Best Well-Written games on Steam

Unlike generic lists, our well-written game recommendations are based on a rigorous analysis of Steam user reviews. We believe that player feedback is the most reliable indicator of a game's true quality and enjoyment. Our algorithm evaluates user reviews to identify well-written games that consistently deliver exceptional experiences. This means you can be confident that our lists feature only the best well-written games on Steam, validated by the community itself.

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Urban Myth Dissolution Center

Join forces with the psychic Director of the Urban Myth Dissolution Center and solve a variety of cases involving cursed relics, rental properties with shady histories, and dimensional anomalies. Monstrous oddities and otherworldly planes abound in this occult mystery adventure game!

Price 17.49€
Rating 8.5
Release 12 Feb 2025

The Legend of Heroes: Kai no Kiseki -Farewell, O Zemuria-

The latest installment in the popular story-driven Kiseki RPG series is here! The 20th-anniversary title, The Legend of Heroes: Kai no Kiseki -Farewell, O Zemuria-, where the epic story of the continent of Zemuria takes a dramatic turn, is now available on Steam®!

Price 57.99€
Rating 7.5
Release 22 Jan 2025

Revue Starlight El Dorado

The first console game of the stage-themed multi-media franchise "Revue Starlight" is on its way!

Price 28.99€
Rating 9.1
Release 07 Aug 2024

REVEIL

REVEIL is a narrative first-person psycho-thriller game that focuses on story, puzzles and exploration. Find out what’s going on inside Walter Thompson and what his dark past at the Nelson Bros Circus has to do with it.

Price -31% 13.82€
Rating 8.4
Release 06 Mar 2024

PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo

How far would you go to bring someone back from the dead? Discover the depths that some will go to in this horror-adventure game.

Price -40% 11.95€
Rating 9.2
Release 08 Mar 2023

memories

memories is a sapphic visual novel dress-up game where clothes are linked to painful memories of a failed relationship.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.9
Release 02 Feb 2023

The Legend of Heroes: Kuro no Kiseki Ⅱ -CRIMSON SiN-

Witness the sins spun by jet-black and crimson-- The Kiseki saga is finally here! Kuro no Kiseki II is loaded with unique content, including a variety of new challenges throughout the Republic of Calvard.

Price 59.99€
Rating 7.7
Release 25 Jan 2023

The Legend of Heroes: Kuro no Kiseki

The Legend of Heroes: Kuro no Kiseki is finally coming to Steam®! The sprawling Republic of Calvard is experiencing an unprecedented economic boom brought on by post-war reparations. Here is the beginning of a new "Trails (story)".

Price 49.99€
Rating 8.7
Release 27 Jul 2022

Gibbon: Beyond the Trees

Master the gibbon’s art of movement with a unique moveset that lets you swing, slide and somersault through a lush jungle canopy, and experience a free-flowing story of family and survival as you search for a home that may be lost forever.

Price 12.99€
Rating 8.4
Release 18 May 2022

A Juggler's Tale

Lead Abby the string puppet through a bruised, but beautiful fairy tale world in this cinematic adventure. Solve riddles, evade traps and shake off pursuers on the way to find freedom. Can Abby take control of her fate with all the strings attached?

Price -93% 1.00€
Rating 8.8
Release 29 Sep 2021

Arietta of Spirits

Arietta of Spirits is a story-driven action-adventure game, with easy to approach game mechanics. Follow Arietta on her journey to unveil the mysteries of the Spirit Realm and immerse yourself in a story filled with emotion and surprising turns.

Price 14.99€
Rating 8.0
Release 20 Aug 2021

Scarlet Hollow

You've finally made it to the dead-end mining town of Scarlet Hollow, North Carolina, where your aunt is dead, your cousin hates you, and something otherworldly stalks you from the shadows. You won't be able to save everyone. You might not even be able to save yourself. Welcome home.

Price 21.99€
Rating 9.4
Release 11 Jun 2021

ANOTHER EDEN

[Single player JRPG] Take your cat on a time-traveling adventure!

Price Free to play
Rating 6.7
Release 30 Mar 2021

MetaWare High School (Demo)

How do you see the world when nothing is real? An experimental metafictional visual novel.

Price Free to play
Rating 9.0
Release 02 Apr 2020

The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns

A short lesbian / yuri visual novel set in England. Our heroine, Toma Andrews, meets a ghost girl wearing an old-fashioned nightgown in a graveyard who calls herself Emmeline. Just who is she, and how did she die?

Price Free to play
Rating 8.5
Release 05 Jan 2016

The Wolf Among Us

From the makers of the 2012 Game of the Year: The Walking Dead, comes a thriller based on the award-winning Fables comic books. As Bigby Wolf you will discover that a brutal, bloody murder is just a taste of things to come in a game series where your every decision can have enormous consequences.

Price -79% 3.14€
Rating 9.6
Release 11 Oct 2013

Waking Mars

In 2097, life is discovered on Mars. When your mission of first contact becomes trapped by a cave-in, you must master the alien ecosystem to survive. Soon you stumble upon more than anyone expected, and with time running out, you will make a decision that determines the fate of a lost planet.

Price 8.19€
Rating 8.4
Release 13 Dec 2012

The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition

A time of untold chaos has come. Mighty forces clash behind the scenes in a struggle for power and influence. The Northern Kingdoms mobilize for war. But armies on the march are not enough to stop a bloody conspiracy...

Price 19.99€
Rating 8.8
Release 16 Apr 2012

Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition

Explore a stunning world, make complex moral choices, and engage in bone-crushing combat against massive and terrifying creatures. The Ultimate Edition includes Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening and all nine content packs.

Price 29.99€
Rating 8.5
Release 26 Oct 2010