Best Rated Indie Games Under $40
The best rated Indie 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.
- 1Stardew Valley1,012,35198.35%98.48%
- 2People Playground313,09898.07%98.48%
- 3Wallpaper Engine987,76097.87%98.00%
- 4Vampire Survivors262,89297.87%98.34%
- 5Hades304,21097.64%98.04%
- 6Schedule I301,94797.46%97.86%
- 7RimWorld240,69397.39%97.88%
- 8Euro Truck Simulator 2922,89597.33%97.45%
- 9Terraria1,527,76697.31%97.39%
- 10DELTARUNE101,34297.25%98.41%
- 11Balatro192,69197.25%97.87%
- 12Slime Rancher154,02397.22%97.99%
- 13Totally Accurate Battle Simulator150,50097.04%97.82%
- 14Slay the Spire213,06197.03%97.57%
- 15Factorio230,35697.01%97.51%
- 16MiSide138,70897.00%97.84%
- 17Dispatch175,80296.93%97.59%
- 18ULTRAKILL232,11696.90%97.40%
- 19Satisfactory272,41396.83%97.25%
- 20Lethal Company508,66296.78%97.00%
- 21Subnautica371,44296.78%97.08%
- 22Garry's Mod1,241,37996.77%96.86%
- 23Pizza Tower71,63996.74%98.32%
- 24Hollow Knight544,93196.71%96.92%
- 25The Henry Stickmin Collection57,60996.70%98.66%
- 26Celeste141,89896.63%97.42%
- 27Stray173,34196.57%97.22%
- 28OneShot62,99196.52%98.28%
- 29Katana ZERO75,02196.47%97.95%
- 30Dead Cells180,44796.43%97.05%
- 31American Truck Simulator192,19796.35%96.92%
- 32Dyson Sphere Program90,84996.29%97.49%
- 33Undertale324,94596.16%96.50%
- 34POSTAL 2133,97996.16%96.96%
- 35Inscryption145,26196.11%96.85%
- 36Hotline Miami122,44296.11%96.98%
- 37Oxygen Not Included140,81596.02%96.77%
- 38Papers, Please79,14495.96%97.30%
- 39WEBFISHING70,06195.92%97.42%
- 40OMORI86,85295.89%97.10%
- 41A Hat in Time53,12095.86%97.83%
- 42BattleBlock Theater72,62495.76%97.19%
- 43Cuphead211,39895.72%96.20%
- 44Outlast136,10395.70%96.46%
- 45Volcano Princess48,02295.68%97.82%
- 46Don't Starve112,70395.66%96.57%
- 47INSIDE74,48295.62%96.99%
- 48Ravenfield78,96595.46%96.73%
- 49Castle Crashers137,57995.45%96.18%
- 50Touhou Mystia's Izakaya31,79295.43%98.59%
- 51Firework44,05995.41%97.69%
- 52The Forest672,68495.39%95.54%
- 53Cookie Clicker91,07795.36%96.46%
- 54Brotato114,81895.33%96.20%
- 55Broforce60,56695.31%96.95%
- 56Mirror84,23695.21%96.37%
- 57Chants of Sennaar31,25095.17%98.30%
- 58Cult of the Lamb124,19795.09%95.87%
- 59Teardown131,38395.09%95.83%
- 60SANABI44,02595.08%97.28%
- 61GRIS94,80095.05%96.07%
- 62To the Moon85,49095.04%96.17%
- 63Blade and Sorcery61,36894.98%96.54%
- 64Hades II119,64394.91%95.71%
- 65A Short Hike22,12094.87%99.16%
- 66Don't Starve Together532,35594.84%95.02%
- 67Kerbal Space Program142,21294.84%95.51%
- 68VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action38,23594.83%97.30%
- 69Crab Champions30,58394.82%97.90%
- 70PowerWash Simulator58,10394.79%96.41%
- 71The Room31,30494.75%97.74%
- 72Kenshi113,28294.75%95.57%
- 73Rhythm Doctor26,40694.68%98.20%
- 74Tabletop Simulator73,25194.67%95.93%
- 75Wobbly Life34,34394.55%97.21%
- 76Buckshot Roulette119,96794.54%95.30%
- 77Fields of Mistria28,02394.52%97.78%
- 78PEAK328,06794.43%94.71%
- 79Phasmophobia831,36394.41%94.52%
- 80Black Mesa142,74294.36%94.98%
- 81Your Only Move Is HUSTLE42,60994.35%96.45%
- 82Beat Saber76,05794.34%95.52%
- 83Duck Game38,98494.29%96.57%
- 84Human Fall Flat224,59694.24%94.63%
- 85There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension25,47194.23%97.70%
- 86Enter the Gungeon88,84194.21%95.20%
- 87Just Shapes & Beats25,50294.20%97.65%
- 88Noita87,16194.18%95.19%
- 89My Summer Car114,40294.17%94.94%
- 90SOMA51,42994.17%95.88%
- 91Before Your Eyes22,98894.16%97.98%
- 92Return of the Obra Dinn34,24594.14%96.69%
- 93Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!31,12994.13%96.94%
- 94Baba Is You24,16394.13%97.74%
- 95Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut32,10294.09%96.77%
