Best Value Post-apocalyptic Games Under $5

The Post-apocalyptic games on Steam games under $5 that deliver the most playtime per dollar: median reviewer hours divided by current price.

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Price divided by median reviewer playtime — how much you pay per hour of gameplay. Lower is better. 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. 1UnderRail$0.02/1hr
  2. 2Left 4 Dead 2$0.02/1hr
  3. 3XCOM 2$0.03/1hr
  4. 4Grim Dawn$0.04/1hr
  5. 5Rusty's Retirement$0.06/1hr
  6. 6Tom Clancy’s The Division 2$0.06/1hr
  7. 7Fallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game$0.07/1hr
  8. 8Mad Max$0.07/1hr
  9. 9Dying Light$0.07/1hr
  10. 10Fallout: New Vegas$0.07/1hr
  11. 11The Talos Principle 2$0.08/1hr
  12. 12The Walking Dead$0.10/1hr
  13. 13Frostpunk$0.10/1hr
  14. 14Metro Exodus$0.10/1hr
  15. 15This War of Mine$0.10/1hr
  16. 16Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game$0.10/1hr
  17. 17Tom Clancy’s The Division$0.10/1hr
  18. 18Cruelty Squad$0.11/1hr
  19. 19Killing Floor 2$0.11/1hr
  20. 20Generation Zero$0.12/1hr
  21. 21Metro: Last Light Redux$0.12/1hr
  22. 22Darksiders Warmastered Edition$0.13/1hr
  23. 23SKYHILL$0.13/1hr
  24. 24Metro 2033 Redux$0.15/1hr
  25. 25The Long Drive$0.17/1hr
  26. 26Dead Island 2$0.17/1hr
  27. 27The Talos Principle$0.18/1hr
  28. 28Endzone - A World Apart$0.19/1hr
  29. 29RAGE$0.20/1hr
  30. 30Left 4 Dead$0.22/1hr
  31. 31Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition$0.23/1hr
  32. 32Dome Keeper$0.23/1hr
  33. 33Sunset Overdrive$0.23/1hr
  34. 34Survive the Nights$0.24/1hr
  35. 35State of Decay: YOSE$0.25/1hr
  36. 36Fallout 3$0.26/1hr
  37. 37Kill The Crows$0.28/1hr
  38. 38Bastion$0.29/1hr
  39. 39A Plague Tale: Innocence$0.30/1hr
  40. 40Insect Swarm$0.33/1hr
  41. 41Plague Inc: Evolved$0.34/1hr
  42. 42The Walking Dead: Season Two$0.36/1hr
  43. 43Welcome to ParadiZe$0.38/1hr
  44. 44Hyper Light Drifter$0.38/1hr
  45. 45The Walking Dead: The Final Season$0.40/1hr
  46. 46I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream$0.41/1hr
  47. 47The Walking Dead: A New Frontier$0.42/1hr
  48. 48How to Survive$0.49/1hr
  49. 49Far Cry 3 - Blood Dragon$0.49/1hr
  50. 50The Final Station$0.54/1hr
  51. 51Zombie Army Trilogy$0.59/1hr
  52. 52Chained Together$0.62/1hr
  53. 5360 Seconds! Reatomized$0.77/1hr
  54. 54DeadPoly$0.79/1hr
  55. 55FAR: Lone Sails$0.80/1hr
  56. 56BRAZILIAN DRUG DEALER 3: I OPENED A PORTAL TO HELL IN THE FAVELA TRYING TO REVIVE MIT AIA I NEED TO CLOSE IT$1.12/1hr

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.