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 2466,71498.42%98.70%
- 2Portal199,16397.89%98.52%
- 3Hades308,49397.61%98.01%
- 4DELTARUNE135,85997.20%98.07%
- 5Half-Life 2279,34897.17%97.60%
- 6Resident Evil 4276,88296.94%97.35%
- 7MiSide142,33796.93%97.75%
- 8Hollow Knight561,27596.71%96.92%
- 9Celeste147,28196.64%97.40%
- 10Resident Evil 2222,80296.54%97.04%
- 11OneShot65,07496.52%98.24%
- 12Katana ZERO76,14096.45%97.91%
- 13Dishonored88,28796.38%97.63%
- 14Undertale341,26796.18%96.50%
- 15South Park: The Stick of Truth73,45396.10%97.57%
- 16Inscryption148,54296.10%96.82%
- 17Doki Doki Literature Club!227,86896.02%96.49%
- 18The Walking Dead80,60896.00%97.33%
- 19Papers, Please80,51195.97%97.30%
- 20Detroit: Become Human262,51995.95%96.36%
- 21OMORI88,65695.89%97.08%
- 22Half-Life164,12095.85%96.50%
- 23Persona 4 Golden87,38395.84%97.04%
- 24DAVE THE DIVER162,35095.84%96.49%
- 25Ori and the Will of the Wisps146,26495.78%96.50%
- 26Senren＊Banka37,13395.69%98.48%
- 27Volcano Princess49,13295.68%97.79%
- 28Life is Strange - Episode 1176,01395.67%96.25%
- 29Tomb Raider Game of the Year270,27195.64%96.02%
- 30INSIDE75,92595.64%97.00%
- 31Fallout: New Vegas261,64995.59%95.98%
- 32Touhou Mystia's Izakaya32,79395.47%98.56%
- 33Devil May Cry 5170,69495.44%96.03%
- 34The Wolf Among Us40,25295.38%97.88%
- 35Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy45,02795.34%97.56%
- 36Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition87,56995.24%96.37%
- 37Chants of Sennaar34,43695.21%98.25%
- 38Mirror83,98995.19%96.36%
- 39Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition205,96995.16%95.64%
- 40SANABI45,09495.08%97.24%
- 41It Takes Two269,71495.07%95.43%
- 42GRIS96,36595.04%96.05%
- 43Dying Light495,18395.03%95.23%
- 44To the Moon86,48795.01%96.13%
- 45Resident Evil Village153,97095.00%95.63%
- 46METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE88,99194.96%96.04%
- 47Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition78,23694.95%96.18%
- 48Hades II123,30094.94%95.71%
- 49Blender91,52494.93%95.98%
- 50VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action38,72894.82%97.27%
- 51PowerWash Simulator58,76094.78%96.39%
- 52The Planet Crafter73,92294.76%96.03%
- 53Outer Wilds107,95694.74%95.61%
- 54Rhythm Doctor27,01894.69%98.15%
- 55The Room31,79394.64%97.74%
- 56Resident Evil 7 Biohazard126,85394.56%95.29%
- 57The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim317,79694.51%94.79%
- 58ATRI -My Dear Moments-23,49494.49%98.38%
- 59Black Mesa144,78094.33%94.95%
- 60There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension26,08394.28%97.70%
- 61DREDGE56,94694.26%95.83%
- 62Just Shapes & Beats26,10194.23%97.61%
- 63Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!32,32494.23%96.98%
- 64Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut33,99994.18%96.73%
- 65SOMA52,92294.18%95.85%
- 66Sally Face - Episode One29,47094.15%97.33%
- 67Before Your Eyes23,89194.08%97.97%
- 68Return of the Obra Dinn35,17794.05%96.69%
- 69The Walking Dead: Season Two34,02094.03%96.58%
- 70Little Nightmares116,57794.01%94.76%
- 71What Remains of Edith Finch52,86593.96%95.59%
- 72Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition71,51693.86%95.05%
- 73Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc38,43893.79%95.97%
- 74Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk34,30093.78%96.41%
- 75The Coffin of Andy and Leyley39,41293.76%95.90%
- 76STEINS;GATE27,00393.75%97.07%
- 77Finding Paradise20,36493.70%97.77%
- 78Rise of the Tomb Raider156,08793.64%94.18%
- 79The Room 4: Old Sins18,34893.64%98.46%
- 80Neon White20,80593.63%97.88%
- 81Fran Bow22,98393.59%97.42%
- 82Unheard - Voices of Crime33,96493.54%95.95%
- 83Gorogoa20,79993.52%97.46%
- 84The Room Two21,79493.52%97.53%
- 85The Last Campfire20,54293.51%97.49%
- 86The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition (2009)53,03793.47%95.01%
- 87Ultimate Custom Night62,82893.47%94.77%
- 88Spiritfarer: Farewell Edition53,33193.39%94.90%
- 89Everlasting Summer78,13293.39%94.42%
- 90SILENT HILL 264,97893.37%94.60%
- 91Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair32,75593.35%95.77%
- 92Bastion38,19093.21%95.27%
- 93Call of Juarez: Gunslinger44,29093.18%94.95%
- 94Grimm's Hollow14,60693.17%98.53%
- 95Wandering Sword45,41293.15%94.87%
- 96Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk22,37193.13%96.62%
- 97Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition79,63893.13%94.11%
- 98The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty60,01193.12%94.42%
- 99HuniePop31,67293.11%95.57%
- 100Mouthwashing38,67293.08%95.23%
