The best Steam games, by the numbers.
59 lists built from data rather than opinion: current Steam review scores, today’s prices and live player counts. A game with forty thousand reviews at 92% ranks above one with two hundred at 96%, because the first score is the one you can trust.
On a budget
By what you can spend, filtered to games worth the money.
Under $5
Portal 2 · Portal · Vampire Survivors
Under $10
Portal · Portal 2 · Vampire Survivors
Under $20
Stardew Valley · Portal 2 · Portal
On sale now
Hades · Portal 2 · Portal
Co-op under $10
Left 4 Dead 2 · Portal 2 · Terraria
Horror under $10
People Playground · Left 4 Dead 2 · Half-Life 2
Multiplayer under $10
Euro Truck Simulator 2 · Left 4 Dead 2 · Terraria
Strategy under $10
Totally Accurate Battle Simulator · Mount & Blade: Warband · Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
Roguelike under $10
Vampire Survivors · Hades · Slay the Spire
Survival under $10
Terraria · Left 4 Dead 2 · Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
Story rich under $10
Half-Life 2 · Portal 2 · Portal
Puzzle under $5
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition · Portal 2 · Portal
RPG under $20
Mount & Blade: Warband · Stardew Valley · Vampire Survivors
Open world under $20
Schedule I · Stardew Valley · Slime Rancher
Playing with other people
Co-op, multiplayer and PvP, with live player counts so you can see what still has a population.
Co-op
Factorio · Portal 2 · Schedule I
Online co-op
Bloons TD 6 · Left 4 Dead 2 · Terraria
Local co-op
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth · Vampire Survivors · Left 4 Dead 2
Local multiplayer
Split Fiction · BattleBlock Theater® · Castle Crashers®
Multiplayer
Counter-Strike · Stardew Valley · Schedule I
PvP
Garry's Mod · Counter-Strike · Half-Life
By genre
The main genres, ranked by review score weighted by how many reviews back it.
Horror
Half-Life: Alyx · People Playground · Left 4 Dead 2
Psychological horror
MiSide · People Playground · Half-Life: Alyx
Roguelike
Balatro · Vampire Survivors · Hades
Open world
RimWorld · Stardew Valley · Schedule I
Story rich
DELTARUNE · Portal 2 · Portal
Puzzle
Helltaker · Portal 2 · Portal
Platformer
Pizza Tower · Portal 2 · Portal
Survival
Resident Evil 4 · RimWorld · Left 4 Dead 2
Sandbox
Slime Rancher · Stardew Valley · RimWorld
Strategy
Slay the Spire · Schedule I · RimWorld
Turn-based
South Park™: The Stick of Truth™ · Balatro · Slay the Spire
Tactical
Counter-Strike: Source · Left 4 Dead 2 · Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
RPG
OneShot · Stardew Valley · Vampire Survivors
Action RPG
Black Myth: Wukong · Vampire Survivors · Hades
FPS
ULTRAKILL · Portal 2 · Portal
Shooter
Deep Rock Galactic · Schedule I · Left 4 Dead 2
Simulation
BeamNG.drive · Stardew Valley · Schedule I
Management
Dyson Sphere Program · Schedule I · RimWorld
Building
Satisfactory · Stardew Valley · Schedule I
Visual novel
Senren＊Banka · Helltaker · Doki Doki Literature Club!
Point and click
The Henry Stickmin Collection · The Walking Dead · Papers, Please
Exploration
Subnautica · Slime Rancher · Euro Truck Simulator 2
Mystery
Stray · DELTARUNE · Persona 4 Golden
Choices matter
Baldur's Gate 3 · Balatro · The Henry Stickmin Collection
Multiple endings
Hollow Knight · The Henry Stickmin Collection · OneShot
By mood and look
For when you know how you want to feel rather than what you want to play.
Atmospheric
Celeste · Portal 2 · Portal
Relaxing
American Truck Simulator · Stardew Valley · Balatro
Funny
Lethal Company · Portal 2 · Portal
Comedy
HoloCure - Save the Fans! · Portal 2 · Portal
Hard
Katana ZERO · Hades · Balatro
Pixel art
Dead Cells · Stardew Valley · Vampire Survivors
Retro
Undertale · Vampire Survivors · DELTARUNE
Anime
OMORI · MiSide · Helltaker
Fantasy
Dishonored · Slime Rancher · DELTARUNE
Sci-fi
Oxygen Not Included · Portal 2 · Portal
Soundtrack
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt · Stardew Valley · Hades
Family friendly
A Hat in Time · Slime Rancher · Euro Truck Simulator 2
First-person
POSTAL 2 · Portal 2 · Portal
Third-person
Resident Evil 2 · Euro Truck Simulator 2 · Mount & Blade: Warband