Balatro becomes highest-rated Steam game of 2024, with Black Myth: Wukong being only AAA title in top 10
SteamDB has shared a list of the top games of 2024 by user rating. There are plenty of indie hits on the list, with Black Myth: Wukong being the only AAA title to make it into the top 10.
Balatro
It is worth noting that SteamDB uses its own formula biased towards the average rating of 50% to estimate the score, so it may slightly differ from the one displayed on the store (to see how it works, check out this detailed description).
Here are the top 10 highest-rated Steam releases of 2024, according to SteamDB:
- Balatro — 96.77%;
- Webfishing — 96.65%;
- The WereCleaner — 96.2%;
- Sheepy: A Short Adventure — 96.1%;
- Satisfactory (Early Access graduate) — 95.94%;
- Black Myth: Wukong — 95.85%;
- TCG Card Shop Simulator — 95.61%;
- Fields of Mistra — 95.6%;
- Paper Lily – Chapter 1 (free-to-play) — 95.46%;
- 20 Small Mazes (free-to-play) — 95.44%.
Excluding F2P titles, Tiny Glade (95.4%) and Crime Scene Cleaner (95.34%) round out the top 10.
Further down the list are successful indie releases like shapez 2 (95.29%), Tactical Breach Wizards (95.14%), Mouthwashing (94.97%), and Buckshot Roulette (94.96%).
Top 20 highest-rated games on Steam in 2024 (via SteamDB)
According to the Steam 250 algorithm, which assigns a score to each game based on the number of reviews and its approval rating, Black Myth: Wukong is the top-rated release of 2024 with a score of 8.73. It is followed by Balatro (8.71), Webfishing (8.68), Satisfactory (8.68), and Sheepy: A Short Adventure (8.59).
Top 10 highest-rated games on Steam in 2024 (via Steam 250)
Balatro has just taken home three awards — Best Independent Game, Best Debut Indie Game, and Best Mobile Game — at The Game Awards 2024. Black Myth: Wukong won the Best Action Game and Players’ Voice awards, while Astro Bot was named the Game of the Year.
