Best Value Relaxing Games

The Relaxing 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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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. 1Cornerpond58 h/$
  2. 2Ropuka's Idle Island33 h/$
  3. 3Mini Cozy Room: Lo-Fi23 h/$
  4. 4Tiny Pasture17 h/$
  5. 5Ultimate Fishing Simulator13 h/$
  6. 6Chill Pulse12 h/$
  7. 7Rusty's Retirement10 h/$
  8. 8Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator10 h/$
  9. 9Placid Plastic Duck Simulator8.7 h/$
  10. 10Stardew Valley8.7 h/$
  11. 11Tank Mechanic Simulator7.5 h/$
  12. 12Disney Dreamlight Valley7.0 h/$
  13. 13Starbound6.7 h/$
  14. 14Niche - a genetics survival game6.6 h/$
  15. 15gogh: Focus with Your Avatar6.0 h/$
  16. 16Razortron 20005.8 h/$
  17. 17Sun Haven5.8 h/$
  18. 18Spirit City: Lofi Sessions5.7 h/$
  19. 19Tavern Master5.6 h/$
  20. 20Chillquarium5.5 h/$
  21. 21Cozy Grove5.1 h/$
  22. 22Ithya: Magic Studies4.8 h/$
  23. 23Fields of Mistria4.7 h/$
  24. 24Cassette Beasts4.4 h/$
  25. 25DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT4.4 h/$
  26. 26Animal Shelter4.3 h/$
  27. 27ISLANDERS4.2 h/$
  28. 28Paleo Pines4.0 h/$
  29. 29Sailwind3.9 h/$
  30. 30Motor Town: Behind The Wheel3.9 h/$
  31. 31Coral Island3.8 h/$
  32. 32Crab Champions3.7 h/$
  33. 33Hardspace: Shipbreaker3.7 h/$
  34. 34Doloc Town3.4 h/$
  35. 35TCG Card Shop Simulator3.2 h/$
  36. 36Gold Mining Simulator3.2 h/$
  37. 37Sudocats3.2 h/$
  38. 38theHunter: Call of the Wild3.1 h/$
  39. 39Cash Cleaner Simulator3.1 h/$
  40. 40Farming Simulator 193.0 h/$
  41. 41Core Keeper3.0 h/$
  42. 42Mini Motorways2.9 h/$
  43. 43Dinkum2.9 h/$
  44. 44Farm Together2.9 h/$
  45. 45Draw & Guess2.8 h/$
  46. 46shapez 2 - Factory2.8 h/$
  47. 47American Truck Simulator2.8 h/$
  48. 48ContractVille2.8 h/$
  49. 49RollerCoaster Tycoon: Deluxe2.7 h/$
  50. 50Mon Bazou2.7 h/$
  51. 51Euro Truck Simulator 22.6 h/$
  52. 52Wylde Flowers2.6 h/$
  53. 53Kynseed2.6 h/$
  54. 54Retrowave2.5 h/$
  55. 55Critter Cove2.5 h/$
  56. 56Banished2.5 h/$
  57. 57Rising World2.3 h/$
  58. 58Cooking Simulator2.2 h/$
  59. 59Balatro2.2 h/$
  60. 60Fabledom2.2 h/$
  61. 61LEGO Bricktales2.2 h/$
  62. 62Farming Simulator 252.1 h/$
  63. 63Outpath2.1 h/$
  64. 64Terra Nil2.1 h/$
  65. 65GoreBox2.1 h/$
  66. 66Roots of Pacha2.0 h/$
  67. 67DAVE THE DIVER2.0 h/$
  68. 68OMSI 2: Steam Edition2.0 h/$
  69. 69My Time at Portia2.0 h/$
  70. 70Chef RPG2.0 h/$
  71. 71Kingdoms and Castles1.9 h/$
  72. 72Out of Ore1.9 h/$
  73. 73Little Witch in the Woods1.9 h/$
  74. 74The Gunk1.9 h/$
  75. 75Farming Simulator 151.8 h/$
  76. 76PowerWash Simulator1.8 h/$
  77. 77Farmer's Life1.8 h/$
  78. 78Two Point Museum1.8 h/$
  79. 79The Witness1.8 h/$
  80. 80Slime Rancher 21.8 h/$
  81. 81Farm Together 21.8 h/$
  82. 82GRIS1.7 h/$
  83. 83Lightyear Frontier1.6 h/$
  84. 84Nodebuster1.6 h/$
  85. 85Ravenous Devils1.5 h/$
  86. 86Planet Zoo1.5 h/$
  87. 87The Wandering Village1.5 h/$
  88. 88Zup! F1.5 h/$
  89. 89Wingspan1.5 h/$
  90. 90I Am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival1.5 h/$
  91. 91Ostriv1.5 h/$
  92. 92Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator1.5 h/$
  93. 93CarX Drift Racing Online1.5 h/$
  94. 94Zodiacats1.5 h/$
  95. 95WorldBox - God Simulator1.5 h/$
  96. 96Cat Goes Fishing1.5 h/$
  97. 97Moonstone Island1.5 h/$
  98. 98Bloons TD 51.5 h/$
  99. 99Bus Simulator 21 Next Stop1.5 h/$
  100. 100Gourdlets1.5 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.