Best Value Puzzle Games

The Puzzle games that stretch a budget furthest: median reviewer playtime divided by current price. Pick your currency in the top bar to rank against your local prices.

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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.
  1. 1GemCraft - Chasing Shadows$0.04/1hr
  2. 2shapez$0.05/1hr
  3. 3CrossCode$0.07/1hr
  4. 4Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc$0.07/1hr
  5. 5The Talos Principle 2$0.08/1hr
  6. 6Orb of Creation$0.08/1hr
  7. 7ATOM RPG: Post-apocalyptic indie game$0.08/1hr
  8. 8HITMAN World of Assassination$0.08/1hr
  9. 9Hitman: Blood Money$0.08/1hr
  10. 10Car Mechanic Simulator 2021$0.09/1hr
  11. 11Half-Life 2$0.09/1hr
  12. 12Batman: Arkham Knight$0.10/1hr
  13. 13HuniePop$0.10/1hr
  14. 14Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales$0.11/1hr
  15. 15Assassin’s Creed Rogue$0.12/1hr
  16. 16Hogwarts Legacy$0.12/1hr
  17. 17Deponia$0.13/1hr
  18. 18LEGO Marvel Super Heroes$0.13/1hr
  19. 19Darksiders Warmastered Edition$0.13/1hr
  20. 20Peggle Deluxe$0.13/1hr
  21. 21Legend of Grimrock$0.13/1hr
  22. 22Ori and the Will of the Wisps$0.13/1hr
  23. 23Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun$0.14/1hr
  24. 24Half-Life: Opposing Force$0.14/1hr
  25. 25Mirror$0.15/1hr
  26. 26inbento$0.15/1hr
  27. 27Poly Bridge$0.15/1hr
  28. 28Crazy Machines 3$0.15/1hr
  29. 29LEGO The Hobbit$0.16/1hr
  30. 30Scribblenauts Unlimited$0.16/1hr
  31. 31Portal 2$0.16/1hr
  32. 32Darksiders II Deathinitive Edition$0.17/1hr
  33. 33AI: The Somnium Files$0.17/1hr
  34. 34Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony$0.18/1hr
  35. 35West of Loathing$0.18/1hr
  36. 36Survival: Fountain of Youth$0.18/1hr
  37. 37The Witness$0.18/1hr
  38. 38Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition$0.18/1hr
  39. 39The Talos Principle$0.18/1hr
  40. 40Supraland$0.18/1hr
  41. 41The Room Three$0.19/1hr
  42. 42Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered$0.19/1hr
  43. 43Electrician Simulator$0.19/1hr
  44. 44Tales of the Neon Sea$0.19/1hr
  45. 45Tomb Raider Game of the Year$0.19/1hr
  46. 46Besiege$0.20/1hr
  47. 47Nubby's Number Factory$0.20/1hr
  48. 48The Escapists$0.20/1hr
  49. 49DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition$0.20/1hr
  50. 50Murdered: Soul Suspect$0.20/1hr
  51. 51Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy$0.21/1hr
  52. 52LEGO Batman: The Videogame$0.21/1hr
  53. 53Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair$0.21/1hr
  54. 54L.A. Noire$0.21/1hr
  55. 55The Last Campfire$0.22/1hr
  56. 56Surgeon Simulator$0.22/1hr
  57. 57Cats Organized Neatly$0.22/1hr
  58. 58Super Hexagon$0.22/1hr
  59. 59Tales of the Black Forest$0.23/1hr
  60. 60Draw & Guess$0.23/1hr
  61. 61Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition$0.23/1hr
  62. 62Agent A: A puzzle in disguise$0.23/1hr
  63. 63The Room Two$0.23/1hr
  64. 64LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2$0.23/1hr
  65. 65LIMBO$0.24/1hr
  66. 66Kindergarten$0.24/1hr
  67. 67Rise of the Tomb Raider$0.24/1hr
  68. 68LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham$0.24/1hr
  69. 69Half-Life: Blue Shift$0.25/1hr
  70. 70LEGO The Lord of the Rings$0.25/1hr
  71. 71Darksiders Genesis$0.25/1hr
  72. 72LEGO Jurassic World$0.25/1hr
  73. 73The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles$0.25/1hr
  74. 74Niche - a genetics survival game$0.26/1hr
  75. 75Cyber Manhunt$0.26/1hr
  76. 76Darksiders III$0.26/1hr
  77. 77Sally Face - Episode One$0.26/1hr
  78. 78LOCKDOWN Protocol$0.26/1hr
  79. 79Immortals Fenyx Rising$0.27/1hr
  80. 80TOEM: A Photo Adventure$0.27/1hr
  81. 81Seen$0.27/1hr
  82. 82Inscryption$0.27/1hr
  83. 83Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter$0.27/1hr
  84. 84The Room$0.27/1hr
  85. 85Into the Breach$0.27/1hr
  86. 86Hardspace: Shipbreaker$0.27/1hr
  87. 87We Were Here Expeditions: The FriendShip$0.29/1hr
  88. 88Hob$0.30/1hr
  89. 89A Plague Tale: Innocence$0.30/1hr
  90. 90Terra Nil$0.30/1hr
  91. 91FINAL FANTASY X/X-2 HD Remaster$0.30/1hr
  92. 92Resident Evil$0.31/1hr
  93. 93Titan Souls$0.31/1hr
  94. 94Otaku's Adventure$0.31/1hr
  95. 95Catherine Classic$0.32/1hr
  96. 96LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga$0.32/1hr
  97. 97Trine 2: Complete Story$0.32/1hr
  98. 98Strange Brigade$0.32/1hr
  99. 99Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition$0.32/1hr
  100. 100Little Witch in the Woods$0.33/1hr

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.