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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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. 7Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator10 h/$
  8. 8Placid Plastic Duck Simulator8.7 h/$
  9. 9Tank Mechanic Simulator7.5 h/$
  10. 10Niche - a genetics survival game6.6 h/$
  11. 11Razortron 20005.8 h/$
  12. 12Tavern Master5.6 h/$
  13. 13Animal Shelter4.3 h/$
  14. 14ISLANDERS4.2 h/$
  15. 15Gold Mining Simulator3.2 h/$
  16. 16Sudocats3.2 h/$
  17. 17Draw & Guess2.8 h/$
  18. 18Retrowave2.5 h/$
  19. 19Cooking Simulator2.2 h/$
  20. 20Outpath2.1 h/$
  21. 21The Gunk1.9 h/$
  22. 22GRIS1.7 h/$
  23. 23Nodebuster1.6 h/$
  24. 24Ravenous Devils1.5 h/$
  25. 25Zup! F1.5 h/$
  26. 26Zodiacats1.5 h/$
  27. 27Gourdlets1.5 h/$
  28. 28Insaniquarium Deluxe1.4 h/$
  29. 29Cats Organized Neatly1.3 h/$
  30. 30Dogs Organized Neatly1.3 h/$
  31. 31Zup! S1.3 h/$
  32. 32Peggle Deluxe1.3 h/$
  33. 33Click Mage1.2 h/$
  34. 34Juice Galaxy1.1 h/$
  35. 35Digseum1.0 h/$
  36. 36A Shelter Full of Cats1.0 h/$
  37. 37Superflight0.9 h/$
  38. 38Assemble with Care0.9 h/$
  39. 39inbento0.9 h/$
  40. 40Travellin Cats in China0.9 h/$
  41. 41Minami Lane0.8 h/$
  42. 42Dystopika0.7 h/$
  43. 43Russian Life Simulator0.7 h/$
  44. 44RUSSIAPHOBIA0.7 h/$
  45. 45Chushpan Simulator0.7 h/$
  46. 46Kabuto Park0.7 h/$
  47. 47Miss Neko 30.6 h/$
  48. 48Refunct0.6 h/$
  49. 49ABZU0.6 h/$
  50. 50A Castle Full of Cats0.6 h/$
  51. 51A Building Full of Cats0.6 h/$
  52. 52SUMMERHOUSE0.5 h/$
  53. 53Drift860.3 h/$
  54. 54Cooking Simulator VR0.2 h/$
  55. 55Initial Drift Online0.1 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.