Best Rated Adventure Games Under $40

The best rated Adventure 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.
  1. 1Portal 298.42%
  2. 2Terraria97.31%
  3. 3Slime Rancher97.22%
  4. 4MiSide97.00%
  5. 5Dispatch96.93%
  6. 6Resident Evil 496.84%
  7. 7Satisfactory96.83%
  8. 8Lethal Company96.78%
  9. 9Subnautica96.78%
  10. 10Hollow Knight96.71%
  11. 11The Henry Stickmin Collection96.70%
  12. 12Celeste96.63%
  13. 13Stray96.57%
  14. 14OneShot96.52%
  15. 15Dead Cells96.43%
  16. 16Dishonored96.36%
  17. 17POSTAL 296.16%
  18. 18Inscryption96.11%
  19. 19South Park: The Stick of Truth96.10%
  20. 20DAVE THE DIVER96.03%
  21. 21The Walking Dead95.99%
  22. 22Papers, Please95.96%
  23. 23OMORI95.89%
  24. 24Detroit: Become Human95.86%
  25. 25A Hat in Time95.86%
  26. 26BattleBlock Theater95.76%
  27. 27Outlast95.70%
  28. 28Senren＊Banka95.67%
  29. 29Don't Starve95.66%
  30. 30Tomb Raider Game of the Year95.65%
  31. 31INSIDE95.62%
  32. 32Castle Crashers95.45%
  33. 33The Forest95.39%
  34. 34The Wolf Among Us95.36%
  35. 35Broforce95.31%
  36. 36Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy95.28%
  37. 37Mirror95.21%
  38. 38Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition95.17%
  39. 39Chants of Sennaar95.17%
  40. 40Cult of the Lamb95.09%
  41. 41SANABI95.08%
  42. 42GRIS95.05%
  43. 43It Takes Two95.04%
  44. 44To the Moon95.04%
  45. 45Blade and Sorcery94.98%
  46. 46Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition94.92%
  47. 47A Short Hike94.87%
  48. 48Don't Starve Together94.84%
  49. 49VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action94.83%
  50. 50Crab Champions94.82%
  51. 51The Room94.75%
  52. 52The Planet Crafter94.72%
  53. 53Outer Wilds94.71%
  54. 54Resident Evil 7 Biohazard94.55%
  55. 55Wobbly Life94.55%
  56. 56ATRI -My Dear Moments-94.44%
  57. 57PEAK94.43%
  58. 58Black Mesa94.36%
  59. 59Abiotic Factor94.26%
  60. 60Human Fall Flat94.24%
  61. 61There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension94.23%
  62. 62DREDGE94.22%
  63. 63Enter the Gungeon94.21%
  64. 64Noita94.18%
  65. 65SOMA94.17%
  66. 66Before Your Eyes94.16%
  67. 67Return of the Obra Dinn94.14%
  68. 68Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut94.09%
  69. 69Palworld94.06%
  70. 70Sally Face - Episode One94.05%
  71. 71SIGNALIS94.03%
  72. 72The Walking Dead: Season Two94.02%
  73. 73Little Nightmares94.01%
  74. 74What Remains of Edith Finch93.92%
  75. 75Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk93.91%
  76. 76Valheim93.86%
  77. 77STEINS;GATE93.83%
  78. 78The Room 4: Old Sins93.81%
  79. 79Neon White93.80%
  80. 80The Coffin of Andy and Leyley93.76%
  81. 81Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc93.75%
  82. 82The Room Two93.70%
  83. 83Fran Bow93.67%
  84. 84Finding Paradise93.65%
  85. 85Rise of the Tomb Raider93.62%
  86. 86Far Far West93.58%
  87. 87LEGO Star Wars - The Complete Saga93.50%
  88. 88Content Warning93.50%
  89. 89Gorogoa93.48%
  90. 90The Last Campfire93.45%
  91. 91Spiritfarer: Farewell Edition93.44%
  92. 92The Binding of Isaac93.41%
  93. 93ATLYSS93.37%
  94. 94Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair93.31%
  95. 95House Flipper93.30%