Best Open World Survival Craft indie games under $20
These are the best open world survival craft indie games you can buy for under $20. indielist lists 25 paid open world survival craft games with a list price at or below $20, ranked by Steam review count so the most-validated picks lead. The average list price here is $16.19, and the cheapest is CastleMiner Z at $5.99. The most reviewed is Terraria with 1,218,154 Steam reviews. Beyond the budget end, this wider list adds 22 mid-price picks between $10 and $20 that a stricter under-$10 list leaves out. 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 open world survival craft 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
25
Avg list price
$16.19
Cheapest
$5.99
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Terraria
2011 · Action
$9.99 1,218,154 reviews · 97% positive
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ARK: Survival Evolved
2017 · Action
$14.99 579,791 reviews · 83% positive
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The Forest
2018 · Action
$19.99 572,957 reviews · 96% positive
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Valheim
2021 · Action
$19.99 453,292 reviews · 94% positive
- D
Don't Starve Together
2016 · Action
$14.99 367,610 reviews · 95% positive
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Project Zomboid
2013 · Indie
$19.99 344,149 reviews · 94% positive
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Raft
2022 · Adventure
$19.99 318,498 reviews · 93% positive
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Starbound
2016 · Action
$14.99 120,582 reviews · 90% positive
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The Long Dark
2017 · Adventure
$19.99 110,320 reviews · 89% positive
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Don't Starve
2013 · Adventure
$9.99 96,238 reviews · 97% positive
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Core Keeper
2024 · Action
$19.99 48,849 reviews · 93% positive
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Forager
2019 · Action
$19.99 43,580 reviews · 90% positive
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Stranded Deep
2022 · Adventure
$19.99 43,274 reviews · 74% positive
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Dinkum
2025 · Adventure
$19.99 28,794 reviews · 92% positive
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Necesse
2025 · Action
$14.99 27,331 reviews · 93% positive
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SurrounDead
2022 · Action
$11.99 25,078 reviews · 92% positive
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Tribes of Midgard
2021 · Action
$19.99 23,145 reviews · 76% positive
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Mist Survival
2018 · Action
$10.99 14,139 reviews · 76% positive
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Subsistence
2016 · Action
$13.99 13,700 reviews · 72% positive
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Dead Island: Riptide Definitive Edition
2016 · Action
$19.99 12,791 reviews · 71% positive
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CastleMiner Z
2014 · Action
$5.99 11,137 reviews · 81% positive
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Tinkerlands
2025 · Action
$12.99 3,872 reviews · 86% positive
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Outpath
2023 · Adventure
$14.99 3,027 reviews · 93% positive
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Fabled Lands
2022 · Adventure
$18.99 535 reviews · 80% positive
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Out of Orbit
2023 · Action
$14.99 147 reviews · 79% positive
Frequently asked questions
- What are the best open world survival craft indie games under $20?
- indielist lists 25 paid open world survival craft indie games priced at or below $20, ranked by Steam reviews, led by Terraria (1,218,154 reviews). The cheapest is CastleMiner Z at $5.99.
- How is this "under $20" list built?
- By a data filter, not opinion: a paid open world survival craft game qualifies if its tracked Steam list price is at or below $20. The list is ranked by review count and updates as prices and the catalog change. Free-to-play games are excluded.