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Hidden gems
Scored 80 or higher by critics, and below the median attention of everything else we track. Both halves matter: the first is somebody else’s judgement, the second is why you have not heard of it.
| # | Game | Score | Steam reviews | Genre |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | 92/100 | 9,323 | Fantasy |
| 2 |  | 92/100 | 6,294 | Cyberpunk |
| 3 |  | 89/100 | 17,205 | Platformer |
| 4 |  | 89/100 | 3,676 | Sim racing |
| 5 |  | 88/100 | 1 | Action |
| 6 |  | 87/100 | 898 | Skateboarding |
| 7 |  | 87/100 | — | Massively multiplayer online game |
| 8 |  | 86/100 | 2,931 | Sim racing |
| 9 |  | 86/100 | 1,509 | Science fiction |
| 10 |  | 86/100 | 1,491 | Turn-based tactics |
| 11 |  | 86/100 | — | Adventure |
| 12 |  | 85/100 | 8,353 | Fighting game |
| 13 |  | 85/100 | 7,529 | Action |
| 14 |  | 85/100 | 1,922 | Adventure |
| 15 |  | 85/100 | 546 | Turn-based strategy |
| 16 |  | 85/100 | — | Interactive film |
| 17 |  | 85/100 | — | Association football management game |
| 18 |  | 84/100 | 31,492 | Stealth game |
| 19 |  | 84/100 | 12,934 | Retro-style |
| 20 |  | 84/100 | 3,155 | Rpg |
| 21 | 84/100 | 2,972 | Action & adventure | |
| 22 |  | 84/100 | 1,618 | Adventure |
| 23 |  | 84/100 | — | Action |
| 24 |  | 83/100 | 2,582 | Racing |
| 25 |  | 83/100 | 1,702 | Turn-based strategy |
| 26 |  | 83/100 | 585 | Racing |
| 27 |  | 83/100 | 342 | Role-playing |
| 28 |  | 83/100 | — | Action |
| 29 | 82/100 | 8,677 | Action & adventure | |
| 30 |  | 82/100 | 1,618 | Adventure |
| 31 |  | 81/100 | 7,957 | Post-apocalyptic |
| 32 |  | 81/100 | 5,767 | Post-apocalyptic |
| 33 |  | 81/100 | 3,641 | Post-apocalyptic |
| 34 |  | 81/100 | 1,366 | Association football |
| 35 |  | 81/100 | 1,046 | Platformer |
| 36 |  | 81/100 | 928 | Metroidvania |
| 37 |  | 81/100 | 552 | Arcade |
| 38 |  | 80/100 | 3,241 | Association football |
| 39 |  | 80/100 | 2,873 | Racing |
| 40 |  | 80/100 | 104 | Third-person shooter |
| 41 |  | 80/100 | — | Strategy |
Drawn from the games in our catalogue that carry a critic score, which is a growing minority of it: the importer that fetches scores is still walking the catalogue, so this list gets longer on its own.