Best Steam / PC Apps & Games — Page 27
Expert-reviewed Steam games for PC, scored out of 10.
- Reviewed
- 1,042
Top rated on Steam
- 01IkarugaIkaruga builds enormous complexity out of one binary mechanic and demands absolute cognitive presence, proving that mec…9.7Outstanding
- 02Chrono TriggerChrono Trigger is a relic of the 16-bit era that still works: its narrative economy and mechanical elegance remain the…9.7Outstanding
- 03Deus ExDecades on, Deus Ex remains the definitive argument for player agency, proving that systems-driven design beats cinemat…9.7Outstanding
Dishonored
Action gameDishonored hands players rare agency, offering a carefully crafted sandbox where every shadow is a choice and every kill—or lack thereof—has a price. ...Outstanding9.4The Artful Escape
Action gameThe Artful Escape is a visually arresting, aurally rich interactive fever dream that trades mechanical depth for pure aesthetic pleasure. It is less a...Good7.6The Excavation of Hob's Barrow
Adventure gameA quietly effective piece of atmospheric folk horror that trades cheap jump scares for creeping dread, anchoring its point-and-click mechanics in a sl...Good7.6Wayward Strand
Adventure gameGhost Pattern's airborne hospital drama swaps high-stakes action for radical empathy, delivering a solid but stubbornly slow-burn narrative experiment...Good7.2Nivalis
Adventure gameION LANDS pivots from high-altitude delivery runs to street-level capitalism in this gorgeous but repeatedly delayed voxel cyberpunk sim. For players ...Good7.1The Rise of the Golden Idol
Adventure gameA grotesque, genius-level puzzle box that respects your intelligence and stands among the very best detective games ever made. At $19.99, it's an easy...Outstanding9.4Selfloss
Action gameSelfloss is a hauntingly beautiful exploration of grief with striking Slavic-Icelandic aesthetics, but a high-friction dual-control system and repetit...Mixed6.4Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
Action gameSekiro: Shadows Die Twice is built around mechanical focus, stripping away the RPG bloat of its predecessors to deliver the most rewarding, rhythmic, ...Outstanding9.5
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
Action gameA kinetic Rube Goldberg machine of a puzzle game that shows Shu Takumi's narrative wit and inventive mechanics have aged remarkably well. Highly recom...Great8.7Smushi Come Home
Adventure gameSmushi Come Home is a strong entry in the "tiny-open-world" subgenre, offering mechanically satisfying and educationally rich exploration that respect...Great8.2Elsinore
Adventure gameElsinore is a sharply executed narrative experiment that turns the passivity of Shakespeare's Ophelia into potent, information-driven agency. It is a ...Great8.2Genesis Noir
Adventure gameGenesis Noir is an audaciously weird, visually striking jazz-club fever dream that trades traditional puzzle logic for tactile surrealism — narrativ...Good7.6The Magic Circle
Action gameA sharp, biting deconstruction of the creative process that trades traditional combat for a behavior-hacking sandbox. It's a rewarding "inside basebal...Great8.2Anodyne 2: Return to Dust
Adventure gameA daring, genre-blending work that explores the friction between 3D scale and 2D intimacy. It's a haunting meditation on connection that refuses to pl...Great8.7HighFleet
Action gameHighFleet is a punishingly beautiful dieselpunk simulator built to make every dial-turn feel like a life-or-death decision. It is a demanding, uncompr...Great8.3Necesse
Action gameNecesse is a survival-sandbox hybrid that understands the value of a player's time, trading mindless clicking for meaningful management and high-stake...Great8.4Yoku's Island Express
Adventure gameYoku's Island Express fuses pinball and Metroidvania design so naturally that it proves the formula still has room for radical, joyous reinvention. It...Outstanding9.3Mind Scanners
Adventure gameMind Scanners is a harrowing, skeuomorphic descent into state-mandated psychiatry that forces a choice between a daughter's freedom and patients' sani...Good7.5Lorn's Lure
Action gameA striking exercise in atmospheric verticality that respects the player's intelligence by refusing to hold their hand through its gargantuan, industri...Great8.2The Thaumaturge
Adventure gameA dark, intelligent isometric RPG that brings 1905 Warsaw to life with a sophisticated narrative, held back by rigid investigation mechanics and rough...Good7.3Proteus
Adventure gameProteus is a quietly ambitious experiment that rejects nearly every modern gaming convention in pursuit of atmosphere. It isn't a game you play so muc...Good7.6Secret Little Haven
Adventure gameA precise, empathetic time capsule that shows the early internet served as a survival mechanism for those who couldn't be themselves offline. At $4.99...Great8.7Death and Taxes
Adventure gameA biting, sharply rendered critique of corporate compliance that frames the afterlife as just another office job—and your choices as weightier than yo...Good7.4Suzerain
Adventure gameSuzerain is a sharp, demanding political drama that treats power as a chain rather than a fantasy—a punishing simulation of governance and the comprom...Great8.7
