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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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. 1Hunt: Showdown 189641 h/$
  2. 2Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition6.2 h/$
  3. 3State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition6.0 h/$
  4. 4Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition5.6 h/$
  5. 5SKYHILL5.6 h/$
  6. 6Left 4 Dead 25.6 h/$
  7. 7Project Zomboid5.5 h/$
  8. 8State of Decay: YOSE5.0 h/$
  9. 9Resident Evil 64.7 h/$
  10. 10Resident Evil 4 (2005)4.1 h/$
  11. 11They Are Billions3.8 h/$
  12. 12Resident Evil3.6 h/$
  13. 13Resident Evil 53.6 h/$
  14. 14Sunset Overdrive3.5 h/$
  15. 15Dead Estate3.4 h/$
  16. 16Resident Evil 23.0 h/$
  17. 17Resident Evil Revelations 23.0 h/$
  18. 18Yet Another Zombie Survivors2.9 h/$
  19. 19Resident Evil 42.9 h/$
  20. 20Resident Evil 02.8 h/$
  21. 21Night of the Dead2.8 h/$
  22. 22Infection Free Zone2.8 h/$
  23. 23Warhammer 40,000: Darktide2.5 h/$
  24. 24Half-Life 22.5 h/$
  25. 25Diplomacy is Not an Option2.4 h/$
  26. 26Saints Row: The Third2.4 h/$
  27. 27HumanitZ2.4 h/$
  28. 28Resident Evil Revelations2.3 h/$
  29. 29ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights2.3 h/$
  30. 30SurrounDead2.2 h/$
  31. 31Brick Rigs2.0 h/$
  32. 32Tower Unite2.0 h/$
  33. 33The Final Station1.9 h/$
  34. 34Resident Evil Village1.9 h/$
  35. 35Mist Survival1.9 h/$
  36. 36Resident Evil 7 Biohazard1.9 h/$
  37. 37DeadPoly1.9 h/$
  38. 38Colony Survival1.8 h/$
  39. 39Dying Light1.7 h/$
  40. 40Painkiller: Black Edition1.6 h/$
  41. 41Miscreated1.5 h/$
  42. 42DOOM 31.5 h/$
  43. 43Tunguska: The Visitation - Final Cut1.4 h/$
  44. 44The Forest1.3 h/$
  45. 45Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2: Deluxe Edition1.3 h/$
  46. 46Red Dead Redemption1.3 h/$
  47. 47No More Room in Hell 21.2 h/$
  48. 48Far Cry1.2 h/$
  49. 49Days Gone1.2 h/$
  50. 50The Last Stand: Aftermath1.2 h/$
  51. 51S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat1.1 h/$
  52. 52Left 4 Dead1.1 h/$
  53. 53Resident Evil 31.0 h/$
  54. 54Death Road to Canada1.0 h/$
  55. 55The Walking Dead1.0 h/$
  56. 56The Evil Within1.0 h/$
  57. 57Dead Island Definitive Edition1.0 h/$
  58. 58Deadzone: Rogue1.0 h/$
  59. 59Black Mesa1.0 h/$
  60. 60Killing Floor 20.9 h/$
  61. 61Door Kickers: Action Squad0.9 h/$
  62. 62CastleMiner Z0.9 h/$
  63. 63S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky0.9 h/$
  64. 64Ultimate Zombie Defense0.8 h/$
  65. 65Half-Life: Blue Shift0.8 h/$
  66. 66Survive the Nights0.8 h/$
  67. 67The Walking Dead: Season Two0.7 h/$
  68. 68Plague Inc: Evolved0.7 h/$
  69. 69DOOM0.7 h/$
  70. 70Dead Space (2008)0.7 h/$
  71. 71Pavlov0.7 h/$
  72. 72Dead Island: Riptide Definitive Edition0.7 h/$
  73. 73The Walking Dead: The Final Season0.7 h/$
  74. 74Call of Duty: World at War0.6 h/$
  75. 75The Walking Dead: A New Frontier0.6 h/$
  76. 76World War Z0.6 h/$
  77. 77Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville0.6 h/$
  78. 78Book of Demons0.6 h/$
  79. 79South Park: The Stick of Truth0.6 h/$
  80. 80Section 130.6 h/$
  81. 81Monster Prom0.5 h/$
  82. 82GTFO0.5 h/$
  83. 83Prototype0.5 h/$
  84. 84The Evil Within 20.5 h/$
  85. 85Wolfenstein: The Old Blood0.5 h/$
  86. 86Half-Life: Source0.5 h/$
  87. 87Call of Duty: Black Ops0.5 h/$
  88. 88Dead Rising 3 Apocalypse Edition0.5 h/$
  89. 89Sker Ritual0.5 h/$
  90. 90The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners0.4 h/$
  91. 91Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007)0.4 h/$
  92. 92Killing Floor0.4 h/$
  93. 93Prototype 20.4 h/$
  94. 94F.E.A.R. 30.3 h/$
  95. 95Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2011)0.3 h/$
  96. 96Bodycam0.2 h/$
  97. 97Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered (2017)0.2 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.