Best Rated Survival Games Under $40

The best rated Survival games on Steam for games under $40. Scores are weighted by review volume, so small-sample flukes stay off the list.

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Our score adjusts Steam's raw rating for sample size. The fewer reviews a game has, the more its score gets pulled toward the site-wide average, so a tiny game can't fluke its way to #1.
  1. 1Left 4 Dead 297.41%
  2. 2RimWorld97.39%
  3. 3Terraria97.31%
  4. 4Factorio97.01%
  5. 5Counter-Strike96.97%
  6. 6Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition96.94%
  7. 7Bloons TD 696.90%
  8. 8Deep Rock Galactic96.85%
  9. 9Resident Evil 496.84%
  10. 10Satisfactory96.83%
  11. 11Subnautica96.78%
  12. 12Resident Evil 296.52%
  13. 13Oxygen Not Included96.02%
  14. 14The Walking Dead95.99%
  15. 15R.E.P.O.95.84%
  16. 16Counter-Strike: Source95.75%
  17. 17Outlast95.70%
  18. 18Don't Starve95.66%
  19. 19Fallout: New Vegas95.60%
  20. 20The Forest95.39%
  21. 21Brotato95.33%
  22. 22Dying Light95.04%
  23. 23Resident Evil Village94.96%
  24. 24Left 4 Dead94.96%
  25. 25Don't Starve Together94.84%
  26. 26Kenshi94.75%
  27. 27The Planet Crafter94.72%
  28. 28Resident Evil 7 Biohazard94.55%
  29. 29Abiotic Factor94.26%
  30. 30My Summer Car94.17%
  31. 31Palworld94.06%
  32. 32FTL: Faster Than Light94.02%
  33. 33The Walking Dead: Season Two94.02%
  34. 34Clone Drone in the Danger Zone93.94%
  35. 35Killing Floor93.93%
  36. 36Valheim93.86%
  37. 37Project Zomboid93.85%
  38. 38Timberborn93.83%
  39. 39Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun93.82%
  40. 40Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc93.75%
  41. 41Rise of the Tomb Raider93.62%
  42. 42Risk of Rain 293.55%
  43. 43The Binding of Isaac93.41%
  44. 44Resident Evil 4 (2005)93.25%
  45. 45S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat93.18%
  46. 46Barotrauma93.12%
  47. 47Blood and Bacon93.10%
  48. 48S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl93.07%
  49. 49This War of Mine93.07%
  50. 50Plague Inc: Evolved93.05%
  51. 51Mindustry92.96%
  52. 52Raft92.84%
  53. 53Rain World92.68%
  54. 54Against the Storm92.63%
  55. 55Five Nights at Freddy's92.55%
  56. 56Dwarf Fortress92.53%
  57. 57FAR: Lone Sails92.52%
  58. 58A Plague Tale: Innocence92.33%
  59. 59Desperados III92.29%
  60. 60Contraband Police92.24%
  61. 61WolfQuest: Anniversary Edition92.24%
  62. 62Frostpunk92.22%
  63. 63Darkwood92.15%
  64. 64Days Gone92.15%
  65. 65Alien: Isolation92.12%
  66. 66The Outlast Trials92.05%
  67. 67The Walking Dead: The Final Season91.97%
  68. 68Core Keeper91.93%
  69. 69Among Us91.87%
  70. 70Crosshair X91.86%
  71. 71Dead Space 291.77%
  72. 72Metro 2033 Redux91.72%
  73. 73Mad Max91.64%
  74. 74Kingdoms and Castles91.56%
  75. 75ASTRONEER91.51%
  76. 76Five Nights at Freddy's 291.38%
  77. 77Scrap Mechanic91.34%
  78. 7860 Seconds! Reatomized91.31%
  79. 79FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S: HELP WANTED91.27%
  80. 80Call of Duty: World at War91.27%
  81. 81Empires of the Undergrowth91.18%
  82. 82Risk of Rain (2013)91.12%
  83. 83Necesse91.07%
  84. 84Caves of Qud90.79%
  85. 85Resident Evil90.75%
  86. 86Unrailed!90.57%
  87. 87Trailmakers90.57%
  88. 88Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander90.51%
  89. 89Metro: Last Light Redux90.50%
  90. 90Dungeon Defenders90.48%
  91. 91The Evil Within 290.46%
  92. 92Bloons TD 590.43%
  93. 93POSTAL: Brain Damaged90.40%