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.
- 1Cornerpond$0.02/1hr158h87.54%97.16%
- 2Ropuka's Idle Island$0.03/1hr121h88.04%95.40%
- 3Mini Cozy Room: Lo-Fi$0.04/1hr122h88.06%96.78%
- 4Chill Pulse$0.04/1hr115h88.38%95.55%
- 5Razortron 2000$0.06/1hr8h85.25%86.19%
- 6Starbound$0.10/1hr157h89.60%89.97%
- 7Rusty's Retirement$0.10/1hr71h91.95%96.71%
- 8Tiny Pasture$0.11/1hr56h88.28%92.48%
- 9Stardew Valley$0.11/1hr135h98.35%98.48%
- 10Spirit City: Lofi Sessions$0.13/1hr91h92.84%97.63%
- 11inbento$0.13/1hr7h87.59%96.67%
- 12Tavern Master$0.16/1hr19h88.92%92.13%
- 13RollerCoaster Tycoon: Deluxe$0.16/1hr37h89.17%94.30%
- 14Farm Together 2$0.17/1hr154h87.84%93.72%
- 15Peggle Deluxe$0.17/1hr6h92.41%97.65%
- 16Ithya: Magic Studies$0.17/1hr63h87.21%97.85%
- 17Placid Plastic Duck Simulator$0.18/1hr11h93.38%97.58%
- 18Farming Simulator 19$0.19/1hr95h93.36%94.47%
- 19ISLANDERS$0.19/1hr8h90.89%94.43%
- 20Amber Isle$0.21/1hr30h84.57%82.78%
- 21Coral Island$0.23/1hr129h87.82%88.87%
- 22Sudocats$0.24/1hr4h87.02%98.56%
- 23Bear and Breakfast$0.24/1hr29h86.51%89.46%
- 24Potion Permit$0.25/1hr28h83.00%79.39%
- 25Descenders$0.27/1hr23h91.63%94.45%
- 26Motor Town: Behind The Wheel$0.27/1hr74h89.25%93.78%
- 27Draw & Guess$0.27/1hr15h84.13%83.89%
- 28TOEM: A Photo Adventure$0.29/1hr7h92.61%99.11%
- 29Little Witch in the Woods$0.29/1hr52h87.26%89.04%
- 30Garden Galaxy$0.29/1hr17h87.56%97.47%
- 31Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator$0.29/1hr27h91.46%92.93%
- 32Zodiacats$0.30/1hr3h86.56%98.59%
- 33Farming Simulator 25$0.30/1hr99h86.74%87.06%
- 34Chillquarium$0.31/1hr20h88.09%92.19%
- 35Crab Champions$0.31/1hr32h94.72%97.88%
- 36I Am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival$0.31/1hr26h84.87%84.73%
- 37American Truck Simulator$0.32/1hr63h96.33%96.92%
- 38Euro Truck Simulator 2$0.32/1hr62h97.31%97.45%
- 39Mon Bazou$0.33/1hr48h93.14%97.12%
- 40Balatro$0.34/1hr35h97.22%97.84%
- 41Grocery Store Simulator$0.34/1hr27h87.17%90.79%
- 42gogh: Focus with Your Avatar$0.34/1hr35h87.05%91.00%
- 43Wylde Flowers$0.34/1hr73h87.47%95.88%
- 44Dinkum$0.34/1hr59h90.07%91.84%
- 45Bloons TD 5$0.35/1hr29h90.23%94.66%
- 46Core Keeper$0.35/1hr58h91.90%92.95%
- 47Fields of Mistria$0.35/1hr36h94.38%97.45%
- 48Sun Haven$0.36/1hr69h81.81%80.57%
- 49Critter Cove$0.38/1hr66h86.52%94.75%
- 50DAVE THE DIVER$0.38/1hr53h95.84%96.53%
- 51Roots of Pacha$0.38/1hr66h87.80%93.61%
- 52Banished$0.39/1hr51h89.40%90.43%
- 53Disney Dreamlight Valley$0.40/1hr99h90.10%92.20%
- 54Wingspan$0.41/1hr24h90.00%94.25%
- 55Kynseed$0.41/1hr48h84.54%82.90%
- 56ContractVille$0.42/1hr23h83.42%80.94%
- 57Cities: Skylines II$0.43/1hr81h58.42%55.52%
- 58Cash Cleaner Simulator$0.46/1hr44h88.19%92.36%
- 59Mini Motorways$0.47/1hr21h92.97%96.27%
- 60GoreBox$0.47/1hr19h84.32%84.07%
- 61theHunter: Call of the Wild$0.47/1hr43h88.89%89.08%
- 62Farm Together$0.47/1hr43h91.23%94.08%
- 63Calico$0.47/1hr8h85.49%86.59%
- 64Rising World$0.48/1hr31h85.23%85.71%
- 65Moonstone Island$0.48/1hr41h84.55%83.77%
- 66Burgie's Cozy Kitchen$0.49/1hr14h86.24%96.89%
- 67Two Point Museum$0.50/1hr60h90.84%95.37%
- 68CarX Drift Racing Online$0.51/1hr33h94.07%95.10%
- 69WorldBox - God Simulator$0.51/1hr39h93.76%95.33%
- 70Parkitect$0.51/1hr58h89.09%94.20%
- 71Lightyear Frontier$0.52/1hr39h84.60%83.87%
- 72TCG Card Shop Simulator$0.52/1hr38h94.57%96.54%
- 73Gas Station Simulator$0.53/1hr18h87.16%87.97%
- 74A Little to the Left$0.54/1hr11h89.29%91.61%
- 75My Time at Portia$0.54/1hr55h90.29%91.50%
- 76Gourdlets$0.58/1hr9h86.09%92.56%
- 77Cozy Grove$0.59/1hr26h87.06%89.57%
- 78PowerWash Simulator$0.59/1hr42h94.73%96.41%
- 79Out of Ore$0.60/1hr41h85.18%85.77%
- 80Plantera 2: Golden Acorn$0.61/1hr8h86.01%94.37%
- 81Farming Simulator 15$0.63/1hr21h89.65%92.49%
- 82OMSI 2: Steam Edition$0.63/1hr48h85.33%85.59%
- 83My Dream Setup$0.63/1hr9h87.56%91.37%
- 84Finnish Cottage Simulator$0.64/1hr23h87.26%93.67%
- 85Cassette Beasts$0.65/1hr31h89.82%94.06%
- 86Cat Goes Fishing$0.65/1hr11h90.66%94.14%
- 87Kingdoms and Castles$0.66/1hr30h91.47%93.56%
- 88Nodebuster$0.66/1hr5h92.11%97.43%
- 89Let's School$0.67/1hr30h88.10%92.73%
- 90Zup!$0.67/1hr3h89.27%94.13%
- 91A Building Full of Cats$0.68/1hr1h89.07%98.92%
- 92Ostriv$0.68/1hr37h89.14%95.00%
- 93Sailwind$0.69/1hr29h85.68%88.85%
- 94Good Pizza, Great Pizza - Cooking Simulator Game$0.69/1hr14h86.17%88.00%
- 95Juice Galaxy$0.69/1hr7h91.86%98.47%
- 96The Tenants$0.69/1hr29h82.30%78.90%
- 97Dorfromantik$0.70/1hr20h93.45%96.34%
- 98Loddlenaut$0.70/1hr9h89.91%98.01%
- 99Crashlands 2$0.71/1hr35h85.53%87.97%
- 100Aeruta$0.71/1hr21h86.83%94.54%
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.