Best Survival indie games under $10
These are the best survival indie games you can buy for under $10. indielist lists 27 paid survival games with a list price at or below $10, ranked by Steam review count so the most-validated picks lead. The average list price here is $7.73, and the cheapest is Crosshair X at $1.99. The most reviewed is Terraria with 1,218,154 Steam reviews. Every price is the tracked Steam list price, not an estimate, and each game links to a white-box sales estimate you can open and audit rather than a black-box number. This is a value list: a sensible price crossed with real player validation, so you can find a survival game that is actually good, not just affordable. Free-to-play titles are excluded here; this is about paid games that punch above their price.
Games
27
Avg list price
$7.73
Cheapest
$1.99
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Terraria
2011 · Action
$9.99 1,218,154 reviews · 97% positive
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Fallout: New Vegas
2010 · Action
$9.99 208,574 reviews · 96% positive
- P
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
2009 · Strategy
$4.99 140,718 reviews · 98% positive
- D
Don't Starve
2013 · Adventure
$9.99 96,238 reviews · 97% positive
- D
DEVOUR
2021 · Indie
$9.99 68,110 reviews · 91% positive
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FTL: Faster Than Light
2012 · Indie
$9.99 62,132 reviews · 95% positive
- F
Five Nights at Freddy's
2014 · Indie
$4.99 52,730 reviews · 94% positive
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The Binding of Isaac
2011 · Action
$4.99 48,753 reviews · 95% positive
- C
Crosshair X
2020 · Action
$1.99 39,907 reviews · 93% positive
- T
Town of Salem
2014 · Action
$4.99 36,286 reviews · 88% positive
- W
Who's Your Daddy?!
2016 · Action
$9.99 31,689 reviews · 80% positive
- R
Risk of Rain (2013)
2013 · Action
$9.99 29,811 reviews · 93% positive
- S
Stacklands
2022 · Casual
$7.99 29,610 reviews · 96% positive
- 2
20 Minutes Till Dawn
2023 · Action
$4.99 28,846 reviews · 91% positive
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Hatred
2015 · Action
$5.99 28,741 reviews · 84% positive
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Mindustry
2019 · Strategy
$9.99 26,869 reviews · 96% positive
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Five Nights at Freddy's 2
2014 · Indie
$7.99 25,744 reviews · 94% positive
- F
Five Nights at Freddy's 4
2015 · Action
$7.99 16,658 reviews · 93% positive
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PANICORE
2024 · Action
$9.99 12,685 reviews · 79% positive
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Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location
2016 · Action
$7.99 12,516 reviews · 90% positive
- B
Bloons TD 5
2014 · Action
$9.99 11,872 reviews · 95% positive
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Five Nights at Freddy's 3
2015 · Action
$7.99 11,165 reviews · 90% positive
- C
CastleMiner Z
2014 · Action
$5.99 11,137 reviews · 81% positive
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Granny
2018 · Adventure
$7.99 10,238 reviews · 94% positive
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Outlast: Whistleblower DLC
2014 · Action
$4.99 5,455 reviews · 97% positive
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West Hunt
2023 · Casual
$9.99 2,152 reviews · 83% positive
- A
Achilles: Survivor
2025 · Action
$6.99 1,518 reviews · 83% positive
Frequently asked questions
- What are the best survival indie games under $10?
- indielist lists 27 paid survival indie games priced at or below $10, ranked by Steam reviews, led by Terraria (1,218,154 reviews). The cheapest is Crosshair X at $1.99.
- How is this "under $10" list built?
- By a data filter, not opinion: a paid survival game qualifies if its tracked Steam list price is at or below $10. The list is ranked by review count and updates as prices and the catalog change. Free-to-play games are excluded.