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 2460,58598.42%98.70%
- 2Portal194,86297.88%98.52%
- 3Hades304,21097.64%98.04%
- 4DELTARUNE101,34297.25%98.41%
- 5Half-Life 2273,67397.18%97.61%
- 6MiSide138,70897.00%97.84%
- 7Resident Evil 4254,41996.84%97.29%
- 8Hollow Knight544,93196.71%96.92%
- 9The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt871,58596.65%96.78%
- 10Celeste141,89896.63%97.42%
- 11Resident Evil 2212,76396.52%97.04%
- 12OneShot62,99196.52%98.28%
- 13Katana ZERO75,02196.47%97.95%
- 14Dishonored86,06396.36%97.63%
- 15Undertale324,94596.16%96.50%
- 16Inscryption145,26196.11%96.85%
- 17South Park: The Stick of Truth72,70596.10%97.57%
- 18DAVE THE DIVER150,93896.03%96.73%
- 19The Walking Dead79,51395.99%97.33%
- 20Papers, Please79,14495.96%97.30%
- 21OMORI86,85295.89%97.10%
- 22Detroit: Become Human246,38895.86%96.29%
- 23Half-Life161,24895.86%96.51%
- 24Ori and the Will of the Wisps144,42395.81%96.53%
- 25Persona 4 Golden85,10295.80%97.03%
- 26Volcano Princess48,02295.68%97.82%
- 27Senren＊Banka35,90595.67%98.54%
- 28Tomb Raider Game of the Year266,09795.65%96.04%
- 29INSIDE74,48295.62%96.99%
- 30Fallout: New Vegas258,00995.60%96.00%
- 31Touhou Mystia's Izakaya31,79295.43%98.59%
- 32Devil May Cry 5165,45195.43%96.04%
- 33The Wolf Among Us39,35095.36%97.89%
- 34Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy43,64495.28%97.55%
- 35Mirror84,23695.21%96.37%
- 36Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition84,52095.17%96.33%
- 37Chants of Sennaar31,25095.17%98.30%
- 38SANABI44,02595.08%97.28%
- 39GRIS94,80095.05%96.07%
- 40Dying Light488,32895.04%95.24%
- 41It Takes Two261,75795.04%95.41%
- 42To the Moon85,49095.04%96.17%
- 43Resident Evil Village148,37794.96%95.61%
- 44METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE88,19894.94%96.03%
- 45Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition76,22594.92%96.17%
- 46Hades II119,64394.91%95.71%
- 47VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action38,23594.83%97.30%
- 48PowerWash Simulator58,10394.79%96.41%
- 49The Room31,30494.75%97.74%
- 50The Planet Crafter70,62394.72%96.05%
- 51Outer Wilds103,22094.71%95.61%
- 52Rhythm Doctor26,40694.68%98.20%
- 53Resident Evil 7 Biohazard121,60694.55%95.31%
- 54The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim317,65094.51%94.79%
- 55ATRI -My Dear Moments-22,71094.44%98.42%
- 56Black Mesa142,74294.36%94.98%
- 57There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension25,47194.23%97.70%
- 58DREDGE54,49494.22%95.84%
- 59Just Shapes & Beats25,50294.20%97.65%
- 60SOMA51,42994.17%95.88%
- 61Before Your Eyes22,98894.16%97.98%
- 62Return of the Obra Dinn34,24594.14%96.69%
- 63Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!31,12994.13%96.94%
- 64Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut32,10294.09%96.77%
- 65Sally Face - Episode One26,74994.05%97.28%
- 66The Walking Dead: Season Two33,67494.02%96.58%
- 67Little Nightmares116,00794.01%94.75%
- 68What Remains of Edith Finch51,04693.92%95.60%
- 69Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk33,53393.91%96.45%
- 70Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition70,62193.90%95.10%
- 71STEINS;GATE25,96993.83%97.08%
- 72The Room 4: Old Sins18,01093.81%98.49%
- 73Neon White20,13493.80%97.98%
- 74The Coffin of Andy and Leyley37,50493.76%95.99%
- 75Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc37,12393.75%96.00%
- 76The Room Two21,44993.70%97.58%
- 77Fran Bow22,26793.67%97.39%
- 78Finding Paradise20,07693.65%97.76%
- 79Rise of the Tomb Raider152,54793.62%94.16%
- 80Unheard - Voices of Crime33,23893.61%96.09%
- 81The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition (2009)52,53493.50%95.04%
- 82The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition Deluxe (2009)52,53493.50%95.04%
- 83Gorogoa20,21493.48%97.48%
- 84The Last Campfire19,58493.45%97.57%
- 85Spiritfarer: Farewell Edition52,39793.44%94.97%
- 86Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair31,55993.31%95.82%
- 87Mouthwashing36,91393.23%95.35%
- 88Bastion38,06093.23%95.28%
- 89Murders on the Yangtze River20,60793.22%97.03%
- 90Call of Juarez: Gunslinger43,48293.18%94.97%
- 91The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty59,26193.17%94.48%
- 92HuniePop31,62393.14%95.59%
- 93Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk21,64793.10%96.66%
