Best Value Psychological Horror Games Under $20

The Psychological Horror games on Steam games under $20 that deliver the most playtime per dollar: median reviewer hours divided by current price.

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Median reviewer playtime divided by price. 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.
  1. 1Dead by Daylight19 h/$
  2. 2Geometry Dash16 h/$
  3. 3Alan Wake8.8 h/$
  4. 4Pro Soccer Online7.7 h/$
  5. 5Phasmophobia7.3 h/$
  6. 6CONTROL Ultimate Edition6.3 h/$
  7. 7Undertale5.7 h/$
  8. 8People Playground5.6 h/$
  9. 9Alan Wake's American Nightmare5.4 h/$
  10. 10Lethal Company5.0 h/$
  11. 11Pathologic 24.5 h/$
  12. 12WEBFISHING4.4 h/$
  13. 13METAL SLUG ATTACK RELOADED4.2 h/$
  14. 14Sally Face - Episode One4.1 h/$
  15. 15POSTAL Redux3.8 h/$
  16. 16Blood and Bacon3.7 h/$
  17. 17Cyber Manhunt3.6 h/$
  18. 18ANEURISM IV3.1 h/$
  19. 19Resident Evil 42.9 h/$
  20. 20Matchmaking Inc.2.6 h/$
  21. 21My Summer Car2.5 h/$
  22. 22Nubby's Number Factory2.4 h/$
  23. 23Seen2.3 h/$
  24. 24Yuppie Psycho: Executive Edition2.2 h/$
  25. 25Inside the Backrooms2.1 h/$
  26. 26Hello Neighbor2.0 h/$
  27. 27Content Warning2.0 h/$
  28. 28That's not my Neighbor2.0 h/$
  29. 29Resident Evil Village1.9 h/$
  30. 30Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair1.9 h/$
  31. 31I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream1.9 h/$
  32. 32DREDGE1.9 h/$
  33. 33Resident Evil 7 Biohazard1.9 h/$
  34. 34Changed1.9 h/$
  35. 35Hand Simulator1.9 h/$
  36. 36Nothing1.8 h/$
  37. 37Scorn1.7 h/$
  38. 38We Were Here Forever1.7 h/$
  39. 39Murky Divers1.7 h/$
  40. 40Papa's Pizzeria Deluxe1.7 h/$
  41. 41LISA: The Painful1.7 h/$
  42. 42Rusty Lake Hotel1.7 h/$
  43. 43We Happy Few1.7 h/$
  44. 44FPV Kamikaze Drone1.6 h/$
  45. 45Darkwood1.6 h/$
  46. 46We Were Here Too1.6 h/$
  47. 47House of Detention1.6 h/$
  48. 48OMORI1.5 h/$
  49. 49Cat Goes Fishing1.5 h/$
  50. 50Buckshot Roulette1.5 h/$
  51. 51Monstrum1.5 h/$
  52. 52Kindergarten1.5 h/$
  53. 53Nuclear Nightmare1.4 h/$
  54. 54Gorilla Tag1.4 h/$
  55. 55AI: The Somnium Files1.4 h/$
  56. 56Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc1.4 h/$
  57. 57Insaniquarium Deluxe1.4 h/$
  58. 58The Room Three1.4 h/$
  59. 59Living With Sister: Monochrome Fantasy1.4 h/$
  60. 60Zup! S1.3 h/$
  61. 61BOKURA1.2 h/$
  62. 62The Texas Chain Saw Massacre1.2 h/$
  63. 63Tiny Bunny1.2 h/$
  64. 64Tales of the Black Forest1.2 h/$
  65. 65Escape the Backrooms1.2 h/$
  66. 66Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy1.2 h/$
  67. 67The Long Drive1.1 h/$
  68. 68Lucius1.0 h/$
  69. 69The Evil Within1.0 h/$
  70. 70DEVOUR1.0 h/$
  71. 71DRAMAtical Murder1.0 h/$
  72. 72The Quarry1.0 h/$
  73. 73Receiver 21.0 h/$
  74. 74Chinese Parents1.0 h/$
  75. 75Mister Furry: Hot Muscles1.0 h/$
  76. 76Jump King1.0 h/$
  77. 77F.E.A.R.1.0 h/$
  78. 78An alt girl for skoof0.9 h/$
  79. 79Chicory: A Colorful Tale0.9 h/$
  80. 80Pacify0.9 h/$
  81. 81Max Payne0.9 h/$
  82. 82Cruelty Squad0.9 h/$
  83. 83The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty0.9 h/$
  84. 84Returnal0.9 h/$
  85. 85Pony Island0.8 h/$
  86. 86Life is Strange: Before the Storm0.8 h/$
  87. 87Labyrinthine0.8 h/$
  88. 88OneShot0.8 h/$
  89. 89The Room Two0.8 h/$
  90. 90Nunholy0.8 h/$
  91. 91Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!0.8 h/$
  92. 92Hatred0.8 h/$
  93. 93Fast Food Simulator0.8 h/$
  94. 94Catherine Classic0.7 h/$
  95. 95Lunch Lady0.7 h/$
  96. 96Oxenfree0.7 h/$
  97. 97Night in the Woods0.7 h/$
  98. 98Kiosk0.7 h/$
  99. 99RUSSIAPHOBIA0.7 h/$
  100. 100Demonologist0.7 h/$

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.