Best Value Survival Games Under $40

The Survival games on Steam games under $40 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. 22Soulmask7.5 h/$
  23. 23Fallout: New Vegas7.4 h/$
  24. 24The Riftbreaker7.0 h/$
  25. 25Among Us6.9 h/$
  26. 26RimWorld6.8 h/$
  27. 27Picayune Dreams6.8 h/$
  28. 28Fallout 766.7 h/$
  29. 29Starbound6.7 h/$
  30. 30Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun6.7 h/$
  31. 31Niche - a genetics survival game6.6 h/$
  32. 32ARK: Survival Evolved6.4 h/$
  33. 33Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom6.4 h/$
  34. 34UBOAT6.3 h/$
  35. 35Factorio6.3 h/$
  36. 36Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition6.2 h/$
  37. 37R.E.P.O.6.1 h/$
  38. 38State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition6.0 h/$
  39. 39Army of Ruin5.9 h/$
  40. 40Mortal Online 25.9 h/$
  41. 41Portal Knights5.7 h/$
  42. 42Mindustry5.7 h/$
  43. 43ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN5.7 h/$
  44. 44Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition5.6 h/$
  45. 45SKYHILL5.6 h/$
  46. 46Left 4 Dead 25.6 h/$
  47. 47God Of Weapons5.6 h/$
  48. 48Project Zomboid5.5 h/$
  49. 49The Long Dark5.5 h/$
  50. 50Alan Wake's American Nightmare5.4 h/$
  51. 51Beasts of Bermuda5.4 h/$
  52. 52TerraTech5.3 h/$
  53. 53From the Depths5.3 h/$
  54. 54State of Decay: YOSE5.0 h/$
  55. 55Bloons TD 64.8 h/$
  56. 56Resident Evil 64.7 h/$
  57. 57ATLAS4.6 h/$
  58. 58Satisfactory4.6 h/$
  59. 59The Isle4.6 h/$
  60. 60Pathologic 24.5 h/$
  61. 61Captain of Industry4.5 h/$
  62. 62Ostranauts4.4 h/$
  63. 63FTL: Faster Than Light4.4 h/$
  64. 64ATOM RPG: Post-apocalyptic indie game4.3 h/$
  65. 6520 Minutes Till Dawn4.3 h/$
  66. 66Scrap Mechanic4.3 h/$
  67. 67Empyrion - Galactic Survival4.3 h/$
  68. 68Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander4.2 h/$
  69. 69Grounded4.1 h/$
  70. 70Conan Exiles Enhanced4.1 h/$
  71. 71Barotrauma4.1 h/$
  72. 72Resident Evil 4 (2005)4.1 h/$
  73. 73HUMANKIND4.0 h/$
  74. 74Sailwind3.9 h/$
  75. 75They Are Billions3.8 h/$
  76. 76Mind Over Magic3.8 h/$
  77. 77Deep Rock Galactic3.8 h/$
  78. 78下一站江湖Ⅱ3.8 h/$
  79. 79Enshrouded3.8 h/$
  80. 80Terraformers3.8 h/$
  81. 81Pacific Drive3.7 h/$
  82. 82Stormworks: Build and Rescue3.7 h/$
  83. 83Blood and Bacon3.7 h/$
  84. 84Resident Evil3.6 h/$
  85. 85Bellwright3.6 h/$
  86. 86Resident Evil 53.6 h/$
  87. 87The Survivalists3.5 h/$
  88. 88Longvinter3.4 h/$
  89. 89Chernobylite Complete Edition3.4 h/$
  90. 90Stoneshard3.4 h/$
  91. 91The Planet Crafter3.4 h/$
  92. 92Stationeers3.4 h/$
  93. 93dotAGE3.3 h/$
  94. 94Amazing Cultivation Simulator3.3 h/$
  95. 95Ratopia3.3 h/$
  96. 96Subsistence3.3 h/$
  97. 97Tom Clancy’s The Division 23.3 h/$
  98. 98ICARUS3.2 h/$
  99. 99Timberborn3.2 h/$
  100. 100theHunter: Call of the Wild3.1 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.