Best Value Relaxing Games Under $5
The Relaxing games on Steam games under $5 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%
- 12Razortron 2000$0.09/1hr6h85.47%86.36%
- 13Bakery Simulator$0.10/1hr11h80.71%66.20%
- 14Tank Mechanic Simulator$0.10/1hr19h85.87%87.58%
- 15Chillquarium$0.10/1hr29h88.14%92.04%
- 16Placid Plastic Duck Simulator$0.11/1hr9h93.47%97.57%
- 17American Truck Simulator$0.11/1hr45h96.50%96.92%
- 18Gold Mining Simulator$0.11/1hr32h76.95%72.50%
- 19Ultimate Fishing Simulator$0.12/1hr10h87.07%89.14%
- 20Moonstone Island$0.12/1hr42h84.63%83.54%
- 21Peggle Deluxe$0.13/1hr8h92.71%97.66%
- 22Tavern Master$0.14/1hr21h89.14%92.12%
- 23inbento$0.15/1hr5h87.11%96.70%
- 24Insaniquarium Deluxe$0.16/1hr6h90.26%96.80%
- 25Ranch Simulator: Build, Hunt, Farm$0.17/1hr30h80.11%79.07%
- 26ContractVille$0.17/1hr19h82.94%80.85%
- 27The Witness$0.18/1hr22h84.35%84.40%
- 28Construction Simulator$0.19/1hr13h82.55%80.75%
- 29Electrician Simulator$0.19/1hr6h83.01%80.19%
- 30The Last Campfire$0.22/1hr7h93.18%97.50%
- 31Cats Organized Neatly$0.22/1hr4h88.48%97.19%
- 32Outpath$0.23/1hr17h86.78%92.65%
- 33Plantera 2: Golden Acorn$0.23/1hr8h86.07%94.19%
- 34Bloons TD 5$0.23/1hr18h90.63%94.68%
- 35Draw & Guess$0.23/1hr13h84.20%83.92%
- 36Niche - a genetics survival game$0.26/1hr14h84.91%86.14%
- 37TOEM: A Photo Adventure$0.27/1hr7h93.09%99.09%
- 38Animal Shelter$0.31/1hr10h85.26%87.66%
- 39My Dream Setup$0.33/1hr7h87.22%91.47%
- 40Insect Swarm$0.33/1hr7h84.96%84.15%
- 41Turmoil$0.33/1hr12h90.00%92.98%
- 42Russian Life Simulator$0.36/1hr1h86.70%88.52%
- 43Chushpan Simulator$0.37/1hr2h84.55%85.54%
- 44Zup! S$0.38/1hr2h92.03%96.83%
- 45Biped$0.40/1hr5h84.77%85.20%
- 46Nodebuster$0.40/1hr5h92.18%97.39%
- 47The Gunk$0.43/1hr6h86.00%86.36%
- 48Arctico$0.43/1hr2h81.41%70.22%
- 49Jalopy$0.45/1hr8h80.28%75.97%
- 50Sticky Business$0.47/1hr11h88.86%93.61%
- 51Gourdlets$0.48/1hr5h85.72%92.33%
- 52Superflight$0.49/1hr6h91.19%96.37%
- 53Ravenous Devils$0.50/1hr7h88.86%92.56%
- 54FEZ$0.50/1hr10h89.93%92.64%
- 55Strange Horticulture$0.53/1hr9h90.56%94.45%
- 56Doors: Paradox$0.54/1hr8h86.00%90.93%
- 57GRIS$0.56/1hr5h95.03%96.05%
- 58RUSSIAPHOBIA$0.57/1hr1h78.14%68.75%
- 59Minami Lane$0.67/1hr4h90.09%97.35%
- 60A Story About My Uncle$0.67/1hr4h89.90%91.52%
- 61Retrowave$0.69/1hr3h91.23%95.15%
- 62Digseum$0.70/1hr3h90.67%97.68%
- 63Miss Neko 3$0.70/1hr2h87.01%92.74%
- 64Townscaper$0.70/1hr3h92.09%95.28%
- 65Hidden Cats in Paris$0.73/1hr2h84.95%96.88%
- 66SUMMERHOUSE$0.78/1hr3h86.46%92.98%
- 67Travellin Cats in China$0.79/1hr1h85.59%98.03%
- 68Hunting Simulator 2$0.80/1hr5h82.64%68.65%
- 69Travellin Cats Around the World$0.80/1hr2h85.29%97.30%
- 70Juice Galaxy$0.81/1hr6h92.03%98.50%
- 71A Building Full of Cats$0.86/1hr2h89.26%98.84%
- 72A Castle Full of Cats$0.96/1hr3h89.95%99.18%
- 73Kabuto Park$0.99/1hr4h89.10%99.50%
- 74Assemble with Care$1.09/1hr2h87.31%90.07%
- 75A Short Hike$1.12/1hr4h94.59%99.14%
- 76Drift86$1.13/1hr1h86.08%87.29%
- 77Donut County$1.22/1hr3h88.59%92.15%
- 78Dystopika$1.25/1hr3h87.25%95.75%
- 79ABZU$1.26/1hr4h90.87%92.93%
- 80Ballionaire$1.26/1hr4h85.04%84.49%
- 81Journey$1.33/1hr3h92.24%94.07%
- 82Initial Drift Online$2.84/1hr1h76.67%62.06%
- 83Spilled!$3.01/1hr1h88.61%93.95%
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.