Best Value Rogue-like Games Under $40
The Rogue-like 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.
- 1Don't Starve Together$0.05/1hr102h94.78%94.90%
- 2PlateUp!$0.06/1hr35h92.18%94.75%
- 3The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth$0.06/1hr191h96.63%96.81%
- 4Darkest Dungeon$0.06/1hr61h91.45%91.65%
- 5Brotato$0.06/1hr47h95.09%95.92%
- 6Hero Siege$0.07/1hr122h70.26%67.14%
- 7Enter the Gungeon$0.07/1hr46h94.10%95.10%
- 8Tales of Maj'Eyal$0.07/1hr51h89.16%94.49%
- 9Atomicrops$0.07/1hr41h87.85%92.05%
- 10Death Road to Canada$0.08/1hr30h89.06%92.74%
- 11Wall World$0.08/1hr13h88.19%90.56%
- 12The Lost Village$0.08/1hr72h81.84%71.20%
- 13Vampire Survivors$0.08/1hr45h97.94%98.31%
- 14Spelunky 2$0.08/1hr84h90.42%92.81%
- 15Nordic Ashes: Survivors of Ragnarok$0.08/1hr65h86.35%88.20%
- 16The Binding of Isaac$0.09/1hr19h93.32%94.61%
- 17Roguebook$0.09/1hr20h85.17%83.83%
- 18Darkwood$0.09/1hr22h92.11%94.89%
- 19FTL: Faster Than Light$0.10/1hr31h93.97%95.08%
- 20Rogue Legacy$0.10/1hr15h89.86%92.34%
- 21Loop Hero$0.10/1hr29h91.10%92.72%
- 22Lobotomy Corporation | Monster Management Simulation$0.11/1hr79h92.89%94.24%
- 23Tales & Tactics$0.11/1hr16h83.69%78.09%
- 24Against the Storm$0.11/1hr82h92.49%94.44%
- 25Noita$0.11/1hr72h94.12%95.12%
- 26Don't Starve$0.11/1hr22h95.62%96.54%
- 27Downwell$0.12/1hr6h90.44%96.54%
- 28Streets of Rogue$0.12/1hr34h92.75%96.03%
- 29Dungreed$0.12/1hr41h89.17%93.31%
- 30The Last Spell$0.12/1hr52h88.78%91.40%
- 31Across the Obelisk$0.12/1hr83h82.34%80.17%
- 32Slay the Spire$0.12/1hr50h97.05%97.45%
- 33Moonlighter$0.12/1hr16h82.48%81.38%
- 34Card Survival: Tropical Island$0.13/1hr100h86.78%94.97%
- 35Curse of the Dead Gods$0.13/1hr32h84.33%83.40%
- 36SKYHILL$0.13/1hr8h82.66%78.30%
- 37Picayune Dreams$0.13/1hr19h89.94%98.88%
- 38Crab Champions$0.14/1hr50h94.81%97.90%
- 39Spelunky$0.14/1hr26h89.54%92.16%
- 40(the) Gnorp Apologue$0.14/1hr29h89.53%94.81%
- 41Path of Achra$0.14/1hr35h88.79%98.04%
- 42ScourgeBringer$0.15/1hr18h85.48%86.38%
- 43Halls of Torment$0.15/1hr34h92.90%95.33%
- 44The Scroll of Taiwu : Beyond The Dome$0.16/1hr155h67.82%65.35%
- 45Heroes of Hammerwatch$0.16/1hr19h86.28%87.44%
- 46Risk of Rain 2$0.16/1hr52h93.68%93.84%
- 47Menace from the Deep$0.16/1hr31h85.51%84.47%
- 48Cluckmech Oasis$0.16/1hr30h86.01%88.28%
- 49Cultist Simulator$0.17/1hr36h82.08%79.89%
- 50Bomber Crew$0.17/1hr14h86.64%87.58%
- 51Tainted Grail: Conquest$0.17/1hr23h87.64%89.86%
- 52EVERSPACE$0.17/1hr12h81.51%78.30%
- 53For The King$0.17/1hr23h87.23%87.70%
- 54Stoneshard$0.17/1hr101h76.97%74.67%
- 55Voidigo$0.17/1hr14h88.92%96.51%
- 56Dungeon of the ENDLESS$0.18/1hr17h85.22%85.25%
- 57Army of Ruin$0.18/1hr17h85.81%88.06%
- 58Elin$0.19/1hr108h89.11%93.36%
- 59Lost Castle / 失落城堡$0.19/1hr16h86.08%86.46%
- 60Invisible, Inc.$0.19/1hr26h86.82%91.24%
- 61Kingdom: New Lands$0.19/1hr8h85.26%85.32%
- 62Iratus: Lord of the Dead$0.20/1hr15h85.33%85.50%
- 63Nubby's Number Factory$0.20/1hr13h93.21%97.31%
- 64The Escapists$0.20/1hr13h88.29%90.21%
- 65Quasimorph$0.20/1hr81h83.55%82.68%
- 66Boneraiser Minions$0.20/1hr16h89.01%96.14%
- 67Rogue Legacy 2$0.21/1hr49h88.59%90.83%
- 68Risk of Rain (2013)$0.21/1hr10h91.08%93.05%
- 69Death Must Die$0.21/1hr34h88.56%90.12%
- 70Monster Train$0.22/1hr23h92.61%95.84%
- 71For The King II$0.22/1hr39h76.35%70.90%
- 72Luck be a Landlord$0.22/1hr23h89.49%93.23%
- 73Neon Abyss$0.22/1hr23h85.68%85.89%
- 74SUNLESS SEA$0.22/1hr29h84.13%83.02%
- 75Going Under$0.22/1hr9h86.64%90.12%
- 76Skul: The Hero Slayer$0.23/1hr44h92.07%93.26%
- 77Dome Keeper$0.23/1hr20h90.14%92.35%
- 78The Spell Brigade$0.23/1hr38h82.81%81.41%
- 79Tower Dominion$0.23/1hr45h85.34%85.62%
- 80Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers$0.24/1hr20h84.29%81.80%
- 81Conquest of Elysium 5$0.24/1hr50h86.00%90.12%
- 82Karate Survivor$0.24/1hr6h85.60%85.07%
- 83ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN$0.25/1hr163h81.89%81.72%
- 84Nuclear Throne$0.25/1hr36h92.38%96.01%
- 85Hades$0.25/1hr25h97.69%98.00%
- 86Dead Estate$0.25/1hr20h88.94%94.59%
- 87Soulstone Survivors$0.25/1hr35h89.65%91.32%
- 88Niche - a genetics survival game$0.26/1hr14h84.91%86.14%
- 89Darkest Dungeon II$0.26/1hr47h77.46%74.60%
- 90Griftlands$0.27/1hr22h90.15%93.58%
- 91Bad North: Jotunn Edition$0.27/1hr11h89.94%93.26%
- 92Heroes of Hammerwatch II$0.27/1hr30h83.99%82.17%
- 93Yet Another Zombie Survivors$0.27/1hr34h89.06%91.55%
- 94Greedland$0.27/1hr19h85.09%83.07%
- 95Inscryption$0.27/1hr30h96.09%96.82%
- 96Project Warlock$0.27/1hr7h86.20%86.87%
- 97Into the Breach$0.27/1hr19h91.40%94.17%
- 98Vampire Hunters$0.28/1hr16h86.02%89.88%
- 99Crypt of the NecroDancer$0.28/1hr11h92.66%95.48%
- 100Balatro$0.28/1hr43h97.37%97.83%
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.