Best Value Story Rich Games Under $5
The Story Rich 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.
- 1The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director's Cut$0.03/1hr47h88.99%89.45%
- 2The Elder Scrolls Online$0.03/1hr154h81.14%80.90%
- 3Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition$0.05/1hr81h88.27%89.29%
- 4Fallout: New Vegas$0.05/1hr91h95.58%95.98%
- 5Fallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game$0.07/1hr36h90.63%93.90%
- 6Graveyard Keeper$0.08/1hr52h85.31%85.38%
- 7Gothic II: Gold Edition$0.08/1hr62h90.63%93.84%
- 8The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition (2009)$0.08/1hr46h93.41%95.02%
- 9The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition$0.09/1hr35h89.42%89.92%
- 10Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut$0.09/1hr32h90.19%91.95%
- 11Risen$0.10/1hr39h86.94%88.80%
- 12Tricolour Lovestory$0.10/1hr20h82.26%81.30%
- 13Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth$0.11/1hr17h88.08%92.24%
- 14The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition Deluxe (2009)$0.12/1hr43h93.41%95.02%
- 15Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales$0.12/1hr34h88.04%89.83%
- 16Dishonored$0.12/1hr21h96.33%97.63%
- 17Darksiders Warmastered Edition$0.12/1hr25h86.92%87.98%
- 18Dying Light$0.13/1hr38h95.03%95.23%
- 19Gothic 3$0.13/1hr37h83.08%81.58%
- 20Titan Quest Anniversary Edition$0.14/1hr37h89.19%90.32%
- 21Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition$0.14/1hr26h90.95%94.81%
- 22Alice: Madness Returns$0.14/1hr18h89.30%90.73%
- 23Deus Ex: Mankind Divided$0.14/1hr31h78.06%76.43%
- 24Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition$0.15/1hr20h93.07%94.10%
- 25This Is the Police 2$0.15/1hr24h81.08%75.21%
- 26Monster Sanctuary$0.15/1hr32h88.34%91.24%
- 27Gothic 1$0.15/1hr32h89.83%92.52%
- 28FINAL FANTASY VIII$0.16/1hr31h86.41%88.24%
- 29Darksiders II Deathinitive Edition$0.16/1hr27h80.61%78.62%
- 30Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions$0.17/1hr28h79.72%71.90%
- 31Punch Club$0.18/1hr11h82.06%80.24%
- 32Going Under$0.19/1hr13h86.46%90.15%
- 33Tales of the Neon Sea$0.20/1hr9h85.05%85.27%
- 34Murdered: Soul Suspect$0.20/1hr10h85.52%85.85%
- 35Fallout 3$0.20/1hr12h82.56%81.49%
- 36Bean Battles$0.20/1hr5h89.41%93.83%
- 37Nothing$0.21/1hr5h89.52%94.15%
- 38This Is the Police$0.22/1hr17h83.57%82.35%
- 39Sally Face - Episode One$0.22/1hr13h94.00%97.32%
- 40Tales of the Black Forest$0.23/1hr5h92.52%97.60%
- 41Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure$0.24/1hr7h86.48%91.78%
- 42Party Hard$0.24/1hr8h87.85%90.16%
- 43LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2$0.24/1hr17h85.25%85.55%
- 44Mirror$0.25/1hr8h95.15%96.37%
- 45Shadowrun Returns$0.26/1hr15h86.90%88.33%
