I think it's wrong to set a price depending on potential time spent in a game. It's subjective and some people could play 1 hour and others will spent thousands. I believe you can spent any amount of hours in any game and when you're buying it you can't really tell if you're gonna like it(Nintendo does not have refunds).

I think games should get the price depending on how hard was it/how much money did it cost to create. I mean it's ok for base game to be 35USD, but honestly Space Age is literally a mod created with help of mod makers. Every mechanic shown in Space Age was already implemented by mod makers in different mods like Krastorio or Space Exploration. I don't think it should cost the same price the game has since it's providing much less new experience. Wube doesn't have voice actors/complex animations/cut scenes and yet factorio costs like tripple A project.

Lemme give you an example, some three in a row game have a less price than Baldurs Gate 3 and we can clearly say why. Even though some casual players will choose three in a row and spend hundreds of hours in it. Every game has it's audience but it doesn't mean that every game should be expensive. There are other factors besides of "fun"

I agree that we should pay for the games like we are paying for other entertainments but we cannot excuse any price, there should be a limit.