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 Valley1,043,08798.38%98.48%
- 2Vampire Survivors266,25797.94%98.31%
- 3Hades309,51997.69%98.00%
- 4Schedule I318,68797.49%97.78%
- 5RimWorld247,49997.47%97.85%
- 6Wallpaper Engine1,020,93797.46%97.55%
- 7People Playground320,83497.40%97.69%
- 8Balatro199,59697.37%97.83%
- 9Euro Truck Simulator 2947,24997.35%97.44%
- 10Terraria1,560,46297.31%97.37%
- 11Slime Rancher157,54797.24%98.01%
- 12DELTARUNE136,99297.19%98.07%
- 13Factorio235,52397.14%97.52%
- 14Totally Accurate Battle Simulator154,19297.05%97.82%
- 15Slay the Spire219,19697.05%97.45%
- 16ULTRAKILL245,96796.99%97.35%
- 17Satisfactory280,63296.95%97.26%
- 18MiSide142,62996.92%97.74%
- 19Subnautica381,30596.86%97.09%
- 20Dispatch184,26396.82%97.50%
- 21tModLoader382,73396.82%97.12%
- 22Garry's Mod1,268,90696.81%96.88%
- 23Lethal Company511,23996.78%96.95%
- 24Helltaker128,21296.77%97.67%
- 25Hollow Knight564,16396.76%96.91%
- 26The Henry Stickmin Collection59,74896.76%98.69%
- 27Stray178,95696.73%97.21%
- 28Pizza Tower72,74796.70%98.28%
- 29Celeste147,70396.63%97.40%
- 30Dead Cells184,09096.56%97.02%
- 31American Truck Simulator197,47796.50%96.92%
- 32OneShot65,29696.50%98.23%
- 33Katana ZERO76,16896.43%97.91%
- 34HoloCure - Save the Fans!40,78496.28%99.00%
- 35Undertale344,20696.27%96.51%
- 36Dyson Sphere Program91,78696.21%97.42%
- 37POSTAL 2138,08596.15%96.95%
- 38Doki Doki Literature Club!228,79496.14%96.49%
- 39Inscryption148,73096.09%96.82%
- 40Hotline Miami128,36895.98%96.82%
- 41Oxygen Not Included143,95395.97%96.72%
- 42Papers, Please80,59695.96%97.30%
- 43OMORI88,74695.87%97.07%
- 44WEBFISHING70,45795.82%97.33%
- 45A Hat in Time53,50395.82%97.80%
- 46Cuphead222,43595.80%96.14%
- 47BattleBlock Theater72,90895.73%97.17%
- 48Outlast138,98295.68%96.44%
- 49Volcano Princess49,20695.66%97.79%
- 50Don't Starve113,49895.62%96.54%
- 51INSIDE75,99695.62%96.99%
- 52Bongo Cat111,14395.62%96.55%
- 53Castle Crashers140,84295.45%96.18%
- 54Touhou Mystia's Izakaya32,83195.44%98.56%
- 55Ravenfield80,18095.42%96.70%
- 56The Forest684,06795.42%95.52%
- 57Firework44,46295.37%97.67%
- 58Chants of Sennaar34,89795.33%98.24%
- 59Cookie Clicker93,39295.33%96.41%
- 60Broforce61,02895.26%96.91%
- 61Mirror83,95595.17%96.36%
- 62Cult of the Lamb129,92395.12%95.89%
- 63Teardown136,38495.12%95.85%
- 64Brotato119,12095.09%95.92%
- 65SANABI45,21395.04%97.22%
- 66GRIS96,45195.03%96.05%
- 67To the Moon86,52794.99%96.12%
- 68Kerbal Space Program147,14794.94%95.60%
- 69Blade and Sorcery62,23394.93%96.50%
- 70Hades II123,52594.92%95.71%
- 71Crab Champions31,17794.81%97.90%
- 72VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action38,74994.79%97.27%
- 73Don't Starve Together544,11694.78%94.90%
- 74Kenshi116,86894.77%95.59%
- 75PowerWash Simulator58,80494.75%96.38%
- 76The Room31,81894.73%97.74%
- 77Tabletop Simulator74,57494.67%95.94%
- 78Rhythm Doctor27,04194.65%98.15%
- 79Wobbly Life36,14894.61%97.22%
- 80A Short Hike22,71994.59%99.14%
- 81Your Only Move Is HUSTLE45,41894.47%96.51%
- 82Palworld491,61194.46%94.59%
- 83Buckshot Roulette126,38794.36%95.09%
- 84Human Fall Flat227,49994.34%94.61%
- 85Just Shapes & Beats26,13194.34%97.62%
- 86Black Mesa144,91794.33%94.96%
- 87Beat Saber76,32394.29%95.49%
- 88Phasmophobia840,59094.29%94.37%
- 89Baba Is You24,62394.26%97.70%
- 90Duck Game39,06894.25%96.56%
- 91There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension26,11194.23%97.70%
- 92Fields of Mistria35,20794.21%97.04%
- 93PEAK374,01994.20%94.45%
- 94Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!32,46394.20%96.97%
- 95Sally Face - Episode One29,65094.18%97.33%
- 96My Summer Car117,79094.16%94.92%
- 97SOMA53,04694.15%95.84%
- 98Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut34,28194.15%96.67%
- 99Return of the Obra Dinn35,25194.15%96.69%
- 100Noita88,93194.12%95.12%
