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.
- 1Left 4 Dead 21,051,98797.41%97.52%
- 2RimWorld244,38597.35%97.85%
- 3Terraria1,543,70197.30%97.38%
- 4Factorio233,08997.00%97.51%
- 5Counter-Strike261,11696.94%97.40%
- 6Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition154,82996.92%97.69%
- 7Resident Evil 4271,69796.90%97.34%
- 8Bloons TD 6392,70196.88%97.19%
- 9Satisfactory277,33296.83%97.26%
- 10Deep Rock Galactic378,83496.82%97.13%
- 11Subnautica378,11296.78%97.09%
- 12Resident Evil 2220,36896.52%97.05%
- 13Oxygen Not Included143,18295.96%96.73%
- 14The Walking Dead80,14995.95%97.32%
- 15R.E.P.O.416,22295.78%96.04%
- 16Counter-Strike: Source192,72295.73%96.29%
- 17Outlast138,06195.66%96.44%
- 18Don't Starve113,30695.61%96.55%
- 19Fallout: New Vegas260,41595.58%95.98%
- 20The Forest679,80795.38%95.53%
- 21Brotato117,57095.15%96.02%
- 22Dying Light493,25095.03%95.23%
- 23Resident Evil Village152,45894.96%95.62%
- 24Left 4 Dead67,79194.92%96.39%
- 25Don't Starve Together540,96094.75%94.93%
- 26Kenshi115,45194.73%95.57%
- 27The Planet Crafter72,73194.70%96.04%
- 28Resident Evil 7 Biohazard125,40294.54%95.31%
- 29Palworld471,92294.29%94.49%
- 30Abiotic Factor57,99094.20%95.80%
- 31My Summer Car116,38594.14%94.93%
- 32FTL: Faster Than Light78,49093.96%95.11%
- 33The Walking Dead: Season Two33,90893.93%96.58%
- 34Killing Floor68,84493.86%95.16%
- 35Clone Drone in the Danger Zone39,17693.85%96.13%
- 36Valheim539,73893.82%93.99%
- 37Timberborn40,93793.81%95.98%
- 38Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun38,37893.74%96.03%
- 39Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc38,09993.70%96.00%
- 40Project Zomboid469,54693.68%93.87%
- 41Rise of the Tomb Raider154,74193.61%94.17%
- 42Risk of Rain 2351,22093.56%93.81%
- 43Ultimate Custom Night62,61593.42%94.77%
- 44The Binding of Isaac62,72593.30%94.64%
- 45Resident Evil 4 (2005)97,52193.30%94.15%
- 46Barotrauma88,90793.10%94.02%
- 47S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat31,38893.09%95.69%
- 48Iron Snout17,47493.05%97.69%
- 49Blood and Bacon36,43793.04%95.26%
- 50This War of Mine97,48193.02%93.85%
- 51S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl48,08293.00%94.67%
- 52Plague Inc: Evolved65,27592.98%94.21%
- 53Mindustry27,75292.86%95.72%
- 54Raft376,74392.80%93.01%
- 55Five Nights at Freddy's58,95892.52%93.81%
- 56Against the Storm37,09992.45%94.47%
- 57FAR: Lone Sails26,31592.42%95.27%
- 58Rain World56,04892.41%93.74%
- 59Dwarf Fortress31,36592.41%94.79%
- 60A Plague Tale: Innocence70,84292.21%93.23%
- 61Frostpunk136,77492.20%92.73%
- 62Contraband Police25,39792.18%95.03%
- 63Desperados III16,53492.16%96.52%
- 64Days Gone116,25692.11%92.73%
- 65WolfQuest: Anniversary Edition13,17092.10%97.53%
- 66Alien: Isolation66,36992.06%93.13%
- 67Darkwood24,77792.03%94.89%
- 68Among Us742,62991.90%92.00%
- 69Core Keeper65,87291.90%92.95%
- 70The Outlast Trials110,29191.89%92.52%
- 71The Walking Dead: The Final Season21,42991.84%95.06%
- 72Crosshair X44,70091.81%93.35%
- 73Metro 2033 Redux139,78491.78%92.27%
- 74Alien Swarm21,59891.70%94.83%
- 75Dead Space 229,56791.69%93.97%
- 76Mad Max90,07791.61%92.35%
- 77Sven Co-op32,40491.54%93.58%
- 78Super Animal Royale44,37691.50%92.98%
- 79Kingdoms and Castles31,34591.47%93.56%
- 80ASTRONEER138,88791.46%91.93%
- 81Scrap Mechanic121,28991.40%91.93%
- 82Five Nights at Freddy's 226,00891.26%93.69%
- 8360 Seconds! Reatomized19,43291.22%94.46%
- 84Call of Duty: World at War53,10791.17%92.35%
- 85Empires of the Undergrowth18,63291.08%94.38%
- 86FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S: HELP WANTED13,10191.06%95.73%
- 87Risk of Rain (2013)29,82791.02%93.05%
- 88Unturned564,36290.91%91.02%
- 89SCP: Secret Laboratory233,04690.81%91.07%
- 90Necesse28,44590.76%92.81%
- 91Resident Evil35,99890.70%92.30%
- 92Trailmakers38,38590.63%92.11%
- 93Caves of Qud12,52890.57%95.06%
- 94Metro: Last Light Redux80,89090.56%91.26%
- 95Unrailed!19,69390.40%93.17%
- 96The Evil Within 230,84690.34%92.09%
- 97My Time at Portia44,26190.29%91.50%
- 98Dungeon Defenders18,96490.27%93.09%
- 99Bloons TD 511,93890.23%94.66%
- 100Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander12,78690.12%94.37%
