Hidden Gem Story Rich Games Under $20

Highly rated Story Rich games on Steam for games under $20, capped at 25,000 reviews. The cap filters out everything you've already heard of.

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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. 1Before Your Eyes94.16%
  2. 2The Room 4: Old Sins93.81%
  3. 3The Room Two93.70%
  4. 4Fran Bow93.67%
  5. 5Finding Paradise93.65%
  6. 6Gorogoa93.48%
  7. 7The Last Campfire93.45%
  8. 8Murders on the Yangtze River93.22%
  9. 9Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk93.10%
  10. 10The Test92.97%
  11. 11Tales of the Black Forest92.77%
  12. 12Until Then92.58%
  13. 13VillageRhapsody92.48%
  14. 14Gunpoint92.32%
  15. 15Tactical Breach Wizards92.22%
  16. 16Machinarium92.01%
  17. 17Juice Galaxy92.00%
  18. 18The Walking Dead: The Final Season91.97%
  19. 19ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist91.87%
  20. 20NEKOPARA Vol. 291.85%
  21. 21Dust: An Elysian Tail91.83%
  22. 22The Case of the Golden Idol91.78%
  23. 23Night in the Woods91.66%
  24. 24NEKOPARA Vol. 391.65%
  25. 25Psychonauts91.65%
  26. 26West of Loathing91.60%
  27. 27Pony Island91.56%
  28. 28STAR WARS Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy91.53%
  29. 29Find Love or Die Trying91.52%
  30. 30Psychonauts 291.46%
  31. 31LISA: The Painful91.44%
  32. 32The Forgotten City91.42%
  33. 33BAD END THEATER91.38%
  34. 34Tales from the Borderlands91.27%
  35. 35Impostor Factory91.20%
  36. 36The Past Within91.19%
  37. 37Kindergarten91.18%
  38. 38Company of Heroes91.17%
  39. 39The Room Three91.15%
  40. 40Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition91.10%
  41. 41Touhou Hero of Ice Fairy91.03%
  42. 42FINAL FANTASY IX91.02%
  43. 43Escape Simulator91.00%
  44. 44Everhood91.00%
  45. 45Alba: A Wildlife Adventure90.99%
  46. 46Strange Horticulture90.96%
  47. 47NEKOPARA Vol. 490.96%
  48. 48BRAZILIAN DRUG DEALER 3: I OPENED A PORTAL TO HELL IN THE FAVELA TRYING TO REVIVE MIT AIA I NEED TO CLOSE IT90.95%
  49. 49No Case Should Remain Unsolved90.95%
  50. 50Detention90.93%
  51. 51The Talos Principle 290.88%
  52. 52Little Inferno90.87%
  53. 53Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines90.87%
  54. 54Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name90.85%
  55. 55F.E.A.R.90.84%
  56. 56Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga90.80%
  57. 57Fallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game90.80%
  58. 58Rusty Lake Hotel90.80%
  59. 59Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion90.76%
  60. 60Gothic II: Gold Edition90.75%
  61. 61Montaro90.72%
  62. 62NEKOPARA Vol. 090.71%
  63. 63Carto90.63%
  64. 64Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne90.62%
  65. 65Coffee Talk90.58%
  66. 66Marco & The Galaxy Dragon90.56%
  67. 67Yog-Sothoth’s Yard90.52%
  68. 68Another Crab's Treasure90.49%
  69. 69Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Anniversary Edition (Classic)90.40%
  70. 70Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad90.36%
  71. 71Griftlands90.26%
  72. 72Half-Life: Blue Shift90.25%
  73. 73Florence90.23%
  74. 74Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth190.23%
  75. 75The Red Strings Club90.14%
  76. 76Anomaly Agent90.09%
  77. 77Five Nights at Freddy's 490.08%
  78. 78CrossCode90.04%
  79. 79Knowledge, or know Lady90.02%
  80. 80Yuppie Psycho: Executive Edition89.96%
  81. 81Gothic 189.94%
  82. 82The Test: Hypothesis Rising89.94%
  83. 83Do Not Feed the Monkeys89.90%
  84. 84Monster Prom89.89%
  85. 85Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition89.86%
  86. 86KinitoPET89.86%
  87. 87Otaku's Adventure89.85%
  88. 88Call of Duty 289.78%
  89. 89Cyber Manhunt89.77%
  90. 90Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling89.75%