Best Rated Story Rich Games Under $40
The best rated Story Rich 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 2464,22298.42%98.70%
- 2Portal197,45397.87%98.52%
- 3Hades306,62897.61%98.02%
- 4DELTARUNE124,99797.16%98.13%
- 5Half-Life 2276,81197.16%97.60%
- 6MiSide140,41296.96%97.81%
- 7Resident Evil 4268,03696.88%97.33%
- 8Hollow Knight553,55696.70%96.91%
- 9The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt878,89696.63%96.76%
- 10Celeste144,61096.60%97.40%
- 11Resident Evil 2218,63996.52%97.05%
- 12OneShot64,03496.46%98.26%
- 13Katana ZERO75,64696.42%97.93%
- 14Dishonored87,39996.33%97.63%
- 15Undertale332,38796.16%96.50%
- 16Inscryption147,15396.07%96.82%
- 17South Park: The Stick of Truth73,10696.05%97.56%
- 18Doki Doki Literature Club!224,57395.99%96.48%
- 19The Walking Dead80,05395.95%97.32%
- 20Papers, Please79,82595.92%97.29%
- 21Detroit: Become Human255,96895.91%96.34%
- 22DAVE THE DIVER159,16495.86%96.54%
- 23OMORI87,72795.85%97.09%
- 24Half-Life162,95595.84%96.50%
- 25Persona 4 Golden86,33695.79%97.04%
- 26Ori and the Will of the Wisps145,60595.76%96.50%
- 27Life is Strange - Episode 1174,91995.63%96.24%
- 28Tomb Raider Game of the Year268,20695.63%96.03%
- 29Volcano Princess48,59895.61%97.80%
- 30Senren＊Banka36,53595.59%98.49%
- 31Fallout: New Vegas259,68995.58%95.99%
- 32INSIDE75,14695.58%96.99%
- 33Devil May Cry 5168,56795.42%96.04%
- 34Touhou Mystia's Izakaya32,37095.35%98.56%
- 35The Wolf Among Us39,89095.30%97.89%
- 36Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy44,33295.25%97.56%
- 37Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition86,17095.17%96.35%
- 38Chants of Sennaar33,00695.17%98.25%
- 39Mirror84,10595.16%96.37%
- 40It Takes Two265,78795.04%95.42%
- 41Dying Light491,91795.03%95.23%
- 42GRIS95,70795.01%96.06%
- 43SANABI44,53595.00%97.26%
- 44To the Moon86,09594.99%96.15%
- 45Resident Evil Village151,56094.96%95.62%
- 46METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE88,53594.91%96.03%
- 47Blender89,48894.90%96.01%
- 48Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition77,28494.90%96.18%
- 49Hades II121,48594.88%95.70%
- 50VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action38,47494.75%97.28%
- 51PowerWash Simulator58,43194.73%96.40%
- 52The Planet Crafter72,16294.70%96.05%
- 53Outer Wilds105,60494.69%95.61%
- 54The Room31,55294.68%97.75%
- 55Rhythm Doctor26,74994.56%98.14%
- 56Resident Evil 7 Biohazard124,54394.53%95.30%
- 57The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim317,68594.49%94.79%
- 58ATRI -My Dear Moments-23,04394.33%98.39%
- 59Black Mesa143,91994.32%94.97%
- 60DREDGE55,78594.18%95.83%
- 61There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension25,70994.15%97.71%
- 62SOMA52,06894.11%95.87%
- 63Before Your Eyes23,47794.11%97.99%
- 64Just Shapes & Beats25,81594.10%97.63%
- 65Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!31,66994.08%96.96%
- 66Return of the Obra Dinn34,76894.07%96.69%
- 67Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut33,03294.01%96.74%
- 68Sally Face - Episode One27,20893.99%97.30%
- 69Little Nightmares116,30493.98%94.76%
- 70The Walking Dead: Season Two33,85493.94%96.58%
- 71What Remains of Edith Finch51,99593.88%95.59%
- 72Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk34,06893.83%96.42%
- 73Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition71,20593.82%95.06%
- 74STEINS;GATE26,42793.76%97.08%
- 75Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc37,89293.71%96.01%
- 76Neon White20,44893.68%97.94%
- 77The Room 4: Old Sins18,16193.68%98.47%
- 78The Coffin of Andy and Leyley38,65493.68%95.93%
- 79Rise of the Tomb Raider154,32093.61%94.17%
- 80Fran Bow22,72693.60%97.40%
- 81The Room Two21,61493.58%97.55%
- 82Finding Paradise20,23993.55%97.78%
- 83Unheard - Voices of Crime33,71593.49%96.02%
- 84Ultimate Custom Night62,50793.43%94.79%
- 85The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition (2009)52,76993.43%95.03%
- 86The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition Deluxe (2009)52,76993.43%95.03%
- 87Gorogoa20,55993.40%97.50%
- 88Spiritfarer: Farewell Edition52,86993.37%94.96%
- 89Everlasting Summer77,93993.36%94.44%
- 90The Last Campfire20,10693.36%97.53%
- 91SILENT HILL 263,01593.35%94.68%
- 92Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair32,20193.23%95.80%
- 93Bastion38,13093.13%95.27%
- 94Murders on the Yangtze River20,94893.12%97.01%
- 95Call of Juarez: Gunslinger43,90693.12%94.97%
- 96Mouthwashing37,88293.11%95.27%
- 97The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty59,64593.09%94.45%
- 98Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition78,53693.06%94.08%
- 99HuniePop31,66293.04%95.58%
- 100Wandering Sword43,57493.02%94.87%
