Best Value Puzzle Games Under $5

The Puzzle games on Steam games under $5 that deliver the most playtime per dollar: median reviewer hours divided by current price.

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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. 6HITMAN World of Assassination$0.08/1hr
  7. 7Hitman: Blood Money$0.08/1hr
  8. 8Car Mechanic Simulator 2021$0.09/1hr
  9. 9Half-Life 2$0.09/1hr
  10. 10Batman: Arkham Knight$0.10/1hr
  11. 11HuniePop$0.10/1hr
  12. 12Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales$0.11/1hr
  13. 13Assassin’s Creed Rogue$0.12/1hr
  14. 14Deponia$0.13/1hr
  15. 15LEGO Marvel Super Heroes$0.13/1hr
  16. 16Darksiders Warmastered Edition$0.13/1hr
  17. 17Peggle Deluxe$0.13/1hr
  18. 18Legend of Grimrock$0.13/1hr
  19. 19Ori and the Will of the Wisps$0.13/1hr
  20. 20Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun$0.14/1hr
  21. 21Half-Life: Opposing Force$0.14/1hr
  22. 22Mirror$0.15/1hr
  23. 23inbento$0.15/1hr
  24. 24Poly Bridge$0.15/1hr
  25. 25Crazy Machines 3$0.15/1hr
  26. 26LEGO The Hobbit$0.16/1hr
  27. 27Scribblenauts Unlimited$0.16/1hr
  28. 28Portal 2$0.16/1hr
  29. 29Darksiders II Deathinitive Edition$0.17/1hr
  30. 30AI: The Somnium Files$0.17/1hr
  31. 31West of Loathing$0.18/1hr
  32. 32The Witness$0.18/1hr
  33. 33Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition$0.18/1hr
  34. 34The Talos Principle$0.18/1hr
  35. 35Supraland$0.18/1hr
  36. 36The Room Three$0.19/1hr
  37. 37Electrician Simulator$0.19/1hr
  38. 38Tales of the Neon Sea$0.19/1hr
  39. 39Tomb Raider Game of the Year$0.19/1hr
  40. 40Besiege$0.20/1hr
  41. 41Nubby's Number Factory$0.20/1hr
  42. 42The Escapists$0.20/1hr
  43. 43DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition$0.20/1hr
  44. 44Murdered: Soul Suspect$0.20/1hr
  45. 45LEGO Batman: The Videogame$0.21/1hr
  46. 46The Last Campfire$0.22/1hr
  47. 47Surgeon Simulator$0.22/1hr
  48. 48Cats Organized Neatly$0.22/1hr
  49. 49Super Hexagon$0.22/1hr
  50. 50Tales of the Black Forest$0.23/1hr
  51. 51Draw & Guess$0.23/1hr
  52. 52Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition$0.23/1hr
  53. 53Agent A: A puzzle in disguise$0.23/1hr
  54. 54The Room Two$0.23/1hr
  55. 55LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2$0.23/1hr
  56. 56LIMBO$0.24/1hr
  57. 57Kindergarten$0.24/1hr
  58. 58Rise of the Tomb Raider$0.24/1hr
  59. 59LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham$0.24/1hr
  60. 60Half-Life: Blue Shift$0.25/1hr
  61. 61LEGO The Lord of the Rings$0.25/1hr
  62. 62Darksiders Genesis$0.25/1hr
  63. 63LEGO Jurassic World$0.25/1hr
  64. 64Niche - a genetics survival game$0.26/1hr
  65. 65Cyber Manhunt$0.26/1hr
  66. 66Sally Face - Episode One$0.26/1hr
  67. 67Immortals Fenyx Rising$0.27/1hr
  68. 68TOEM: A Photo Adventure$0.27/1hr
  69. 69Seen$0.27/1hr
  70. 70Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter$0.27/1hr
  71. 71The Room$0.27/1hr
  72. 72We Were Here Expeditions: The FriendShip$0.29/1hr
  73. 73Hob$0.30/1hr
  74. 74A Plague Tale: Innocence$0.30/1hr
  75. 75Resident Evil$0.31/1hr
  76. 76Titan Souls$0.31/1hr
  77. 77Otaku's Adventure$0.31/1hr
  78. 78Catherine Classic$0.32/1hr
  79. 79Trine 2: Complete Story$0.32/1hr
  80. 80Strange Brigade$0.32/1hr
  81. 81Resident Evil 0$0.34/1hr
  82. 82Progressbar95$0.35/1hr
  83. 83Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition$0.36/1hr
  84. 84The Escapists 2$0.36/1hr
  85. 85Zup! S$0.38/1hr
  86. 86Amnesia: The Dark Descent$0.38/1hr
  87. 87Trine Enchanted Edition$0.38/1hr
  88. 88Death and Taxes$0.38/1hr
  89. 89Portal$0.40/1hr
  90. 90I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream$0.41/1hr
  91. 91Rusty Lake Hotel$0.42/1hr
  92. 92BattleBlock Theater$0.42/1hr
  93. 93Hue$0.43/1hr
  94. 94The Room 4: Old Sins$0.44/1hr
  95. 95Buckshot Roulette$0.45/1hr
  96. 96DEVOUR$0.46/1hr
  97. 97Unheard - Voices of Crime$0.46/1hr
  98. 98Summon$0.47/1hr
  99. 99The House of Da Vinci$0.47/1hr
  100. 100Sticky Business$0.47/1hr

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.