Best Value PvP Games Under $40
The PvP 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.
- 1Black Desert$0.01/1hr118h74.62%73.52%
- 2Crosshair X$0.03/1hr359h91.81%93.35%
- 3The Elder Scrolls Online$0.03/1hr154h81.14%80.90%
- 4Rust$0.05/1hr394h86.78%86.80%
- 5Foxhole$0.05/1hr586h80.38%79.52%
- 6ORION: Prelude$0.05/1hr18h77.92%75.45%
- 7Pro Soccer Online$0.06/1hr83h82.72%81.92%
- 8Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands$0.07/1hr34h79.52%79.02%
- 9Beasts of Bermuda$0.07/1hr268h77.07%68.98%
- 10Hexarchy$0.09/1hr21h84.52%81.92%
- 11Mechabellum$0.10/1hr104h84.07%83.74%
- 12Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition$0.10/1hr103h95.16%95.65%
- 13Tom Clancy’s The Division 2$0.12/1hr65h80.13%78.77%
- 14Dying Light$0.13/1hr38h95.03%95.23%
- 15Need for Speed Heat$0.13/1hr26h84.22%84.17%
- 16Hunt: Showdown 1896$0.13/1hr222h74.10%73.71%
- 17Deadside$0.15/1hr69h77.38%75.51%
- 18The Quinfall$0.15/1hr67h65.98%51.25%
- 19Battlefield 1$0.15/1hr27h86.42%86.49%
- 20Monster Sanctuary$0.15/1hr32h88.34%91.24%
- 21ANEURISM IV$0.16/1hr31h81.59%76.20%
- 22Soccer Online: Ball 3D$0.17/1hr6h84.66%84.41%
- 23Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced$0.17/1hr180h82.63%82.53%
- 24Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions$0.17/1hr28h79.72%71.90%
- 25Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition$0.17/1hr82h88.55%88.65%
- 26Red Dead Online$0.17/1hr58h83.31%83.08%
- 27Among Us$0.17/1hr29h91.90%92.00%
- 28Terraforming Mars$0.17/1hr41h78.90%70.54%
- 29Garry's Mod$0.17/1hr57h96.78%96.87%
- 30Need for Speed Payback$0.18/1hr17h85.33%85.45%
- 31Mortal Online 2$0.18/1hr218h70.48%60.06%
- 32Naval Action$0.18/1hr108h65.44%52.20%
- 33Friends vs Friends$0.20/1hr13h83.62%82.72%
- 34Miscreated$0.21/1hr146h70.51%65.95%
- 35Battlefield 2042$0.22/1hr27h48.27%47.14%
- 36Conan Exiles Enhanced$0.22/1hr181h79.48%79.02%
- 37Stormworks: Build and Rescue$0.22/1hr112h89.71%90.51%
- 38Street Fighter 6$0.23/1hr177h82.62%82.32%
- 39Empyrion - Galactic Survival$0.23/1hr87h79.91%78.45%
- 40Backpack Battles$0.23/1hr65h89.20%91.27%
- 41Legion TD 2 - Multiplayer Tower Defense$0.23/1hr109h85.74%86.26%
- 42BattleBit Remastered$0.23/1hr64h81.84%81.63%
- 43Airships: Conquer the Skies$0.24/1hr53h89.29%95.91%
- 44Mindustry$0.24/1hr42h92.86%95.72%
- 45Command & Conquer Remastered Collection$0.25/1hr20h89.39%90.66%
- 46Chivalry 2$0.25/1hr32h80.13%79.31%
- 47Soulmask$0.26/1hr117h79.59%77.18%
- 48Battlefield V$0.26/1hr19h71.15%70.64%
- 49Talisman: Digital Classic Edition$0.26/1hr27h81.61%78.28%
- 50Draw & Guess$0.27/1hr15h84.13%83.89%
- 51Hell Let Loose$0.28/1hr45h81.97%81.77%
- 52Football, Tactics & Glory$0.28/1hr88h85.61%87.15%
- 53Pax Dei$0.28/1hr106h69.80%56.55%
- 54FOR HONOR$0.28/1hr105h69.99%69.07%
- 55Iron Harvest$0.31/1hr15h77.37%72.63%
- 56For The King II$0.31/1hr27h76.29%70.88%
- 57EA SPORTS FC 25$0.31/1hr103h55.83%53.11%
- 58Due Process$0.31/1hr21h83.17%81.10%
- 59Need for Speed Rivals$0.32/1hr6h80.14%75.51%
- 60Secret Neighbor: Hello Neighbor Multiplayer$0.32/1hr12h85.42%85.68%
- 61Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2: Deluxe Edition$0.33/1hr28h89.07%89.90%
- 62ROUNDS$0.34/1hr17h93.34%95.25%
- 63Monster Train 2$0.34/1hr72h90.14%95.32%
- 64Spelunky 2$0.37/1hr54h90.26%92.80%
- 65Battlefield 4$0.37/1hr11h84.85%84.84%
- 66Isonzo$0.37/1hr26h83.60%82.97%
- 67MORDHAU$0.38/1hr79h80.34%79.93%
- 68SpiderHeck$0.38/1hr16h87.94%92.65%
- 69Bopl Battle$0.38/1hr26h93.76%97.22%
- 70ATLYSS$0.39/1hr26h93.21%96.83%
- 71TEKKEN 8$0.41/1hr99h59.79%56.29%
- 72Wingspan$0.41/1hr24h90.00%94.25%
- 73Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront$0.42/1hr84h85.14%85.20%
- 74HumanitZ$0.42/1hr48h78.82%74.39%
- 75STAR WARS Battlefront II$0.44/1hr23h88.00%88.30%
- 76Mad Games Tycoon 2$0.44/1hr57h88.69%93.85%
- 77Kingdoms Reborn$0.44/1hr45h87.65%90.45%
- 78Rivals of Aether II$0.44/1hr34h82.47%79.96%
- 79Titanfall 2$0.45/1hr10h95.27%95.63%
- 80Gray Zone Warfare$0.45/1hr88h73.73%72.30%
- 81Night of the Dead$0.46/1hr65h80.60%76.93%
- 82Lost Castle / 失落城堡$0.46/1hr21h85.96%86.50%
- 83GoreBox$0.47/1hr19h84.32%84.07%
- 84V Rising$0.47/1hr74h88.68%88.96%
- 85Ghosts of Tabor$0.48/1hr52h77.74%70.84%
- 86Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition$0.48/1hr84h85.64%85.71%
- 87TerraTech$0.49/1hr51h89.55%91.40%
- 88Drunken Wrestlers 2$0.49/1hr8h86.05%86.65%
- 89Ultimate Chicken Horse$0.50/1hr11h94.05%95.77%
- 90Planetary Annihilation: TITANS$0.50/1hr60h84.62%84.40%
- 91The Crew Motorfest$0.51/1hr27h80.54%78.78%
- 92DUCKSIDE$0.51/1hr12h81.98%72.36%
- 93PixARK$0.51/1hr39h78.11%73.13%
- 94Tricky Towers$0.52/1hr9h88.23%90.23%
- 95MX vs ATV Legends$0.53/1hr19h83.56%80.93%
- 96LOCKDOWN Protocol$0.53/1hr19h85.70%86.09%
- 97Day of Dragons$0.54/1hr37h76.10%65.21%
- 98Counter-Strike: Source$0.54/1hr18h95.73%96.29%
- 99Age of Mythology: Retold$0.55/1hr55h88.80%90.45%
- 100DEATHLOOP$0.56/1hr22h78.26%76.07%
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.