Best Value Steam Games Under $20
The Steam games 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.
- 1YoloMouse - Cursor Changer$0.01/1hr779h86.18%92.50%
- 2OVR Advanced Settings$0.01/1hr788h87.03%92.32%
- 3BidKing$0.01/1hr200h48.02%32.54%
- 4Black Desert$0.02/1hr62h74.62%73.50%
- 5Crosshair X$0.02/1hr309h91.89%93.36%
- 6Melvor Idle$0.02/1hr239h88.15%89.98%
- 7Mini Cozy Room: Lo-Fi$0.02/1hr140h87.71%96.90%
- 8Ropuka's Idle Island$0.02/1hr153h88.03%95.19%
- 9Cookie Clicker$0.02/1hr123h95.33%96.41%
- 10Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete$0.02/1hr48h87.07%89.49%
- 11Geometry Dash$0.02/1hr118h92.89%92.97%
- 12King's Bounty: Warriors of the North$0.02/1hr71h83.44%79.47%
- 13UnderRail$0.02/1hr176h85.03%86.08%
- 14Naval Action$0.02/1hr184h65.25%51.81%
- 15Left 4 Dead 2$0.02/1hr81h97.43%97.52%
- 16Dragon Cliff$0.03/1hr78h86.73%88.61%
- 17The Elder Scrolls Online$0.03/1hr183h81.30%80.88%
- 18Supreme Commander 2$0.03/1hr94h86.89%88.21%
- 19Dead by Daylight$0.03/1hr289h78.39%78.28%
- 20Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance$0.03/1hr92h91.99%96.72%
- 21The NOexistenceN of Lilith$0.03/1hr58h86.92%98.07%
- 22Soundpad$0.03/1hr136h95.02%95.96%
- 23Dungeon Defenders$0.03/1hr96h90.57%93.09%
- 24Pro Soccer Online$0.03/1hr76h82.72%81.82%
- 25Sid Meier's Civilization V$0.03/1hr226h95.27%95.60%
- 26Total War: WARHAMMER III$0.03/1hr271h72.54%71.69%
- 27Motorsport Manager$0.03/1hr120h89.00%91.68%
- 28Myth of Empires$0.03/1hr224h73.97%67.60%
- 29Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition$0.03/1hr27h91.09%94.86%
- 30SpiritVale$0.03/1hr290h72.56%50.35%
- 31SCUM$0.03/1hr526h74.83%74.01%
- 32Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword$0.03/1hr174h88.91%96.23%
- 33The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director's Cut$0.03/1hr43h89.00%89.43%
- 34XCOM 2$0.03/1hr87h84.73%84.69%
- 35The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition$0.04/1hr110h92.09%92.19%
- 36Muse Dash$0.04/1hr14h91.02%91.49%
- 37Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Enhanced Edition$0.04/1hr107h83.79%83.47%
- 38Hunt: Showdown 1896$0.04/1hr321h74.20%73.70%
- 39FOR HONOR$0.04/1hr80h69.80%68.69%
- 40Terraria$0.04/1hr130h97.31%97.37%
- 41The Quinfall$0.04/1hr26h65.85%50.96%
- 42Outward Definitive Edition$0.04/1hr52h75.70%72.68%
- 43GemCraft - Chasing Shadows$0.04/1hr50h88.16%94.90%
- 44Oxygen Not Included$0.04/1hr184h95.97%96.72%
- 45Elite Dangerous$0.04/1hr146h77.96%77.29%
- 46Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense$0.04/1hr23h93.04%97.25%
- 47Grim Dawn$0.04/1hr86h92.75%93.44%
- 48Pathfinder: Kingmaker — Enhanced Plus Edition$0.04/1hr80h79.28%77.61%
- 49RollerCoaster Tycoon: Deluxe$0.05/1hr33h89.33%94.31%
- 50The Guild II Renaissance$0.05/1hr55h84.68%83.51%
- 51The Outlast Trials$0.05/1hr88h91.77%92.36%
- 52Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition$0.05/1hr161h87.34%87.58%
- 53Bloons TD 6$0.05/1hr105h96.96%97.18%
- 54shapez$0.05/1hr21h91.78%95.91%
- 55Avorion$0.05/1hr177h87.67%90.01%
- 56Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion$0.05/1hr123h90.14%93.17%
- 57Don't Starve Together$0.05/1hr102h94.78%94.90%
- 58Company of Heroes$0.05/1hr60h91.08%94.22%
- 59Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition$0.05/1hr99h93.39%95.64%
- 60Mortal Online 2$0.05/1hr315h70.42%59.82%
- 61Spirit City: Lofi Sessions$0.05/1hr94h92.62%97.58%
- 62Town of Salem$0.05/1hr48h87.28%87.86%
- 63Mount & Blade: Warband$0.05/1hr95h97.19%97.71%
- 64Hearts of Iron IV$0.05/1hr282h89.78%89.83%
- 65Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition$0.05/1hr73h88.27%89.20%
- 66Sid Meier’s Civilization VI$0.06/1hr105h86.22%86.17%
- 67MONSTER HUNTER RISE$0.06/1hr70h83.60%83.47%
- 68PlateUp!$0.06/1hr35h92.18%94.75%
- 69theHunter: Call of the Wild$0.06/1hr35h89.03%89.07%
- 70Europa Universalis IV$0.06/1hr86h83.29%83.16%
- 71Empyrion - Galactic Survival$0.06/1hr103h79.91%78.37%
- 72ARC Raiders$0.06/1hr343h81.88%81.80%
- 73Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)$0.06/1hr34h93.72%97.48%
- 74Rusty's Retirement$0.06/1hr72h91.97%96.70%
- 75God Of Weapons$0.06/1hr46h84.78%84.02%
- 76The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth$0.06/1hr191h96.63%96.81%
- 77Jagged Alliance 3$0.06/1hr76h87.49%89.04%
- 78Tom Clancy’s The Division 2$0.06/1hr50h80.06%78.65%
- 79X4: Foundations$0.06/1hr164h81.23%79.92%
- 80Darkest Dungeon$0.06/1hr61h91.45%91.65%
- 81Euro Truck Simulator 2$0.06/1hr81h97.35%97.44%
- 82Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus$0.06/1hr24h88.65%91.02%
- 83FINAL FANTASY XIV Online$0.06/1hr324h86.39%86.53%
- 84Legion TD 2 - Multiplayer Tower Defense$0.06/1hr120h85.84%86.28%
- 85Touhou Mystia's Izakaya$0.06/1hr49h95.44%98.56%
- 86Brotato$0.06/1hr47h95.09%95.92%
- 87Mindustry$0.06/1hr62h92.97%95.73%
- 88Fallout 76$0.06/1hr155h72.80%71.92%
- 89Rust$0.06/1hr311h86.70%86.69%
- 90Old World$0.06/1hr62h84.44%82.51%
- 91Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut$0.06/1hr31h90.26%91.95%
- 92CrossCode$0.07/1hr61h89.73%92.37%
- 93Hero Siege$0.07/1hr122h70.26%67.14%
- 94Enter the Gungeon$0.07/1hr46h94.10%95.10%
- 95Path of Idle: Old Gods Rising$0.07/1hr122h83.61%78.14%
- 96Just Cause 2$0.07/1hr23h89.68%90.55%
- 97FINAL FANTASY VIII$0.07/1hr73h86.52%88.17%
- 98Styx: Master of Shadows$0.07/1hr29h83.73%83.28%
- 99Bean Battles$0.07/1hr7h89.53%93.83%
- 100Stellaris$0.07/1hr221h85.87%85.76%
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.