Best Value Open World Survival Craft Games

The Open World Survival Craft games that stretch a budget furthest: median reviewer playtime divided by current price. Pick your currency in the top bar to rank against your local prices.

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Median reviewer playtime divided by price. 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. 1Don't Starve Together62 h/$
  2. 2CryoFall27 h/$
  3. 3Rust22 h/$
  4. 4Terraria19 h/$
  5. 5Don't Starve14 h/$
  6. 6Space Engineers11 h/$
  7. 7Deadside9.8 h/$
  8. 8Survivalist: Invisible Strain8.9 h/$
  9. 9Green Hell8.8 h/$
  10. 10Valheim7.6 h/$
  11. 11Soulmask7.5 h/$
  12. 12Starbound6.7 h/$
  13. 13ARK: Survival Evolved6.4 h/$
  14. 14Project Zomboid5.5 h/$
  15. 15The Long Dark5.5 h/$
  16. 16TerraTech5.3 h/$
  17. 17SCUM4.6 h/$
  18. 18Satisfactory4.6 h/$
  19. 19Ostranauts4.4 h/$
  20. 20Empyrion - Galactic Survival4.3 h/$
  21. 217 Days to Die4.2 h/$
  22. 22Grounded4.1 h/$
  23. 23Conan Exiles Enhanced4.1 h/$
  24. 24Stormworks: Build and Rescue3.7 h/$
  25. 25The Survivalists3.5 h/$
  26. 26Longvinter3.4 h/$
  27. 27Stoneshard3.4 h/$
  28. 28The Planet Crafter3.4 h/$
  29. 29Stationeers3.4 h/$
  30. 30Subsistence3.3 h/$
  31. 31ICARUS3.2 h/$
  32. 32Myth of Empires3.1 h/$
  33. 33ASKA3.0 h/$
  34. 34The Infected3.0 h/$
  35. 35Core Keeper3.0 h/$
  36. 36The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria3.0 h/$
  37. 37Dinkum2.9 h/$
  38. 38Necesse2.8 h/$
  39. 39Palworld2.8 h/$
  40. 40Night of the Dead2.8 h/$
  41. 41Abiotic Factor2.7 h/$
  42. 42Eco2.5 h/$
  43. 43The Front2.4 h/$
  44. 44Survival: Fountain of Youth2.3 h/$
  45. 45Rising World2.3 h/$
  46. 46Sunkenland2.2 h/$
  47. 47SurrounDead2.2 h/$
  48. 48Outpath2.1 h/$
  49. 49Raft2.1 h/$
  50. 50DUCKSIDE1.9 h/$
  51. 51Mist Survival1.9 h/$
  52. 52DeadPoly1.9 h/$
  53. 53Volcanoids1.9 h/$
  54. 54Castle Story1.8 h/$
  55. 55Crashlands1.8 h/$
  56. 56Forever Skies1.7 h/$
  57. 57Card Survival: Fantasy Forest1.7 h/$
  58. 58Forager1.7 h/$
  59. 59Eden Crafters1.7 h/$
  60. 60Dying Light1.7 h/$
  61. 61ASTRONEER1.5 h/$
  62. 62I Am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival1.5 h/$
  63. 63Miscreated1.5 h/$
  64. 64Nightingale1.4 h/$
  65. 65The Forest1.3 h/$
  66. 66No Man's Sky1.3 h/$
  67. 67Occupy Mars: The Game1.3 h/$
  68. 68Subnautica1.2 h/$
  69. 69RuneScape: Dragonwilds1.2 h/$
  70. 70Days Gone1.2 h/$
  71. 71DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS 21.2 h/$
  72. 72Smalland: Survive the Wilds1.0 h/$
  73. 73Wildmender1.0 h/$
  74. 74Nova Lands1.0 h/$
  75. 75Len's Island0.9 h/$
  76. 76Far Cry Primal0.9 h/$
  77. 77Crashlands 20.9 h/$
  78. 78Aloft0.9 h/$
  79. 79Craftopia0.9 h/$
  80. 80CastleMiner Z0.9 h/$
  81. 81Subnautica: Below Zero0.8 h/$
  82. 82Voidtrain0.8 h/$
  83. 83Survive the Nights0.8 h/$
  84. 84Breathedge0.7 h/$
  85. 85Tribes of Midgard0.7 h/$
  86. 86The Wild Eight0.7 h/$
  87. 87Stranded Deep0.7 h/$
  88. 88Dead Island: Riptide Definitive Edition0.7 h/$
  89. 89Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey0.5 h/$
  90. 90Dead Rising 3 Apocalypse Edition0.5 h/$
  91. 91Arctico0.2 h/$

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.