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 2465,08498.41%98.70%
- 2Portal198,03197.87%98.52%
- 3Hades307,39997.60%98.01%
- 4DELTARUNE129,19297.18%98.13%
- 5Half-Life 2277,62097.16%97.60%
- 6MiSide141,14996.95%97.80%
- 7Resident Evil 4271,69796.90%97.34%
- 8Hollow Knight556,11496.70%96.91%
- 9The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt880,83996.63%96.76%
- 10Celeste145,48396.60%97.40%
- 11Resident Evil 2220,36896.52%97.05%
- 12OneShot64,42996.46%98.25%
- 13Katana ZERO75,82596.41%97.93%
- 14Dishonored87,71496.33%97.63%
- 15Undertale335,92096.16%96.49%
- 16Inscryption147,65996.07%96.82%
- 17Split Fiction125,12996.07%96.95%
- 18South Park: The Stick of Truth73,24496.05%97.56%
- 19Doki Doki Literature Club!225,65496.00%96.49%
- 20The Walking Dead80,14995.95%97.32%
- 21Papers, Please79,97495.93%97.30%
- 22Detroit: Become Human257,98895.93%96.35%
- 23OMORI88,02995.85%97.09%
- 24DAVE THE DIVER160,12395.84%96.53%
- 25Half-Life163,35395.83%96.50%
- 26Persona 4 Golden86,66895.79%97.04%
- 27Ori and the Will of the Wisps145,81695.76%96.51%
- 28Life is Strange - Episode 1175,21395.63%96.25%
- 29Tomb Raider Game of the Year268,70795.63%96.03%
- 30Volcano Princess48,82895.61%97.80%
- 31Senren＊Banka36,68895.59%98.49%
- 32INSIDE75,39795.58%96.99%
- 33Fallout: New Vegas260,41595.58%95.98%
- 34Devil May Cry 5169,21995.42%96.04%
- 35Touhou Mystia's Izakaya32,50195.35%98.56%
- 36The Wolf Among Us39,98695.30%97.89%
- 37Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy44,57895.25%97.56%
- 38Chants of Sennaar33,60195.19%98.24%
- 39Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition86,69295.17%96.35%
- 40Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition205,02195.16%95.65%
- 41Mirror84,07495.15%96.37%
- 42It Takes Two267,15095.05%95.42%
- 43Dying Light493,25095.03%95.23%
- 44SANABI44,69595.00%97.26%
- 45GRIS95,94995.00%96.05%
- 46To the Moon86,24394.98%96.14%
- 47Resident Evil Village152,45894.96%95.62%
- 48Clair Obscur: Expedition 33275,17794.93%95.29%
- 49METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE88,64994.90%96.03%
- 50Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition77,60794.90%96.18%
- 51Hades II122,17294.90%95.71%
- 52Blender90,07794.90%96.00%
- 53VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action38,55294.74%97.28%
- 54PowerWash Simulator58,50994.73%96.41%
- 55The Planet Crafter72,73194.70%96.04%
- 56Outer Wilds106,28794.69%95.60%
- 57The Room31,68494.67%97.74%
- 58Rhythm Doctor26,83794.57%98.16%
- 59Resident Evil 7 Biohazard125,40294.54%95.31%
- 60The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim317,72394.49%94.79%
- 61ATRI -My Dear Moments-23,12894.34%98.40%
- 62Black Mesa144,20994.31%94.96%
- 63DREDGE56,04794.18%95.83%
- 64There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension25,85994.15%97.71%
- 65SOMA52,31194.11%95.87%
- 66Before Your Eyes23,55794.11%98.00%
- 67Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!31,90494.09%96.96%
- 68Return of the Obra Dinn34,91594.08%96.70%
- 69Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut33,25794.04%96.71%
- 70Just Shapes & Beats25,90494.02%97.62%
- 71Sally Face - Episode One27,32694.00%97.32%
- 72Little Nightmares116,42293.98%94.75%
- 73The Walking Dead: Season Two33,90893.93%96.58%
- 74What Remains of Edith Finch52,22193.88%95.59%
- 75Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition71,29493.82%95.07%
- 76Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk34,17293.81%96.41%
- 77STEINS;GATE26,57393.75%97.07%
- 78Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc38,09993.70%96.00%
- 79The Coffin of Andy and Leyley38,91893.69%95.94%
- 80The Room 4: Old Sins18,24493.68%98.47%
- 81Neon White20,56193.67%97.92%
- 82Rise of the Tomb Raider154,74193.61%94.17%
- 83Fran Bow22,81593.60%97.40%
- 84The Room Two21,69793.56%97.54%
- 85Finding Paradise20,27593.49%97.78%
- 86Unheard - Voices of Crime33,81093.47%95.99%
- 87Ultimate Custom Night62,61593.42%94.77%
- 88The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition (2009)52,88693.41%95.02%
- 89The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition Deluxe (2009)52,88693.41%95.02%
- 90Gorogoa20,61393.40%97.50%
- 91The Last Campfire20,26093.36%97.52%
- 92Spiritfarer: Farewell Edition53,03893.36%94.95%
- 93Everlasting Summer78,01393.34%94.42%
- 94Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair32,40293.23%95.79%
- 95Bastion38,15493.13%95.27%
- 96Mouthwashing38,07593.12%95.27%
- 97Call of Juarez: Gunslinger44,06593.11%94.97%
- 98Murders on the Yangtze River21,07693.11%96.99%
- 99The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty59,80393.07%94.44%
- 100Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition78,86493.07%94.10%
