Best Value Simulation Games Under $5
The Simulation 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.
- 1BidKing$0.01/1hr200h48.02%32.54%
- 2Ropuka's Idle Island$0.02/1hr153h88.03%95.19%
- 3Cookie Clicker$0.02/1hr123h95.33%96.41%
- 4Naval Action$0.02/1hr184h65.25%51.81%
- 5Dragon Cliff$0.03/1hr78h86.73%88.61%
- 6The NOexistenceN of Lilith$0.03/1hr58h86.92%98.07%
- 7Motorsport Manager$0.03/1hr120h89.00%91.68%
- 8RollerCoaster Tycoon: Deluxe$0.05/1hr33h89.33%94.31%
- 9The Guild II Renaissance$0.05/1hr55h84.68%83.51%
- 10shapez$0.05/1hr21h91.78%95.91%
- 11Spirit City: Lofi Sessions$0.05/1hr94h92.62%97.58%
- 12theHunter: Call of the Wild$0.06/1hr35h89.03%89.07%
- 13Europa Universalis IV$0.06/1hr86h83.29%83.16%
- 14Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)$0.06/1hr34h93.72%97.48%
- 15Rusty's Retirement$0.06/1hr72h91.97%96.70%
- 16Euro Truck Simulator 2$0.06/1hr81h97.35%97.44%
- 17Touhou Mystia's Izakaya$0.06/1hr49h95.44%98.56%
- 18Old World$0.06/1hr62h84.44%82.51%
- 19Tiny Pasture$0.07/1hr58h88.39%92.48%
- 20DSX$0.07/1hr57h77.31%69.45%
- 21Drug Dealer Simulator$0.07/1hr27h85.54%86.15%
- 22Rise of Nations: Extended Edition$0.08/1hr63h91.01%94.68%
- 23Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator$0.08/1hr57h84.16%83.77%
- 24Rising Storm 2: Vietnam$0.08/1hr31h86.77%87.04%
- 25Chill Pulse$0.08/1hr46h87.90%95.43%
- 26rFactor 2$0.08/1hr56h82.05%78.66%
- 27Spiritfarer: Farewell Edition$0.08/1hr36h93.37%94.90%
- 28Car Mechanic Simulator 2021$0.09/1hr33h93.56%95.72%
- 29Kingdom Two Crowns$0.09/1hr22h89.18%90.18%
- 30Stronghold HD (2012)$0.10/1hr12h90.76%95.53%
- 31FTL: Faster Than Light$0.10/1hr31h93.97%95.08%
- 32Two Point Campus$0.10/1hr31h86.38%87.84%
- 33Rocksmith 2014 Edition REMASTERED LEARN & PLAY$0.10/1hr31h87.17%87.96%
- 34Bakery Simulator$0.10/1hr11h80.71%66.20%
- 35Frostpunk$0.10/1hr30h92.23%92.74%
- 36Garry's Mod$0.10/1hr50h96.81%96.88%
- 37This War of Mine$0.10/1hr20h93.03%93.83%
- 38Tank Mechanic Simulator$0.10/1hr19h85.87%87.58%
- 39Chillquarium$0.10/1hr29h88.14%92.04%
- 40HuniePop$0.10/1hr19h93.08%95.57%
- 41Cruelty Squad$0.11/1hr19h92.93%96.02%
- 42Placid Plastic Duck Simulator$0.11/1hr9h93.47%97.57%
- 43American Truck Simulator$0.11/1hr45h96.50%96.92%
- 44Mr. Prepper$0.11/1hr27h83.21%80.01%
- 45Don't Starve$0.11/1hr22h95.62%96.54%
- 46Gold Mining Simulator$0.11/1hr32h76.95%72.50%
- 47ANEURISM IV$0.11/1hr44h80.74%75.15%
- 48Ultimate Fishing Simulator$0.12/1hr10h87.07%89.14%
- 49Graveyard Keeper$0.12/1hr41h85.28%85.30%
