Best Value Zombies Games Under $20

The Zombies games on Steam games under $20 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. 1Painkiller: Black Edition$0.12/1hr
  2. 2Dying Light$0.13/1hr
  3. 3Left 4 Dead 2$0.18/1hr
  4. 4Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition$0.19/1hr
  5. 5Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition$0.27/1hr
  6. 6The Evil Within$0.27/1hr
  7. 7DOOM$0.28/1hr
  8. 8Brick Rigs$0.32/1hr
  9. 9DOOM 3$0.32/1hr
  10. 10Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2: Deluxe Edition$0.33/1hr
  11. 11Half-Life 2$0.34/1hr
  12. 12Saints Row: The Third$0.34/1hr
  13. 13Tower Unite$0.36/1hr
  14. 14The Evil Within 2$0.42/1hr
  15. 15HumanitZ$0.42/1hr
  16. 16Mist Survival$0.42/1hr
  17. 17SurrounDead$0.43/1hr
  18. 18ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights$0.45/1hr
  19. 19Yet Another Zombie Survivors$0.46/1hr
  20. 20Infection Free Zone$0.52/1hr
  21. 21The Forest$0.53/1hr
  22. 22Necroking$0.55/1hr
  23. 23Wolfenstein: The Old Blood$0.57/1hr
  24. 24Death Road to Canada$0.60/1hr
  25. 25The Final Station$0.62/1hr
  26. 26Dead Space (2008)$0.64/1hr
  27. 27Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville$0.65/1hr
  28. 28Resident Evil 4 (2005)$0.84/1hr
  29. 29Sunset Overdrive$0.86/1hr
  30. 30Far Cry$0.87/1hr
  31. 31Resident Evil 6$0.90/1hr
  32. 32State of Decay: YOSE$0.91/1hr
  33. 33S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat$0.93/1hr
  34. 34The Walking Dead$0.94/1hr
  35. 35Dead Estate$0.94/1hr
  36. 36S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky$0.97/1hr
  37. 37Dead Island Definitive Edition$0.97/1hr
  38. 38Left 4 Dead$0.98/1hr
  39. 39Black Mesa$0.98/1hr
  40. 40Resident Evil$1.04/1hr
  41. 41Resident Evil 5$1.19/1hr
  42. 42Resident Evil 0$1.22/1hr
  43. 43Half-Life: Source$1.23/1hr
  44. 44Plague Inc: Evolved$1.24/1hr
  45. 45Resident Evil 7 Biohazard$1.24/1hr
  46. 46Half-Life: Blue Shift$1.30/1hr
  47. 47Resident Evil Revelations 2$1.34/1hr
  48. 48Door Kickers: Action Squad$1.37/1hr
  49. 49The Walking Dead: Season Two$1.45/1hr
  50. 50Survive the Nights$1.45/1hr
  51. 51The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners$1.47/1hr
  52. 52Killing Floor$1.49/1hr
  53. 53Prototype$1.51/1hr
  54. 54Ultimate Zombie Defense$1.51/1hr
  55. 55Dead Island: Riptide Definitive Edition$1.53/1hr
  56. 56The Walking Dead: The Final Season$1.68/1hr
  57. 57The Walking Dead: A New Frontier$1.68/1hr
  58. 58Monster Prom$1.71/1hr
  59. 59Resident Evil Revelations$1.74/1hr
  60. 60Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator$1.78/1hr
  61. 61SKYHILL$1.96/1hr
  62. 62Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007)$2.24/1hr
  63. 63Call of Duty: World at War$2.26/1hr
  64. 64DeadPoly$2.34/1hr
  65. 65Yet Another Zombie Defense HD$2.49/1hr
  66. 66Sker Ritual$2.99/1hr
  67. 67F.E.A.R. 3$3.11/1hr

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.