Best Rated Puzzle Games Under $40
The best rated Puzzle 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 2464,22298.42%98.70%
- 2Portal197,45397.87%98.52%
- 3Half-Life 2276,81197.16%97.60%
- 4MiSide140,41296.96%97.81%
- 5Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition154,32496.92%97.70%
- 6Helltaker127,81096.76%97.68%
- 7Stray175,99496.56%97.22%
- 8Resident Evil 2218,63996.52%97.05%
- 9OneShot64,03496.46%98.26%
- 10Inscryption147,15396.07%96.82%
- 11Papers, Please79,82595.92%97.29%
- 12Ori and the Will of the Wisps145,60595.76%96.50%
- 13BattleBlock Theater72,79995.71%97.18%
- 14Tomb Raider Game of the Year268,20695.63%96.03%
- 15INSIDE75,14695.58%96.99%
- 16Firework44,24595.33%97.67%
- 17Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy44,33295.25%97.56%
- 18Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition86,17095.17%96.35%
- 19Chants of Sennaar33,00695.17%98.25%
- 20Mirror84,10595.16%96.37%
- 21Teardown133,94395.08%95.83%
- 22It Takes Two265,78795.04%95.42%
- 23GRIS95,70795.01%96.06%
- 24Outer Wilds105,60494.69%95.61%
- 25The Room31,55294.68%97.75%
- 26Resident Evil 7 Biohazard124,54394.53%95.30%
- 27Buckshot Roulette122,81494.45%95.22%
- 28Human Fall Flat225,67394.22%94.63%
- 29There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension25,70994.15%97.71%
- 30SOMA52,06894.11%95.87%
- 31Return of the Obra Dinn34,76894.07%96.69%
- 32Baba Is You24,37194.03%97.74%
- 33Sally Face - Episode One27,20893.99%97.30%
- 34Little Nightmares116,30493.98%94.76%
- 35SIGNALIS33,66793.95%96.61%
- 36What Remains of Edith Finch51,99593.88%95.59%
- 37Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition71,20593.82%95.06%
- 38Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun38,34593.74%96.02%
- 39Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc37,89293.71%96.01%
- 40The Room 4: Old Sins18,16193.68%98.47%
- 41The Coffin of Andy and Leyley38,65493.68%95.93%
- 42Rise of the Tomb Raider154,32093.61%94.17%
- 43Fran Bow22,72693.60%97.40%
- 44The Room Two21,61493.58%97.55%
- 45Besiege53,02593.54%95.15%
- 46Unheard - Voices of Crime33,71593.49%96.02%
- 47Super Hexagon25,07193.48%96.88%
- 48Dorfromantik29,47093.47%96.35%
- 49Car Mechanic Simulator 202137,95093.47%95.70%
- 50Gorogoa20,55993.40%97.50%
- 51LEGO Star Wars - The Complete Saga25,38493.39%96.71%
- 52The Last Campfire20,10693.36%97.53%
- 53Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair32,20193.23%95.80%
- 54Nubby's Number Factory19,07793.14%97.42%
- 55Murders on the Yangtze River20,94893.12%97.01%
- 56HuniePop31,66293.04%95.58%
- 57LEGO Marvel Super Heroes30,42392.98%95.61%
- 58Mini Motorways24,23492.97%96.27%
- 59Outcore: Desktop Adventure18,07092.97%97.39%
- 60The Talos Principle32,94292.91%95.31%
- 61Valiant Hearts: The Great War / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande Guerre27,42992.77%95.61%
- 62Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes17,03092.73%97.28%
- 63Untitled Goose Game24,75392.72%95.85%
- 64Half-Life: Opposing Force28,69292.67%95.34%
- 65Tales of the Black Forest15,34192.62%97.60%
- 66ANIMAL WELL24,31492.62%95.76%
- 67Webbed15,20592.59%97.59%
- 68TOEM: A Photo Adventure11,64292.59%99.12%
- 69Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons41,26292.55%94.39%
- 70Amnesia: The Dark Descent35,53492.47%94.58%
- 71FAR: Lone Sails26,22692.42%95.26%
- 72Superliminal33,72692.40%94.60%
- 73Peggle Deluxe14,16392.39%97.63%
- 74CARRION34,66992.35%94.48%
- 75Zup! S16,09792.26%96.79%
- 76shapez 2 - Factory14,90692.25%97.14%
- 77A Plague Tale: Innocence70,01892.22%93.25%
- 78PC Building Simulator52,68992.15%93.51%
- 79Gunpoint13,31192.14%97.51%
- 80Tactical Breach Wizards11,99292.05%97.95%
- 81Trine 2: Complete Story22,02192.04%95.25%
- 82Machinarium20,43791.92%95.32%
- 83Mini Metro16,65091.88%96.03%
- 84Little Nightmares II58,07891.84%93.03%
- 85Eternal Senia12,05191.82%97.50%
- 86shapez15,69991.67%95.94%
- 87The Case of the Golden Idol10,81191.65%97.82%
- 88Unpacking40,48591.58%93.21%
- 89Cube Escape: Paradox12,02791.56%97.04%
- 90Sven Co-op32,37591.55%93.58%
- 91Trine Enchanted Edition15,90591.51%95.61%
- 92Antichamber17,71991.47%95.13%
- 93Pony Island18,05791.41%94.98%
- 94West of Loathing10,24491.40%97.68%
- 95Into the Breach22,12691.35%94.23%
- 96LIMBO61,61791.22%92.23%
- 97Supraland15,17091.14%95.21%
- 98Samsara Room10,10891.12%97.19%
- 99The Stanley Parable45,68391.11%92.45%
- 100FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S: HELP WANTED13,08291.08%95.75%
