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$0.02/1hr153h88.03%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%
- 6Stardew Valley$0.08/1hr127h98.38%98.48%
- 7My Time at Portia$0.08/1hr72h90.31%91.46%
- 8Bakery Simulator$0.10/1hr11h80.71%66.20%
- 9Crusader Kings III$0.11/1hr142h88.04%88.24%
- 10Placid Plastic Duck Simulator$0.11/1hr9h93.47%97.57%
- 11Mr. Prepper$0.11/1hr27h83.21%80.01%
- 12ANEURISM IV$0.11/1hr44h80.74%75.15%
- 13Moonstone Island$0.12/1hr42h84.63%83.54%
- 14My Time at Sandrock$0.12/1hr100h87.39%88.14%
- 15Ithya: Magic Studies$0.12/1hr67h86.71%97.82%
- 16Immortal Life$0.14/1hr44h83.84%79.39%
- 17Sun Haven$0.14/1hr61h81.81%80.49%
- 18Coral Island$0.15/1hr122h87.96%88.96%
- 19Fields of Mistria$0.15/1hr74h94.21%97.04%
- 20BOOK OF HOURS$0.15/1hr66h86.27%88.69%
- 21Restaurant Empire II$0.15/1hr65h84.00%77.53%
- 22Streamer Life Simulator$0.17/1hr12h81.14%76.04%
- 23ContractVille$0.17/1hr19h82.94%80.85%
- 24Ostranauts$0.18/1hr91h82.51%77.13%
- 25Cozy Grove$0.18/1hr29h86.68%89.51%
- 26Kynseed$0.19/1hr67h84.60%83.10%
- 27Electrician Simulator$0.19/1hr6h83.01%80.19%
- 28Saints Row: The Third Remastered$0.22/1hr14h81.54%72.74%
- 29Travellers Rest$0.22/1hr60h86.92%87.88%
- 30Wylde Flowers$0.22/1hr72h87.32%95.88%
- 31Supermarket Simulator$0.23/1hr51h91.31%92.04%
- 32Roots of Pacha$0.24/1hr64h87.65%93.59%
- 33Punch Club 2: Fast Forward$0.25/1hr20h84.34%82.49%
- 34Echoes of the Plum Grove$0.25/1hr40h85.56%87.77%
- 35Mon Bazou$0.26/1hr47h93.25%97.12%
- 36The Guild 3$0.27/1hr28h74.03%60.14%
- 37Bellwright$0.27/1hr73h81.77%80.20%
- 38The Sims 3$0.27/1hr74h85.98%86.21%
- 39Cash Cleaner Simulator$0.28/1hr54h87.87%92.36%
- 40Bear and Breakfast$0.28/1hr24h86.07%89.43%
- 41Dinkum$0.28/1hr56h90.09%91.78%
- 42Car Dealer Simulator$0.29/1hr48h86.55%88.73%
- 43I Am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival$0.29/1hr27h84.30%84.38%
- 44The Ranch of Rivershine$0.30/1hr60h86.64%93.93%
- 45Project Hospital$0.31/1hr33h86.98%88.89%
- 46Wobbly Life$0.31/1hr52h94.61%97.22%
- 47Animal Shelter$0.31/1hr10h85.26%87.66%
- 48Monster Prom$0.32/1hr8h89.79%93.01%
- 49Potion Permit$0.33/1hr20h82.51%79.30%
- 50Little Witch in the Woods$0.33/1hr42h87.40%89.08%
- 51Progressbar95$0.35/1hr11h88.12%96.14%
- 52I Was a Teenage Exocolonist$0.35/1hr35h89.21%96.31%
- 53Russian Life Simulator$0.36/1hr1h86.70%88.52%
- 54Volcano Princess$0.36/1hr20h95.66%97.79%
- 55VillageRhapsody$0.36/1hr8h92.34%96.87%
- 56Wobbledogs$0.37/1hr14h92.72%98.22%
- 57Chushpan Simulator$0.37/1hr2h84.55%85.54%
- 58Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator$0.38/1hr21h91.53%92.95%
- 59WolfQuest: Anniversary Edition$0.38/1hr52h92.23%97.51%
- 60Old Market Simulator$0.39/1hr15h85.44%87.63%
- 61Chinese Parents$0.39/1hr14h89.64%91.29%
- 62Vanity Fair: The Pursuit$0.39/1hr9h86.31%87.49%
- 63Sengoku Dynasty$0.39/1hr35h80.59%74.75%
- 64Chef RPG$0.40/1hr38h85.05%87.83%
- 65TheoTown$0.40/1hr19h87.65%94.69%
- 66STORY OF SEASONS: Friends of Mineral Town$0.41/1hr24h87.60%93.37%
- 67One Hour One Life$0.41/1hr9h83.40%79.54%
- 68Critter Cove$0.41/1hr39h86.54%94.70%
- 69Tales of Seikyu$0.42/1hr42h84.30%84.43%
- 70IfSunSets$0.42/1hr29h82.36%74.72%
- 71TCG Card Shop Simulator$0.42/1hr48h94.52%96.39%
- 72Amber Isle$0.42/1hr15h85.19%82.39%
- 73Chinese Online Game$0.42/1hr15h85.40%85.60%
- 74School Days$0.45/1hr25h81.84%76.90%
- 75Farlands$0.45/1hr26h86.38%89.87%
- 76Sailwind$0.46/1hr44h85.13%88.79%
- 77Summon$0.47/1hr1h86.42%92.45%
- 78Sticky Business$0.47/1hr11h88.86%93.61%
- 79Potionomics$0.48/1hr31h87.77%90.46%
- 80Yes, Your Grace$0.50/1hr8h86.32%87.12%
- 81Havendock$0.53/1hr11h84.02%79.26%
- 82Internet Cafe Simulator 2$0.57/1hr10h78.45%73.36%
- 83The Wandering Village$0.58/1hr26h88.62%91.97%
- 84SimRail - The Railway Simulator$0.59/1hr33h84.59%85.19%
- 85The Sims 2 Legacy Collection$0.62/1hr24h80.34%72.62%
- 86WorldBox - God Simulator$0.62/1hr32h93.82%95.33%
- 87Car For Sale Simulator$0.63/1hr12h80.64%78.50%
- 88Good Pizza, Great Pizza - Cooking Simulator Game$0.65/1hr10h85.77%87.98%
- 89Cozy Caravan$0.66/1hr20h85.48%93.91%
- 90Bloomtown: A Different Story$0.67/1hr15h85.72%85.39%
- 91Minami Lane$0.67/1hr4h90.09%97.35%
- 92Growing Up$0.69/1hr10h85.18%87.63%
- 93THE GAME OF LIFE 2$0.70/1hr5h82.25%77.90%
- 94VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action$0.72/1hr14h94.79%97.27%
- 95Reus 2$0.72/1hr14h87.37%94.26%
- 96Finnish Cottage Simulator$0.73/1hr21h86.84%93.83%
- 97Kebab Chefs! - Restaurant Simulator$0.75/1hr24h84.35%83.32%
- 98House Party$0.77/1hr15h85.53%85.76%
- 9960 Seconds! Reatomized$0.77/1hr6h91.32%94.44%
- 100Streamer Life Simulator 2$0.77/1hr12h82.98%81.16%
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.