Best Value Simulation Games Under $20
The Simulation games on Steam games under $20 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.
- 1BidKing$0.02/1hr169h48.66%32.94%
- 2Cornerpond$0.02/1hr158h87.54%97.16%
- 3Ropuka's Idle Island$0.03/1hr121h88.04%95.40%
- 4The NOexistenceN of Lilith$0.04/1hr52h86.84%98.05%
- 5Cookie Clicker$0.04/1hr128h95.30%96.42%
- 6The Guild II Renaissance$0.04/1hr46h84.33%83.49%
- 7Chill Pulse$0.04/1hr115h88.38%95.55%
- 8X4: Foundations$0.07/1hr145h81.17%79.90%
- 9Beasts of Bermuda$0.07/1hr268h77.07%68.98%
- 10Graveyard Keeper$0.08/1hr52h85.31%85.38%
- 11MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries$0.08/1hr96h84.84%84.77%
- 12Space Engineers$0.08/1hr254h88.57%88.84%
- 13Hexarchy$0.09/1hr21h84.52%81.92%
- 14Drug Dealer Simulator$0.10/1hr21h85.79%86.19%
- 15Rusty's Retirement$0.10/1hr71h91.95%96.71%
- 16Mechabellum$0.10/1hr104h84.07%83.74%
- 17Tiny Pasture$0.11/1hr56h88.28%92.48%
- 18Dragon Cliff$0.11/1hr92h86.61%88.66%
- 19Cruelty Squad$0.11/1hr18h92.84%96.04%
- 20Stardew Valley$0.11/1hr135h98.35%98.48%
- 21DSX$0.11/1hr71h77.80%69.52%
- 22Spirit City: Lofi Sessions$0.13/1hr91h92.84%97.63%
- 23Touhou Mystia's Izakaya$0.13/1hr44h95.35%98.56%
- 24Bomber Crew$0.16/1hr15h86.54%87.57%
- 25ANEURISM IV$0.16/1hr31h81.59%76.20%
- 26Tavern Master$0.16/1hr19h88.92%92.13%
- 27Settlement Survival$0.16/1hr33h84.96%85.30%
- 28RollerCoaster Tycoon: Deluxe$0.16/1hr37h89.17%94.30%
- 29Terra Invicta$0.17/1hr118h82.71%80.41%
- 30FTL: Faster Than Light$0.17/1hr59h93.96%95.11%
- 31Garry's Mod$0.17/1hr57h96.78%96.87%
- 32Elite Dangerous$0.18/1hr112h77.96%77.31%
- 33Placid Plastic Duck Simulator$0.18/1hr11h93.38%97.58%
- 34Naval Action$0.18/1hr108h65.44%52.20%
- 35Farming Simulator 19$0.19/1hr95h93.36%94.47%
- 36Definitely Not Fried Chicken$0.19/1hr20h82.72%73.15%
- 37The Long Dark$0.19/1hr103h88.64%88.94%
- 38The Isle$0.20/1hr100h80.52%80.14%
- 39People Playground$0.20/1hr49h98.04%98.46%
- 40Motorsport Manager$0.20/1hr98h88.91%91.71%
- 41Survivalist: Invisible Strain$0.20/1hr59h85.33%86.78%
- 42Factory Town Idle$0.21/1hr24h85.56%90.90%
- 43Amber Isle$0.21/1hr30h84.57%82.78%
- 44Kerbal Space Program$0.21/1hr48h94.89%95.57%
- 45Punch Club 2: Fast Forward$0.21/1hr24h84.17%82.48%
- 46Dyson Sphere Program$0.21/1hr94h96.22%97.46%
- 47Planetbase$0.22/1hr69h82.28%79.73%
- 48Farming Simulator 22$0.22/1hr92h91.94%92.70%
- 49Your Only Move Is HUSTLE$0.23/1hr22h94.36%96.49%
- 50Barotrauma$0.23/1hr77h93.10%94.02%
- 51Empyrion - Galactic Survival$0.23/1hr87h79.91%78.45%
