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 2468,80098.48%98.71%
- 2Portal200,75498.03%98.53%
- 3Hades310,27397.68%97.99%
- 4Half-Life 2281,39497.27%97.60%
- 5DELTARUNE136,99297.19%98.07%
- 6Resident Evil 4284,26297.06%97.38%
- 7MiSide142,62996.92%97.74%
- 8Hollow Knight566,03796.76%96.91%
- 9Resident Evil 2226,86796.65%97.03%
- 10Celeste147,70396.63%97.40%
- 11OneShot65,29696.50%98.23%
- 12Katana ZERO76,16896.43%97.91%
- 13Dishonored88,40196.37%97.63%
- 14Undertale345,88896.27%96.51%
- 15Doki Doki Literature Club!229,38096.14%96.49%
- 16Inscryption148,73096.09%96.82%
- 17South Park: The Stick of Truth73,53896.09%97.57%
- 18Detroit: Become Human267,97596.09%96.39%
- 19Half-Life165,14596.01%96.49%
- 20The Walking Dead80,64995.99%97.33%
- 21Papers, Please80,59695.96%97.30%
- 22OMORI88,74695.87%97.07%
- 23DAVE THE DIVER162,72495.83%96.48%
- 24Persona 4 Golden87,52295.83%97.04%
- 25Life is Strange - Episode 1176,64195.82%96.26%
- 26Ori and the Will of the Wisps146,36495.78%96.50%
- 27Tomb Raider Game of the Year271,45695.73%96.01%
- 28Fallout: New Vegas262,78295.68%95.97%
- 29Volcano Princess49,20695.66%97.79%
- 30Senren＊Banka37,17595.65%98.47%
- 31INSIDE75,99695.62%96.99%
- 32Devil May Cry 5171,87595.58%96.01%
- 33Touhou Mystia's Izakaya32,83195.44%98.56%
- 34The Wolf Among Us40,29095.35%97.88%
- 35Chants of Sennaar34,89795.33%98.24%
- 36Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy45,15095.31%97.55%
- 37Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition87,75695.22%96.37%
- 38It Takes Two272,52595.18%95.44%
- 39Mirror83,95595.17%96.36%
- 40Dying Light497,80795.09%95.23%
- 41SANABI45,21395.04%97.22%
- 42GRIS96,45195.03%96.05%
- 43Resident Evil Village154,45595.00%95.64%
- 44To the Moon86,52794.99%96.12%
- 45Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition78,38594.95%96.19%
- 46METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE89,08394.94%96.04%
- 47Hades II123,52594.92%95.71%
- 48Blender91,87594.92%95.98%
- 49VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action38,74994.79%97.27%
- 50PowerWash Simulator58,80494.75%96.38%
- 51The Planet Crafter74,15394.74%96.03%
- 52The Room31,81894.73%97.74%
- 53Outer Wilds108,31994.72%95.60%
- 54Rhythm Doctor27,04194.65%98.15%
- 55The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim317,83194.59%94.79%
- 56Resident Evil 7 Biohazard127,33094.55%95.29%
- 57ATRI -My Dear Moments-23,53994.44%98.38%
- 58Just Shapes & Beats26,13194.34%97.62%
- 59Black Mesa144,91794.33%94.96%
- 60DREDGE57,10594.25%95.83%
- 61There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension26,11194.23%97.70%
- 62Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!32,46394.20%96.97%
- 63Sally Face - Episode One29,65094.18%97.33%
- 64SOMA53,04694.15%95.84%
- 65Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut34,28194.15%96.67%
- 66Return of the Obra Dinn35,25194.15%96.69%
- 67Little Nightmares116,62894.00%94.76%
- 68The Walking Dead: Season Two34,03294.00%96.59%
- 69What Remains of Edith Finch52,95693.94%95.59%
- 70Before Your Eyes23,94793.93%97.97%
- 71Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk34,34893.88%96.41%
- 72Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc38,78293.88%95.96%
- 73Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition71,55593.84%95.06%
- 74Neon White20,87393.77%97.88%
- 75The Coffin of Andy and Leyley39,51393.73%95.89%
- 76The Room 4: Old Sins18,37493.70%98.46%
- 77Rise of the Tomb Raider156,31493.64%94.18%
- 78STEINS;GATE27,10493.62%97.07%
- 79Finding Paradise20,37793.52%97.77%
- 80Unheard - Voices of Crime34,02393.49%95.93%
- 81Gorogoa20,81293.47%97.45%
- 82The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition (2009)53,08293.45%95.01%
- 83Ultimate Custom Night62,85093.45%94.77%
- 84Fran Bow23,05393.44%97.41%
- 85Everlasting Summer78,16193.37%94.42%
- 86Spiritfarer: Farewell Edition53,38593.37%94.90%
- 87The Room Two21,80793.36%97.53%
- 88Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair32,91693.31%95.77%
- 89Murders on the Yangtze River21,26793.19%96.96%
- 90The Last Campfire20,64793.18%97.50%
- 91Bastion38,20693.18%95.27%
- 92Call of Juarez: Gunslinger44,34393.15%94.95%
- 93Wandering Sword45,63893.12%94.86%
- 94Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition79,78293.12%94.11%
- 95The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty60,05893.10%94.42%
- 96Grimm's Hollow14,61693.10%98.52%
- 97Outcore: Desktop Adventure18,40193.09%97.39%
- 98Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk22,39593.09%96.62%
- 99HuniePop31,66993.08%95.57%
- 100This War of Mine97,80593.03%93.83%
