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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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%
- 2Portal199,16397.89%98.52%
- 3Half-Life 2279,34897.17%97.60%
- 4Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition155,91196.95%97.70%
- 5MiSide142,33796.93%97.75%
- 6Helltaker128,15296.78%97.68%
- 7Stray178,27896.58%97.21%
- 8Resident Evil 2222,80296.54%97.04%
- 9OneShot65,07496.52%98.24%
- 10Inscryption148,54296.10%96.82%
- 11Papers, Please80,51195.97%97.30%
- 12Ori and the Will of the Wisps146,26495.78%96.50%
- 13BattleBlock Theater72,90095.75%97.17%
- 14Tomb Raider Game of the Year270,27195.64%96.02%
- 15INSIDE75,92595.64%97.00%
- 16Firework44,44795.40%97.67%
- 17Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy45,02795.34%97.56%
- 18Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition87,56995.24%96.37%
- 19Chants of Sennaar34,43695.21%98.25%
- 20Mirror83,98995.19%96.36%
- 21Teardown136,05695.13%95.85%
- 22It Takes Two269,71495.07%95.43%
- 23GRIS96,36595.04%96.05%
- 24Outer Wilds107,95694.74%95.61%
- 25The Room31,79394.64%97.74%
- 26Resident Evil 7 Biohazard126,85394.56%95.29%
- 27Buckshot Roulette126,00194.39%95.11%
- 28There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension26,08394.28%97.70%
- 29Human Fall Flat226,79094.23%94.62%
- 30SOMA52,92294.18%95.85%
- 31Baba Is You24,57894.15%97.71%
- 32Sally Face - Episode One29,47094.15%97.33%
- 33SIGNALIS34,38894.07%96.59%
- 34Return of the Obra Dinn35,17794.05%96.69%
- 35Little Nightmares116,57794.01%94.76%
- 36What Remains of Edith Finch52,86593.96%95.59%
- 37Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition71,51693.86%95.05%
- 38Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun38,45793.82%96.03%
- 39Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc38,43893.79%95.97%
- 40The Coffin of Andy and Leyley39,41293.76%95.90%
- 41Rise of the Tomb Raider156,08793.64%94.18%
- 42The Room 4: Old Sins18,34893.64%98.46%
- 43Super Hexagon25,11693.60%96.87%
- 44Fran Bow22,98393.59%97.42%
- 45Besiege53,24893.58%95.13%
- 46Car Mechanic Simulator 202138,67393.58%95.71%
- 47Dorfromantik29,61393.55%96.33%
- 48Unheard - Voices of Crime33,96493.54%95.95%
- 49Gorogoa20,79993.52%97.46%
- 50The Room Two21,79493.52%97.53%
- 51The Last Campfire20,54293.51%97.49%
- 52Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair32,75593.35%95.77%
- 53LEGO Star Wars - The Complete Saga25,48793.35%96.71%
- 54HuniePop31,67293.11%95.57%
- 55Mini Motorways24,42193.09%96.27%
- 56Murders on the Yangtze River21,20993.07%96.97%
- 57Nubby's Number Factory19,52393.06%97.30%
- 58LEGO Marvel Super Heroes31,31393.03%95.66%
- 59The Talos Principle33,04492.98%95.29%
- 60Outcore: Desktop Adventure18,33792.93%97.38%
- 61Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes17,13392.87%97.27%
- 62TOEM: A Photo Adventure12,14292.87%99.08%
- 63Webbed15,28492.77%97.58%
- 64ANIMAL WELL24,59192.74%95.73%
- 65Untitled Goose Game25,18592.72%95.88%
- 66Valiant Hearts: The Great War / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande Guerre27,53292.71%95.59%
- 67Peggle Deluxe14,48492.66%97.66%
- 68Half-Life: Opposing Force28,95592.64%95.35%
- 69Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons41,28392.62%94.38%
- 70Amnesia: The Dark Descent35,73992.57%94.59%
- 71Tales of the Black Forest15,48492.56%97.59%
- 72CARRION35,82792.43%94.39%
- 73Zup! S16,19792.42%96.80%
- 74FAR: Lone Sails26,44792.38%95.26%
- 75Superliminal34,12492.37%94.60%
- 76shapez 2 - Factory15,27392.37%96.97%
- 77A Plague Tale: Innocence72,36392.24%93.19%
- 78PC Building Simulator52,74992.20%93.50%
- 79Trine 2: Complete Story22,04692.19%95.26%
- 80Gunpoint13,33092.05%97.51%
- 81Mini Metro16,75992.02%96.00%
- 82Tactical Breach Wizards12,16491.99%97.93%
- 83Machinarium20,76691.89%95.32%
- 84Little Nightmares II58,62091.86%92.98%
- 85shapez15,89291.82%95.90%
- 86Eternal Senia12,06291.73%97.49%
- 87Unpacking40,77391.68%93.23%
- 88Trine Enchanted Edition15,94891.65%95.60%
- 89Sven Co-op32,47591.64%93.58%
- 90Antichamber17,76891.64%95.14%
- 91The Case of the Golden Idol10,97891.58%97.79%
- 92Pony Island18,12491.57%94.97%
- 93Cube Escape: Paradox12,22991.50%97.00%
- 94Into the Breach22,35391.45%94.19%
- 95Supraland15,38691.38%95.19%
- 96West of Loathing10,30491.33%97.69%
- 97LIMBO62,09991.25%92.20%
- 98The Stanley Parable45,80991.18%92.46%
- 99The Past Within16,84491.16%94.62%
- 100No Case Should Remain Unsolved10,66291.08%96.39%
