Best Value Life Sim Games
The Life Sim games that stretch a budget furthest: median reviewer playtime divided by current price. Pick your currency in the top bar to rank against your local prices.
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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.
- 1Ropuka's Idle Island$0.03/1hr121h88.04%95.40%
- 2The Guild II Renaissance$0.04/1hr46h84.33%83.49%
- 3Chill Pulse$0.04/1hr115h88.38%95.55%
- 4Stardew Valley$0.11/1hr135h98.35%98.48%
- 5Spirit City: Lofi Sessions$0.13/1hr91h92.84%97.63%
- 6ANEURISM IV$0.16/1hr31h81.59%76.20%
- 7Farm Together 2$0.17/1hr154h87.84%93.72%
- 8Ithya: Magic Studies$0.17/1hr63h87.21%97.85%
- 9Placid Plastic Duck Simulator$0.18/1hr11h93.38%97.58%
- 10Amber Isle$0.21/1hr30h84.57%82.78%
- 11Punch Club 2: Fast Forward$0.21/1hr24h84.17%82.48%
- 12Card Survival: Fantasy Forest$0.22/1hr100h84.00%75.90%
- 13Coral Island$0.23/1hr129h87.82%88.87%
- 14Bear and Breakfast$0.24/1hr29h86.51%89.46%
- 15Potion Permit$0.25/1hr28h83.00%79.39%
- 16Crusader Kings III$0.26/1hr189h90.08%90.44%
- 17Little Witch in the Woods$0.29/1hr52h87.26%89.04%
- 18Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator$0.29/1hr27h91.46%92.93%
- 19I Am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival$0.31/1hr26h84.87%84.73%
- 20Mon Bazou$0.33/1hr48h93.14%97.12%
- 21Bellwright$0.34/1hr89h81.69%80.27%
- 22Wobbly Life$0.34/1hr48h94.52%97.24%
- 23Wylde Flowers$0.34/1hr73h87.47%95.88%
- 24Dinkum$0.34/1hr59h90.07%91.84%
- 25The Guild 3$0.35/1hr17h74.00%60.29%
- 26Fields of Mistria$0.35/1hr36h94.38%97.45%
- 27The Sims 3$0.35/1hr57h85.95%86.24%
- 28VillageRhapsody$0.35/1hr8h92.33%96.87%
- 29My Time at Sandrock$0.36/1hr111h87.34%88.18%
- 30Ostranauts$0.36/1hr44h83.44%79.22%
- 31Sun Haven$0.36/1hr69h81.81%80.57%
- 32Critter Cove$0.38/1hr66h86.52%94.75%
- 33Travellers Rest$0.38/1hr48h86.87%87.96%
- 34Roots of Pacha$0.38/1hr66h87.80%93.61%
- 35Car Dealer Simulator$0.39/1hr51h86.96%88.96%
- 36Disney Dreamlight Valley$0.40/1hr99h90.10%92.20%
- 37Kynseed$0.41/1hr48h84.54%82.90%
- 38ContractVille$0.42/1hr23h83.42%80.94%
- 39Project Hospital$0.43/1hr58h86.74%88.96%
- 40Progressbar95$0.44/1hr11h87.91%96.13%
- 41Cash Cleaner Simulator$0.46/1hr44h88.19%92.36%
- 42TheoTown$0.47/1hr21h88.04%94.58%
- 43Volcano Princess$0.47/1hr23h95.61%97.80%
- 44Calico$0.47/1hr8h85.49%86.59%
- 45Bloomtown: A Different Story$0.48/1hr21h85.05%85.72%
- 46Big Ambitions$0.48/1hr54h89.32%92.60%
- 47Summon$0.48/1hr1h86.92%92.51%
- 48Moonstone Island$0.48/1hr41h84.55%83.77%
- 49School Days$0.49/1hr30h81.24%76.52%
- 50Two Point Museum$0.50/1hr60h90.84%95.37%
