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 21,058,18197.41%97.52%
- 2RimWorld246,29197.36%97.85%
- 3Terraria1,555,19997.30%97.38%
- 4Factorio234,61497.02%97.51%
- 5Counter-Strike261,72796.96%97.40%
- 6Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition155,91196.95%97.70%
- 7Resident Evil 4276,88296.94%97.35%
- 8Bloons TD 6395,07596.89%97.18%
- 9Satisfactory279,42096.85%97.27%
- 10Deep Rock Galactic379,90896.81%97.11%
- 11Subnautica380,13096.79%97.09%
- 12Resident Evil 2222,80296.54%97.04%
- 13The Walking Dead80,60896.00%97.33%
- 14Oxygen Not Included143,82595.98%96.72%
- 15R.E.P.O.423,57495.76%96.00%
- 16Counter-Strike: Source193,24295.75%96.29%
- 17Outlast138,81795.70%96.44%
- 18Don't Starve113,47495.63%96.54%
- 19Fallout: New Vegas261,64995.59%95.98%
- 20The Forest682,54395.38%95.52%
- 21Brotato118,80295.11%95.93%
- 22Dying Light495,18395.03%95.23%
- 23Resident Evil Village153,97095.00%95.63%
- 24Left 4 Dead68,16794.98%96.39%
- 25Kenshi116,65094.78%95.59%
- 26The Planet Crafter73,92294.76%96.03%
- 27Don't Starve Together543,04294.74%94.91%
- 28Resident Evil 7 Biohazard126,85394.56%95.29%
- 29Palworld487,79794.38%94.57%
- 30Abiotic Factor59,07694.27%95.78%
- 31My Summer Car117,54694.17%94.92%
- 32The Walking Dead: Season Two34,02094.03%96.58%
- 33FTL: Faster Than Light78,75293.99%95.09%
- 34Clone Drone in the Danger Zone39,53293.95%96.13%
- 35Timberborn41,65393.91%95.97%
- 36Killing Floor68,94093.91%95.15%
- 37Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun38,45793.82%96.03%
- 38Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc38,43893.79%95.97%
- 39Valheim548,36993.74%93.89%
- 40Rise of the Tomb Raider156,08793.64%94.18%
- 41Project Zomboid481,52593.60%93.77%
- 42Risk of Rain 2352,76093.59%93.83%
- 43Ultimate Custom Night62,82893.47%94.77%
- 44Resident Evil 4 (2005)98,26493.37%94.18%
- 45The Binding of Isaac62,88193.34%94.62%
- 46S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat31,41793.19%95.69%
- 47Blood and Bacon36,58693.14%95.27%
- 48Barotrauma89,75293.14%94.01%
- 49S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl48,14093.07%94.67%
- 50This War of Mine97,73293.04%93.83%
- 51Plague Inc: Evolved65,84393.04%94.21%
- 52Mindustry28,10992.99%95.72%
- 53Iron Snout17,48492.99%97.69%
- 54Raft378,55992.80%92.99%
- 55Five Nights at Freddy's59,32792.60%93.82%
- 56Against the Storm37,48292.52%94.43%
- 57Dwarf Fortress31,50392.48%94.75%
- 58Rain World57,23692.46%93.70%
- 59FAR: Lone Sails26,44792.38%95.26%
- 60Desperados III16,61392.35%96.52%
- 61Contraband Police25,73792.32%95.01%
- 62WolfQuest: Anniversary Edition13,31792.32%97.51%
- 63A Plague Tale: Innocence72,36392.24%93.19%
- 64Frostpunk137,36692.24%92.74%
- 65Darkwood24,97492.15%94.88%
- 66Days Gone117,08992.15%92.73%
- 67Alien: Isolation66,87992.11%93.12%
- 68Core Keeper66,47091.95%92.94%
- 69Among Us748,05191.93%92.02%
- 70Crosshair X45,60791.92%93.37%
- 71Metro 2033 Redux141,78291.83%92.29%
- 72The Outlast Trials112,00891.81%92.39%
- 73Dead Space 229,88191.80%93.97%
- 74The Walking Dead: The Final Season21,52391.80%95.06%
- 75Alien Swarm21,62291.65%94.83%
- 76Mad Max90,49791.65%92.35%
- 77Sven Co-op32,47591.64%93.58%
- 78Kingdoms and Castles31,42091.58%93.57%
- 79Super Animal Royale44,64191.54%92.93%
- 80ASTRONEER139,35591.47%91.91%
- 81Five Nights at Freddy's 226,19391.38%93.69%
- 8260 Seconds! Reatomized19,59791.37%94.44%
- 83Scrap Mechanic122,77391.32%91.81%
- 84Empires of the Undergrowth18,90591.26%94.36%
- 85Call of Duty: World at War53,33391.24%92.35%
- 86Risk of Rain (2013)29,83491.12%93.05%
- 87FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S: HELP WANTED13,12490.98%95.70%
- 88Unturned564,62690.92%91.01%
- 89Caves of Qud12,64690.84%95.05%
- 90Necesse29,02590.82%92.70%
- 91SCP: Secret Laboratory234,49590.81%91.04%
- 92Trailmakers39,15390.71%92.08%
- 93Resident Evil36,39490.70%92.32%
- 94Metro: Last Light Redux81,88890.65%91.30%
- 95Unrailed!19,77690.52%93.15%
- 96Bloons TD 511,97090.46%94.68%
- 97The Evil Within 231,01890.45%92.07%
- 98Dungeon Defenders18,99790.44%93.09%
- 99Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander12,87690.38%94.30%
- 100My Time at Portia44,31490.34%91.47%
