Steam reviews usually hang somewhere between ‘useful resources’ and ‘nightmare land’, but it gives us at least an idea of which games enjoy the most positive sentiment on the platform. Now that our end of 2020 closes, it’s time to take a look at the best rated Steam games of the year. Maybe it’s no surprise to find the excellent Hades at the top of the list, but there are some hidden gems among the top rankings.
With 99% positive reviews after 105,009 votes, Hades is the best rated Steam game of 2020. The exact ranking is determined by the Steam 250 algorithm, which determines the position of a game based on both the number of votes and the percentage positive reviews.
You will also not find any traditional, triple A versions in the top ten. It mostly consists of indie games, including Factorio, Fasmophobia and Risk of Rain 2. Even the big names are a bit non-traditional, like Valve’s own VR title, Half-Life: Alyx, and the classic RPG Update, Persona 4 Gold.
The full top 25 contains several games that slipped completely under my radar, including Helltaker, Townscaper, Ultrakill, and a bunch of popular visual novels. Check out the top 25 below, or get the full list of top games on Steam 250.
- Hades
- Factorio
- Fasmophobia
- Helltaker
- Half-life: Alyx
- The Henry Stickmin Collection
- Risk of rain 2
- Deep Rock Galactic
- Persona 4 Gold
- Satisfactory
- Townscaper
- Ultrakill
- Senren * Banka
- There is no game: wrong dimension
- Ori and the Will of the Wisps
- Black Mesa
- Beleg
- ATRI ~ My Dear Moments ~
- Monster Train
- Noita
- Nekopara Vol. 4
- Yakuza: Like a Dragon
- formerz.io
- Little Witch Nobeta
- Monster Prom 2: Monster Camp
Many of these titles are discounted as part of the Steam Winter Sale, and you have another week left to grab some of the best computer games out there cheap.
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