Best Value Life Sim Games Under $10
The Life Sim games on Steam games under $10 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.
- 1Ropuka's Idle Island$0.02/1hr153h88.03%95.19%
- 2The Guild II Renaissance$0.05/1hr55h84.68%83.51%
- 3Spirit City: Lofi Sessions$0.05/1hr94h92.62%97.58%
- 4Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator$0.08/1hr57h84.16%83.77%
- 5Chill Pulse$0.08/1hr46h87.90%95.43%
- 6My Time at Portia$0.08/1hr72h90.31%91.46%
- 7Bakery Simulator$0.10/1hr11h80.71%66.20%
- 8Placid Plastic Duck Simulator$0.11/1hr9h93.47%97.57%
- 9Mr. Prepper$0.11/1hr27h83.21%80.01%
- 10ANEURISM IV$0.11/1hr44h80.74%75.15%
- 11Moonstone Island$0.12/1hr42h84.63%83.54%
- 12Ithya: Magic Studies$0.12/1hr67h86.71%97.82%
- 13Immortal Life$0.14/1hr44h83.84%79.39%
- 14Sun Haven$0.14/1hr61h81.81%80.49%
- 15BOOK OF HOURS$0.15/1hr66h86.27%88.69%
- 16Restaurant Empire II$0.15/1hr65h84.00%77.53%
- 17Streamer Life Simulator$0.17/1hr12h81.14%76.04%
- 18ContractVille$0.17/1hr19h82.94%80.85%
- 19Cozy Grove$0.18/1hr29h86.68%89.51%
- 20Electrician Simulator$0.19/1hr6h83.01%80.19%
- 21Saints Row: The Third Remastered$0.22/1hr14h81.54%72.74%
- 22Punch Club 2: Fast Forward$0.25/1hr20h84.34%82.49%
- 23Echoes of the Plum Grove$0.25/1hr40h85.56%87.77%
- 24The Guild 3$0.27/1hr28h74.03%60.14%
- 25Bear and Breakfast$0.28/1hr24h86.07%89.43%
- 26I Am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival$0.29/1hr27h84.30%84.38%
- 27Project Hospital$0.31/1hr33h86.98%88.89%
- 28Animal Shelter$0.31/1hr10h85.26%87.66%
- 29Monster Prom$0.32/1hr8h89.79%93.01%
- 30Potion Permit$0.33/1hr20h82.51%79.30%
- 31Progressbar95$0.35/1hr11h88.12%96.14%
- 32Russian Life Simulator$0.36/1hr1h86.70%88.52%
- 33Volcano Princess$0.36/1hr20h95.66%97.79%
- 34VillageRhapsody$0.36/1hr8h92.34%96.87%
- 35Wobbledogs$0.37/1hr14h92.72%98.22%
- 36Chushpan Simulator$0.37/1hr2h84.55%85.54%
- 37Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator$0.38/1hr21h91.53%92.95%
- 38Old Market Simulator$0.39/1hr15h85.44%87.63%
- 39Chinese Parents$0.39/1hr14h89.64%91.29%
- 40Vanity Fair: The Pursuit$0.39/1hr9h86.31%87.49%
- 41TheoTown$0.40/1hr19h87.65%94.69%
- 42STORY OF SEASONS: Friends of Mineral Town$0.41/1hr24h87.60%93.37%
- 43One Hour One Life$0.41/1hr9h83.40%79.54%
- 44Amber Isle$0.42/1hr15h85.19%82.39%
- 45Chinese Online Game$0.42/1hr15h85.40%85.60%
- 46Summon$0.47/1hr1h86.42%92.45%
- 47Sticky Business$0.47/1hr11h88.86%93.61%
- 48Yes, Your Grace$0.50/1hr8h86.32%87.12%
- 49Havendock$0.53/1hr11h84.02%79.26%
- 50Internet Cafe Simulator 2$0.57/1hr10h78.45%73.36%
- 51Car For Sale Simulator$0.63/1hr12h80.64%78.50%
- 52Good Pizza, Great Pizza - Cooking Simulator Game$0.65/1hr10h85.77%87.98%
- 53Bloomtown: A Different Story$0.67/1hr15h85.72%85.39%
- 54Minami Lane$0.67/1hr4h90.09%97.35%
- 55Growing Up$0.69/1hr10h85.18%87.63%
- 56THE GAME OF LIFE 2$0.70/1hr5h82.25%77.90%
- 57Reus 2$0.72/1hr14h87.37%94.26%
- 5860 Seconds! Reatomized$0.77/1hr6h91.32%94.44%
- 59Streamer Life Simulator 2$0.77/1hr12h82.98%81.16%
- 60Taxi Life: A City Driving Simulator$0.78/1hr12h76.27%62.37%
- 61Trash Goblin$0.81/1hr12h84.87%88.25%
- 62Youtubers Life$0.89/1hr11h80.48%77.43%
- 63Unpacking$1.51/1hr5h91.65%93.24%
- 64Insomnia: Theater in the Head$1.64/1hr1h87.99%97.18%
- 65[Chilla's Art] The Closing Shift | 閉店事件$2.04/1hr2h85.07%87.59%
- 66Initial Drift Online$2.84/1hr1h76.67%62.06%
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.