Best Rated Action Games Under $40
The best rated Action games on Steam for games under $40. Scores are weighted by review volume, so small-sample flukes stay off the list.
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By price
Our score adjusts Steam's raw rating for sample size. The fewer reviews a game has, the more its score gets pulled toward the site-wide average, so a tiny game can't fluke its way to #1.
- 1Portal 2466,71498.42%98.70%
- 2People Playground317,97498.04%98.44%
- 3Portal199,16397.89%98.52%
- 4Vampire Survivors265,72997.84%98.32%
- 5Hades308,49397.61%98.01%
- 6Left 4 Dead 21,058,18197.41%97.52%
- 7Schedule I316,00897.40%97.78%
- 8Terraria1,555,19997.30%97.38%
- 9Slime Rancher157,23397.25%98.01%
- 10Half-Life 2279,34897.17%97.60%
- 11Mount & Blade: Warband172,12697.04%97.72%
- 12Counter-Strike261,72796.96%97.40%
- 13Resident Evil 4276,88296.94%97.35%
- 14ULTRAKILL243,53296.88%97.36%
- 15Dispatch183,96396.88%97.51%
- 16tModLoader382,04296.82%97.12%
- 17Deep Rock Galactic379,90896.81%97.11%
- 18Lethal Company510,88296.74%96.96%
- 19Hollow Knight561,27596.71%96.92%
- 20Pizza Tower72,69696.71%98.27%
- 21Celeste147,28196.64%97.40%
- 22The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth455,42596.60%96.85%
- 23Resident Evil 2222,80296.54%97.04%
- 24Katana ZERO76,14096.45%97.91%
- 25Dead Cells183,44496.42%97.03%
- 26Dishonored88,28796.38%97.63%
- 27HoloCure - Save the Fans!40,75496.31%99.00%
- 28POSTAL 2137,84496.16%96.95%
- 29South Park: The Stick of Truth73,45396.10%97.57%
- 30Hotline Miami128,19895.99%96.82%
- 31Detroit: Become Human262,51995.95%96.36%
- 32Half-Life164,12095.85%96.50%
- 33Ori and the Will of the Wisps146,26495.78%96.50%
- 34R.E.P.O.423,57495.76%96.00%
- 35Counter-Strike: Source193,24295.75%96.29%
- 36BattleBlock Theater72,90095.75%97.17%
- 37Outlast138,81795.70%96.44%
- 38Cuphead221,25395.69%96.16%
- 39Life is Strange - Episode 1176,01395.67%96.25%
- 40Tomb Raider Game of the Year270,27195.64%96.02%
- 41INSIDE75,92595.64%97.00%
- 42Fallout: New Vegas261,64995.59%95.98%
- 43Castle Crashers140,73395.46%96.18%
- 44Ravenfield80,08795.44%96.71%
- 45Devil May Cry 5170,69495.44%96.03%
- 46The Wolf Among Us40,25295.38%97.88%
- 47The Forest682,54395.38%95.52%
- 48Titanfall 2286,18895.30%95.65%
- 49Broforce61,00295.28%96.91%
- 50Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition87,56995.24%96.37%
- 51Crime Scene Cleaner34,32595.24%98.10%
- 52Cult of the Lamb129,66395.14%95.89%
- 53Teardown136,05695.13%95.85%
- 54Brotato118,80295.11%95.93%
- 55DOOM221,64195.08%95.52%
- 56SANABI45,09495.08%97.24%
- 57It Takes Two269,71495.07%95.43%
- 58Dying Light495,18395.03%95.23%
- 59Resident Evil Village153,97095.00%95.63%
- 60Left 4 Dead68,16794.98%96.39%
- 61METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE88,99194.96%96.04%
- 62Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition78,23694.95%96.18%
- 63Blade and Sorcery62,18594.95%96.50%
- 64Hades II123,30094.94%95.71%
- 65Crab Champions31,14394.84%97.89%
- 66Kenshi116,65094.78%95.59%
- 67Outer Wilds107,95694.74%95.61%
- 68Don't Starve Together543,04294.74%94.91%
- 69Rhythm Doctor27,01894.69%98.15%
- 70Wobbly Life35,98194.64%97.23%
- 71Resident Evil 7 Biohazard126,85394.56%95.29%
- 72Your Only Move Is HUSTLE45,21794.48%96.50%
- 73Hi-Fi RUSH35,94994.42%96.95%
- 74Buckshot Roulette126,00194.39%95.11%
- 75Palworld487,79794.38%94.57%
- 76Black Mesa144,78094.33%94.95%
- 77Saints Row: The Third69,70494.31%95.60%
- 78Duck Game39,05794.28%96.57%
- 79Abiotic Factor59,07694.27%95.78%
- 80Phasmophobia839,39494.27%94.37%
- 81Just Shapes & Beats26,10194.23%97.61%
- 82PEAK371,45094.21%94.45%
- 83SOMA52,92294.18%95.85%
- 84Noita88,79494.14%95.13%
- 85Enter the Gungeon89,84794.12%95.10%
- 86Ultimate Chicken Horse53,54994.12%95.76%
- 87CarX Drift Racing Online89,33894.11%95.09%
- 88SIGNALIS34,38894.07%96.59%
- 89Clone Drone in the Danger Zone39,53293.95%96.13%
- 90Killing Floor68,94093.91%95.15%
- 91Bopl Battle25,82693.88%97.19%
- 92VTOL VR21,79893.87%98.04%
- 93Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition71,51693.86%95.05%
- 94How to Fish64,05093.77%95.09%
- 95Valheim548,36993.74%93.89%
- 96DUSK25,49193.72%96.95%
- 97Rise of the Tomb Raider156,08793.64%94.18%
- 98Neon White20,80593.63%97.88%
- 99Super Hexagon25,11693.60%96.87%
- 100DOOM + DOOM II29,05593.60%96.63%
