Best Value Platformer Games Under $40
The Platformer 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.
- 1Geometry Dash$0.05/1hr92h92.91%93.04%
- 2Terraria$0.07/1hr148h97.30%97.38%
- 3Rogue Legacy$0.10/1hr15h89.71%92.39%
- 4Alice: Madness Returns$0.14/1hr18h89.30%90.73%
- 5Monster Sanctuary$0.15/1hr32h88.34%91.24%
- 6LEGO Marvel Super Heroes$0.16/1hr24h93.00%95.63%
- 7SpeedRunners$0.18/1hr17h92.08%94.00%
- 8Hollow Knight$0.21/1hr71h96.70%96.91%
- 9LEGO The Lord of the Rings$0.23/1hr17h88.13%90.12%
- 10Skul: The Hero Slayer$0.24/1hr42h92.02%93.26%
- 11LIMBO$0.25/1hr5h91.21%92.22%
- 12Blasphemous$0.28/1hr31h89.19%89.83%
- 13The Vagrant$0.28/1hr14h87.22%89.59%
- 14Seen$0.30/1hr3h88.03%91.12%
- 15Crab Champions$0.31/1hr32h94.72%97.88%
- 16STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order$0.33/1hr24h88.25%88.44%
- 17ROUNDS$0.34/1hr17h93.34%95.25%
- 18Dungreed$0.35/1hr28h88.90%93.31%
- 19Kao the Kangaroo: Round 2 (2003 re-release)$0.35/1hr6h88.59%93.18%
- 20Blasphemous 2$0.36/1hr31h88.73%90.68%
- 21Spelunky 2$0.37/1hr54h90.26%92.80%
- 22Neon Abyss$0.39/1hr20h85.62%85.91%
- 23Spelunky$0.40/1hr38h89.44%92.14%
- 24Hue$0.41/1hr7h88.98%92.55%
- 25BlazBlue Entropy Effect$0.43/1hr28h92.23%94.27%
- 26Rivals of Aether II$0.44/1hr34h82.47%79.96%
- 27Duck Game$0.46/1hr28h94.20%96.58%
- 28Death's Gambit: Afterlife$0.47/1hr24h83.49%81.16%
- 29INSIDE$0.49/1hr5h95.58%96.99%
- 30Ultimate Chicken Horse$0.50/1hr11h94.05%95.77%
- 31DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS 2$0.50/1hr50h88.38%92.37%
- 32Sonic Adventure DX$0.51/1hr16h89.32%91.67%
- 33Clustertruck$0.52/1hr6h90.53%93.56%
- 34Pseudoregalia$0.54/1hr8h92.56%96.77%
- 35Psychonauts$0.54/1hr18h91.53%94.96%
- 36Worms W.M.D$0.55/1hr11h85.06%85.14%
- 37ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist$0.57/1hr24h91.71%95.36%
- 38Downwell$0.57/1hr5h90.17%96.55%
- 39Touhou Hero of Ice Fairy$0.58/1hr12h90.77%97.47%
- 40Gorilla Tag$0.60/1hr33h90.65%91.32%
- 41Rabi-Ribi$0.60/1hr30h90.52%95.28%
- 42Pikuniku$0.61/1hr5h90.83%95.88%
- 43Rogue Legacy 2$0.62/1hr41h88.38%90.83%
- 44The Final Station$0.62/1hr6h86.15%87.44%
- 45Anomaly Agent$0.62/1hr6h89.89%94.90%
- 46Risk of Rain (2013)$0.64/1hr16h91.02%93.05%
- 47TEVI$0.66/1hr44h85.94%89.06%
- 48Sonic Adventure 2$0.69/1hr15h88.14%89.27%
- 49HAAK$0.70/1hr26h86.20%89.84%
- 50Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin$0.70/1hr43h87.35%92.01%
- 51Afterimage$0.71/1hr35h81.09%77.34%
- 52A Story About My Uncle$0.72/1hr4h89.84%91.51%
- 53Souldiers$0.72/1hr28h81.05%69.30%
- 54Jump King$0.73/1hr18h87.74%89.84%
- 55Spiritfarer: Farewell Edition$0.74/1hr41h93.36%94.95%
- 56Distance$0.74/1hr3h88.17%92.43%
- 57ALTF4$0.75/1hr4h82.05%79.61%
- 58Chained Together$0.75/1hr7h89.17%89.84%
- 59Celeste$0.75/1hr27h96.60%97.40%
- 60SANABI$0.76/1hr13h95.00%97.26%
- 61Doloc Town$0.76/1hr21h87.18%95.16%
- 62Portal 2$0.76/1hr13h98.41%98.70%
- 63Cuphead$0.77/1hr26h95.67%96.16%
- 64Salt and Sanctuary$0.77/1hr23h88.04%89.36%
- 65It Takes Two$0.78/1hr15h95.05%95.42%
- 66Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy$0.83/1hr10h82.56%82.27%
- 67Dust: An Elysian Tail$0.85/1hr18h91.64%95.15%
- 68Nine Sols$0.86/1hr35h92.67%94.41%
- 69Pizza Tower$0.88/1hr23h96.67%98.29%
- 70A Webbing Journey$0.88/1hr11h86.54%98.77%
- 71Rivals of Aether$0.89/1hr17h93.65%95.94%
- 72Onirism$0.89/1hr20h84.65%82.54%
- 73F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch$0.89/1hr18h85.53%86.36%
- 74Astral Ascent$0.90/1hr28h89.39%94.63%
- 75Rusted Moss$0.90/1hr22h85.57%89.31%
- 76Get To Work$0.90/1hr14h85.93%88.72%
- 77FEZ$0.91/1hr11h89.72%92.66%
- 78Prince of Persia The Lost Crown$0.92/1hr32h84.67%84.29%
- 79GRIME$0.95/1hr26h84.90%84.84%
- 80Laika: Aged Through Blood$0.96/1hr21h87.58%91.57%
- 81PICO PARK$0.96/1hr4h89.31%90.77%
- 82Reventure$0.96/1hr13h89.87%94.86%
- 83Rain World$0.97/1hr26h92.41%93.74%
- 84Mega Man X Legacy Collection$1.02/1hr20h82.86%78.64%
- 85Supraland$1.04/1hr19h91.24%95.23%
- 86A Hat in Time$1.10/1hr27h95.78%97.81%
- 87VVVVVV$1.11/1hr4h90.58%96.18%
- 88Katana ZERO$1.15/1hr8h96.41%97.93%
- 89Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon$1.15/1hr9h87.67%94.28%
- 90GRIS$1.15/1hr5h95.00%96.05%
- 91The Last Faith$1.16/1hr24h84.61%84.49%
- 92Dead Cells$1.17/1hr21h96.41%97.04%
- 93Tomb Raider Game of the Year$1.19/1hr17h95.63%96.03%
- 94The Messenger$1.19/1hr17h89.41%92.65%
- 95Webbed$1.20/1hr8h92.58%97.59%
- 96ANIMAL WELL$1.21/1hr14h92.54%95.77%
- 97Child of Light$1.24/1hr12h88.52%91.37%
- 98Iconoclasts$1.25/1hr16h85.51%86.21%
- 99Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition$1.27/1hr12h88.16%92.39%
- 100Castlevania Anniversary Collection$1.27/1hr16h84.31%81.55%
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.