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 2460,58598.42%98.70%
- 2People Playground313,09898.07%98.48%
- 3Portal194,86297.88%98.52%
- 4Vampire Survivors262,89297.87%98.34%
- 5Hades304,21097.64%98.04%
- 6Schedule I301,94797.46%97.86%
- 7Left 4 Dead 21,037,29797.41%97.53%
- 8Terraria1,527,76697.31%97.39%
- 9Slime Rancher154,02397.22%97.99%
- 10Half-Life 2273,67397.18%97.61%
- 11Mount & Blade: Warband171,08997.04%97.72%
- 12Counter-Strike259,94796.97%97.41%
- 13Dispatch175,80296.93%97.59%
- 14ULTRAKILL232,11696.90%97.40%
- 15The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth394,82996.89%97.19%
- 16Deep Rock Galactic376,63196.85%97.16%
- 17Resident Evil 4254,41996.84%97.29%
- 18Lethal Company508,66296.78%97.00%
- 19Pizza Tower71,63996.74%98.32%
- 20Hollow Knight544,93196.71%96.92%
- 21Celeste141,89896.63%97.42%
- 22Resident Evil 2212,76396.52%97.04%
- 23Katana ZERO75,02196.47%97.95%
- 24Dead Cells180,44796.43%97.05%
- 25Dishonored86,06396.36%97.63%
- 26POSTAL 2133,97996.16%96.96%
- 27Hotline Miami122,44296.11%96.98%
- 28South Park: The Stick of Truth72,70596.10%97.57%
- 29Detroit: Become Human246,38895.86%96.29%
- 30Half-Life161,24895.86%96.51%
- 31R.E.P.O.399,37095.84%96.10%
- 32Ori and the Will of the Wisps144,42395.81%96.53%
- 33BattleBlock Theater72,62495.76%97.19%
- 34Counter-Strike: Source191,54795.75%96.29%
- 35Cuphead211,39895.72%96.20%
- 36Outlast136,10395.70%96.46%
- 37Tomb Raider Game of the Year266,09795.65%96.04%
- 38INSIDE74,48295.62%96.99%
- 39Fallout: New Vegas258,00995.60%96.00%
- 40Ravenfield78,96595.46%96.73%
- 41Castle Crashers137,57995.45%96.18%
- 42Devil May Cry 5165,45195.43%96.04%
- 43The Forest672,68495.39%95.54%
- 44The Wolf Among Us39,35095.36%97.89%
- 45Brotato114,81895.33%96.20%
- 46Broforce60,56695.31%96.95%
- 47Titanfall 2280,65495.26%95.61%
- 48Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition84,52095.17%96.33%
- 49Crime Scene Cleaner32,78395.13%98.10%
- 50Cult of the Lamb124,19795.09%95.87%
- 51Teardown131,38395.09%95.83%
- 52SANABI44,02595.08%97.28%
- 53DOOM218,67195.07%95.52%
- 54Dying Light488,32895.04%95.24%
- 55It Takes Two261,75795.04%95.41%
- 56Blade and Sorcery61,36894.98%96.54%
- 57Resident Evil Village148,37794.96%95.61%
- 58Left 4 Dead66,92594.96%96.39%
- 59METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE88,19894.94%96.03%
- 60Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition76,22594.92%96.17%
- 61Hades II119,64394.91%95.71%
- 62Don't Starve Together532,35594.84%95.02%
- 63Crab Champions30,58394.82%97.90%
- 64Kenshi113,28294.75%95.57%
- 65Outer Wilds103,22094.71%95.61%
- 66Rhythm Doctor26,40694.68%98.20%
- 67Resident Evil 7 Biohazard121,60694.55%95.31%
- 68Wobbly Life34,34394.55%97.21%
- 69Buckshot Roulette119,96794.54%95.30%
- 70Hi-Fi RUSH35,37294.49%97.07%
- 71PEAK328,06794.43%94.71%
- 72Phasmophobia831,36394.41%94.52%
- 73Saints Row: The Third69,46394.36%95.65%
- 74Black Mesa142,74294.36%94.98%
- 75Your Only Move Is HUSTLE42,60994.35%96.45%
- 76Duck Game38,98494.29%96.57%
- 77Abiotic Factor55,76694.26%95.85%
- 78Enter the Gungeon88,84194.21%95.20%
- 79Just Shapes & Beats25,50294.20%97.65%
- 80Noita87,16194.18%95.19%
- 81SOMA51,42994.17%95.88%
- 82CarX Drift Racing Online88,52994.13%95.12%
- 83Ultimate Chicken Horse52,45694.09%95.75%
- 84Palworld422,57194.06%94.26%
- 85VTOL VR21,46194.03%98.06%
- 86SIGNALIS32,85394.03%96.66%
- 87Clone Drone in the Danger Zone38,40893.94%96.16%
- 88Killing Floor68,64993.93%95.17%
- 89Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition70,62193.90%95.10%
- 90Valheim535,06993.86%94.02%
- 91Bopl Battle24,68793.81%97.22%
- 92Neon White20,13493.80%97.98%
- 93DUSK25,18293.73%97.00%
- 94DOOM + DOOM II28,22393.72%96.64%
- 95Rise of the Tomb Raider152,54793.62%94.16%
- 96Super Hexagon25,01693.60%96.88%
- 97Far Far West33,20293.58%96.05%
