Hidden Gem Indie Games Under $20

Highly rated Indie games on Steam for games under $20, capped at 25,000 reviews. The cap filters out everything you've already heard of.

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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.
  1. 1A Short Hike94.92%
  2. 2Baba Is You94.15%
  3. 3Before Your Eyes94.08%
  4. 4Tiny Glade93.85%
  5. 5Finding Paradise93.70%
  6. 6Fran Bow93.59%
  7. 7Gorogoa93.52%
  8. 8The Room Two93.52%
  9. 9The Last Campfire93.51%
  10. 10Papa's Freezeria Deluxe93.36%
  11. 11ATLYSS93.33%
  12. 12Mon Bazou93.29%
  13. 13Grimm's Hollow93.17%
  14. 14Wobbledogs93.14%
  15. 15Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk93.13%
  16. 16One Finger Death Punch93.11%
  17. 17The WereCleaner93.10%
  18. 18Murders on the Yangtze River93.07%
  19. 19Spirit City: Lofi Sessions93.02%
  20. 20Iron Snout92.99%
  21. 21Cruelty Squad92.99%
  22. 22The Test92.94%
  23. 23Outcore: Desktop Adventure92.93%
  24. 24Thronefall92.92%
  25. 25A Date with Death92.92%
  26. 26Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes92.87%
  27. 27TOEM: A Photo Adventure92.87%
  28. 28Our Life: Beginnings & Always92.87%
  29. 29Pseudoregalia92.87%
  30. 30The Expendabros92.82%
  31. 31Webbed92.77%
  32. 32IRON NEST: Heavy Turret Simulator92.65%
  33. 33Streets of Rogue92.63%
  34. 34Until Then92.58%
  35. 35Tales of the Black Forest92.56%
  36. 36Touhou Luna Nights92.54%
  37. 37VillageRhapsody92.48%
  38. 38Nuclear Throne92.45%
  39. 39Zup! S92.42%
  40. 40Roboquest92.40%
  41. 41Nodebuster92.38%
  42. 42shapez 2 - Factory92.37%
  43. 43Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors92.24%
  44. 44Trine 2: Complete Story92.19%
  45. 45Townscaper92.14%
  46. 46Juice Galaxy92.13%
  47. 47Rusty's Retirement92.12%
  48. 48Gunpoint92.05%
  49. 49Trombone Champ92.03%
  50. 50Mini Metro92.02%
  51. 51Refunct92.01%
  52. 52Tactical Breach Wizards91.99%
  53. 53Machinarium91.89%
  54. 54NEKOPARA Vol. 291.86%
  55. 55missed messages.91.84%
  56. 56shapez91.82%
  57. 57Virtual Cottage91.81%
  58. 58Waterpark Simulator91.81%
  59. 59Dust: An Elysian Tail91.80%
  60. 60Eternal Senia91.73%
  61. 61Rabbit and Steel91.67%
  62. 62Trine Enchanted Edition91.65%
  63. 63Antichamber91.64%
  64. 64The Case of the Golden Idol91.58%
  65. 65Pony Island91.57%
  66. 66Cube Escape: Paradox91.50%
  67. 67Find Love or Die Trying91.49%
  68. 68Into the Breach91.45%
  69. 69Nova Drift91.44%
  70. 70Hylics91.43%
  71. 71Post Void91.42%
  72. 72Kind Words (lo fi chill beats to write to)91.39%
  73. 73Supraland91.38%
  74. 74NEKOPARA Vol. 391.37%
  75. 7560 Seconds! Reatomized91.37%
  76. 76Farm Together91.35%
  77. 77West of Loathing91.33%
  78. 78Retrowave91.29%
  79. 79Superflight91.26%
  80. 80LISA: The Painful91.20%
  81. 81BRAZILIAN DRUG DEALER 3: I OPENED A PORTAL TO HELL IN THE FAVELA TRYING TO REVIVE MIT AIA I NEED TO CLOSE IT91.19%
  82. 82OpenTTD91.18%
  83. 83Touhou Hero of Ice Fairy91.17%
  84. 84The Past Within91.16%
  85. 85Wildermyth91.16%
  86. 86NGU IDLE91.12%
  87. 87Liftoff: FPV Drone Racing91.11%
  88. 88MULLET MADJACK91.08%
  89. 89No Case Should Remain Unsolved91.08%
  90. 90ISLANDERS91.04%
  91. 91Samsara Room91.03%
  92. 92Everhood91.02%
  93. 93Scritchy Scratchy90.98%
  94. 94Impostor Factory90.98%
  95. 95Detention90.97%
  96. 96Escape Simulator90.97%
  97. 97Strange Horticulture90.96%
  98. 98Kindergarten90.96%
  99. 99Tiny Rogues90.94%
  100. 100VVVVVV90.93%