7 Days to Die
Worth it · Multiplayer · 2024
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $44.99. Typically $24.74 in seasonal sales. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17.
- Cost per hour
- $0.83/hr
- Reviews▼
- 87% of 403,030
- Genre rank
- Top 5% Multiplayer
Holding it back: Recent reviews, Monetization
Why
Recent reviews trending down: 70% over the last 30 days against 87% all-time.
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Time and effort
- Typical playtime
- 53.9h
- To 100%
- 284.6h 5.3x the story
- Achievements
- 43
Price and sales
- Sales
- 79 on record
- Typical cut
- 62% off
- Steam low
- $5.99 December 2022
- Sale every
- 46d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 24,265 now
- Recent reviews
- 70% 30 days
- Cheaper than
- 1% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 91% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
79% start to 5% rarestA game like this has no single ending, so its score does not use the finish rate. The curve shows where players stop. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
Across all 79 discounts in the 13 years tracked, the median cut is 62 percent, about 7 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 5 days ago.
Its score puts it in the top 5 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 99 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 91 percent. The nearest things to it, DeadPoly ($9.99, scores 35) and Night of the Dead ($11.99, scores 49), are both worse buys on this math.
More about 7 Days to Die
Players rate it 87 percent positive over its lifetime, but the last 30 days run 70 percent. Something recent has soured the room. 9 of the 800 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written August 2026 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 52 percent of the 12,024 reviews written there were positive, against 87 percent overall, and those are 4 percent of everything written about it. It sells extras on top of the sticker price (cosmetic); the score docks it lightly for that.
HowLongToBeat players log 53.9 hours as a typical playtime, and completionists log 285, 5.3 times as much.
403,030 reviews stand behind that percentage.
It carries Valve's Deck Verified rating, which is the one that means it just works.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Next discount: likely in the Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4, at about $24.74 (45% off). Predictions like this were right 87% of the time when tested on 70 past weeks.
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 5 days ago.
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
I bought this game in early access over 6 years ago, which is why I have over 1,000 hours in this game. Sometimes with early access you have to accept that the game you pay for, or even the promise of the game you pay for is not going to be the game you end up with. As the developer made this game more linear they seem to have an open antagonism with the community that played the game. I held out hope that the end...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Bro I love the game but holy how long does it take to come out with a meaningful update. I've been waiting for bandits for how long. How does combining with a bigger studio make things take longer. For 45 dollars I cant recommend a game that just doesn't care about the game like they used too. It'll be fun to play for a first timer but if your looking for something that's just not killing zombie AI with the combat...
7 Days to Die: The Ultimate Zombie Survival Sandbox 7 Days to Die is a game that successfully blends survival, crafting, building and zombie action into an experience that can be enjoyed in countless different ways. Whether you want to construct an elaborate fortress, explore the world for supplies, experiment with mods or simply survive alongside friends, there is an impressive amount of freedom available. It has...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first-person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games. Play the definitive zombie survival sandbox RPG that came first. Navezgane awaits!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, 2 GB Dedicated Memory, 15 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
7 Days to Die scores 69/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/251570/7-days-to-dieReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Nov 3, price as of Nov 8. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.