Best Value Survival Horror Games

The Survival Horror 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. 2Hunt: Showdown 189641 h/$
  3. 3Dead by Daylight19 h/$
  4. 4Don't Starve14 h/$
  5. 5Alan Wake8.8 h/$
  6. 6Green Hell8.8 h/$
  7. 7Left 4 Dead 25.6 h/$
  8. 8Project Zomboid5.5 h/$
  9. 9The Long Dark5.5 h/$
  10. 10Alan Wake's American Nightmare5.4 h/$
  11. 11Lethal Company5.0 h/$
  12. 12State of Decay: YOSE5.0 h/$
  13. 13DayZ4.9 h/$
  14. 14Resident Evil 64.7 h/$
  15. 15Pathologic 24.5 h/$
  16. 16Aseprite4.3 h/$
  17. 17METAL SLUG ATTACK RELOADED4.2 h/$
  18. 18Barotrauma4.1 h/$
  19. 19Resident Evil 4 (2005)4.1 h/$
  20. 20Pacific Drive3.7 h/$
  21. 21Blood and Bacon3.7 h/$
  22. 22Resident Evil3.6 h/$
  23. 23Resident Evil 53.6 h/$
  24. 24Chernobylite Complete Edition3.4 h/$
  25. 25Resident Evil 23.0 h/$
  26. 26Resident Evil Revelations 23.0 h/$
  27. 27Rain World3.0 h/$
  28. 28The Infected3.0 h/$
  29. 29Resident Evil 42.9 h/$
  30. 30Resident Evil 02.8 h/$
  31. 31Night of the Dead2.8 h/$
  32. 32Aliens: Fireteam Elite2.6 h/$
  33. 33Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon2.4 h/$
  34. 34HumanitZ2.4 h/$
  35. 35Resident Evil Revelations2.3 h/$
  36. 36Yuppie Psycho: Executive Edition2.2 h/$
  37. 37Inside the Backrooms2.1 h/$
  38. 38System Shock2.0 h/$
  39. 39Hello Neighbor2.0 h/$
  40. 40Content Warning2.0 h/$
  41. 41Resident Evil Village1.9 h/$
  42. 42Mist Survival1.9 h/$
  43. 43DREDGE1.9 h/$
  44. 44Resident Evil 7 Biohazard1.9 h/$
  45. 45Changed1.9 h/$
  46. 46ZERO Sievert1.8 h/$
  47. 47Scorn1.7 h/$
  48. 48Murky Divers1.7 h/$
  49. 49Dying Light1.7 h/$
  50. 50We Happy Few1.7 h/$
  51. 51Darkwood1.6 h/$
  52. 52House of Detention1.6 h/$
  53. 53Monstrum1.5 h/$
  54. 54DOOM 31.5 h/$
  55. 55Depth1.5 h/$
  56. 56Generation Zero1.5 h/$
  57. 57Nuclear Nightmare1.4 h/$
  58. 58Tunguska: The Visitation - Final Cut1.4 h/$
  59. 59Gorilla Tag1.4 h/$
  60. 60Ghost Watchers1.4 h/$
  61. 61The Forest1.3 h/$
  62. 62100% Orange Juice1.3 h/$
  63. 63The Texas Chain Saw Massacre1.2 h/$
  64. 64No More Room in Hell 21.2 h/$
  65. 65Subnautica1.2 h/$
  66. 66The Outlast Trials1.2 h/$
  67. 67S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl1.2 h/$
  68. 68Days Gone1.2 h/$
  69. 69Escape the Backrooms1.2 h/$
  70. 70Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy1.2 h/$
  71. 71S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat1.1 h/$
  72. 72Prey1.1 h/$
  73. 73Resident Evil 31.0 h/$
  74. 74The Evil Within1.0 h/$
  75. 75DEVOUR1.0 h/$
  76. 76Dead Island Definitive Edition1.0 h/$
  77. 77The Quarry1.0 h/$
  78. 78Receiver 21.0 h/$
  79. 79Chinese Parents1.0 h/$
  80. 80Sons Of The Forest1.0 h/$
  81. 81Mister Furry: Hot Muscles1.0 h/$
  82. 82F.E.A.R.1.0 h/$
  83. 83Killing Floor 20.9 h/$
  84. 84Pacify0.9 h/$
  85. 85Into the Radius VR0.9 h/$
  86. 86CastleMiner Z0.9 h/$
  87. 87S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky0.9 h/$
  88. 88Secret Neighbor: Hello Neighbor Multiplayer0.8 h/$
  89. 89Subnautica: Below Zero0.8 h/$
  90. 90Ultimate Zombie Defense0.8 h/$
  91. 91Metro Exodus0.8 h/$
  92. 92Gloomwood0.7 h/$
  93. 93Lunch Lady0.7 h/$
  94. 94Metro: Last Light Redux0.7 h/$
  95. 95Enigma of Fear0.7 h/$
  96. 96Metro 2033 Redux0.7 h/$
  97. 97Dead Space 30.7 h/$
  98. 98Demonologist0.7 h/$
  99. 99Backrooms: Escape Together0.7 h/$
  100. 100The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes0.7 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.