>> best steam games of 2011 the full ranking

These are the best Steam games of 2011 — 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 2011 looks like once the dust has settled and only the games people still reach for are left standing.

Dead Space™ 2

beats 76%

62 players

percentile across every personal ranking, weighed by the crowd behind it

Games ranked by the share of a typical library they beat.
rk	game	players	beats
02	Portal 2	969 players	beats 75%
03	The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim	352 players	beats 75%
04	Assassin’s Creed® Brotherhood	85 players	beats 75%
05	Fable - The Lost Chapters	23 players	beats 76%
06	Terraria	1,015 players	beats 74%
07	Cave Story+	37 players	beats 75%
08	Space Channel 5: Part 2	4 players	beats 85%
09	Dead Rising 2: Off the Record	21 players	beats 75%
10	Batman: Arkham City	14 players	beats 76%
11	Crazy Taxi	19 players	beats 75%
12	Max Payne	46 players	beats 72%
13	Sonic Generations Collection	81 players	beats 72%
14	Dungeon Siege	17 players	beats 72%
15	L.A. Noire	112 players	beats 70%
16	Mafia II (Classic)	81 players	beats 70%
17	Sonic Adventure DX	66 players	beats 70%
18	Section 8®: Prejudice™	5 players	beats 76%
19	Still Life	5 players	beats 75%
20	Alice: Madness Returns	72 players	beats 68%
21	Gatling Gears	3 players	beats 76%
22	Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine - Anniversary Edition	115 players	beats 63%
23	Robin Hood: The Legend of Sherwood	7 players	beats 66%
24	Worms	6 players	beats 66%
25	Lume	6 players	beats 65%
26	Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011)	64 players	beats 61%
27	Assassin's Creed® Revelations	71 players	beats 56%
28	Bloodline Champions	9 players	beats 56%
29	Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance	22 players	beats 53%
30	Worms Pinball	4 players	beats 54%
31	LIMBO	174 players	beats 53%
32	Saints Row: The Third	187 players	beats 53%
33	The Baconing	3 players	beats 54%
34	inMomentum	7 players	beats 53%
35	Gundemonium Recollection	4 players	beats 53%
36	Cities in Motion	10 players	beats 52%
37	Anno 2070™	32 players	beats 52%
38	Bastion	170 players	beats 52%
39	Costume Quest	35 players	beats 52%
40	Dungeon Siege III	19 players	beats 52%
41	The First Templar - Steam Special Edition	8 players	beats 52%
42	Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity®	7 players	beats 52%
43	Orcs Must Die!	56 players	beats 51%
44	Crysis 2 - Maximum Edition	44 players	beats 51%
45	LEGO® Star Wars™ III - The Clone Wars™	37 players	beats 51%
46	Red Faction®: Armageddon™	39 players	beats 51%
47	The Binding of Isaac	214 players	beats 51%
48	Puzzle Agent 2	19 players	beats 51%
49	Sanctum	44 players	beats 50%
50	Breath of Death VII	9 players	beats 50%
51	The Sims™ 3	55 players	beats 50%
52	Xotic	3 players	beats 50%
53	Runespell: Overture	7 players	beats 50%
54	RAGE	46 players	beats 50%
55	Rock of Ages	50 players	beats 50%
56	Magicka	164 players	beats 50%
57	Homefront	65 players	beats 50%
58	Syberia	41 players	beats 50%
59	Hydrophobia: Prophecy	17 players	beats 50%
60	Dungeons	15 players	beats 50%
61	Naval Warfare	4 players	beats 50%
62	BRINK	28 players	beats 50%
63	NightSky	19 players	beats 50%
64	F.E.A.R. 3	45 players	beats 49%
65	Shift 2 Unleashed	5 players	beats 49%
66	Post Mortem	5 players	beats 49%
67	Trauma	13 players	beats 49%
68	Airline Tycoon 2	7 players	beats 48%
69	E.Y.E: Divine Cybermancy	33 players	beats 48%
70	Blocks That Matter	18 players	beats 45%
71	Lord of the Rings: War in the North	42 players	beats 45%
72	Frozen Synapse	31 players	beats 45%
73	Tropico 4	93 players	beats 45%
74	Puzzle Pirates	8 players	beats 44%
75	Worms Ultimate Mayhem	44 players	beats 43%
76	Nancy Drew®: Shadow at the Water's Edge	4 players	beats 40%
77	Dungeons - The Dark Lord	5 players	beats 40%
78	Garshasp: The Monster Slayer	4 players	beats 38%
79	Trapped Dead	6 players	beats 39%
80	Lucid	6 players	beats 39%
81	Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game	6 players	beats 38%
82	SEGA Bass Fishing	6 players	beats 37%
83	A.R.E.S.: Extinction Agenda	8 players	beats 38%
84	A Game of Thrones - Genesis	6 players	beats 36%
85	Hunted: The Demon’s Forge™	12 players	beats 37%
86	Cossacks II: Battle for Europe	3 players	beats 32%
87	Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon	4 players	beats 31%
88	Waves	11 players	beats 34%
89	PAYDAY™ The Heist	123 players	beats 36%
