Best Rated Story Rich Games Under $40
The best rated Story Rich 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.
- 1Portal 2467,86798.49%98.71%
- 2Portal199,99498.03%98.52%
- 3Hades309,51997.69%98.00%
- 4Half-Life 2280,43897.27%97.60%
- 5DELTARUNE136,99297.19%98.07%
- 6Half-Life: Alyx105,45597.12%98.26%
- 7Resident Evil 4281,48797.06%97.37%
- 8MiSide142,62996.92%97.74%
- 9Hollow Knight564,16396.76%96.91%
- 10Resident Evil 2225,26696.66%97.04%
- 11Celeste147,70396.63%97.40%
- 12OneShot65,29696.50%98.23%
- 13Katana ZERO76,16896.43%97.91%
- 14Dishonored88,40196.37%97.63%
- 15The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered901,31796.31%96.40%
- 16Undertale344,20696.27%96.51%
- 17Doki Doki Literature Club!228,79496.14%96.49%
- 18Inscryption148,73096.09%96.82%
- 19South Park: The Stick of Truth73,53896.09%97.57%
- 20Detroit: Become Human265,44196.07%96.37%
- 21Split Fiction127,20196.06%96.91%
- 22Half-Life164,71596.02%96.49%
- 23The Walking Dead80,64995.99%97.33%
- 24Papers, Please80,59695.96%97.30%
- 25OMORI88,74695.87%97.07%
- 26DAVE THE DIVER162,72495.83%96.48%
- 27Persona 4 Golden87,52295.83%97.04%
- 28Life is Strange - Episode 1176,32495.82%96.25%
- 29Ori and the Will of the Wisps146,36495.78%96.50%
- 30Tomb Raider Game of the Year270,98495.74%96.02%
- 31Fallout: New Vegas262,24095.69%95.98%
- 32Volcano Princess49,20695.66%97.79%
- 33Senren＊Banka37,17595.65%98.47%
- 34INSIDE75,99695.62%96.99%
- 35Persona 5 Royal140,16495.61%96.36%
- 36Devil May Cry 5171,42795.58%96.01%
- 37God of War185,53995.53%95.93%
- 38Touhou Mystia's Izakaya32,83195.44%98.56%
- 39The Wolf Among Us40,29095.35%97.88%
- 40Chants of Sennaar34,89795.33%98.24%
- 41Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered143,95695.31%96.02%
- 42Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy45,15095.31%97.55%
- 43Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition206,59995.29%95.63%
- 44Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition87,75695.22%96.37%
- 45It Takes Two271,43395.18%95.44%
- 46Mirror83,95595.17%96.36%
- 47Dying Light496,77195.09%95.23%
- 48Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition357,02395.05%95.25%
- 49SANABI45,21395.04%97.22%
- 50GRIS96,45195.03%96.05%
- 51Resident Evil Village154,45595.00%95.64%
- 52To the Moon86,52794.99%96.12%
- 53Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition78,38594.95%96.19%
- 54METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE89,08394.94%96.04%
- 55Hades II123,52594.92%95.71%
- 56Blender91,87594.92%95.98%
- 57Clair Obscur: Expedition 33279,16094.89%95.23%
- 58VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action38,74994.79%97.27%
- 59PowerWash Simulator58,80494.75%96.38%
- 60The Planet Crafter74,15394.74%96.03%
- 61The Room31,81894.73%97.74%
- 62Outer Wilds108,31994.72%95.60%
- 63Rhythm Doctor27,04194.65%98.15%
- 64The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim317,80194.59%94.80%
- 65Resident Evil 7 Biohazard127,33094.55%95.29%
- 66The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series47,31794.54%96.51%
- 67ATRI -My Dear Moments-23,53994.44%98.38%
- 68Just Shapes & Beats26,13194.34%97.62%
- 69Black Mesa144,91794.33%94.96%
- 70DREDGE57,10594.25%95.83%
- 71There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension26,11194.23%97.70%
- 72DARK SOULS III441,32894.20%94.33%
- 73Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!32,46394.20%96.97%
- 74Sally Face - Episode One29,65094.18%97.33%
- 75SOMA53,04694.15%95.84%
- 76Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut34,28194.15%96.67%
- 77Return of the Obra Dinn35,25194.15%96.69%
- 78Little Nightmares116,62894.00%94.76%
- 79The Walking Dead: Season Two34,03294.00%96.59%
- 80What Remains of Edith Finch52,95693.94%95.59%
- 81Before Your Eyes23,94793.93%97.97%
- 82Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk34,34893.88%96.41%
- 83Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc38,78293.88%95.96%
- 84Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition71,55593.84%95.06%
- 85Neon White20,87393.77%97.88%
- 86The Coffin of Andy and Leyley39,51393.73%95.89%
- 87The Room 4: Old Sins18,37493.70%98.46%
- 88Rise of the Tomb Raider156,31493.64%94.18%
- 89STEINS;GATE27,10493.62%97.07%
- 90Finding Paradise20,37793.52%97.77%
- 91Kingdom Come: Deliverance II196,17593.50%93.93%
- 92Unheard - Voices of Crime34,02393.49%95.93%
- 93Gorogoa20,81293.47%97.45%
- 94The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition (2009)53,08293.45%95.01%
- 95Ultimate Custom Night62,85093.45%94.77%
- 96Fran Bow23,05393.44%97.41%
- 97Everlasting Summer78,16193.37%94.42%
- 98Spiritfarer: Farewell Edition53,38593.37%94.90%
- 99The Room Two21,80793.36%97.53%
- 100Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair32,91693.31%95.77%
