Best Value Metroidvania Games Under $40
The Metroidvania games on Steam games under $40 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.
- 1Rogue Legacy$0.10/1hr15h89.71%92.39%
- 2Darksiders Warmastered Edition$0.12/1hr25h86.92%87.98%
- 3Monster Sanctuary$0.15/1hr32h88.34%91.24%
- 4Darksiders II Deathinitive Edition$0.16/1hr27h80.61%78.62%
- 5Hollow Knight$0.21/1hr71h96.70%96.91%
- 6Asterigos: Curse of the Stars$0.22/1hr40h83.00%78.12%
- 7Skul: The Hero Slayer$0.24/1hr42h92.02%93.26%
- 8Blasphemous$0.28/1hr31h89.19%89.83%
- 9The Vagrant$0.28/1hr14h87.22%89.59%
- 10STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order$0.33/1hr24h88.25%88.44%
- 11Dungreed$0.35/1hr28h88.90%93.31%
- 12Blasphemous 2$0.36/1hr31h88.73%90.68%
- 13ASTLIBRA Revision$0.37/1hr68h92.64%95.09%
- 14Hue$0.41/1hr7h88.98%92.55%
- 15ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights$0.45/1hr22h92.17%93.76%
- 16Death's Gambit: Afterlife$0.47/1hr24h83.49%81.16%
- 17Hyper Light Drifter$0.47/1hr11h90.12%92.97%
- 18Pseudoregalia$0.54/1hr8h92.56%96.77%
- 19ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist$0.57/1hr24h91.71%95.36%
- 20Rabi-Ribi$0.60/1hr30h90.52%95.28%
- 21Rogue Legacy 2$0.62/1hr41h88.38%90.83%
- 22TEVI$0.66/1hr44h85.94%89.06%
- 23HAAK$0.70/1hr26h86.20%89.84%
- 24Afterimage$0.71/1hr35h81.09%77.34%
- 25Souldiers$0.72/1hr28h81.05%69.30%
- 26Dread Delusion$0.74/1hr27h86.59%90.26%
- 27Lunacid$0.76/1hr18h87.93%90.55%
- 28Salt and Sanctuary$0.77/1hr23h88.04%89.36%
- 29Dust: An Elysian Tail$0.85/1hr18h91.64%95.15%
- 30A Castle Full of Cats$0.85/1hr3h89.50%99.17%
- 31Nine Sols$0.86/1hr35h92.67%94.41%
- 32Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition$0.89/1hr22h94.90%96.18%
- 33F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch$0.89/1hr18h85.53%86.36%
- 34Rusted Moss$0.90/1hr22h85.57%89.31%
- 35FEZ$0.91/1hr11h89.72%92.66%
- 36Prince of Persia The Lost Crown$0.92/1hr32h84.67%84.29%
- 37GRIME$0.95/1hr26h84.90%84.84%
- 38Laika: Aged Through Blood$0.96/1hr21h87.58%91.57%
- 39Reventure$0.96/1hr13h89.87%94.86%
- 40Rain World$0.97/1hr26h92.41%93.74%
- 41Chicory: A Colorful Tale$1.04/1hr19h88.31%97.42%
- 42Supraland$1.04/1hr19h91.24%95.23%
- 43Supraland Six Inches Under$1.08/1hr18h88.28%96.17%
- 44VVVVVV$1.11/1hr4h90.58%96.18%
- 45Turok 2: Seeds of Evil$1.13/1hr18h86.00%89.77%
- 46Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon$1.15/1hr9h87.67%94.28%
- 47The Last Faith$1.16/1hr24h84.61%84.49%
- 48Dead Cells$1.17/1hr21h96.41%97.04%
- 49The Messenger$1.19/1hr17h89.41%92.65%
- 50ANIMAL WELL$1.21/1hr14h92.54%95.77%
- 51Iconoclasts$1.25/1hr16h85.51%86.21%
- 52Death's Door$1.25/1hr16h90.61%93.20%
- 53Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition$1.27/1hr12h88.16%92.39%
- 54Castlevania Anniversary Collection$1.27/1hr16h84.31%81.55%
- 55Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight$1.30/1hr8h89.51%93.16%
- 56Vigil: The Longest Night$1.31/1hr17h85.21%85.97%
- 57Minishoot' Adventures$1.33/1hr11h90.70%97.73%
- 58Ori and the Will of the Wisps$1.34/1hr22h95.76%96.51%
- 59Wuppo: Definitive Edition$1.36/1hr11h88.47%94.38%
- 60Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition$1.38/1hr15h93.82%95.07%
- 61Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition$1.38/1hr14h95.17%96.35%
- 62SteamWorld Dig$1.40/1hr7h89.33%93.57%
- 63Momodora: Moonlit Farewell$1.41/1hr12h86.66%91.98%
- 64Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Ultimate Edition$1.46/1hr21h82.99%80.88%
- 65Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night$1.48/1hr27h91.55%93.14%
- 66CONTROL Ultimate Edition$1.50/1hr27h85.91%86.07%
- 67Gato Roboto$1.50/1hr5h87.97%94.25%
- 689 Years of Shadows$1.55/1hr13h82.75%76.88%
- 69Axiom Verge$1.57/1hr13h87.14%90.15%
- 70Cave Story+$1.57/1hr10h88.52%92.84%
- 71Guacamelee! 2$1.63/1hr12h86.69%91.21%
- 72Haiku, the Robot$1.72/1hr12h85.97%89.62%
- 73Mark of the Ninja: Remastered$1.73/1hr12h89.33%96.04%
- 74Tails of Iron$1.79/1hr14h86.57%87.83%
- 75SteamWorld Dig 2$1.81/1hr11h89.88%95.50%
- 76Touhou Luna Nights$1.84/1hr10h92.36%97.34%
- 77Lost Ruins$1.93/1hr10h84.83%85.08%
- 78TUNIC$1.93/1hr16h88.99%91.21%
- 79Owlboy$1.93/1hr10h84.56%83.56%
- 80Record of Lodoss War-Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth-$1.94/1hr10h88.36%92.98%
- 81Have a Nice Death$2.05/1hr12h85.30%85.88%
- 82Yoku's Island Express$2.06/1hr10h88.68%95.80%
- 83ICEY$2.13/1hr5h88.59%89.90%
- 84Timespinner$2.24/1hr9h85.21%86.07%
- 85Journey To The Savage Planet$2.37/1hr13h85.69%86.78%
- 86The Swapper$2.65/1hr6h88.88%94.10%
- 87Antichamber$2.67/1hr8h91.37%95.14%
- 88Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2$2.67/1hr15h84.99%84.72%
- 89The Gunk$2.85/1hr6h85.36%86.51%
- 90CARRION$3.01/1hr7h92.28%94.45%
- 91Valfaris$3.97/1hr6h84.26%82.36%
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.