Best Value Survival Games Under $5

The Survival games on Steam games under $5 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. 1Crosshair X233 h/$
  2. 2Brotato77 h/$
  3. 3Don't Starve Together62 h/$
  4. 4CryoFall27 h/$
  5. 5Don't Starve14 h/$
  6. 6Trailmakers12 h/$
  7. 7Dungeon of the ENDLESS11 h/$
  8. 8Town of Salem10 h/$
  9. 9The Binding of Isaac9.5 h/$
  10. 10Settlement Survival8.9 h/$
  11. 11Alan Wake8.8 h/$
  12. 12Green Hell8.8 h/$
  13. 13Among Us6.9 h/$
  14. 14Picayune Dreams6.8 h/$
  15. 15Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun6.7 h/$
  16. 16Niche - a genetics survival game6.6 h/$
  17. 17Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition6.2 h/$
  18. 18Army of Ruin5.9 h/$
  19. 19Portal Knights5.7 h/$
  20. 20SKYHILL5.6 h/$
  21. 21God Of Weapons5.6 h/$
  22. 22Alan Wake's American Nightmare5.4 h/$
  23. 23State of Decay: YOSE5.0 h/$
  24. 24Resident Evil 64.7 h/$
  25. 2520 Minutes Till Dawn4.3 h/$
  26. 26Resident Evil 4 (2005)4.1 h/$
  27. 27Blood and Bacon3.7 h/$
  28. 28Resident Evil3.6 h/$
  29. 29Resident Evil 53.6 h/$
  30. 30The Survivalists3.5 h/$
  31. 31Resident Evil Revelations 23.0 h/$
  32. 32Resident Evil 02.8 h/$
  33. 33Resident Evil Revelations2.3 h/$
  34. 34The Escapists2.1 h/$
  35. 35The Final Station1.9 h/$
  36. 36Unrailed!1.7 h/$
  37. 37Wedding Witch1.7 h/$
  38. 38Feign1.5 h/$
  39. 39Ultimate Zombie Defense0.8 h/$
  40. 40Five Nights at Freddy's0.6 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.