Best Value Survival Horror Games Under $40

The Survival Horror games on Steam games under $40 that deliver the most playtime per dollar: median reviewer hours divided by current price.

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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. 13Resident Evil 64.7 h/$
  14. 14Pathologic 24.5 h/$
  15. 15Aseprite4.3 h/$
  16. 16METAL SLUG ATTACK RELOADED4.2 h/$
  17. 17Barotrauma4.1 h/$
  18. 18Resident Evil 4 (2005)4.1 h/$
  19. 19Pacific Drive3.7 h/$
  20. 20Blood and Bacon3.7 h/$
  21. 21Resident Evil3.6 h/$
  22. 22Resident Evil 53.6 h/$
  23. 23Chernobylite Complete Edition3.4 h/$
  24. 24Resident Evil 23.0 h/$
  25. 25Resident Evil Revelations 23.0 h/$
  26. 26Rain World3.0 h/$
  27. 27The Infected3.0 h/$
  28. 28Resident Evil 42.9 h/$
  29. 29Resident Evil 02.8 h/$
  30. 30Night of the Dead2.8 h/$
  31. 31Aliens: Fireteam Elite2.6 h/$
  32. 32Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon2.4 h/$
  33. 33HumanitZ2.4 h/$
  34. 34Resident Evil Revelations2.3 h/$
  35. 35Yuppie Psycho: Executive Edition2.2 h/$
  36. 36Inside the Backrooms2.1 h/$
  37. 37System Shock2.0 h/$
  38. 38Hello Neighbor2.0 h/$
  39. 39Content Warning2.0 h/$
  40. 40Resident Evil Village1.9 h/$
  41. 41Mist Survival1.9 h/$
  42. 42DREDGE1.9 h/$
  43. 43Resident Evil 7 Biohazard1.9 h/$
  44. 44Changed1.9 h/$
  45. 45ZERO Sievert1.8 h/$
  46. 46Scorn1.7 h/$
  47. 47Murky Divers1.7 h/$
  48. 48Dying Light1.7 h/$
  49. 49We Happy Few1.7 h/$
  50. 50Darkwood1.6 h/$
  51. 51House of Detention1.6 h/$
  52. 52Monstrum1.5 h/$
  53. 53DOOM 31.5 h/$
  54. 54Depth1.5 h/$
  55. 55Generation Zero1.5 h/$
  56. 56Nuclear Nightmare1.4 h/$
  57. 57Tunguska: The Visitation - Final Cut1.4 h/$
  58. 58Gorilla Tag1.4 h/$
  59. 59Ghost Watchers1.4 h/$
  60. 60The Forest1.3 h/$
  61. 61100% Orange Juice1.3 h/$
  62. 62The Texas Chain Saw Massacre1.2 h/$
  63. 63No More Room in Hell 21.2 h/$
  64. 64Subnautica1.2 h/$
  65. 65The Outlast Trials1.2 h/$
  66. 66S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl1.2 h/$
  67. 67Days Gone1.2 h/$
  68. 68Escape the Backrooms1.2 h/$
  69. 69Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy1.2 h/$
  70. 70S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat1.1 h/$
  71. 71Prey1.1 h/$
  72. 72Resident Evil 31.0 h/$
  73. 73The Evil Within1.0 h/$
  74. 74DEVOUR1.0 h/$
  75. 75Dead Island Definitive Edition1.0 h/$
  76. 76The Quarry1.0 h/$
  77. 77Receiver 21.0 h/$
  78. 78Chinese Parents1.0 h/$
  79. 79Sons Of The Forest1.0 h/$
  80. 80Mister Furry: Hot Muscles1.0 h/$
  81. 81F.E.A.R.1.0 h/$
  82. 82Killing Floor 20.9 h/$
  83. 83Pacify0.9 h/$
  84. 84Into the Radius VR0.9 h/$
  85. 85CastleMiner Z0.9 h/$
  86. 86S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky0.9 h/$
  87. 87Secret Neighbor: Hello Neighbor Multiplayer0.8 h/$
  88. 88Subnautica: Below Zero0.8 h/$
  89. 89Ultimate Zombie Defense0.8 h/$
  90. 90Metro Exodus0.8 h/$
  91. 91Gloomwood0.7 h/$
  92. 92Lunch Lady0.7 h/$
  93. 93Metro: Last Light Redux0.7 h/$
  94. 94Enigma of Fear0.7 h/$
  95. 95Metro 2033 Redux0.7 h/$
  96. 96Dead Space 30.7 h/$
  97. 97Demonologist0.7 h/$
  98. 98Backrooms: Escape Together0.7 h/$
  99. 99The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes0.7 h/$
  100. 100Dead Space (2008)0.7 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.