- 46The Evil Within$0.27/1hr18h85.14%85.20%
- 47RoboCop: Rogue City$0.27/1hr15h86.68%87.16%
- 48The Vagrant$0.28/1hr14h87.22%89.59%
- 49Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint$0.29/1hr10h75.62%73.51%
- 50Cyber Manhunt$0.29/1hr12h89.51%92.44%
- 51Binary Domain$0.29/1hr10h85.31%85.76%
- 52The Bureau: XCOM Declassified$0.29/1hr14h76.84%70.14%
- 53Seen$0.30/1hr3h88.03%91.12%
- 54Dead Space 2$0.32/1hr12h91.69%93.97%
- 55VillageRhapsody$0.35/1hr8h92.33%96.87%
- 56Transistor$0.36/1hr11h91.76%93.94%
- 57Gears 5$0.37/1hr12h74.76%70.65%
- 58Battlefield 4$0.37/1hr11h84.85%84.84%
- 59Wolfenstein: The New Order$0.40/1hr13h90.78%91.72%
- 60Hue$0.41/1hr7h88.98%92.55%
- 61E.Y.E: Divine Cybermancy$0.41/1hr12h84.72%84.45%
- 62Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You$0.45/1hr6h88.19%90.29%
- 63An alt girl for skoof$0.48/1hr7h83.99%83.33%
- 64INSIDE$0.49/1hr5h95.58%96.99%
- 65Nobody Wants to Die$0.54/1hr7h84.13%83.02%
- 66Wolfenstein: The Old Blood$0.57/1hr9h88.67%90.26%
- 67The Red Strings Club$0.59/1hr5h89.94%93.46%
- 68Rusty Lake Hotel$0.59/1hr3h90.63%96.09%
- 69Changed$0.61/1hr8h85.87%86.37%
- 70The Final Station$0.62/1hr6h86.15%87.44%
- 71Anomaly Agent$0.62/1hr6h89.89%94.90%
- 72Battlefield 3$0.67/1hr6h76.48%72.06%
- 73Juice Galaxy$0.69/1hr7h91.86%98.47%
- 74A Story About My Uncle$0.72/1hr4h89.84%91.51%
- 75Half-Life: Opposing Force$0.73/1hr7h92.66%95.34%
- 76Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs$0.74/1hr5h76.59%69.68%
- 77House of Detention$0.76/1hr1h87.88%90.64%
- 78Kindergarten$0.81/1hr6h91.03%96.81%
- 79A Tower Full of Cats$0.87/1hr4h87.82%99.51%
- 80Mirror 2: Project X$0.88/1hr2h29.21%24.40%
- 81Alba: A Wildlife Adventure$0.88/1hr4h90.76%97.84%
- 82Russian Life Simulator$0.89/1hr1h86.58%88.54%
- 83Wolfenstein: Youngblood$0.94/1hr5h59.45%43.32%
- 84LoveChoice$0.96/1hr2h90.65%92.21%
- 85Jazzpunk: Director's Cut$0.97/1hr4h88.90%93.70%
- 86Mister Furry: Hot Muscles$0.99/1hr1h86.86%91.77%
- 87Assemble with Care$1.04/1hr2h87.75%90.41%
- 88A Shelter Full of Cats$1.04/1hr3h86.37%97.98%
- 89NEKOPARA Vol. 0$1.12/1hr3h90.55%93.71%
- 90We Were Here Expeditions: The FriendShip$1.15/1hr3h88.58%90.09%
- 91Pony Island$1.26/1hr4h91.40%94.97%
- 92Half-Life: Blue Shift$1.30/1hr4h90.16%92.63%
- 93The Room Two$1.34/1hr4h93.56%97.54%
- 94RUSSIAPHOBIA$1.49/1hr1h77.82%68.67%
- 95The Room$1.51/1hr3h94.67%97.74%
- 96DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition$1.53/1hr3h89.54%93.11%
- 97Kiosk$1.66/1hr2h85.63%88.08%
- 98BRAZILIAN DRUG DEALER 3: I OPENED A PORTAL TO HELL IN THE FAVELA TRYING TO REVIVE MIT AIA I NEED TO CLOSE IT$1.66/1hr3h90.74%97.85%
- 99RATSHAKER$1.79/1hr2h87.09%92.78%
- 100Chushpan Simulator$1.81/1hr2h85.04%85.40%
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.