Best Games on Steam

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Intrusion 2 "This is some of the most fun I've had with a game so far this year, and it will go down as one of the best side-scrolling shooters of all time." - 9/10, Destructoid

Price -67% 2.69€
Rating 8.5
Release 11 Sep 2012
Critter Crunch Using Critter Crunch's 'Food Chain' mechanic, players will eat their way through a smorgasbord of levels and gorge on a feast of modes, including Co-op and Versus multiplayer.

Price -80% 0.99€
Rating 8.7
Release 11 Sep 2012
To the Moon A story-driven experience about two doctors traversing backwards through a dying man's memories to artificially fulfill his last wish.

Price -42% 5.66€
Rating 9.5
Release 07 Sep 2012
Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition Get Batman: Arkham City and all DLC for one low price with the release of the GOTY Edition!

Price 19.99€
Rating 9.5
Release 07 Sep 2012
Closure In the dark and mysterious world of Closure, only what you see exists. Manipulate lights to phase objects in and out of reality in this multiple-award-winning puzzle game. Play as a strange spider-like demon who explores the stories of three human characters through beautiful, eerie environments such as a decrepit factory, a murky...

Price -96% 0.44€
Rating 8.1
Release 07 Sep 2012
The Basement Collection A collection of 9 award winning indie games from the creator of "Binding of isaac" and "Super Meat Boy"!

Price -86% 0.58€
Rating 8.2
Release 31 Aug 2012
Super Crate Box Vlambeer's SUPER CRATE BOX is coming to bring back the glory of the golden arcade age, when all that really mattered was getting on that high score list. Grab your baseball cap and loosen your pants, it's time to fight endless hordes of enemies and collect every weapon crate you can.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.6
Release 29 Aug 2012
They Bleed Pixels They Bleed Pixels is a fiendishly difficult action platformer inspired by H.P. Lovecraft and classic horror.

Price -90% 0.98€
Rating 8.0
Release 29 Aug 2012
STAR WARS™ Knights of the Old Republic™ II - The Sith Lords™ 5 years after the events of the award winning original, the Sith are on the verge of crushing the Old Republic. As a lone Jedi, will you follow the light side or succumb to the dark?

Price -65% 3.41€
Rating 9.2
Release 23 Aug 2012
Counter-Strike 2 For over two decades, Counter-Strike has offered an elite competitive experience, one shaped by millions of players from across the globe. And now the next chapter in the CS story is about to begin. This is Counter-Strike 2.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.6
Release 21 Aug 2012
Tales From Space: Mutant Blobs Attack A sci-fi puzzle-platformer of cataclysmic proportions! Evolve from a tiny captive into a world-eating giant. Use your mutant blob powers to devour the pathetic humans and all of civilization!

Price -79% 2.13€
Rating 8.6
Release 15 Aug 2012
Iron Brigade Join The Mobile Trench Brigade and protect humanity from the evil Monovision menace!

Price -83% 2.68€
Rating 8.1
Release 13 Aug 2012
Unmechanical A carefully created world with unique environments and an engrossing atmosphere, Unmechanical offers over 30 unique puzzles of exploration and adventure!

Price -78% 2.03€
Rating 8.6
Release 08 Aug 2012
Deponia In Deponia, the world has degenerated into a vast garbage dump, in which the crotchety Rufus ekes out his sorry existence.

Price -93% 0.72€
Rating 8.5
Release 06 Aug 2012
Symphony A mysterious entity is absorbing and corrupting your music before your very eyes. You must battle through your own song collection and fight to reclaim your music!

Price -58% 2.14€
Rating 8.0
Release 06 Aug 2012
Awesomenauts Use your power, show your might! Play this Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) game! AWESOMENAUTS combines 2D platforming with team-based strategy and hero based action. Whether you are a new recruit or an intergalactic legend, play AWESOMENAUTS!

Price 19.50€
Rating 8.3
Release 01 Aug 2012
The Book of Unwritten Tales In a world torn by war, the aged gremlin archaeologist Mortimer MacGuffin harbors the dark secret of a powerful artifact.

Price -98% 0.55€
Rating 8.7
Release 31 Jul 2012
Orcs Must Die! 2 You’ve tossed, burned and sliced them by the thousands – now orcs must die more than ever before! Grab a friend and slay orcs in untold numbers in this sequel to the 2011 AIAS Strategy Game of the Year from Robot Entertainment.

Price -93% 0.98€
Rating 9.1
Release 30 Jul 2012
Resonance When a brilliant particle physicist dies unexpectedly, the race is on to secure his terrible new technology before it falls into the wrong hands. The lives of four playable characters become entangled as they fight against the clock to find the dead scientist’s secret vault.