- 51Supermarket Simulator$0.51/1hr40h91.30%92.07%
- 52WorldBox - God Simulator$0.51/1hr39h93.76%95.33%
- 53TCG Card Shop Simulator$0.52/1hr38h94.57%96.54%
- 54BOOK OF HOURS$0.53/1hr47h86.14%88.87%
- 55My Time at Portia$0.54/1hr55h90.29%91.50%
- 56The Ranch of Rivershine$0.55/1hr55h86.62%93.96%
- 57Echoes of the Plum Grove$0.55/1hr36h85.42%87.78%
- 58Cozy Grove$0.59/1hr26h87.06%89.57%
- 59Old Market Simulator$0.60/1hr17h85.91%87.73%
- 60Mr. Prepper$0.61/1hr30h83.40%80.14%
- 61WolfQuest: Anniversary Edition$0.61/1hr49h92.10%97.53%
- 62Finnish Cottage Simulator$0.64/1hr23h87.26%93.67%
- 63Chinese Online Game$0.65/1hr15h85.27%85.60%
- 64SimRail - The Railway Simulator$0.67/1hr52h85.02%85.16%
- 65Sailwind$0.69/1hr29h85.68%88.85%
- 66Potionomics$0.69/1hr36h87.27%90.44%
- 67Good Pizza, Great Pizza - Cooking Simulator Game$0.69/1hr14h86.17%88.00%
- 68The Tenants$0.69/1hr29h82.30%78.90%
- 69Sengoku Dynasty$0.69/1hr40h80.34%74.74%
- 70Tales of Seikyu$0.69/1hr36h84.88%84.65%
- 71Cozy Caravan$0.71/1hr28h86.00%93.77%
- 72Minami Lane$0.74/1hr5h89.91%97.40%
- 73Chef RPG$0.74/1hr27h85.56%87.83%
- 74VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action$0.78/1hr13h94.74%97.28%
- 75Growing Up$0.79/1hr19h85.73%87.88%
- 76Paleo Pines$0.79/1hr38h84.24%82.57%
- 77Kebab Chefs! - Restaurant Simulator$0.80/1hr23h84.16%83.19%
- 78Chinese Parents$0.81/1hr12h89.59%91.32%
- 79Cattails: Wildwood Story$0.83/1hr24h86.75%97.51%
- 80The Sims 2 Legacy Collection$0.85/1hr18h80.72%72.15%
- 81Doraemon Dorayaki Shop Story$0.87/1hr23h85.66%98.57%
- 82Crime Scene Cleaner$0.88/1hr34h95.09%98.09%
- 83Russian Life Simulator$0.89/1hr1h86.58%88.54%
- 84Trash Goblin$0.89/1hr21h85.47%88.46%
- 85Vanity Fair: The Pursuit$0.90/1hr8h85.78%87.61%
- 86I Was a Teenage Exocolonist$0.93/1hr27h88.60%96.32%
- 87STORY OF SEASONS: Friends of Mineral Town$0.95/1hr42h88.15%93.35%
- 88Youtubers Life$1.04/1hr19h80.37%77.41%
- 89Hello Kitty Island Adventure$1.05/1hr38h89.88%93.93%
- 90To Pixelia$1.08/1hr14h83.73%74.30%
- 9160 Seconds! Reatomized$1.11/1hr9h91.22%94.46%
- 92Car For Sale Simulator 2023$1.12/1hr15h80.71%78.68%
- 93The Wandering Village$1.14/1hr26h88.15%91.97%
- 94Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator$1.15/1hr26h84.67%83.69%
- 95Sticky Business$1.20/1hr8h88.76%93.75%
- 96PC Building Simulator$1.20/1hr17h92.14%93.50%
- 97inZOI$1.22/1hr33h78.99%77.14%
- 98CHANGE: A Homeless Survival Experience$1.23/1hr16h86.23%90.80%
- 99TOGETHER BnB$1.32/1hr14h72.32%58.81%
- 100Go-Go Town!$1.34/1hr21h86.85%93.25%
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.