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.
- 1Left 4 Dead 21,049,04997.41%97.52%
- 2RimWorld243,59797.37%97.86%
- 3Terraria1,540,26597.30%97.38%
- 4Factorio232,46597.01%97.51%
- 5Counter-Strike260,90996.96%97.41%
- 6Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition154,35796.95%97.70%
- 7Resident Evil 4268,33396.90%97.33%
- 8Bloons TD 6391,55396.90%97.19%
- 9Satisfactory276,33696.85%97.26%
- 10Deep Rock Galactic378,29796.84%97.14%
- 11Subnautica377,35296.79%97.09%
- 12Resident Evil 2218,80096.54%97.05%
- 13The Walking Dead80,06796.00%97.32%
- 14Oxygen Not Included142,86096.00%96.74%
- 15R.E.P.O.412,65395.81%96.06%
- 16Counter-Strike: Source192,52495.76%96.29%
- 17Outlast137,71095.70%96.44%
- 18Don't Starve113,24095.65%96.55%
- 19Fallout: New Vegas259,74295.60%95.99%
- 20The Forest678,98395.39%95.53%
- 21Brotato116,96795.22%96.05%
- 22Dying Light491,98295.04%95.23%
- 23Resident Evil Village151,63894.99%95.62%
- 24Left 4 Dead67,65094.98%96.39%
- 25Don't Starve Together539,94494.77%94.94%
- 26Kenshi114,97794.76%95.56%
- 27The Planet Crafter72,21294.75%96.04%
- 28Resident Evil 7 Biohazard124,60294.57%95.31%
- 29Abiotic Factor57,52894.27%95.80%
- 30Palworld455,17894.20%94.39%
- 31My Summer Car115,88294.18%94.94%
- 32The Walking Dead: Season Two33,85694.04%96.58%
- 33FTL: Faster Than Light78,39094.02%95.11%
- 34Clone Drone in the Danger Zone39,03593.95%96.13%
- 35Killing Floor68,81193.93%95.16%
- 36Timberborn40,69893.90%95.98%
- 37Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun38,35393.84%96.02%
- 38Valheim538,74893.84%93.99%
- 39Project Zomboid462,04093.82%94.00%
- 40Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc37,91093.81%96.01%
- 41Rise of the Tomb Raider154,35193.64%94.17%
- 42Risk of Rain 2350,75093.57%93.80%
- 43Ultimate Custom Night62,51093.50%94.78%
- 44The Binding of Isaac62,65793.38%94.65%
- 45Resident Evil 4 (2005)97,12393.32%94.12%
- 46Iron Snout17,47393.23%97.69%
- 47S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat31,37893.21%95.68%
- 48Barotrauma88,42493.14%94.01%
- 49Blood and Bacon36,39393.14%95.25%
- 50S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl48,04893.08%94.67%
- 51This War of Mine97,35693.07%93.85%
- 52Plague Inc: Evolved64,97193.05%94.22%
- 53Mindustry27,58792.99%95.72%
- 54Raft376,10892.82%93.02%
- 55Five Nights at Freddy's58,80692.60%93.81%
- 56Against the Storm36,94992.57%94.49%
- 57FAR: Lone Sails26,23492.55%95.26%
- 58Dwarf Fortress31,30292.53%94.79%
- 59Rain World55,43692.50%93.77%
- 60Desperados III16,50792.34%96.52%
- 61WolfQuest: Anniversary Edition13,09592.30%97.53%
- 62A Plague Tale: Innocence70,09192.28%93.25%
- 63Frostpunk136,38792.23%92.73%
- 64Darkwood24,67392.18%94.91%
- 65Contraband Police25,30492.18%95.02%
- 66Days Gone115,87192.15%92.73%
- 67Alien: Isolation66,22392.13%93.14%
- 68The Outlast Trials109,14591.97%92.57%
- 69Core Keeper65,67291.96%92.95%
- 70Crosshair X44,27391.91%93.37%
- 71Among Us740,77591.91%91.99%
- 72The Walking Dead: The Final Season21,38191.85%95.07%
- 73Metro 2033 Redux139,14991.81%92.26%
- 74Alien Swarm21,57191.72%94.84%
- 75Dead Space 229,42591.69%93.96%
- 76Sven Co-op32,37591.66%93.58%
- 77Mad Max89,89991.66%92.35%
- 78Super Animal Royale44,31491.60%92.99%
- 79Kingdoms and Castles31,28991.59%93.55%
- 80Scrap Mechanic119,67791.50%92.00%
- 81ASTRONEER138,77191.50%91.93%
- 8260 Seconds! Reatomized19,35291.40%94.47%
- 83Five Nights at Freddy's 225,93591.26%93.68%
- 84Call of Duty: World at War53,06791.25%92.35%
- 85Empires of the Undergrowth18,51691.25%94.38%
- 86Risk of Rain (2013)29,82191.14%93.05%
- 87FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S: HELP WANTED13,08291.08%95.75%
- 88Necesse27,59291.04%93.07%
- 89Unturned564,09790.92%91.02%
- 90SCP: Secret Laboratory232,43390.85%91.08%
- 91Caves of Qud12,48090.82%95.12%
- 92Resident Evil35,79490.81%92.30%
- 93Trailmakers37,87490.70%92.09%
- 94Metro: Last Light Redux80,56490.60%91.24%
- 95Unrailed!19,67190.58%93.19%
- 96The Evil Within 230,77190.48%92.11%
- 97POSTAL: Brain Damaged11,07890.47%95.01%
- 98Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander12,75690.46%94.38%
- 99My Time at Portia44,23390.40%91.51%
- 100Dungeon Defenders18,95190.29%93.09%
