Best Rated Survival Games Under $40
The best rated Survival 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.
- 1RimWorld247,49997.47%97.85%
- 2Left 4 Dead 21,062,41197.43%97.52%
- 3Terraria1,560,46297.31%97.37%
- 4Factorio235,52397.14%97.52%
- 5Counter-Strike262,14797.06%97.40%
- 6Resident Evil 4281,48797.06%97.37%
- 7Bloons TD 6396,22496.96%97.18%
- 8Satisfactory280,63296.95%97.26%
- 9Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition156,13896.94%97.69%
- 10Deep Rock Galactic380,72196.88%97.10%
- 11Subnautica381,30596.86%97.09%
- 12Resident Evil 2225,26696.66%97.04%
- 13The Walking Dead80,64995.99%97.33%
- 14Oxygen Not Included143,95395.97%96.72%
- 15Counter-Strike: Source193,65895.89%96.29%
- 16R.E.P.O.427,49195.82%95.99%
- 17Fallout: New Vegas262,24095.69%95.98%
- 18Outlast138,98295.68%96.44%
- 19Don't Starve113,49895.62%96.54%
- 20The Forest684,06795.42%95.52%
- 21Dying Light496,77195.09%95.23%
- 22Brotato119,12095.09%95.92%
- 23Resident Evil Village154,45595.00%95.64%
- 24Left 4 Dead68,20494.95%96.39%
- 25Don't Starve Together544,11694.78%94.90%
- 26Kenshi116,86894.77%95.59%
- 27The Planet Crafter74,15394.74%96.03%
- 28Resident Evil 7 Biohazard127,33094.55%95.29%
- 29Palworld491,61194.46%94.59%
- 30Abiotic Factor59,30094.25%95.78%
- 31My Summer Car117,79094.16%94.92%
- 32The Walking Dead: Season Two34,03294.00%96.59%
- 33FTL: Faster Than Light78,81693.97%95.08%
- 34Clone Drone in the Danger Zone39,59893.93%96.13%
- 35Killing Floor68,96093.89%95.16%
- 36Timberborn41,85293.89%95.97%
- 37Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc38,78293.88%95.96%
- 38Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun38,47493.79%96.03%
- 39Risk of Rain 2353,60293.68%93.84%
- 40Rise of the Tomb Raider156,31493.64%94.18%
- 41Project Zomboid486,52393.64%93.75%
- 42Valheim557,97893.51%93.61%
- 43Ultimate Custom Night62,85093.45%94.77%
- 44Resident Evil 4 (2005)98,50493.36%94.19%
- 45The Binding of Isaac62,90593.32%94.61%
- 46S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat31,43593.15%95.68%
- 47Barotrauma89,96093.13%94.02%
- 48Blood and Bacon36,60493.11%95.28%
- 49Iron Snout17,48393.05%97.69%
- 50S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl48,15293.04%94.68%
- 51This War of Mine97,80593.03%93.83%
- 52Plague Inc: Evolved65,93693.02%94.20%
- 53Mindustry28,19592.97%95.73%
- 54Raft379,44892.86%92.99%
- 55Five Nights at Freddy's59,37492.57%93.82%
- 56Against the Storm37,56492.49%94.44%
- 57Rain World57,48792.44%93.70%
- 58Dwarf Fortress31,52692.44%94.74%
- 59FAR: Lone Sails26,47292.41%95.26%
- 60Contraband Police25,80292.27%95.02%
- 61Desperados III16,64292.25%96.50%
- 62WolfQuest: Anniversary Edition13,36592.23%97.51%
- 63Frostpunk137,55692.23%92.74%
- 64A Plague Tale: Innocence72,75692.21%93.18%
- 65Days Gone117,24592.13%92.72%
- 66Darkwood25,01292.11%94.89%
- 67Alien: Isolation66,95392.08%93.12%
- 68Among Us750,12891.98%92.03%
- 69Core Keeper66,65691.93%92.94%
- 70Crosshair X45,80191.89%93.36%
- 71Metro 2033 Redux142,12691.83%92.29%
- 72The Outlast Trials112,30591.77%92.36%
- 73Mad Max90,59991.64%92.35%
- 74The Walking Dead: The Final Season21,53991.63%95.06%
- 75Sven Co-op32,49491.60%93.57%
- 76Kingdoms and Castles31,43891.54%93.57%
- 77Dead Space 229,92791.54%93.97%
- 78Super Animal Royale44,67591.50%92.92%
- 79Alien Swarm21,63291.50%94.84%
- 80ASTRONEER139,45491.45%91.90%
- 8160 Seconds! Reatomized19,63791.32%94.44%
- 82Scrap Mechanic122,94391.31%91.80%
- 83Call of Duty: World at War53,37991.22%92.35%
- 84Empires of the Undergrowth18,94591.19%94.36%
- 85Five Nights at Freddy's 226,21791.09%93.69%
- 86Risk of Rain (2013)29,82991.08%93.05%
- 87Unturned564,82190.96%91.01%
- 88SCP: Secret Laboratory235,07990.90%91.02%
- 89FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S: HELP WANTED13,14690.77%95.72%
- 90Necesse29,11690.77%92.68%
- 91Resident Evil36,50290.71%92.31%
- 92Caves of Qud12,67390.69%95.04%
- 93Trailmakers39,33090.67%92.06%
- 94Metro: Last Light Redux82,00790.64%91.31%
- 95Bloons TD 511,97790.63%94.68%
- 96Dungeon Defenders19,00490.57%93.09%
- 97Unrailed!19,79090.47%93.15%
- 98The Evil Within 231,05690.38%92.06%
- 99POSTAL: Brain Damaged11,24490.34%94.93%
- 100My Time at Portia44,31990.31%91.46%
