Best Value Post-apocalyptic Games Under $20
The Post-apocalyptic games on Steam games under $20 that deliver the most playtime per dollar: median reviewer hours divided by current price.
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By price
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.
- 1Rust$0.05/1hr392h86.72%86.73%
- 2Fallout 4$0.09/1hr211h81.27%81.17%
- 3Rusty's Retirement$0.10/1hr72h92.12%96.69%
- 4My Time at Sandrock$0.11/1hr110h87.43%88.15%
- 5UnderRail$0.11/1hr130h85.33%86.10%
- 6Left 4 Dead 2$0.12/1hr82h97.41%97.52%
- 7R.E.P.O.$0.12/1hr53h95.76%96.00%
- 8Dying Light$0.12/1hr40h95.03%95.23%
- 9Fallout: New Vegas$0.15/1hr67h95.59%95.98%
- 10Generation Zero$0.15/1hr33h74.58%72.03%
- 11DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT$0.18/1hr56h91.34%92.22%
- 12Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition$0.20/1hr25h96.95%97.70%
- 13Frostpunk$0.21/1hr29h92.24%92.74%
- 14ATOM RPG: Post-apocalyptic indie game$0.23/1hr64h84.77%84.76%
- 15Wasteland 3$0.25/1hr48h84.83%84.60%
- 16Survivalist: Invisible Strain$0.27/1hr45h85.73%86.61%
- 17Fallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game$0.27/1hr37h90.57%93.88%
- 18This War of Mine$0.27/1hr19h93.04%93.83%
- 19Rain World$0.27/1hr32h92.46%93.70%
- 20XCOM 2$0.28/1hr71h84.73%84.68%
- 21Welcome to ParadiZe$0.28/1hr11h82.72%67.24%
- 22Doloc Town$0.29/1hr69h87.94%94.54%
- 23The Long Dark$0.29/1hr69h88.63%88.90%
- 24GOD EATER 3$0.30/1hr20h82.38%79.33%
- 25The Last Stand: Aftermath$0.31/1hr23h83.44%80.52%
- 26I Am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival$0.31/1hr26h85.05%84.45%
- 27Rusted Moss$0.34/1hr24h86.02%89.27%
- 28SurrounDead$0.36/1hr33h89.48%91.02%
- 29Sunkenland$0.37/1hr54h81.86%80.40%
- 30Nuclear Throne$0.40/1hr30h92.45%96.02%
- 31IXION$0.42/1hr25h81.18%78.79%
- 32Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game$0.42/1hr24h91.56%94.25%
- 33Forever Skies$0.45/1hr30h81.97%78.23%
- 34Terminus: Zombie Survivors$0.46/1hr26h87.70%94.19%
- 35Mad Max$0.47/1hr43h91.65%92.35%
- 36HumanitZ$0.51/1hr39h78.59%74.25%
- 37Roboquest$0.56/1hr27h92.40%95.27%
- 38OUTRIDERS$0.58/1hr34h69.56%66.99%
- 39ZERO Sievert$0.59/1hr34h84.71%84.67%
- 40RAGE$0.59/1hr17h80.29%77.84%
- 41BlazBlue Entropy Effect$0.62/1hr32h92.26%94.31%
- 42The Final Station$0.63/1hr6h86.08%87.45%
- 43The End Is Nigh$0.64/1hr24h87.54%93.62%
- 44Ghostrunner$0.66/1hr11h90.44%91.21%
- 45Ghostrunner 2$0.67/1hr12h82.53%79.98%
- 46Contagion$0.69/1hr14h77.63%72.73%
- 47Kill The Crows$0.69/1hr7h87.78%95.07%
- 48HAAK$0.70/1hr26h86.52%89.68%
- 49Dread Delusion$0.70/1hr28h87.06%90.19%
- 50DUCKSIDE$0.78/1hr19h81.80%72.20%
- 51Chained Together$0.79/1hr6h89.10%89.68%
- 52The Long Drive$0.79/1hr20h87.88%88.33%
- 53Dome Keeper$0.86/1hr21h90.01%92.35%
- 54Left 4 Dead$0.88/1hr11h94.98%96.39%
- 55S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat$0.88/1hr23h93.19%95.69%
- 56State of Decay: YOSE$0.88/1hr23h83.44%82.42%
- 57Darksiders Warmastered Edition$0.89/1hr22h87.14%88.05%
- 58Fallout 3$0.93/1hr11h82.51%81.49%
- 59Sunset Overdrive$0.94/1hr21h87.89%90.04%
- 60DAEMON X MACHINA$0.95/1hr11h84.54%84.18%
- 61Insect Swarm$0.96/1hr7h85.19%84.15%
- 62Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition$1.00/1hr20h82.21%81.65%
- 63LISA: The Painful$1.03/1hr19h91.20%95.43%
- 64The Walking Dead$1.03/1hr15h96.00%97.33%
- 65S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl$1.07/1hr19h93.07%94.67%
- 66Survive the Nights$1.17/1hr17h77.05%65.62%
- 67Cruelty Squad$1.20/1hr17h92.99%96.02%
- 68Bastion$1.36/1hr11h93.21%95.27%
- 69Metro: Last Light Redux$1.37/1hr15h90.65%91.30%
- 70SKYHILL$1.38/1hr7h82.82%78.32%
- 71The Walking Dead: Season Two$1.38/1hr11h94.03%96.58%
- 7260 Seconds! Reatomized$1.42/1hr7h91.37%94.44%
- 73DeadPoly$1.44/1hr7h82.01%77.56%
- 74Dungeon Munchies$1.49/1hr13h90.35%97.18%
- 75S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky$1.50/1hr13h85.30%85.29%
- 76Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare$1.53/1hr10h67.57%61.67%
- 77BRAZILIAN DRUG DEALER 3: I OPENED A PORTAL TO HELL IN THE FAVELA TRYING TO REVIVE MIT AIA I NEED TO CLOSE IT$1.54/1hr3h91.19%97.77%
- 78The Walking Dead: The Final Season$1.58/1hr13h91.80%95.06%
- 79Metro 2033 Redux$1.60/1hr13h91.83%92.29%
- 80The Walking Dead: A New Frontier$1.67/1hr9h83.95%83.51%
- 81Plague Inc: Evolved$1.68/1hr9h93.04%94.21%
- 82Hyper Light Drifter$1.69/1hr12h90.35%92.93%
- 8360 Seconds!$1.69/1hr5h85.14%84.93%
- 84I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream$1.71/1hr6h85.94%88.84%
- 85PILGRIM$1.90/1hr4h80.41%67.35%
- 86Far Cry 3 - Blood Dragon$1.96/1hr8h86.72%87.39%
- 87CRUEL$2.30/1hr4h86.89%95.19%
- 88FAR: Lone Sails$3.24/1hr5h92.38%95.26%
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.