- 52Hero's Adventure: Road to Passion$0.24/1hr76h84.63%84.51%
- 53Rocksmith 2014 Edition REMASTERED LEARN & PLAY$0.24/1hr42h87.10%87.96%
- 54Bear and Breakfast$0.24/1hr29h86.51%89.46%
- 55Feed the Cups$0.24/1hr66h79.39%70.79%
- 56Stranded: Alien Dawn$0.24/1hr50h84.51%84.35%
- 57Elin$0.24/1hr82h88.96%93.39%
- 58Besiege$0.25/1hr12h93.52%95.14%
- 59Bus Simulator 18$0.25/1hr12h82.69%81.04%
- 60My Garage$0.25/1hr79h86.52%90.30%
- 61Esports Godfather$0.27/1hr75h86.73%90.67%
- 62Noita$0.27/1hr75h94.11%95.15%
- 63Survival: Fountain of Youth$0.27/1hr63h85.11%85.50%
- 64Motor Town: Behind The Wheel$0.27/1hr74h89.25%93.78%
- 65(the) Gnorp Apologue$0.27/1hr26h89.75%94.87%
- 66Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion$0.28/1hr72h90.04%93.16%
- 67Hell Let Loose$0.28/1hr45h81.97%81.77%
- 68Papa's Freezeria Deluxe$0.28/1hr21h92.97%99.25%
- 69鬼谷八荒 Tale of Immortal$0.28/1hr70h56.81%55.56%
- 70Cyber Manhunt$0.29/1hr12h89.51%92.44%
- 71Little Witch in the Woods$0.29/1hr52h87.26%89.04%
- 72Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator$0.29/1hr27h91.46%92.93%
- 73Cauldron$0.29/1hr51h85.93%93.21%
- 74The Infected$0.30/1hr53h84.68%84.32%
- 75Chillquarium$0.31/1hr20h88.09%92.19%
- 76I Am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival$0.31/1hr26h84.87%84.73%
- 77Due Process$0.31/1hr21h83.17%81.10%
- 78American Truck Simulator$0.32/1hr63h96.33%96.92%
- 79Brick Rigs$0.32/1hr63h93.46%94.90%
- 80Supermarket Chaos$0.32/1hr12h86.54%93.33%
- 81My Summer Car$0.32/1hr47h94.14%94.93%
- 82Stronghold HD (2012)$0.32/1hr19h90.35%95.54%
- 83Euro Truck Simulator 2$0.32/1hr62h97.31%97.45%
- 84Spellcaster University$0.32/1hr27h84.10%82.75%
- 85Librarian: Tidy Up the Arcane Library!$0.33/1hr18h91.69%94.60%
- 86Mon Bazou$0.33/1hr48h93.14%97.12%
- 87Sprocket$0.34/1hr59h89.27%92.66%
- 88Grocery Store Simulator$0.34/1hr27h87.17%90.79%
- 89Parcel Simulator$0.34/1hr53h86.77%93.43%
- 90Wobbly Life$0.34/1hr48h94.52%97.24%
- 91gogh: Focus with Your Avatar$0.34/1hr35h87.05%91.00%
- 92Dinkum$0.34/1hr59h90.07%91.84%
- 93Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)$0.35/1hr29h93.46%97.52%
- 94Core Keeper$0.35/1hr58h91.90%92.95%
- 95The Guild 3$0.35/1hr17h74.00%60.29%
- 96RollerCoaster Tycoon 2: Triple Thrill Pack$0.35/1hr29h86.57%89.61%
- 97Fields of Mistria$0.35/1hr36h94.38%97.45%
- 98Matchmaking Inc.$0.35/1hr25h86.48%88.61%
- 99The Sims 3$0.35/1hr57h85.95%86.24%
- 100VillageRhapsody$0.35/1hr8h92.33%96.87%
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.