Best Software Games on Steam

Unlike generic lists, our strategy game recommendations use a rigorous analysis of Steam user reviews to identify and feature only the best, community-validated software games. For those who prefer not to search, check out lists of the most played, top deals and best free to play Software games on Steam.

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FireAlpaca SE FireAlpaca SE is painting software for Windows/Mac that has evolved as a higher brand of the regular version of FireAlpaca. We provide a professional creative environment where your creativity can be visualized immediately.

Price 36.99€
Rating 8.6
Release 22 May 2016
Bigscreen Beta Bigscreen lets you use your PC desktop in VR. Watch movies with friends in a virtual movie theater. Play your favorite PC video games on a huge screen. Hangout in social VR chat rooms. Participate in weekly 3D Movie Nights, VR LAN parties, live rocket launch events, and more!

Price Free to play
Rating 8.2
Release 28 Apr 2016
Virtual Desktop Classic Virtual Desktop is an application developed for the Oculus Rift / Rift S, HTC Vive, Valve Index and WMR headsets that lets you use your computer in VR. This app is NOT for the Oculus Quest or Pico headsets. You can browse the web, watch movies, Netflix or even play games on a giant virtual screen.

Price 14.79€
Rating 6.7
Release 31 Mar 2016
Godot Engine Godot Engine is a feature-packed, cross-platform game engine to create 2D and 3D games from a unified interface. It provides a comprehensive set of common tools, so that you can focus on making games without having to reinvent the wheel.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.3
Release 23 Feb 2016
Aseprite Aseprite is a pixel-art tool to create 2D animations, sprites, and any kind of graphics for games.

Price 16.79€
Rating 9.7
Release 22 Feb 2016
Marmoset Hexels 3 Marmoset Hexels™ is a grid-based painting tool for vector art, pixel art, design, and animation. A geometric canvas grid lets artists create complex pixel and vector designs with the stroke of a brush.

Price 19.00€
Rating 8.5
Release 15 Feb 2016
Black Ink Explore Black Ink, a GPU-based painting app redefining creativity. Move beyond traditional tools, customize brushes, and let your imagination soar. Node-based system offers limitless control. Create in high-definition without performance loss.

Price 33.99€
Rating 7.7
Release 08 Feb 2016
Rytmik Ultimate Rytmik is a powerful music station allowing you not only to play with samples and musical instruments but also to mix them together, shape them and create music clips or whole songs for your Friday night set-list.

Price 17.49€
Rating 8.2
Release 10 Dec 2015
Home Design 3D Home Design 3D is the reference interior design and home decor application, allowing you to draw, create and visualize your floor plans and home ideas.Design your dream projects simply and easily, in 2D and/or 3D. Get a good idea of your next home or simply have fun!

Price -84% 1.64€
Rating 7.4
Release 20 Nov 2015
ePic Character Generator Create realistic or hand-drawn character images you can use as assets for your games, illustrations for your stories, or avatars for your role-playing sessions. Export your images as PNG files with or without a background, or as a layered PSD image for further customization.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.8
Release 05 Nov 2015
Driver Booster 3 for STEAM Driver Booster 3 for STEAM, as a powerful & easy-to-use driver updater, provides 1-click solution to rapidly & securely update drivers including the outdated, missing and faulty ones. Moreover, game components and game-related drivers are supported for enhanced gaming experience.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.3
Release 28 Oct 2015
RPG Maker MV POWERFUL enough for a developer SIMPLE enough for a child VERSATILE enough for any platform!RPG MAKER MV allows you to make the RPG of your dreams! This latest version includes a host of new featuresand export options for MacOSX, Android, and iPhone!

Price -86% 10.98€
Rating 8.8
Release 23 Oct 2015
ShareX ShareX is a free and open source program that can capture or record selected area from the screen with a single keypress, automatically save them to your hard disk/clipboard, and instantly upload them to an image/file hosting service and then can copy the URL to your clipboard.

Price Free to play
Rating 9.3
Release 02 Oct 2015
Borderless Gaming Borderless Gaming: Seamlessly play games in borderless-fullscreen mode for uninterrupted gaming and effortless multitasking.

Price 6.89€
Rating 8.1
Release 23 Jul 2015
CPUCores :: Maximize Your FPS Maximize your FPS :: Use CPUCores to isolate and constrain OS + non-game processes and dedicate CPU resources to be used exclusively for your games! CPUCores fully integrates with all Steam games!

Price 12.99€
Rating 7.0
Release 06 Jul 2015
GameGuru Classic GameGuru Classic is a non-technical and fun game-maker. It allows you to build your own game world, using creative and enjoyable tools. Populate your game by placing down characters, weapons and other game items, then press one button to build your game, ready to play and share.

Price 19.99€
Rating 7.0
Release 19 May 2015
Controller Companion Navigate your PC desktop with a controller! Put mouse, media and keyboard control in the palms of your hands so you'll never have to leave the couch again!

Price 2.99€
Rating 8.7
Release 04 May 2015
Blender Blender is the free and open source 3D creation suite. Free to use for everyone, for any purpose.

Price Free to play
Rating 9.5
Release 24 Apr 2015
RPG Maker 2003 For the first time ever, RPG Maker 2003 is officially available in English! This legendary game development engine is both highly affordable and easy to use, and it remains one of the most popular RPG Maker installments to date.

Price -90% 1.95€
Rating 8.8
Release 24 Apr 2015
TyranoBuilder Visual Novel Studio The EASIEST and FASTEST tool to make your own multi-platform visual novels! Quickly create your own games for Windows / MacOS / iOS / Android / HTML5 / CSS3, even if you know nothing about game programming or scripting!

Price 14.99€
Rating 8.1
Release 27 Mar 2015
Dimmdrive :: Gaming Ramdrive @ 10,000+ MB/s Play Steam Games @ 10,000+ MB/s :: Load games instantly with the Dimmdrive software. Dimmdrive fully integrates with all Steam games.

Price 14.99€
Rating 6.1
Release 01 Jan 2015
Spriter Pro Spriter makes it easy for anyone, regardless of experience, to create 2D game animations using a technique called Modular Animation. Individual sprite pieces can be attached to bones and then easily animated with the powerful, yet easy to use toolset.

Price 54.99€
Rating 7.1
Release 14 Nov 2014
openCanvas 6 openCanvas is a painting software dedicated to Windows Operating System, that is suitable to beginners to advanced users. Equipped with analog-like brush strokes and functional yet user-friendly interface, openCanvas has the higher basic performance and the unique "Event" function that enables to record and replay the drawing...

Price 45.99€
Rating 8.1
Release 17 Sep 2014
EVGA Precision X1 The next generation of EVGA Precision has arrived with EVGA Precision X1. This software allows you to fine tune your NVIDIA graphics card, maximizing cooling and performance.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.8
Release 16 Jul 2014