- 50Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad with Rising Storm$0.12/1hr24h91.05%92.59%
- 51Craft The World$0.12/1hr38h87.43%88.40%
- 52Car Mechanic Simulator 2018$0.12/1hr13h89.99%90.84%
- 53Age of History 3$0.13/1hr31h85.06%84.99%
- 54SKYHILL$0.13/1hr8h82.66%78.30%
- 55Green Hell$0.13/1hr19h84.66%84.61%
- 56Thief Simulator$0.13/1hr13h87.52%88.10%
- 57Call to Arms$0.14/1hr28h81.03%79.31%
- 58Hacknet$0.14/1hr11h91.22%93.53%
- 59Tropico 4$0.14/1hr32h88.83%91.69%
- 60iRacing$0.14/1hr33h85.20%85.23%
- 61Tavern Master$0.14/1hr21h89.14%92.12%
- 62(the) Gnorp Apologue$0.14/1hr29h89.53%94.81%
- 63Anno 1404 - History Edition$0.15/1hr31h84.45%82.43%
- 64FlatOut$0.15/1hr10h87.55%91.08%
- 65SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition$0.15/1hr33h83.72%82.25%
- 66The Forest$0.15/1hr28h95.42%95.52%
- 67Evil Genius 2: World Domination$0.15/1hr26h76.02%69.11%
- 68Poly Bridge$0.15/1hr6h88.92%90.89%
- 69Crazy Machines 3$0.15/1hr6h89.33%94.35%
- 70Definitely Not Fried Chicken$0.16/1hr23h82.71%73.13%
- 71Breathedge$0.16/1hr15h82.10%80.93%
- 72Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition$0.16/1hr31h86.21%86.60%
- 73RollerCoaster Tycoon 2: Triple Thrill Pack$0.16/1hr15h86.83%89.64%
- 74The Long Drive$0.17/1hr24h87.83%88.29%
- 75Ranch Simulator: Build, Hunt, Farm$0.17/1hr30h80.11%79.07%
- 76Bomber Crew$0.17/1hr14h86.64%87.58%
- 77Do Not Feed the Monkeys$0.17/1hr9h89.47%93.55%
- 78Streamer Life Simulator$0.17/1hr12h81.14%76.04%
- 79ContractVille$0.17/1hr19h82.94%80.85%
- 80Endzone - A World Apart$0.19/1hr11h80.93%76.70%
- 81Construction Simulator$0.19/1hr13h82.55%80.75%
- 82Electrician Simulator$0.19/1hr6h83.01%80.19%
- 83Internet Cafe Simulator$0.19/1hr5h78.33%72.61%
- 84Kingdom: New Lands$0.19/1hr8h85.26%85.32%
- 85Stronghold 2: Steam Edition$0.19/1hr19h86.88%88.79%
- 86Bus Simulator 18$0.20/1hr15h82.35%80.95%
- 87Besiege$0.20/1hr15h93.55%95.12%
- 88Hydroneer$0.20/1hr23h85.51%85.62%
- 89The Escapists$0.20/1hr13h88.29%90.21%
- 90Fog of War$0.21/1hr4h82.41%47.47%
- 91Overcooked$0.21/1hr8h87.96%89.62%
- 92Supermarket Chaos$0.21/1hr19h86.48%92.87%
- 93Your Only Move Is HUSTLE$0.21/1hr19h94.47%96.51%
- 94Stronghold: Definitive Edition$0.22/1hr20h85.87%86.53%
- 95Luck be a Landlord$0.22/1hr23h89.49%93.23%
- 96SimplePlanes$0.22/1hr15h88.93%93.20%
- 97Assetto Corsa$0.22/1hr23h92.61%92.87%
- 98Surgeon Simulator$0.22/1hr4h83.14%81.94%
- 99Outpath$0.23/1hr17h86.78%92.65%
- 100Plantera 2: Golden Acorn$0.23/1hr8h86.07%94.19%
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.