Best Value Relaxing Games Under $40
The Relaxing 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.
- 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%
- 23Disney Dreamlight Valley$0.12/1hr201h90.16%92.16%
- 24Moonstone Island$0.12/1hr42h84.63%83.54%
- 25Ithya: Magic Studies$0.12/1hr67h86.71%97.82%
- 26Peggle Deluxe$0.13/1hr8h92.71%97.66%
- 27Immortal Life$0.14/1hr44h83.84%79.39%
- 28Crab Champions$0.14/1hr50h94.81%97.90%
- 29Tavern Master$0.14/1hr21h89.14%92.12%
- 30Sun Haven$0.14/1hr61h81.81%80.49%
- 31Coral Island$0.15/1hr122h87.96%88.96%
- 32CarX Drift Racing Online$0.15/1hr34h94.09%95.09%
- 33Banished$0.15/1hr46h89.45%90.43%
- 34Fields of Mistria$0.15/1hr74h94.21%97.04%
- 35gogh: Focus with Your Avatar$0.15/1hr53h86.71%91.19%
- 36inbento$0.15/1hr5h87.11%96.70%
- 37Restaurant Empire II$0.15/1hr65h84.00%77.53%
- 38Farming Simulator 25$0.15/1hr146h87.02%87.33%
- 39Insaniquarium Deluxe$0.16/1hr6h90.26%96.80%
- 40Farming Simulator 19$0.17/1hr54h93.41%94.49%
- 41Ranch Simulator: Build, Hunt, Farm$0.17/1hr30h80.11%79.07%
- 42PowerWash Simulator$0.17/1hr59h94.75%96.38%
- 43ContractVille$0.17/1hr19h82.94%80.85%
- 44Farm Together$0.18/1hr34h91.30%94.07%
- 45Cassette Beasts$0.18/1hr34h89.73%94.03%
- 46Cozy Grove$0.18/1hr29h86.68%89.51%
- 47The Witness$0.18/1hr22h84.35%84.40%
- 48Core Keeper$0.18/1hr65h91.93%92.94%
- 49Kynseed$0.19/1hr67h84.60%83.10%
- 50Construction Simulator$0.19/1hr13h82.55%80.75%
- 51Electrician Simulator$0.19/1hr6h83.01%80.19%
- 52Doloc Town$0.20/1hr81h87.19%94.52%
- 53DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT$0.20/1hr50h91.31%92.20%
- 54Train Simulator Classic$0.22/1hr28h75.14%71.73%
- 55The Last Campfire$0.22/1hr7h93.18%97.50%
- 56Wylde Flowers$0.22/1hr72h87.32%95.88%
- 57Cats Organized Neatly$0.22/1hr4h88.48%97.19%
- 58Outpath$0.23/1hr17h86.78%92.65%
- 59Plantera 2: Golden Acorn$0.23/1hr8h86.07%94.19%
- 60Bloons TD 5$0.23/1hr18h90.63%94.68%
- 61Draw & Guess$0.23/1hr13h84.20%83.92%
- 62Roots of Pacha$0.24/1hr64h87.65%93.59%
- 63Let's School$0.24/1hr29h88.40%92.70%
- 64Descenders$0.24/1hr26h91.71%94.43%
- 65Motor Town: Behind The Wheel$0.24/1hr66h89.46%93.85%
- 66Fae Farm$0.24/1hr42h84.24%79.96%
- 67Kingdoms and Castles$0.25/1hr40h91.54%93.57%
- 68Wingspan$0.25/1hr32h90.15%94.29%
- 69Farming Simulator 15$0.26/1hr25h89.68%92.51%
- 70Mon Bazou$0.26/1hr47h93.25%97.12%
- 71Niche - a genetics survival game$0.26/1hr14h84.91%86.14%
- 72Farmer's Life$0.26/1hr35h85.78%88.74%
- 73Planet Zoo$0.26/1hr51h90.45%90.98%
- 74City Bus Manager$0.27/1hr62h86.89%90.77%
- 75TOEM: A Photo Adventure$0.27/1hr7h93.09%99.09%
- 76DAVE THE DIVER$0.27/1hr37h95.83%96.48%
- 77Hardspace: Shipbreaker$0.27/1hr39h88.02%89.29%
- 78Cash Cleaner Simulator$0.28/1hr54h87.87%92.36%
- 79Balatro$0.28/1hr43h97.37%97.83%
- 80Bear and Breakfast$0.28/1hr24h86.07%89.43%
- 81Dinkum$0.28/1hr56h90.09%91.78%
- 82Star Valor$0.28/1hr44h85.29%88.22%
- 83I Am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival$0.29/1hr27h84.30%84.38%
- 84Terra Nil$0.30/1hr21h86.26%87.48%
- 85Rising World$0.30/1hr37h84.82%85.75%
- 86Animal Shelter$0.31/1hr10h85.26%87.66%
- 87Call of the Wild: The Angler$0.32/1hr24h76.02%63.99%
- 88Out of Ore$0.32/1hr54h85.09%85.41%
- 89Farm Together 2$0.33/1hr64h88.07%93.81%
- 90My Dream Setup$0.33/1hr7h87.22%91.47%
- 91Grocery Store Simulator$0.33/1hr23h86.73%90.71%
- 92Insect Swarm$0.33/1hr7h84.96%84.15%
- 93Potion Permit$0.33/1hr20h82.51%79.30%
- 94Turmoil$0.33/1hr12h90.00%92.98%
- 95Little Witch in the Woods$0.33/1hr42h87.40%89.08%
- 96Swords & Souls: Neverseen$0.35/1hr15h88.15%93.23%
- 97Wildmender$0.35/1hr24h84.87%84.49%
- 98Burgie's Cozy Kitchen$0.36/1hr15h85.84%96.10%
- 99Russian Life Simulator$0.36/1hr1h86.70%88.52%
- 100Parkitect$0.36/1hr33h89.22%94.18%
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.