island$0.12/1hr42h84.63%83.54%
- 80Graveyard Keeper$0.12/1hr41h85.28%85.30%
- 81Craft The World$0.12/1hr38h87.43%88.40%
- 82Moonlighter$0.12/1hr16h82.48%81.38%
- 83Deponia$0.13/1hr8h85.68%86.18%
- 84SKYHILL$0.13/1hr8h82.66%78.30%
- 85Legend of Grimrock$0.13/1hr23h88.50%93.41%
- 86Green Hell$0.13/1hr19h84.66%84.61%
- 87Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor - Martyr$0.13/1hr37h78.85%76.01%
- 88Thief Simulator$0.13/1hr13h87.52%88.10%
- 89Call to Arms$0.14/1hr28h81.03%79.31%
- 90Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun$0.14/1hr29h93.79%96.03%
- 91Hacknet$0.14/1hr11h91.22%93.53%
- 92Torchlight II$0.14/1hr28h91.22%92.54%
- 93Spelunky$0.14/1hr26h89.54%92.16%
- 94Nuclear Nightmare$0.14/1hr10h82.40%81.12%
- 95(the) Gnorp Apologue$0.14/1hr29h89.53%94.81%
- 96Afterimage$0.14/1hr34h81.46%77.34%
- 97Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number$0.14/1hr15h93.12%94.11%
- 98ScourgeBringer$0.15/1hr18h85.48%86.38%
- 99Halls of Torment$0.15/1hr34h92.90%95.33%
- 100Soulbound: Online$0.15/1hr10h82.80%58.22%
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.