Steam games that respect your time
No energy meters, no daily-login streaks, no limited-time events — games that leave you alone to play on your own schedule. Ranked by Time Respect.
- 1A
7 Days to Die
Paid DLC
5
Risk
- 2A
A Plague Tale: Innocence
No flagged mechanics
0
Risk
- 3A
A Plague Tale: Requiem
No flagged mechanics
0
Risk
- 4A
A Short Hike
No flagged mechanics
0
Risk
- 5A
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition
Paid DLC
5
Risk
- 6A
Age of Empires IV
Paid DLC
3
Risk
- 7A
Alan Wake
Paid DLC
2
Risk
- 8A
ANIMAL WELL
No flagged mechanics
0
Risk
- 9A
ARK: Survival Evolved
Paid DLC
5
Risk
- 10A
Arma 3
Paid DLC
5
Risk
- 11A
Baba Is You
No flagged mechanics
0
Risk
- 12A
Balatro
No flagged mechanics
0
Risk
- 13A
Baldur's Gate 3
No flagged mechanics
0
Risk
- 14A
Bastion
No flagged mechanics
0
Risk
- 15A
Battlefield 2042
Battle Pass · Microtransactions
4
Risk
- 16A
BioShock Infinite
Paid DLC
2
Risk
- 17A
Black Myth: Wukong
Paid DLC
2
Risk
- 18A
Blasphemous
Paid DLC
1
Risk
- 19A
Blue Prince
Paid DLC
1
Risk
- 20A
Borderlands 2
Paid DLC
5
Risk
- 21A
Botany Manor
Paid DLC
1
Risk
- 22A
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
No flagged mechanics
0
Risk
- 23A
Celeste
No flagged mechanics
0
Risk
- 24A
Chained Echoes
No flagged mechanics
0
Risk
- 25A
Chicory: A Colorful Tale
No flagged mechanics
0
Risk
- 26A
Cities: Skylines
Paid DLC
5
Risk
- 27A
Citizen Sleeper
No flagged mechanics
0
Risk
- 28A
COCOON
No flagged mechanics
0
Risk
- 29A
Control
Paid DLC
2
Risk
- 30A
Counter-Strike
No flagged mechanics
0
Risk
Ranked by Sifter’s Design Risk score, computed from a public checklist of factual mechanics — not opinion. Tap any game to see the evidence behind its grade. How scoring works →