Best Value Zombies Games Under $40

The Zombies games on Steam games under $40 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. 2Project Zomboid$0.13/1hr
  3. 3Dying Light$0.13/1hr
  4. 4Hunt: Showdown 1896$0.13/1hr
  5. 5Left 4 Dead 2$0.18/1hr
  6. 6Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition$0.19/1hr
  7. 7Miscreated$0.21/1hr
  8. 8Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition$0.27/1hr
  9. 9The Evil Within$0.27/1hr
  10. 10DOOM$0.28/1hr
  11. 11Brick Rigs$0.32/1hr
  12. 12DOOM 3$0.32/1hr
  13. 13Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2: Deluxe Edition$0.33/1hr
  14. 14Half-Life 2$0.34/1hr
  15. 15Saints Row: The Third$0.34/1hr
  16. 16Colony Survival$0.35/1hr
  17. 17Tower Unite$0.36/1hr
  18. 18Warhammer 40,000: Darktide$0.39/1hr
  19. 19The Evil Within 2$0.42/1hr
  20. 20HumanitZ$0.42/1hr
  21. 21Mist Survival$0.42/1hr
  22. 22They Are Billions$0.43/1hr
  23. 23SurrounDead$0.43/1hr
  24. 24ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights$0.45/1hr
  25. 25Yet Another Zombie Survivors$0.46/1hr
  26. 26Night of the Dead$0.46/1hr
  27. 27Infection Free Zone$0.52/1hr
  28. 28The Forest$0.53/1hr
  29. 29Necroking$0.55/1hr
  30. 30Wolfenstein: The Old Blood$0.57/1hr
  31. 31Death Road to Canada$0.60/1hr
  32. 32The Final Station$0.62/1hr
  33. 33Dead Space (2008)$0.64/1hr
  34. 34Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville$0.65/1hr
  35. 35State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition$0.69/1hr
  36. 36Deadzone: Rogue$0.76/1hr
  37. 37Diplomacy is Not an Option$0.78/1hr
  38. 38Days Gone$0.83/1hr
  39. 39Resident Evil 4 (2005)$0.84/1hr
  40. 40Red Dead Redemption$0.85/1hr
  41. 41Sunset Overdrive$0.86/1hr
  42. 42Far Cry$0.87/1hr
  43. 43Resident Evil 6$0.90/1hr
  44. 44State of Decay: YOSE$0.91/1hr
  45. 45S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat$0.93/1hr
  46. 46The Walking Dead$0.94/1hr
  47. 47Killing Floor 2$0.94/1hr
  48. 48Dead Estate$0.94/1hr
  49. 49Urban Strife$0.96/1hr
  50. 50S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky$0.97/1hr
  51. 51Dead Island Definitive Edition$0.97/1hr
  52. 52Left 4 Dead$0.98/1hr
  53. 53Black Mesa$0.98/1hr
  54. 54Resident Evil$1.04/1hr
  55. 55Resident Evil 5$1.19/1hr
  56. 56The Last Stand: Aftermath$1.20/1hr
  57. 57Resident Evil 0$1.22/1hr
  58. 58Half-Life: Source$1.23/1hr
  59. 59Resident Evil 4$1.24/1hr
  60. 60Plague Inc: Evolved$1.24/1hr
  61. 61Resident Evil 7 Biohazard$1.24/1hr
  62. 62Half-Life: Blue Shift$1.30/1hr
  63. 63No More Room in Hell 2$1.31/1hr
  64. 64World War Z$1.32/1hr
  65. 65Resident Evil Revelations 2$1.34/1hr
  66. 66Door Kickers: Action Squad$1.37/1hr
  67. 67South Park: The Stick of Truth$1.45/1hr
  68. 68The Walking Dead: Season Two$1.45/1hr
  69. 69Survive the Nights$1.45/1hr
  70. 70The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners$1.47/1hr
  71. 71Killing Floor$1.49/1hr
  72. 72Prototype$1.51/1hr
  73. 73Ultimate Zombie Defense$1.51/1hr
  74. 74Dead Island: Riptide Definitive Edition$1.53/1hr
  75. 75The Walking Dead: The Final Season$1.68/1hr
  76. 76The Walking Dead: A New Frontier$1.68/1hr
  77. 77Book of Demons$1.69/1hr
  78. 78Monster Prom$1.71/1hr
  79. 79Resident Evil Revelations$1.74/1hr
  80. 80Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator$1.78/1hr
  81. 81Resident Evil 2$1.78/1hr
  82. 82Pavlov$1.87/1hr
  83. 83SKYHILL$1.96/1hr
  84. 84Resident Evil Village$2.12/1hr
  85. 85Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007)$2.24/1hr
  86. 86Call of Duty: World at War$2.26/1hr
  87. 87Dead Rising 3 Apocalypse Edition$2.27/1hr
  88. 88DeadPoly$2.34/1hr
  89. 89Prototype 2$2.44/1hr
  90. 90Yet Another Zombie Defense HD$2.49/1hr
  91. 91GTFO$2.54/1hr
  92. 92Sker Ritual$2.99/1hr
  93. 93F.E.A.R. 3$3.11/1hr
  94. 94Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered (2017)$3.25/1hr
  95. 95Bodycam$3.26/1hr
  96. 96Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2011)$3.35/1hr
  97. 97Call of Duty: Black Ops$3.43/1hr
  98. 98Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2011)$3.72/1hr
  99. 99Resident Evil 3$4.61/1hr

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.