Best Games on Steam

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Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne is a violent, film-noir love story. Dark, tragic and intense, the in-depth story is a thrill-ride of shocking twists and revelations. Love hurts.

Price -89% 1.14€
Rating 9.2
Release 25 Feb 2001
Half-Life: Opposing Force Return to the Black Mesa Research Facility as one of the military specialists assigned to eliminate Gordon Freeman. Experience an entirely new episode of single player action. Meet fierce alien opponents, and experiment with new weaponry. Named 'Game of the Year' by the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences.

Price 4.99€
Rating 9.3
Release 01 Nov 1999
Half-Life Named Game of the Year by over 50 publications, Valve's debut title blends action and adventure with award-winning technology to create a frighteningly realistic world where players must think to survive. Also includes an exciting multiplayer mode that allows you to play against friends and enemies around the world.

Price 8.19€
Rating 9.5
Release 19 Nov 1998
POSTAL Take control of The POSTAL Dude in his infamous first outing as he battles to survive in a world gone mad! POSTAL is a classic isometric shooter filled to the brim with fast-paced explosive action.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.8
Release 14 Nov 1997
Carmageddon Max Pack Carmageddon is the original freeform driving sensation, where pedestrians (and cows!) equal points, and your opponents are a bunch of crazies in a twisted mix of automotive killing machines. The game features anarchic drive-wherever-you-like gameplay and over-the-top surreal comedy violence. It’s the racing game where racing is for wimps.

Price 7.99€
Rating 8.4
Release 30 Jun 1997
Serious Sam Fusion 2017 (beta) Serious Sam Fusion is a central hub for several existing Serious Sam games developed by Croteam. Cool new features, engine upgrades, patches and updates will be released to existing owners for FREE!

Price 14.99€
Rating 9.0
Release
Assassin’s Creed® IV Black Flag™ Discover Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag, the classic pirate action-adventure game from 2013. Command your ship, hunt Templars and carve your legend as Edward Kenway across the Caribbean's Golden Age of Piracy.

Price 39.99€
Rating 8.7
Release
Shadow Warrior Classic (1997) Strap on your combat sandals...Lo Wang is coming to the Land of the Rising Sun to turn out the lights. Experience total blood immersion. If you can't touch, kill or drive something...then blow it away! Whether you're wielding shurikens, an Uzi, or a freshly plundered Guardian head...you've got your work cut out for you.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.8
Release
Penny Arcade's On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 4 Penny Arcade’s “On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 4” concludes the saga of Tycho Brahe, Scion of The Long Project, and his almost certainly human partner Jonathan Gabriel. The world has been destroyed, but existence extends beyond this mortal plane in the gruesome Underhell!

Price Free to play
Rating 7.5
Release
Sacred 2 Gold Experience the world of Ancaria in its full glory with Sacred 2: Gold Edition. Containing Sacred 2 Fallen Angel and the awesome add-on Ice and Blood. Defeat countless dangerous enemies; capture powerful weapons and valuable treasures. Prepare yourself for the ultimate battle and become a legend.

Price 4.71€
Rating 7.4
Release
Mark of the Ninja In Mark of the Ninja, you'll know what it is to truly be a ninja. You must be silent, agile and clever to outwit your opponents in a world of gorgeous scenery and flowing animation. Marked with cursed tattoos giving you heightened senses, every situation presents you with options.

Price -95% 7.03€
Rating 9.4
Release
Mini Motor Racing EVO Little Cars, BIG Fun! Start your engines!

Price -91% 0.92€
Rating 6.3
Release
Sleeping Dogs As Wei Shen, an undercover cop trying to take down the Triads, you'll have to fight your way up the organization without blowing your cover.

Price 36.86€
Rating 9.2
Release
Jurassic Park: The Game Experience a brand new adventure set during the events of the first Jurassic Park movie and see new areas and dinosaurs in this landmark adventure 65 million years in the making!

Price 50.27€
Rating 6.7
Release
Sniper Elite V2 In the dark days of the end of World War Two amidst the ruins of Berlin, one bullet can change history…

Price -92% 2.07€
Rating 8.7
Release
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II: Retribution Command any of the six unique factions in the next standalone expansion of the critically acclaimed Dawn of War real-time strategy franchise. Choose to build a massive army or lead a small squad of elite heroes into battle and experience a single player campaign customized to your favorite race.

Price 7.17€
Rating 8.8
Release
Saira Saira is a puzzle platformer with non-linear gameplay and a whole universe for you to explore. The game is heavily influenced by classic puzzle adventure games and uses a new unique graphical style combining high resolution photography into a lush and mysterious world.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.5
Release
GRID 2 Be fast, be first and be famous as the race returns in GRID 2, the sequel to the BAFTA-award winning, multi-million selling Race Driver: GRID.

Price 6.71€
Rating 8.2
Release
SpellForce 2 - Anniversary Edition SpellForce 2 - Anniversary Edition presents the award-winning SpellForce saga hits: "SpellForce 2 – Shadow Wars" and the add-on "SpellForce 2 – Dragon Storm" for a spectacular game experience!

Price -95% 0.84€
Rating 7.2
Release
FINAL FANTASY VII The RPG classic FINAL FANTASY VII returns to PC, now with brand new online features!

Price -77% 2.98€
Rating 9.1
Release
Arma 2 Building on 10 years of constant engine development, ARMA II boasts the most realistic combat environment in the world. It models real world ballistics & round deflection, materials penetration, features a realtime day/night cycle and dynamic wind, weather and environmental effects.

Price -51% 4.90€
Rating 8.0
Release

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Steam is home to a vast library of games, from indie titles to AAA blockbusters. With so many options to choose from, it can be difficult to know where to start. That's where wasdland.com comes in.

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.