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 2464,29598.43%98.70%
- 2Portal197,49697.89%98.52%
- 3Hades306,70297.62%98.02%
- 4DELTARUNE125,31697.19%98.13%
- 5Half-Life 2276,86897.18%97.60%
- 6MiSide140,44196.99%97.81%
- 7Resident Evil 4268,33396.90%97.33%
- 8Hollow Knight553,75196.71%96.91%
- 9The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt879,01896.64%96.76%
- 10Celeste144,68696.63%97.40%
- 11Resident Evil 2218,80096.54%97.05%
- 12OneShot64,05896.53%98.26%
- 13Katana ZERO75,64896.47%97.93%
- 14Dishonored87,41896.38%97.63%
- 15Undertale332,62196.18%96.50%
- 16South Park: The Stick of Truth73,11596.10%97.56%
- 17Inscryption147,18396.10%96.82%
- 18Doki Doki Literature Club!224,66596.02%96.49%
- 19The Walking Dead80,06796.00%97.32%
- 20Papers, Please79,84695.97%97.29%
- 21Detroit: Become Human256,15995.93%96.34%
- 22OMORI87,76795.90%97.09%
- 23DAVE THE DIVER159,24695.88%96.54%
- 24Half-Life162,98895.86%96.50%
- 25Persona 4 Golden86,37695.84%97.04%
- 26Ori and the Will of the Wisps145,61795.79%96.50%
- 27Volcano Princess48,60695.69%97.80%
- 28Senren＊Banka36,54695.69%98.49%
- 29Life is Strange - Episode 1174,94695.66%96.24%
- 30Tomb Raider Game of the Year268,25295.65%96.03%
- 31INSIDE75,15395.63%96.99%
- 32Fallout: New Vegas259,74295.60%95.99%
- 33Touhou Mystia's Izakaya32,38395.47%98.56%
- 34Devil May Cry 5168,62995.45%96.04%
- 35The Wolf Among Us39,90595.40%97.89%
- 36Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy44,35095.33%97.56%
- 37Chants of Sennaar33,06295.28%98.25%
- 38Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition86,20595.22%96.35%
- 39Mirror84,10595.21%96.37%
- 40SANABI44,54295.09%97.26%
- 41It Takes Two265,87195.06%95.42%
- 42GRIS95,72595.05%96.06%
- 43Dying Light491,98295.04%95.23%
- 44To the Moon86,10995.04%96.15%
- 45Resident Evil Village151,63894.99%95.62%
- 46METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE88,54694.95%96.03%
- 47Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition77,31894.95%96.18%
- 48Blender89,53594.95%96.01%
- 49Hades II121,54794.92%95.70%
- 50VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action38,48294.84%97.28%
- 51PowerWash Simulator58,44094.80%96.40%
- 52The Room31,57494.79%97.75%
- 53The Planet Crafter72,21294.75%96.04%
- 54Outer Wilds105,68494.73%95.61%
- 55Rhythm Doctor26,75294.69%98.14%
- 56Resident Evil 7 Biohazard124,60294.57%95.31%
- 57The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim317,68694.51%94.79%
- 58ATRI -My Dear Moments-23,04994.48%98.39%
- 59Black Mesa143,95094.35%94.97%
- 60There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension25,71294.28%97.71%
- 61DREDGE55,80494.25%95.82%
- 62Just Shapes & Beats25,82294.23%97.63%
- 63Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!31,68294.20%96.96%
- 64SOMA52,08494.19%95.86%
- 65Return of the Obra Dinn34,77894.18%96.69%
- 66Sally Face - Episode One27,21894.12%97.30%
- 67Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut33,05094.12%96.74%
- 68Before Your Eyes23,47794.11%97.99%
- 69The Walking Dead: Season Two33,85694.04%96.58%
- 70Little Nightmares116,30694.02%94.75%
- 71What Remains of Edith Finch52,01693.96%95.59%
- 72Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk34,07893.93%96.42%
- 73STEINS;GATE26,43693.89%97.08%
- 74Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition71,21193.88%95.07%
- 75The Room 4: Old Sins18,16893.85%98.47%
- 76Neon White20,46393.84%97.94%
- 77Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc37,91093.81%96.01%
- 78The Coffin of Andy and Leyley38,67993.78%95.94%
- 79Fran Bow22,73693.75%97.40%
- 80The Room Two21,62393.73%97.55%
- 81Finding Paradise20,24693.71%97.78%
- 82Rise of the Tomb Raider154,35193.64%94.17%
- 83Unheard - Voices of Crime33,72693.60%96.01%
- 84Gorogoa20,56193.56%97.50%
- 85The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition (2009)52,77293.51%95.03%
- 86The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition Deluxe (2009)52,77293.51%95.03%
- 87Ultimate Custom Night62,51093.50%94.78%
- 88Spiritfarer: Farewell Edition52,88393.45%94.96%
- 89Everlasting Summer77,95393.42%94.44%
- 90SILENT HILL 263,07093.41%94.67%
- 91The Last Campfire20,10693.36%97.53%
- 92Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair32,21993.35%95.80%
- 93Murders on the Yangtze River20,95793.28%97.01%
- 94Bastion38,13393.23%95.27%
- 95Call of Juarez: Gunslinger43,91693.21%94.97%
- 96Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk22,12193.16%96.65%
- 97The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty59,65893.15%94.45%
- 98HuniePop31,66393.15%95.58%
- 99Outcore: Desktop Adventure18,08093.14%97.39%
- 100Mouthwashing37,88293.11%95.27%
