Best Value Post-apocalyptic Games

The Post-apocalyptic games that stretch a budget furthest: median reviewer playtime divided by current price. Pick your currency in the top bar to rank against your local prices.

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Median reviewer playtime divided by price. Reviewers tend to sink more hours in than the average owner, so treat this as an optimistic estimate. Free games are excluded because there's no price to divide by.
  1. 1Rust22 h/$
  2. 2Rusty's Retirement10 h/$
  3. 3Deadside9.8 h/$
  4. 4Survivalist: Invisible Strain8.9 h/$
  5. 5My Time at Sandrock8.5 h/$
  6. 6Fallout 48.2 h/$
  7. 7Fallout: New Vegas7.4 h/$
  8. 8Fallout 766.7 h/$
  9. 9The Talos Principle 26.4 h/$
  10. 10Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition6.2 h/$
  11. 11R.E.P.O.6.1 h/$
  12. 12State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition6.0 h/$
  13. 13Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition5.6 h/$
  14. 14SKYHILL5.6 h/$
  15. 15The Talos Principle5.6 h/$
  16. 16Left 4 Dead 25.6 h/$
  17. 17Project Zomboid5.5 h/$
  18. 18The Long Dark5.5 h/$
  19. 19UnderRail5.3 h/$
  20. 20State of Decay: YOSE5.0 h/$
  21. 21DayZ4.9 h/$
  22. 22CODE VEIN4.8 h/$
  23. 23DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT4.4 h/$
  24. 24Dome Keeper4.3 h/$
  25. 25ATOM RPG: Post-apocalyptic indie game4.3 h/$
  26. 267 Days to Die4.2 h/$
  27. 27Wasteland 34.1 h/$
  28. 28Nuclear Throne4.0 h/$
  29. 29Fallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game3.9 h/$
  30. 30XCOM 23.9 h/$
  31. 31They Are Billions3.8 h/$
  32. 32Pacific Drive3.7 h/$
  33. 33Sunset Overdrive3.5 h/$
  34. 34Doloc Town3.4 h/$
  35. 35Chernobylite Complete Edition3.4 h/$
  36. 36Tom Clancy’s The Division 23.3 h/$
  37. 37Borderlands Game of the Year3.2 h/$
  38. 38Timberborn3.2 h/$
  39. 39IXION3.0 h/$
  40. 40Rain World3.0 h/$
  41. 41Kenshi2.8 h/$
  42. 42Infection Free Zone2.8 h/$
  43. 43Phoenix Point2.7 h/$
  44. 44Grim Dawn2.6 h/$
  45. 45Kill The Crows2.4 h/$
  46. 46HumanitZ2.4 h/$
  47. 47ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights2.3 h/$
  48. 48Sunkenland2.2 h/$
  49. 49SurrounDead2.2 h/$
  50. 50Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game2.1 h/$
  51. 51Terra Nil2.1 h/$
  52. 52Thymesia2.0 h/$
  53. 53RAGE2.0 h/$
  54. 54My Time at Portia2.0 h/$
  55. 55DUCKSIDE1.9 h/$
  56. 56The Final Station1.9 h/$
  57. 57I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream1.9 h/$
  58. 58Mad Max1.9 h/$
  59. 59DeadPoly1.9 h/$
  60. 60The Last Spell1.9 h/$
  61. 61ELEX1.9 h/$
  62. 62ZERO Sievert1.8 h/$
  63. 63Outpost: Infinity Siege1.8 h/$
  64. 64Forever Skies1.7 h/$
  65. 65The Crust1.7 h/$
  66. 66Dying Light1.7 h/$
  67. 67LISA: The Painful1.7 h/$
  68. 68A Plague Tale: Innocence1.7 h/$
  69. 69HAAK1.6 h/$
  70. 70Tom Clancy’s The Division1.5 h/$
  71. 71The Wandering Village1.5 h/$
  72. 72BlazBlue Entropy Effect1.5 h/$
  73. 73I Am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival1.5 h/$
  74. 74Miscreated1.5 h/$
  75. 75Fallout 31.5 h/$
  76. 76Generation Zero1.5 h/$
  77. 77Tunguska: The Visitation - Final Cut1.4 h/$
  78. 78OUTRIDERS1.4 h/$
  79. 79Chained Together1.4 h/$
  80. 80This War of Mine1.4 h/$
  81. 81Roboquest1.3 h/$
  82. 82Clair Obscur: Expedition 331.3 h/$
  83. 83Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition1.3 h/$
  84. 84Ghostrunner 21.3 h/$
  85. 85Frostpunk 21.2 h/$
  86. 86Dread Delusion1.2 h/$
  87. 87REMNANT II1.2 h/$
  88. 88S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl1.2 h/$
  89. 89Days Gone1.2 h/$
  90. 90The Last Stand: Aftermath1.2 h/$
  91. 91S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat1.1 h/$
  92. 92Left 4 Dead1.1 h/$
  93. 93HighFleet1.1 h/$
  94. 94Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance1.1 h/$
  95. 95The Long Drive1.1 h/$
  96. 96The Forever Winter1.1 h/$
  97. 97The Walking Dead1.0 h/$
  98. 98Insect Swarm1.0 h/$
  99. 99Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition1.0 h/$
  100. 100Darksiders Warmastered Edition1.0 h/$

How the math works: we sample each game’s Steam reviewers, take the median of their total recorded playtime (lifetime hours, not hours at the time of review), and divide it by the game’s current price in your selected currency. Reviewers usually sink more hours in than the average owner, so the numbers run generous. Free games aren’t listed because there’s no price to divide by, and a game needs playtime data from at least 20 reviewers before it qualifies. All prices are Steam’s own regional prices, never exchange-rate conversions.