Best Rated Action Games Under $40
The best rated Action 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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By price
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 2465,08498.41%98.70%
- 2People Playground316,46898.04%98.46%
- 3Portal198,03197.87%98.52%
- 4Vampire Survivors264,56897.84%98.32%
- 5Hades307,39997.60%98.01%
- 6Schedule I311,76597.41%97.81%
- 7Left 4 Dead 21,051,98797.41%97.52%
- 8Terraria1,543,70197.30%97.38%
- 9Slime Rancher156,17497.21%98.00%
- 10Half-Life 2277,62097.16%97.60%
- 11Mount & Blade: Warband171,82797.01%97.71%
- 12Counter-Strike261,11696.94%97.40%
- 13Resident Evil 4271,69796.90%97.34%
- 14ULTRAKILL239,95896.88%97.37%
- 15Dispatch181,95796.87%97.53%
- 16Deep Rock Galactic378,83496.82%97.13%
- 17tModLoader377,64396.81%97.13%
- 18Lethal Company510,16496.74%96.97%
- 19Hollow Knight556,11496.70%96.91%
- 20Pizza Tower72,35696.67%98.29%
- 21The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth442,23596.66%96.92%
- 22Celeste145,48396.60%97.40%
- 23Resident Evil 2220,36896.52%97.05%
- 24Katana ZERO75,82596.41%97.93%
- 25Dead Cells182,50496.41%97.04%
- 26Dishonored87,71496.33%97.63%
- 27HoloCure - Save the Fans!40,61396.22%99.00%
- 28POSTAL 2136,61796.14%96.96%
- 29Split Fiction125,12996.07%96.95%
- 30South Park: The Stick of Truth73,24496.05%97.56%
- 31Hotline Miami127,17595.98%96.85%
- 32Detroit: Become Human257,98895.93%96.35%
- 33Half-Life163,35395.83%96.50%
- 34R.E.P.O.416,22295.78%96.04%
- 35Ori and the Will of the Wisps145,81695.76%96.51%
- 36Counter-Strike: Source192,72295.73%96.29%
- 37BattleBlock Theater72,81695.70%97.17%
- 38Cuphead218,94595.67%96.16%
- 39Outlast138,06195.66%96.44%
- 40Life is Strange - Episode 1175,21395.63%96.25%
- 41Tomb Raider Game of the Year268,70795.63%96.03%
- 42INSIDE75,39795.58%96.99%
- 43Fallout: New Vegas260,41595.58%95.98%
- 44Castle Crashers140,08595.43%96.18%
- 45Devil May Cry 5169,21995.42%96.04%
- 46Ravenfield79,78395.40%96.71%
- 47The Forest679,80795.38%95.53%
- 48The Wolf Among Us39,98695.30%97.89%
- 49Titanfall 2284,54795.27%95.63%
- 50Broforce60,91595.23%96.92%
- 51Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition86,69295.17%96.35%
- 52Brotato117,57095.15%96.02%
- 53Crime Scene Cleaner33,80995.09%98.09%
- 54Cult of the Lamb127,06795.08%95.88%
- 55Teardown134,43795.08%95.83%
- 56DOOM220,58695.06%95.52%
- 57It Takes Two267,15095.05%95.42%
- 58Dying Light493,25095.03%95.23%
- 59SANABI44,69595.00%97.26%
- 60Resident Evil Village152,45894.96%95.62%
- 61Clair Obscur: Expedition 33275,17794.93%95.29%
- 62Left 4 Dead67,79194.92%96.39%
- 63METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE88,64994.90%96.03%
- 64Blade and Sorcery61,94294.90%96.50%
- 65Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition77,60794.90%96.18%
- 66Hades II122,17294.90%95.71%
- 67Don't Starve Together540,96094.75%94.93%
- 68Kenshi115,45194.73%95.57%
- 69Crab Champions30,95594.72%97.88%
- 70Outer Wilds106,28794.69%95.60%
- 71Rhythm Doctor26,83794.57%98.16%
- 72Resident Evil 7 Biohazard125,40294.54%95.31%
- 73Wobbly Life35,24694.52%97.24%
- 74Buckshot Roulette123,56294.43%95.19%
- 75PEAK343,57894.37%94.64%
- 76Your Only Move Is HUSTLE44,38294.36%96.49%
- 77Hi-Fi RUSH35,82394.35%96.97%
- 78Black Mesa144,20994.31%94.96%
- 79Palworld471,92294.29%94.49%
- 80Phasmophobia836,55394.28%94.40%
- 81Saints Row: The Third69,63194.27%95.61%
- 82Duck Game39,02994.20%96.58%
- 83Abiotic Factor57,99094.20%95.80%
- 84SOMA52,31194.11%95.87%
- 85Noita88,30694.11%95.15%
- 86Enter the Gungeon89,62294.10%95.12%
- 87CarX Drift Racing Online89,13394.07%95.10%
- 88Ultimate Chicken Horse53,17494.05%95.77%
- 89Just Shapes & Beats25,90494.02%97.62%
- 90SIGNALIS33,92993.94%96.60%
- 91VTOL VR21,70593.92%98.06%
- 92Killing Floor68,84493.86%95.16%
- 93Clone Drone in the Danger Zone39,17693.85%96.13%
- 94Valheim539,73893.82%93.99%
- 95Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition71,29493.82%95.07%
- 96Bopl Battle25,47993.76%97.22%
- 97Neon White20,56193.67%97.92%
- 98Rise of the Tomb Raider154,74193.61%94.17%
- 99Megabonk104,80293.58%94.41%
- 100DUSK25,40293.58%96.98%