90	Majesty 2 Collection	13 players	beats 34%
91	Supreme Commander	12 players	beats 34%
92	Disciples III - Resurrection	3 players	beats 26%
93	Grotesque Tactics 2 – Dungeons and Donuts	3 players	beats 26%
94	Sideway™ New York	3 players	beats 26%
95	Men of War: Assault Squad	11 players	beats 33%
96	Cthulhu Saves the World	30 players	beats 34%
97	Cargo! The Quest for Gravity	3 players	beats 25%
98	Revenge of the Titans	30 players	beats 34%
99	The Haunted: Hells Reach	3 players	beats 25%
100	Vertex Dispenser	3 players	beats 25%
101	iBomber Defense	3 players	beats 25%
102	Runaway: A Twist of Fate	3 players	beats 24%
103	Universe Sandbox Legacy	35 players	beats 33%
104	Champions Online	28 players	beats 33%
105	Worms Blast	4 players	beats 25%
106	Dungeon Defenders	92 players	beats 33%
107	Syberia II	30 players	beats 32%
108	Who's That Flying?!	4 players	beats 24%
109	Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition	37 players	beats 32%
110	Serious Sam 3: BFE	68 players	beats 32%
111	Air Conflicts: Secret Wars	3 players	beats 21%
112	Serious Sam: The Random Encounter	8 players	beats 28%
113	Gemini Rue	16 players	beats 30%
114	Space Pirates and Zombies	36 players	beats 31%
115	Chantelise - A Tale of Two Sisters	5 players	beats 25%
116	Critical Mass	5 players	beats 25%
117	SkyDrift	5 players	beats 25%
118	AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! for the Awesome	23 players	beats 31%
119	Dinner Date	4 players	beats 23%
120	Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad with Rising Storm	90 players	beats 32%
121	Mount & Blade: With Fire & Sword	54 players	beats 31%
122	Dead Horde	4 players	beats 22%
123	ArcaniA: Fall of Setarrif	5 players	beats 24%
124	Hamilton's Great Adventure	5 players	beats 23%
125	Take On Helicopters	7 players	beats 25%
126	Demigod	6 players	beats 24%
127	Worms Crazy Golf	6 players	beats 24%
128	ARMA: Gold Edition	5 players	beats 22%
129	Puzzler World 2	8 players	beats 25%
130	Gothic 3: Forsaken Gods Enhanced Edition	9 players	beats 26%
131	Global Agenda: Free Agent	4 players	beats 20%
132	Myst: Masterpiece Edition	9 players	beats 25%
133	Quake 4	9 players	beats 25%
134	Avadon: The Black Fortress	7 players	beats 24%
135	Atom Zombie Smasher	23 players	beats 28%
136	Post Apocalyptic Mayhem	10 players	beats 25%
137	Fortix 2	10 players	beats 25%
138	Hacker Evolution Duality	8 players	beats 24%
139	Serious Sam Double D XXL	10 players	beats 25%
140	Global Ops: Commando Libya	3 players	beats 15%
141	Bunch of Heroes	9 players	beats 24%
142	Monday Night Combat	10 players	beats 24%
143	BEEP	26 players	beats 27%
144	Two Worlds II HD	53 players	beats 28%
145	Before the Echo	14 players	beats 25%
146	Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012	10 players	beats 24%
147	Dungeons of Dredmor	39 players	beats 27%
148	Fractal: Make Blooms Not War	10 players	beats 23%
149	BIT.TRIP RUNNER	43 players	beats 27%
150	Capsized	12 players	beats 24%
151	Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes	17 players	beats 25%
152	Tobe's Vertical Adventure	3 players	beats 13%
153	The Cursed Crusade	3 players	beats 13%
154	HOARD	18 players	beats 25%
155	DETOUR	15 players	beats 24%
156	Dwarfs!?	21 players	beats 25%
157	Rochard	16 players	beats 24%
158	Nuclear Dawn	21 players	beats 25%
159	Renegade Ops	23 players	beats 25%
160	Demolition Inc.	9 players	beats 22%
161	Arma: Cold War Assault Remastered	26 players	beats 25%
162	Duke Nukem Forever	27 players	beats 25%
163	From Dust	24 players	beats 25%
164	Might & Magic: Heroes VI	29 players	beats 25%
165	Jamestown	28 players	beats 25%
166	The Tiny Bang Story	36 players	beats 25%
167	Steel Storm: Burning Retribution	19 players	beats 24%
168	Anomaly: Warzone Earth	50 players	beats 25%
169	DC Universe™ Online	48 players	beats 25%
170	RIFT	53 players	beats 25%
171	EDGE	30 players	beats 24%
172	Solar 2	23 players	beats 24%
173	SpaceChem	69 players	beats 25%
174	EverQuest II	7 players	beats 19%
175	APB Reloaded	64 players	beats 25%
176	Spiral Knights	108 players	beats 25%
177	Fate of the World	4 players	beats 12%
178	Kaptain Brawe: A Brawe New World	5 players	beats 13%
179	Sengoku	7 players	beats 15%
180	Two Worlds II Castle Defense	7 players	beats 13%
181	Dino D-Day	59 players	beats 19%
182	FlatOut 3: Chaos & Destruction	7 players	beats 10%
183	Portal 2 - The Final Hours	14 players	beats 11%

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