>> best steam games of 2006 · the full ranking
These are the best Steam games of 2006 — the releases of that year players still rate highest, years after the reviews stopped counting.
No launch-week scores, no hype: every position comes from head-to-head duels between two games in one player's library, and a game's percentage is the share of a typical library it beats. Years are the honest test, and this is what 2006 looks like once the dust has settled and only the games people still reach for are left standing.
#1
Dark Messiah of Might & Magic
beats 75%
percentile across every personal ranking, weighed by the crowd behind it
2
Condemned: Criminal Origins
beats 75%
3
FlatOut 2
beats 66%
4
Psychonauts
beats 65%
5
Sid Meier's Civilization® IV
beats 53%
6
Ghost Master®
beats 53%
7
Zuma Deluxe
beats 51%
8
Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition
beats 50%
9
Garry's Mod
beats 50%
10
Sid Meier's Civilization® III Complete
beats 50%
11
Company of Heroes
beats 49%
12
Eets
beats 41%
13
Call of Duty® 2
beats 37%
14
Insaniquarium Deluxe
beats 35%
15
Chuzzle Deluxe
beats 30%
16
Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45
beats 27%
17
Feeding Frenzy 2 Deluxe
beats 28%
18
Earth 2160
beats 25%
19
Dark Messiah of Might & Magic
beats 23%
20
The Ship: Single Player
beats 24%
21
DEFCON
beats 26%
22
Uplink
beats 24%
23
The Ship: Murder Party
beats 24%
24
Half-Life Deathmatch: Source
beats 25%
25
Shadowgrounds
beats 19%
