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 31 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 $16.49, and the cheapest is CastleMiner Z at $5.99. The most reviewed is Terraria with 1,247,686 Steam reviews. Beyond the budget end, this wider list adds 27 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
31
Avg list price
$16.49
Cheapest
$5.99
- T
Terraria
2011 · Action
$9.99 1,247,686 reviews · 97% positive
- A
ARK: Survival Evolved
2017 · Action
$14.99 588,535 reviews · 83% positive
- T
The Forest
2018 · Action
$19.99 583,870 reviews · 96% positive
- D
Don't Starve Together
2016 · Action
$14.99 377,538 reviews · 95% positive
- R
Raft
2022 · Adventure
$19.99 324,860 reviews · 93% positive
- S
Starbound
2016 · Action
$14.99 120,658 reviews · 90% positive
- T
The Long Dark
2017 · Adventure
$19.99 112,347 reviews · 89% positive
- D
Don't Starve
2013 · Adventure
$9.99 97,202 reviews · 97% positive
- C
Core Keeper
2024 · Action
$19.99 50,922 reviews · 93% positive
- S
Stranded Deep
2022 · Adventure
$19.99 43,831 reviews · 73% positive
- F
Forager
2019 · Action
$19.99 35,599 reviews · 89% positive
- S
SurrounDead
2022 · Action
$11.99 25,034 reviews · 91% positive
- D
Dinkum
2025 · Adventure
$19.99 24,722 reviews · 92% positive
- N
Necesse
2025 · Action
$14.99 24,677 reviews · 93% positive
- T
Tribes of Midgard
2021 · Action
$19.99 17,508 reviews · 76% positive
- M
Mist Survival
2018 · Action
$10.99 13,713 reviews · 76% positive
- C
CastleMiner Z
2014 · Action
$5.99 7,953 reviews · 81% positive
- R
Rising World
2014 · Action
$14.99 5,338 reviews · 86% positive
- T
Terminus: Zombie Survivors
2024 · Adventure
$19.99 4,350 reviews · 94% positive
- I
I Am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival
2024 · Indie
$19.99 4,042 reviews · 84% positive
- T
Tinkerlands
2025 · Action
$12.99 3,651 reviews · 86% positive
- O
Ostranauts
2026 · Indie
$19.99 3,204 reviews · 77% positive
- A
Astrometica
2024 · Adventure
$19.99 2,938 reviews · 82% positive
- H
Heat
2020 · Action
$19.99 2,611 reviews · 49% positive
- I
IfSunSets
2024 · Action
$19.99 2,327 reviews · 75% positive
- D
Dustland Delivery
2024 · Adventure
$7.99 1,275 reviews · 88% positive
- U
UnReal World
2016 · Indie
$14.50 1,255 reviews · 94% positive
- F
Fabled Lands
2022 · Adventure
$18.99 525 reviews · 80% positive
- U
Urge
2021 · Action
$17.99 502 reviews · 90% positive
- E
Everafter Falls
2024 · Action
$19.99 439 reviews · 84% positive
- O
Out of Orbit
2023 · Action
$14.99 176 reviews · 80% positive
Frequently asked questions
- What are the best open world survival craft indie games under $20?
- indielist lists 31 paid open world survival craft indie games priced at or below $20, ranked by Steam reviews, led by Terraria (1,247,686 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.