Price -95% 0.84€
Rating 8.4
Release 25 Jul 2012
Source Filmmaker The Source Filmmaker (SFM) is the movie-making tool built and used by us here at Valve to make movies inside the Source game engine. Because the SFM uses the same assets as the game, anything that exists in the game can be used in the movie, and vice versa.

Price Free to play
Rating 9.1
Release 10 Jul 2012
Divine Divinity Divine Divinity is an epic role-playing game with hack-and-slash action, offering a huge world to explore and thousands of items to investigate, trade and use.

Price -24% 3.80€
Rating 8.5
Release 05 Jul 2012
Penny Arcade's On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3 The Startling Developments Detective Agency springs into action as On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3 begins, set in motion by a call from a mysterious source. The ever escalating perils on the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness will season our tender heroes to their very core!

Price Free to play
Rating 8.0
Release 25 Jun 2012
LEGO® Batman™ 2: DC Super Heroes Legends Unite! The Dynamic Duo of Batman and Robin join other famous super heroes from the DC Universe including Superman, Wonder Woman and Green Lantern to save Gotham City from destruction at the hands of the notorious villains Lex Luthor and the Joker.

Price 19.99€
Rating 9.1
Release 22 Jun 2012
The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav Face your Destiny! In Andergast, whose inhabitants are considered to be superstitious, King Efferdan awaits a state visit from high-ranking dignitaries. For centuries the kingdom has been at odds with neighboring Nostria, but now first steps are being undertaken toward a lasting peace.

Price -98% 0.57€
Rating 8.3
Release 22 Jun 2012
Quantum Conundrum Find and rescue your uncle by using his newest invention to work your way through a crazy complex mansion as you switch between dimensions and solve puzzles!

Price -94% 0.62€
Rating 8.1
Release 21 Jun 2012
Tiny and Big: Grandpa's Leftovers You are Tiny, a nerdy inventor, who tries to reclaim his most beloved possession - Grandpa's underpants!

Price -96% 0.56€
Rating 8.8
Release 19 Jun 2012
Adventures of Shuggy Shuggy has just inherited a castle full of goblins, ghouls, zombies, and robots. Help him clear out over 100 rooms to make his new home liveable again!

Price 3.99€
Rating 8.1
Release 13 Jun 2012
Rune Classic Experience an exciting single player storyline where you thwart Loki and his minions from bringing Ragnarok to Midgard.

Price -73% 2.79€
Rating 8.5
Release 13 Jun 2012
Splice Splice is an experimental and artistic puzzler. Immerse yourself in its microbial world and start splicing! Every level ("strand") consists of a number of cells that you will need to rearrange into a target structure in several moves ("splices").

Price -95% 0.55€
Rating 8.2
Release 13 Jun 2012
Indie Game: The Movie The emotional journey of four developers as they sacrifice money, health and sanity to realize their lifelong dreams of sharing their games with the world.

Price -96% 0.43€
Rating 8.8
Release 12 Jun 2012
Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion Command a space-faring empire in Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion, the new stand-alone expansion that combines 4X depth with real-time strategy gameplay.

Price -87% 2.51€
Rating 9.1
Release 12 Jun 2012
Magical Diary: Horse Hall You have been invited to attend a magical school. You can make new friends, learn spells, face exams, run for class office, and try to find a date for the May Day Ball.

Price -84% 2.44€
Rating 8.5
Release 31 May 2012
Ys Origin The perfect mix of action, exploration and story with screen-filling bosses, unique platforming elements, and innovative puzzles.

Price -55% 7.30€
Rating 8.9
Release 31 May 2012
Max Payne 3 No longer a New York City cop, Max Payne moves to São Paulo to protect a wealthy family in an effort to finally escape his troubled past. This complete edition of Max Payne 3 includes the complete original game and all previously released downloadable content.

Price -70% 5.99€
Rating 8.5
Release 31 May 2012
Thief II: The Metal Age The ultimate thief is back! Tread softly as you make your way through 15 new complex, non-linear levels full of loot to steal and guards to outsmart. Improved enemy AI, new gadgets and a riveting story will draw you into the world of Thief II: The Metal Age, a place of powerful new technologies, fanatical religions and corruption.

Price -65% 2.47€
Rating 9.0
Release 22 May 2012
Thief Gold Stalk your prey on the quest for stolen goods with your blackjack, sword, and an assortment of unique arrows. Steal for money and uncover the hidden agendas of your allies and enemies as you play through an unravelling story of deception and revenge.

Price -75% 1.79€
Rating 8.9
Release 22 May 2012

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We curate the most popular and highest-rated games on Steam considering factors such as player count, review score, and genre to give you a comprehensive overview of the best games that Steam has to offer.

Whether you're looking for a new game to play with friends, a single-player experience that will keep you entertained for hours, or something in between, we're sure you will find something you'll love.