Best Rated Post-apocalyptic Games Under $40
The best rated Post-apocalyptic games on Steam for games under $40. Scores are weighted by review volume, so small-sample flukes stay off the list.
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Our score adjusts Steam's raw rating for sample size. The fewer reviews a game has, the more its score gets pulled toward the site-wide average, so a tiny game can't fluke its way to #1.
- 1Left 4 Dead 21,062,41197.43%97.52%
- 2Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition156,13896.94%97.69%
- 3The Walking Dead80,64995.99%97.33%
- 4R.E.P.O.427,49195.82%95.99%
- 5Fallout: New Vegas262,24095.69%95.98%
- 6Dying Light496,77195.09%95.23%
- 7Left 4 Dead68,20494.95%96.39%
- 8Clair Obscur: Expedition 33279,16094.89%95.23%
- 9Kenshi116,86894.77%95.59%
- 10The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series47,31794.54%96.51%
- 11ATRI -My Dear Moments-23,53994.44%98.38%
- 12The Walking Dead: Season Two34,03294.00%96.59%
- 13Timberborn41,85293.89%95.97%
- 14Project Zomboid486,52393.64%93.75%
- 15Bastion38,20693.18%95.27%
- 16S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat31,43593.15%95.68%
- 17S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl48,15293.04%94.68%
- 18This War of Mine97,80593.03%93.83%
- 19Plague Inc: Evolved65,93693.02%94.20%
- 20The Talos Principle33,06292.95%95.29%
- 21Cruelty Squad25,02992.93%96.02%
- 22Grim Dawn109,90192.75%93.44%
- 23Rain World57,48792.44%93.70%
- 24FAR: Lone Sails26,47292.41%95.26%
- 25Nuclear Throne19,81392.38%96.01%
- 26Roboquest24,44292.34%95.27%
- 27BlazBlue Entropy Effect36,48292.34%94.30%
- 28ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights45,90592.23%93.76%
- 29Frostpunk137,55692.23%92.74%
- 30A Plague Tale: Innocence72,75692.21%93.18%
- 31Days Gone117,24592.13%92.72%
- 32Rusty's Retirement14,85891.97%96.70%
- 33Metro 2033 Redux142,12691.83%92.29%
- 34Mad Max90,59991.64%92.35%
- 35The Walking Dead: The Final Season21,53991.63%95.06%
- 36Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game25,23891.42%94.25%
- 37LISA: The Painful15,19291.36%95.42%
- 3860 Seconds! Reatomized19,63791.32%94.44%
- 39DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT68,70991.31%92.20%
- 40DOOM Eternal217,69991.24%91.38%
- 41BRAZILIAN DRUG DEALER 3: I OPENED A PORTAL TO HELL IN THE FAVELA TRYING TO REVIVE MIT AIA I NEED TO CLOSE IT8,88591.06%97.68%
- 42Unturned564,82190.96%91.01%
- 43Metro: Last Light Redux82,00790.64%91.31%
- 44Ghostrunner66,89490.41%91.19%
- 45Dungeon Munchies7,22590.40%97.18%
- 46Fallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game17,49390.39%93.89%
- 47AI LIMIT37,04890.37%91.78%
- 48The Talos Principle 213,41490.37%94.92%
- 49My Time at Portia44,31990.31%91.46%
- 50Hyper Light Drifter19,19390.26%92.91%
- 51The Last of Us Part II Remastered55,60490.15%90.94%
- 52Dome Keeper22,47190.14%92.35%
- 53Metro Exodus136,03889.62%89.95%
- 54No More Room in Hell76,68889.35%89.89%
- 55SurrounDead26,94389.19%91.01%
- 56Into the Radius VR11,30889.17%93.50%
- 57Chained Together64,33689.05%89.65%
- 58Terminator: Resistance18,77289.04%91.59%
- 59Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance12,89288.84%91.68%
- 60The Last Spell13,74888.78%91.40%
- 61Borderlands Game of the Year31,90388.64%89.72%
- 62The Wandering Village8,49388.62%91.97%
- 63The Long Dark123,87888.61%88.89%
- 64Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden20,56488.57%90.21%
- 65Race The Sun6,35588.34%93.31%
- 66Killing Floor 2129,46488.04%88.26%
- 67The Long Drive56,43087.83%88.29%
- 68Pistol Whip4,11587.82%94.24%
- 69The End Is Nigh3,50087.82%93.66%
- 70Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition128,30087.76%87.96%
- 71Sunset Overdrive14,50187.69%90.06%
- 72Fallout Shelter82,84587.51%87.79%
- 73NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139...28,42887.47%88.28%
- 74Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition30,51987.44%88.07%
- 75Primordia3,44687.39%96.46%
- 76My Time at Sandrock29,08187.39%88.14%
- 77Terminus: Zombie Survivors4,50587.35%94.21%
- 78NieR:Automata153,51987.29%87.43%
- 79Dread Delusion5,28487.28%90.14%
- 80Darksiders Warmastered Edition18,94887.26%88.05%
- 81Doloc Town3,99687.19%94.52%
- 827 Days to Die401,82087.01%86.98%
- 83Kill The Crows3,17486.87%95.09%
- 84CRUEL1,87986.76%95.16%
- 85Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days9,82986.74%89.26%
- 86Slayers X: Terminal Aftermath: Vengance of the Slayer1,42986.70%97.34%
- 87Rust1,405,11986.70%86.69%
- 88Crimsonland3,12786.68%92.48%
- 89Far Cry 3 - Blood Dragon19,82586.64%87.37%
- 90HAAK3,52186.57%89.58%
- 91HighFleet7,44386.49%88.24%
- 92Death Trash3,72486.33%91.89%
- 93The Final Station9,51886.31%87.50%
- 94Terra Nil8,78086.26%87.48%
- 95Cliff Empire4,37986.24%87.30%
- 96Walking Zombie 213,34286.10%87.48%
- 97World End Diner42786.06%92.74%
- 98Chair F*cking Simulator1,12286.03%93.58%
- 99Rusted Moss1,70686.02%89.27%
- 100Splatter - Zombiecalypse Now2,44585.78%89.53%
