Best Value Life Sim Games Under $20
The Life Sim 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.
- 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%
- 7Ithya: Magic Studies$0.17/1hr63h87.21%97.85%
- 8Placid Plastic Duck Simulator$0.18/1hr11h93.38%97.58%
- 9Amber Isle$0.21/1hr30h84.57%82.78%
- 10Punch Club 2: Fast Forward$0.21/1hr24h84.17%82.48%
- 11Bear and Breakfast$0.24/1hr29h86.51%89.46%
- 12Potion Permit$0.25/1hr28h83.00%79.39%
- 13Little Witch in the Woods$0.29/1hr52h87.26%89.04%
- 14Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator$0.29/1hr27h91.46%92.93%
- 15I Am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival$0.31/1hr26h84.87%84.73%
- 16Mon Bazou$0.33/1hr48h93.14%97.12%
- 17Wobbly Life$0.34/1hr48h94.52%97.24%
- 18Dinkum$0.34/1hr59h90.07%91.84%
- 19The Guild 3$0.35/1hr17h74.00%60.29%
- 20Fields of Mistria$0.35/1hr36h94.38%97.45%
- 21The Sims 3$0.35/1hr57h85.95%86.24%
- 22VillageRhapsody$0.35/1hr8h92.33%96.87%
- 23Ostranauts$0.36/1hr44h83.44%79.22%
- 24Travellers Rest$0.38/1hr48h86.87%87.96%
- 25Car Dealer Simulator$0.39/1hr51h86.96%88.96%
- 26Kynseed$0.41/1hr48h84.54%82.90%
- 27ContractVille$0.42/1hr23h83.42%80.94%
- 28Progressbar95$0.44/1hr11h87.91%96.13%
- 29Cash Cleaner Simulator$0.46/1hr44h88.19%92.36%
- 30TheoTown$0.47/1hr21h88.04%94.58%
- 31Volcano Princess$0.47/1hr23h95.61%97.80%
- 32Calico$0.47/1hr8h85.49%86.59%
- 33Bloomtown: A Different Story$0.48/1hr21h85.05%85.72%
- 34Summon$0.48/1hr1h86.92%92.51%
- 35Moonstone Island$0.48/1hr41h84.55%83.77%
- 36School Days$0.49/1hr30h81.24%76.52%
- 37Supermarket Simulator$0.51/1hr40h91.30%92.07%
- 38WorldBox - God Simulator$0.51/1hr39h93.76%95.33%
- 39TCG Card Shop Simulator$0.52/1hr38h94.57%96.54%
- 40Echoes of the Plum Grove$0.55/1hr36h85.42%87.78%
- 41Cozy Grove$0.59/1hr26h87.06%89.57%
- 42Old Market Simulator$0.60/1hr17h85.91%87.73%
- 43Mr. Prepper$0.61/1hr30h83.40%80.14%
- 44Finnish Cottage Simulator$0.64/1hr23h87.26%93.67%
- 45Chinese Online Game$0.65/1hr15h85.27%85.60%
- 46Sailwind$0.69/1hr29h85.68%88.85%
- 47Good Pizza, Great Pizza - Cooking Simulator Game$0.69/1hr14h86.17%88.00%
- 48The Tenants$0.69/1hr29h82.30%78.90%
- 49Cozy Caravan$0.71/1hr28h86.00%93.77%
- 50Minami Lane$0.74/1hr5h89.91%97.40%
- 51Chef RPG$0.74/1hr27h85.56%87.83%
- 52VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action$0.78/1hr13h94.74%97.28%
- 53Growing Up$0.79/1hr19h85.73%87.88%
- 54Kebab Chefs! - Restaurant Simulator$0.80/1hr23h84.16%83.19%
- 55Chinese Parents$0.81/1hr12h89.59%91.32%
- 56Cattails: Wildwood Story$0.83/1hr24h86.75%97.51%
- 57The Sims 2 Legacy Collection$0.85/1hr18h80.72%72.15%
- 58Doraemon Dorayaki Shop Story$0.87/1hr23h85.66%98.57%
- 59Russian Life Simulator$0.89/1hr1h86.58%88.54%
- 60Trash Goblin$0.89/1hr21h85.47%88.46%
- 61Vanity Fair: The Pursuit$0.90/1hr8h85.78%87.61%
- 62Youtubers Life$1.04/1hr19h80.37%77.41%
- 63To Pixelia$1.08/1hr14h83.73%74.30%
- 6460 Seconds! Reatomized$1.11/1hr9h91.22%94.46%
- 65Car For Sale Simulator 2023$1.12/1hr15h80.71%78.68%
- 66Sticky Business$1.20/1hr8h88.76%93.75%
- 67PC Building Simulator$1.20/1hr17h92.14%93.50%
- 68CHANGE: A Homeless Survival Experience$1.23/1hr16h86.23%90.80%
- 69TOGETHER BnB$1.32/1hr14h72.32%58.81%
- 70Comedy Night$1.39/1hr4h79.66%73.97%
- 71[Chilla's Art] The Closing Shift | 閉店事件$1.39/1hr4h85.59%87.63%
- 72Farlands$1.40/1hr13h85.73%90.35%
- 73Cat Cafe Manager$1.45/1hr14h85.63%87.80%
- 74The Coin Game$1.45/1hr9h87.77%92.54%
- 7560 Parsecs!$1.53/1hr7h86.04%88.74%
- 76Streamer Life Simulator 2$1.58/1hr13h83.51%81.45%
- 77Bakery Simulator$1.63/1hr10h81.36%66.42%
- 78Monster Prom$1.71/1hr7h89.69%93.02%
- 79Streamer Life Simulator$1.80/1hr11h81.03%76.07%
- 80Chushpan Simulator$1.81/1hr2h85.04%85.40%
- 81MiSide$1.85/1hr8h96.95%97.80%
- 82Animal Shelter$1.87/1hr11h85.75%87.70%
- 83Internet Cafe Simulator 2$2.00/1hr10h78.38%73.41%
- 84Wobbledogs$2.05/1hr10h92.97%98.28%
- 85Insomnia: Theater in the Head$2.26/1hr1h87.65%97.22%
- 86Yes, Your Grace$2.62/1hr8h86.19%87.08%
- 87Garbage$2.65/1hr6h83.06%65.70%
- 88Electrician Simulator$3.17/1hr6h83.52%80.24%
- 89Unpacking$3.29/1hr6h91.57%93.21%
- 90THE GAME OF LIFE 2$3.39/1hr4h82.80%78.11%
- 91Initial Drift Online$3.65/1hr1h76.62%62.27%
- 92Retirement Simulator$3.80/1hr4h70.87%35.05%
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.