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Steam review scores are noisy at the low end, but a game holding above 90% across thousands of reviews has genuinely satisfied a large audience. Here is every recent release that cleared that bar, sorted by what makes each one worth the money.
Above 95%
Creature Kitchen — 100% from 9,508 reviews, $7.99
A perfect score across nearly ten thousand reviews is close to unheard of. Creepy-cozy cooking where you befriend wildlife and feed them their favourite snacks.
Shelldiver — 99% from 17,300 reviews, $4.99
A senior turtle, a jellyfish business, and a lot of naps.
Dreamcards — 99%, $8.49
A deckbuilder where deck construction happens during the match as well as before it.
Servant of the Lake — 99%, $5.99
The newest Rusty Lake point-and-click, from the Cube Escape creators.
Endacopia — 99%, $16.50
90s edutainment aesthetics wrapped around genuine horror.
The Mermaid Mask — 99%, $17.99
A locked-room murder aboard a submarine, from the Tangle Tower and Crow Country studio.
Little Chef: Cozy Cooking — 95%, $7.19
A physics kitchen sandbox with 300+ recipes, gourmet to gross. Three hours.
90 to 95%
Big Ambitions — 92% from 13,840 reviews, $20.79
The week biggest release. A New York business sandbox with no prescribed path.
Garden of Witches — 92% from 1,674 reviews, $13.29
Action roguelike with giant scissors and a tea party you have to enforce.
Fields of Mistria — 97% from 33,225 reviews, $13.99
The strongest farming-sim RPG in years, and the most-reviewed indie on this list.
Megabonk — 94% from 105,908 reviews, $9.99
The bullet-heaven that defined the year, and by far the largest review count here.
How to read a Steam score properly
The percentage alone is close to meaningless without the volume beside it.
- 100% from 40 reviews means friends and early adopters bought it
- 100% from 9,508 reviews means something genuinely unusual
- 94% from 105,908 reviews is arguably more impressive than 99% from 200
When comparing two games, look at the smaller number first.
Recently added this week
INSIDE — Metacritic 87, $24.99
Not a recent release, but worth including as a benchmark. Playdead 2016 platformer is still the reference point for narrative told entirely without words.
Return of the Obra Dinn — Metacritic 89, $19.99
A ship returns to port with no crew. You have a pocket watch that shows you the exact moment of each death, and you must identify all sixty people aboard. The game only confirms answers in groups of three, so guessing is impossible.
Frequently asked questions
What is the highest rated game on Steam?
Among recent indie releases, Creature Kitchen holds a perfect 100% across 9,508 reviews. Shelldiver holds 99% from 17,300, which is the strongest combination of score and volume in that group.
Is a 90% Steam rating good?
Yes, particularly with high review volume. Steam labels 80 to 94% as Very Positive and 95%+ as Overwhelmingly Positive, but volume matters as much as percentage.
