Best Value Zombies Games Under $40

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

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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.
  1. 1Hunt: Showdown 1896$0.07/1hr
  2. 2Death Road to Canada$0.10/1hr
  3. 3Warhammer 40,000: Darktide$0.11/1hr
  4. 4DayZ$0.15/1hr
  5. 5Left 4 Dead 2$0.18/1hr
  6. 6Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition$0.19/1hr
  7. 7SKYHILL$0.19/1hr
  8. 8Resident Evil 4 (2005)$0.20/1hr
  9. 9Project Zomboid$0.20/1hr
  10. 10Resident Evil 6$0.24/1hr
  11. 11Far Cry$0.25/1hr
  12. 12Resident Evil$0.26/1hr
  13. 13Resident Evil 4$0.28/1hr
  14. 14Necroking$0.29/1hr
  15. 15Resident Evil 0$0.30/1hr
  16. 16Brick Rigs$0.30/1hr
  17. 17The Last Stand: Aftermath$0.33/1hr
  18. 18Resident Evil 5$0.33/1hr
  19. 19Resident Evil Revelations 2$0.34/1hr
  20. 20Resident Evil 2$0.36/1hr
  21. 21Tower Unite$0.37/1hr
  22. 22Saints Row: The Third$0.38/1hr
  23. 23Mist Survival$0.39/1hr
  24. 24Monster Prom$0.40/1hr
  25. 25Night of the Dead$0.41/1hr
  26. 26Half-Life 2$0.42/1hr
  27. 27They Are Billions$0.43/1hr
  28. 28Resident Evil Revelations$0.43/1hr
  29. 29Colony Survival$0.45/1hr
  30. 30SurrounDead$0.47/1hr
  31. 31Resident Evil Village$0.54/1hr
  32. 32Resident Evil 7 Biohazard$0.54/1hr
  33. 33HumanitZ$0.57/1hr
  34. 34Infection Free Zone$0.59/1hr
  35. 35Terminus: Zombie Survivors$0.62/1hr
  36. 36Killing Floor 2$0.63/1hr
  37. 37Dying Light$0.66/1hr
  38. 38Yet Another Zombie Survivors$0.67/1hr
  39. 39Miscreated$0.68/1hr
  40. 40METAL GEAR SURVIVE$0.72/1hr
  41. 41DOOM 3$0.73/1hr
  42. 42Contagion$0.74/1hr
  43. 43State of Decay: YOSE$0.76/1hr
  44. 44Painkiller: Black Edition$0.79/1hr
  45. 45Deadzone: Rogue$0.82/1hr
  46. 46The Forest$0.84/1hr
  47. 47Days Gone$0.85/1hr
  48. 48Sunset Overdrive$0.92/1hr
  49. 49Resident Evil 3$0.93/1hr
  50. 50Dead Estate$0.94/1hr
  51. 51S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat$0.95/1hr
  52. 52S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky$0.97/1hr
  53. 53The Walking Dead$0.98/1hr
  54. 54Diplomacy is Not an Option$0.99/1hr
  55. 55Black Mesa$1.03/1hr
  56. 56Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2: Deluxe Edition$1.04/1hr
  57. 57State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition$1.05/1hr
  58. 58The Evil Within$1.08/1hr
  59. 59ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights$1.09/1hr
  60. 60No More Room in Hell 2$1.13/1hr
  61. 61CastleMiner Z$1.14/1hr
  62. 62Left 4 Dead$1.15/1hr
  63. 63Door Kickers: Action Squad$1.20/1hr
  64. 64Half-Life: Blue Shift$1.25/1hr
  65. 65Dead Island Definitive Edition$1.30/1hr
  66. 66Knock on the Coffin Lid$1.31/1hr
  67. 67Urban Strife$1.31/1hr
  68. 68DOOM$1.34/1hr
  69. 69Survive the Nights$1.36/1hr
  70. 70Killing Floor$1.38/1hr
  71. 71The Walking Dead: Season Two$1.46/1hr
  72. 72Prototype$1.55/1hr
  73. 73Dead Space (2008)$1.56/1hr
  74. 74The Walking Dead: A New Frontier$1.61/1hr
  75. 75Dead Island: Riptide Definitive Edition$1.62/1hr
  76. 76South Park: The Stick of Truth$1.67/1hr
  77. 77Book of Demons$1.69/1hr
  78. 78The Walking Dead: The Final Season$1.76/1hr
  79. 79Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville$1.82/1hr
  80. 80World War Z$1.82/1hr
  81. 81Half-Life: Source$1.84/1hr
  82. 82Plague Inc: Evolved$1.87/1hr
  83. 83Pavlov$1.89/1hr
  84. 84Ultimate Zombie Defense$1.92/1hr
  85. 85Dead Rising 3 Apocalypse Edition$1.99/1hr
  86. 86Prototype 2$2.15/1hr
  87. 87The Evil Within 2$2.26/1hr
  88. 88Call of Duty: World at War$2.32/1hr
  89. 89Wolfenstein: The Old Blood$2.37/1hr
  90. 90GTFO$2.52/1hr
  91. 91The Final Station$2.62/1hr
  92. 92Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007)$2.93/1hr
  93. 93DeadPoly$2.97/1hr
  94. 94F.E.A.R. 3$3.18/1hr
  95. 95The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners$3.21/1hr
  96. 96Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator$3.66/1hr
  97. 97Sker Ritual$3.68/1hr
  98. 98Call of Duty: Black Ops$3.75/1hr
  99. 99Bodycam$4.02/1hr
  100. 100Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered (2017)$4.14/1hr

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.