Best Value Pixel Graphics Games Under $40
The Pixel Graphics 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.
- 1Cornerpond$0.02/1hr158h87.54%97.16%
- 2Cookie Clicker$0.04/1hr128h95.30%96.42%
- 3Mini Cozy Room: Lo-Fi$0.04/1hr122h88.06%96.78%
- 4Chill Pulse$0.04/1hr115h88.38%95.55%
- 5Razortron 2000$0.06/1hr8h85.25%86.19%
- 6Terraria$0.07/1hr148h97.30%97.38%
- 7Graveyard Keeper$0.08/1hr52h85.31%85.38%
- 8Planes, Bullets and Vodka$0.09/1hr6h84.98%85.13%
- 9Cyberhunt$0.09/1hr5h84.92%84.85%
- 10Starbound$0.10/1hr157h89.60%89.97%
- 11Rusty's Retirement$0.10/1hr71h91.95%96.71%
- 12Rogue Legacy$0.10/1hr15h89.71%92.39%
- 13Vampire Survivors$0.10/1hr50h97.84%98.32%
- 14Tiny Pasture$0.11/1hr56h88.28%92.48%
- 15Dragon Cliff$0.11/1hr92h86.61%88.66%
- 16Stardew Valley$0.11/1hr135h98.35%98.48%
- 17Touhou Mystia's Izakaya$0.13/1hr44h95.35%98.56%
- 18Streets of Rogue$0.14/1hr29h92.60%96.03%
- 19Factorio$0.14/1hr252h97.00%97.51%
- 20Monster Sanctuary$0.15/1hr32h88.34%91.24%
- 21Dungeon of the ENDLESS$0.16/1hr19h85.14%85.27%
- 22Settlement Survival$0.16/1hr33h84.96%85.30%
- 23UnderRail$0.17/1hr86h85.42%86.08%
- 24Hero Siege$0.18/1hr45h70.28%67.15%
- 25Punch Club$0.18/1hr11h82.06%80.24%
- 26Death Must Die$0.19/1hr38h88.50%90.15%
- 27The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth$0.19/1hr78h96.66%96.92%
- 28Tales of the Neon Sea$0.20/1hr9h85.05%85.27%
- 29Friends vs Friends$0.20/1hr13h83.62%82.72%
- 30People Playground$0.20/1hr49h98.04%98.46%
- 31Punch Club 2: Fast Forward$0.21/1hr24h84.17%82.48%
- 32Aseprite$0.22/1hr91h95.04%98.94%
- 33Lossless Scaling$0.22/1hr31h89.22%90.41%
- 34Your Only Move Is HUSTLE$0.23/1hr22h94.36%96.49%
- 35Crypt of the NecroDancer$0.23/1hr13h92.54%95.51%
- 36Picayune Dreams$0.23/1hr22h89.14%98.90%
- 37Tales of the Black Forest$0.23/1hr5h92.52%97.60%
- 38Sephiria$0.23/1hr38h88.96%93.67%
- 39Hero's Adventure: Road to Passion$0.24/1hr76h84.63%84.51%
- 40Mindustry$0.24/1hr42h92.86%95.72%
- 41Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure$0.24/1hr7h86.48%91.78%
- 42Halls of Torment$0.24/1hr28h92.89%95.40%
- 43Stoneshard$0.24/1hr68h76.91%74.63%
- 44Skul: The Hero Slayer$0.24/1hr42h92.02%93.26%
- 45Party Hard$0.24/1hr8h87.85%90.16%
- 46Elin$0.24/1hr82h88.96%93.39%
- 47Heroes of Hammerwatch II$0.25/1hr32h83.82%82.48%
- 48Potion Permit$0.25/1hr28h83.00%79.39%
- 49DOOM 64$0.25/1hr8h88.46%92.79%
- 5020 Minutes Till Dawn$0.26/1hr19h89.08%90.51%
- 51Noita$0.27/1hr75h94.11%95.15%
- 52(the) Gnorp Apologue$0.27/1hr26h89.75%94.87%
- 53Necesse$0.28/1hr27h90.76%92.81%
- 54Blasphemous$0.28/1hr31h89.19%89.83%
- 55Voidigo$0.28/1hr18h88.75%96.54%
- 56Little Witch in the Woods$0.29/1hr52h87.26%89.04%
- 57Cauldron$0.29/1hr51h85.93%93.21%
- 58Chillquarium$0.31/1hr20h88.09%92.19%
- 59Rusted Warfare - RTS$0.31/1hr16h89.82%96.35%
- 60Tiny Rogues$0.31/1hr32h90.60%96.14%
- 61Due Process$0.31/1hr21h83.17%81.10%
- 62CrossCode$0.32/1hr62h89.77%92.39%
- 63CHRONO TRIGGER$0.32/1hr23h86.71%88.23%
- 64Balatro$0.34/1hr35h97.22%97.84%
- 65Cluckmech Oasis$0.34/1hr29h85.82%88.26%
- 66Core Keeper$0.35/1hr58h91.90%92.95%
- 67RollerCoaster Tycoon 2: Triple Thrill Pack$0.35/1hr29h86.57%89.61%
- 68Fields of Mistria$0.35/1hr36h94.38%97.45%
- 69Dungreed$0.35/1hr28h88.90%93.31%
- 70Matchmaking Inc.$0.35/1hr25h86.48%88.61%
- 71VillageRhapsody$0.35/1hr8h92.33%96.87%
- 72Wandering Sword$0.36/1hr70h93.02%94.85%
- 73Blasphemous 2$0.36/1hr31h88.73%90.68%
- 74Sun Haven$0.36/1hr69h81.81%80.57%
- 75Path of Achra$0.37/1hr27h88.31%98.05%
- 76The Escapists 2$0.37/1hr13h89.29%90.58%
- 77DAVE THE DIVER$0.38/1hr53h95.84%96.53%
- 78Travellers Rest$0.38/1hr48h86.87%87.96%
- 79Roots of Pacha$0.38/1hr66h87.80%93.61%
- 80Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander$0.38/1hr52h90.12%94.37%
- 81Neon Abyss$0.39/1hr20h85.62%85.91%
- 82Never Second in Rome$0.39/1hr34h84.93%81.14%
- 83Banner of the Maid$0.39/1hr44h85.62%86.45%
- 84Space Haven$0.40/1hr62h85.24%85.75%
- 85Karate Survivor$0.41/1hr12h84.84%85.29%
- 86Kynseed$0.41/1hr48h84.54%82.90%
- 87OCTOPATH TRAVELER$0.41/1hr44h85.36%85.60%
- 88Kingdom Rush Frontiers - Tower Defense$0.42/1hr24h91.02%96.74%
- 89Wolfenstein 3D$0.42/1hr4h87.47%93.32%
- 90Dwarves: Glory, Death and Loot$0.42/1hr23h84.60%82.45%
- 91Enter the Gungeon$0.42/1hr36h94.10%95.12%
- 92Turbo Overkill$0.43/1hr14h88.66%93.99%
- 93Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga$0.43/1hr46h90.63%94.50%
- 94BlazBlue Entropy Effect$0.43/1hr28h92.23%94.27%
- 95Progressbar95$0.44/1hr11h87.91%96.13%
- 96Atomicrops$0.44/1hr34h87.70%92.07%
- 97Chained Echoes$0.44/1hr56h86.45%88.65%
- 98Caves of Qud$0.45/1hr54h90.57%95.06%
- 99Chronicon$0.45/1hr31h89.46%94.13%
- 100ZERO Sievert$0.45/1hr44h84.78%84.68%
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.