Best Value Survival Games Under $20

The Survival games on Steam games under $20 that deliver the most playtime per dollar: median reviewer hours divided by current price.

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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. 1Crosshair X233 h/$
  2. 2Brotato77 h/$
  3. 3Don't Starve Together62 h/$
  4. 4Oxygen Not Included30 h/$
  5. 5CryoFall27 h/$
  6. 6Rust22 h/$
  7. 7Terraria19 h/$
  8. 8Dead by Daylight19 h/$
  9. 9Don't Starve14 h/$
  10. 10Trailmakers12 h/$
  11. 11Dungeon of the ENDLESS11 h/$
  12. 12Space Engineers11 h/$
  13. 13Town of Salem10 h/$
  14. 14Deadside9.8 h/$
  15. 15The Binding of Isaac9.5 h/$
  16. 16Survivalist: Invisible Strain8.9 h/$
  17. 17Settlement Survival8.9 h/$
  18. 18Alan Wake8.8 h/$
  19. 19Green Hell8.8 h/$
  20. 20Fallout 48.2 h/$
  21. 21Valheim7.6 h/$
  22. 22Fallout: New Vegas7.4 h/$
  23. 23The Riftbreaker7.0 h/$
  24. 24Among Us6.9 h/$
  25. 25Picayune Dreams6.8 h/$
  26. 26Starbound6.7 h/$
  27. 27Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun6.7 h/$
  28. 28Niche - a genetics survival game6.6 h/$
  29. 29ARK: Survival Evolved6.4 h/$
  30. 30Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom6.4 h/$
  31. 31UBOAT6.3 h/$
  32. 32Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition6.2 h/$
  33. 33R.E.P.O.6.1 h/$
  34. 34State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition6.0 h/$
  35. 35Army of Ruin5.9 h/$
  36. 36Portal Knights5.7 h/$
  37. 37Mindustry5.7 h/$
  38. 38Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition5.6 h/$
  39. 39SKYHILL5.6 h/$
  40. 40Left 4 Dead 25.6 h/$
  41. 41God Of Weapons5.6 h/$
  42. 42Project Zomboid5.5 h/$
  43. 43The Long Dark5.5 h/$
  44. 44Alan Wake's American Nightmare5.4 h/$
  45. 45Beasts of Bermuda5.4 h/$
  46. 46TerraTech5.3 h/$
  47. 47State of Decay: YOSE5.0 h/$
  48. 48Bloons TD 64.8 h/$
  49. 49Resident Evil 64.7 h/$
  50. 50The Isle4.6 h/$
  51. 51Pathologic 24.5 h/$
  52. 52Ostranauts4.4 h/$
  53. 53FTL: Faster Than Light4.4 h/$
  54. 54ATOM RPG: Post-apocalyptic indie game4.3 h/$
  55. 5520 Minutes Till Dawn4.3 h/$
  56. 56Scrap Mechanic4.3 h/$
  57. 57Empyrion - Galactic Survival4.3 h/$
  58. 58Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander4.2 h/$
  59. 59Grounded4.1 h/$
  60. 60Barotrauma4.1 h/$
  61. 61Resident Evil 4 (2005)4.1 h/$
  62. 62HUMANKIND4.0 h/$
  63. 63Sailwind3.9 h/$
  64. 64下一站江湖Ⅱ3.8 h/$
  65. 65Terraformers3.8 h/$
  66. 66Pacific Drive3.7 h/$
  67. 67Blood and Bacon3.7 h/$
  68. 68Resident Evil3.6 h/$
  69. 69Bellwright3.6 h/$
  70. 70Resident Evil 53.6 h/$
  71. 71The Survivalists3.5 h/$
  72. 72Longvinter3.4 h/$
  73. 73Chernobylite Complete Edition3.4 h/$
  74. 74The Planet Crafter3.4 h/$
  75. 75dotAGE3.3 h/$
  76. 76Subsistence3.3 h/$
  77. 77theHunter: Call of the Wild3.1 h/$
  78. 78ANEURISM IV3.1 h/$
  79. 79Resident Evil 23.0 h/$
  80. 80ASKA3.0 h/$
  81. 81IXION3.0 h/$
  82. 82Resident Evil Revelations 23.0 h/$
  83. 83Rain World3.0 h/$
  84. 84The Infected3.0 h/$
  85. 85Core Keeper3.0 h/$
  86. 86The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria3.0 h/$
  87. 87Yet Another Zombie Survivors2.9 h/$
  88. 88Resident Evil 42.9 h/$
  89. 89Kingdoms Reborn2.9 h/$
  90. 90Resident Evil 02.8 h/$
  91. 91Necesse2.8 h/$
  92. 92Infection Free Zone2.8 h/$
  93. 93Craft The World2.7 h/$
  94. 94Stonehearth2.7 h/$
  95. 95Hold Your Own2.7 h/$
  96. 96Aliens: Fireteam Elite2.6 h/$
  97. 97My Summer Car2.5 h/$
  98. 98Banished2.5 h/$
  99. 99Diplomacy is Not an Option2.4 h/$
  100. 100Dungeon Defenders2.4 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.