Best Value Relaxing Games Under $20
The Relaxing games on Steam games under $20 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.
- 1Mini Cozy Room: Lo-Fi$0.02/1hr140h87.71%96.90%
- 2Ropuka's Idle Island$0.02/1hr153h88.03%95.19%
- 3RollerCoaster Tycoon: Deluxe$0.05/1hr33h89.33%94.31%
- 4Spirit City: Lofi Sessions$0.05/1hr94h92.62%97.58%
- 5theHunter: Call of the Wild$0.06/1hr35h89.03%89.07%
- 6Rusty's Retirement$0.06/1hr72h91.97%96.70%
- 7Euro Truck Simulator 2$0.06/1hr81h97.35%97.44%
- 8Tiny Pasture$0.07/1hr58h88.39%92.48%
- 9Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator$0.08/1hr57h84.16%83.77%
- 10Chill Pulse$0.08/1hr46h87.90%95.43%
- 11Spiritfarer: Farewell Edition$0.08/1hr36h93.37%94.90%
- 12Stardew Valley$0.08/1hr127h98.38%98.48%
- 13My Time at Portia$0.08/1hr72h90.31%91.46%
- 14Starbound$0.08/1hr71h89.79%89.93%
- 15Razortron 2000$0.09/1hr6h85.47%86.36%
- 16Bakery Simulator$0.10/1hr11h80.71%66.20%
- 17Tank Mechanic Simulator$0.10/1hr19h85.87%87.58%
- 18Chillquarium$0.10/1hr29h88.14%92.04%
- 19Placid Plastic Duck Simulator$0.11/1hr9h93.47%97.57%
- 20American Truck Simulator$0.11/1hr45h96.50%96.92%
- 21Gold Mining Simulator$0.11/1hr32h76.95%72.50%
- 22Ultimate Fishing Simulator$0.12/1hr10h87.07%89.14%
- 23Moonstone Island$0.12/1hr42h84.63%83.54%
- 24Ithya: Magic Studies$0.12/1hr67h86.71%97.82%
- 25Peggle Deluxe$0.13/1hr8h92.71%97.66%
- 26Immortal Life$0.14/1hr44h83.84%79.39%
- 27Crab Champions$0.14/1hr50h94.81%97.90%
- 28Tavern Master$0.14/1hr21h89.14%92.12%
- 29Sun Haven$0.14/1hr61h81.81%80.49%
- 30Coral Island$0.15/1hr122h87.96%88.96%
- 31CarX Drift Racing Online$0.15/1hr34h94.09%95.09%
- 32Banished$0.15/1hr46h89.45%90.43%
- 33Fields of Mistria$0.15/1hr74h94.21%97.04%
- 34gogh: Focus with Your Avatar$0.15/1hr53h86.71%91.19%
- 35inbento$0.15/1hr5h87.11%96.70%
- 36Restaurant Empire II$0.15/1hr65h84.00%77.53%
- 37Insaniquarium Deluxe$0.16/1hr6h90.26%96.80%
- 38Farming Simulator 19$0.17/1hr54h93.41%94.49%
- 39Ranch Simulator: Build, Hunt, Farm$0.17/1hr30h80.11%79.07%
- 40PowerWash Simulator$0.17/1hr59h94.75%96.38%
- 41ContractVille$0.17/1hr19h82.94%80.85%
- 42Farm Together$0.18/1hr34h91.30%94.07%
- 43Cassette Beasts$0.18/1hr34h89.73%94.03%
- 44Cozy Grove$0.18/1hr29h86.68%89.51%
- 45The Witness$0.18/1hr22h84.35%84.40%
- 46Core Keeper$0.18/1hr65h91.93%92.94%
- 47Kynseed$0.19/1hr67h84.60%83.10%
- 48Construction Simulator$0.19/1hr13h82.55%80.75%
- 49Electrician Simulator$0.19/1hr6h83.01%80.19%
- 50Doloc Town$0.20/1hr81h87.19%94.52%
- 51DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT$0.20/1hr50h91.31%92.20%
- 52Train Simulator Classic$0.22/1hr28h75.14%71.73%
- 53The Last Campfire$0.22/1hr7h93.18%97.50%
- 54Wylde Flowers$0.22/1hr72h87.32%95.88%
- 55Cats Organized Neatly$0.22/1hr4h88.48%97.19%
- 56Outpath$0.23/1hr17h86.78%92.65%
- 57Plantera 2: Golden Acorn$0.23/1hr8h86.07%94.19%
- 58Bloons TD 5$0.23/1hr18h90.63%94.68%
- 59Draw & Guess$0.23/1hr13h84.20%83.92%
- 60Roots of Pacha$0.24/1hr64h87.65%93.59%
- 61Let's School$0.24/1hr29h88.40%92.70%
- 62Descenders$0.24/1hr26h91.71%94.43%
- 63Motor Town: Behind The Wheel$0.24/1hr66h89.46%93.85%
- 64Fae Farm$0.24/1hr42h84.24%79.96%
- 65Kingdoms and Castles$0.25/1hr40h91.54%93.57%
- 66Wingspan$0.25/1hr32h90.15%94.29%
- 67Farming Simulator 15$0.26/1hr25h89.68%92.51%
- 68Mon Bazou$0.26/1hr47h93.25%97.12%
- 69Niche - a genetics survival game$0.26/1hr14h84.91%86.14%
- 70Farmer's Life$0.26/1hr35h85.78%88.74%
- 71Planet Zoo$0.26/1hr51h90.45%90.98%
- 72City Bus Manager$0.27/1hr62h86.89%90.77%
- 73TOEM: A Photo Adventure$0.27/1hr7h93.09%99.09%
- 74DAVE THE DIVER$0.27/1hr37h95.83%96.48%
- 75Hardspace: Shipbreaker$0.27/1hr39h88.02%89.29%
- 76Cash Cleaner Simulator$0.28/1hr54h87.87%92.36%
- 77Balatro$0.28/1hr43h97.37%97.83%
- 78Bear and Breakfast$0.28/1hr24h86.07%89.43%
- 79Dinkum$0.28/1hr56h90.09%91.78%
- 80Star Valor$0.28/1hr44h85.29%88.22%
- 81I Am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival$0.29/1hr27h84.30%84.38%
- 82Terra Nil$0.30/1hr21h86.26%87.48%
- 83Rising World$0.30/1hr37h84.82%85.75%
- 84Animal Shelter$0.31/1hr10h85.26%87.66%
- 85Call of the Wild: The Angler$0.32/1hr24h76.02%63.99%
- 86Out of Ore$0.32/1hr54h85.09%85.41%
- 87My Dream Setup$0.33/1hr7h87.22%91.47%
- 88Grocery Store Simulator$0.33/1hr23h86.73%90.71%
- 89Insect Swarm$0.33/1hr7h84.96%84.15%
- 90Potion Permit$0.33/1hr20h82.51%79.30%
- 91Turmoil$0.33/1hr12h90.00%92.98%
- 92Little Witch in the Woods$0.33/1hr42h87.40%89.08%
- 93Swords & Souls: Neverseen$0.35/1hr15h88.15%93.23%
- 94Wildmender$0.35/1hr24h84.87%84.49%
- 95Burgie's Cozy Kitchen$0.36/1hr15h85.84%96.10%
- 96Russian Life Simulator$0.36/1hr1h86.70%88.52%
- 97Parkitect$0.36/1hr33h89.22%94.18%
- 98Chushpan Simulator$0.37/1hr2h84.55%85.54%
- 99Zup! S$0.38/1hr2h92.03%96.83%
- 100House Flipper$0.38/1hr20h93.25%93.97%
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.