COLLECTIONS
Curated for value.
Hand-built lists that cut the catalog down to what's actually worth your money. Pick a lens: a price ceiling, a weekend length, no microtransactions, free and still great.
On a budget
BANGERS Under $5
Five bucks or less, and good enough that I would still buy it.
453 games · top BANG 100See the list →
Hidden Gems Under $10
Cheap and very good, with the famous ones deliberately left out.
268 games · top BANG 100See the list →
Free BANGERS
Free games scoring 78 or better, and the four things free can mean on Steam.
286 games · top BANG 95See the list →
By the clock
One-Sitting BANGERS
Start it after dinner and see the credits before bed.
189 games · top BANG 97See the list →
Beat It in a Weekend
You can finish these over one weekend, twelve hours or less.
499 games · top BANG 100See the list →
Endless Value · 80+ Hours
Eighty hours of main story and up, with a BANG of 78 or better.
19 games · top BANG 98See the list →
Critically loved
Overwhelmingly Positive
The 95 percent club, with at least 500 reviews standing behind each rating.
544 games · top BANG 100See the list →
Critic Darlings Worth the Money
Metacritic 85 and up, and a BANG of 78 or better.
162 games · top BANG 100See the list →
Worth 100%-ing
Games at least 40 percent of owners have actually finished.
46 games · top BANG 100See the list →
By the crowd
Blockbuster BANGERS
The huge ones that are also worth the money.
68 games · top BANG 98See the list →
Cult Classics
BANGERS almost nobody bought, capped at half a million owners.
132 games · top BANG 100See the list →
Fan Favorites
Tens of thousands of reviews, and the score still has to hold.
298 games · top BANG 100See the list →
Highest Share of Refunded Reviewers
The games whose newest Steam reviews come from people who got their money back, sorted by share.
3803 games · top BANG 100See the list →
Fair deals
No-Microtransaction BANGERS
Buy it once and own all of it, with no in-game spending detected.
531 games · top BANG 100See the list →
Premium, Still Worth It
The expensive shelf, and the few games on it that earn the price.
18 games · top BANG 97See the list →
Long and Cheap
Forty hours or more for twenty dollars or less.
32 games · top BANG 98See the list →
Fresh and timeless
All-Time BANGERS
The highest scores anywhere on the site, BANG 92 and up.
204 games · top BANG 100See the list →
Best of the 2020s
This decade's best value, ranked by the score.
217 games · top BANG 99See the list →
Throwback BANGERS
Released 2015 or earlier, and still holding up.
145 games · top BANG 100See the list →