Top 100 best Steam Games released in 2012

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Top 100 best Steam games released in 2012, according to gamer reviews.

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~ 1. Borderlands 2 Sep 2012 FPS Top 250 #13 ▼

8.66 97% 132,148 votes

~ 2. Hotline Miami Oct 2012 Great Soundtrack Top 250 #14 ▼

8.65 98% 44,026 votes

~ 3. Dishonored Oct 2012 Stealth Top 250 #22 ▼

8.61 97% 40,461 votes

~ 4. The Walking Dead Apr 2012 Zombies Top 250 #26 ▼

8.60 97% 45,219 votes

~ 5. FTL: Faster Than Light Sep 2012 Rogue-like Top 250 #31 ▼

8.58 97% 41,340 votes

~ 6. Castle Crashers Sep 2012 Co-op Top 250 #33 ▼

8.56 96% 48,560 votes

~ 7. Super Hexagon Nov 2012 Difficult Top 250 #38 ▼

8.55 97% 19,997 votes

~ 8. Mark of the Ninja Oct 2012 Stealth Top 250 #43 ▼

8.53 97% 14,701 votes

~ 9. Batman: Arkham City GOTY Sep 2012 Action Top 250 #75 ▼

8.46 96% 25,191 votes

~ 10. XCOM: Enemy Unknown Oct 2012 Turn-Based Strategy Top 250 #88 ▼

8.43 95% 37,667 votes

~ 11. Torchlight II Sep 2012 RPG Top 250 #108 ▼

8.40 95% 29,623 votes

~ 12. Orcs Must Die! 2 Jul 2012 Tower Defense Top 250 #109 ▼

8.39 95% 13,612 votes

~ 13. Botanicula May 2012 Point & Click Top 250 #157 ▼

8.34 97% 3,422 votes

~ 14. Primordia Dec 2012 Point & Click Top 250 #165 ▼

8.33 98% 1,715 votes

~ 15. Defender's Quest: Valley of the Forgotten Oct 2012 Tower Defense Top 250 #181 ▼

8.31 97% 2,689 votes

~ 16. Thomas Was Alone Nov 2012 Platformer Top 250 #205 -50% ▼

8.28 95% 7,770 votes

~ 17. Spec Ops: The Line Jun 2012 Story Rich ▼

8.25 93% 31,771 votes

~ 18. Legend of Grimrock Apr 2012 Dungeon Crawler ▼

8.22 95% 4,535 votes

~ 19. Tales of Maj'Eyal Dec 2012 Rogue-like ▼

8.22 95% 2,652 votes

~ 20. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Aug 2012 FPS ▼

8.19 89% 2,626,142 votes

~ 21. Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion Jun 2012 Strategy ▼

8.18 93% 7,670 votes

~ 22. Little Inferno Nov 2012 Casual ▼

8.17 93% 6,682 votes

~ 23. Ys Origin May 2012 RPG ▼

8.17 95% 1,796 votes

~ 24. Escape Goat Jun 2012 Puzzle ▼

8.15 98% 566 votes

~ 25. Guns of Icarus Online Oct 2012 Steampunk ▼

8.12 92% 13,721 votes

~ 26. You Have to Win the Game May 2012 Retro ▼

8.11 93% 5,319 votes

~ 27. The Cat Lady Dec 2012 Horror ▼

8.10 93% 3,463 votes

~ 28. Scribblenauts Unlimited Nov 2012 Puzzle ▼

8.09 92% 6,839 votes

~ 29. Hitman: Absolution Nov 2012 Stealth ▼

8.08 91% 23,857 votes

~ 30. Analogue: A Hate Story Apr 2012 Visual Novel ▼

8.07 94% 1,968 votes

~ 31. Total War: SHOGUN 2 - Fall of the Samurai Mar 2012 Strategy ▼

8.07 100% 165 votes

~ 32. Tiny and Big: Grandpa's Leftovers Jun 2012 Physics ▼

8.02 92% 3,715 votes

~ 33. Hero of the Kingdom Dec 2012 Casual ▼

8.02 92% 2,978 votes

1 34. The Darkness II Feb 2012 FPS ▼

8.02 91% 11,730 votes

1 35. Far Cry® 3 Dec 2012 Open World ▼

8.02 89% 49,160 votes

2 36. Ys: The Oath in Felghana Mar 2012 Great Soundtrack ▼

8.02 94% 929 votes

~ 37. Rayman Origins Mar 2012 Platformer ▼

8.00 93% 1,496 votes

~ 38. Blackwell Deception Jan 2012 Point & Click ▼

8.00 97% 294 votes

~ 39. Indie Game: The Movie Jun 2012 Movie ▼

7.97 93% 1,623 votes

~ 40. Nightmares from the Deep: The Cursed Heart Apr 2012 Adventure ▼

7.95 93% 1,115 votes

~ 41. Deponia Aug 2012 Adventure -90% ▼

7.93 90% 7,506 votes

1 42. Edna & Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes Oct 2012 Point & Click -90% ▼

7.91 92% 1,693 votes

1 43. Chaos on Deponia Nov 2012 Adventure -90% ▼

7.91 92% 1,409 votes

~ 44. LEGO® The Lord of the Rings™ Nov 2012 LEGO ▼

7.89 90% 3,629 votes

~ 45. Noitu Love 2 Devolution Apr 2012 Action ▼

7.89 94% 472 votes

~ 46. Rocksmith Oct 2012 Music ▼

7.89 93% 907 votes

~ 47. Blackwell Convergence Jan 2012 Point & Click ▼

7.88 95% 276 votes

~ 48. Sniper Elite V2 Apr 2012 Sniper ▼

7.88 88% 22,545 votes

~ 49. The Book of Unwritten Tales Jul 2012 Adventure ▼

7.87 91% 1,459 votes

1 50. Critter Crunch Sep 2012 Casual ▼

7.85 95% 262 votes

1 51. Sonic CD Jan 2012 Platformer ▼

7.85 90% 2,411 votes

~ 52. The Dream Machine May 2012 Adventure ▼

7.85 92% 952 votes

~ 53. Avernum: Escape From the Pit Apr 2012 RPG ▼

7.85 93% 672 votes

~ 54. The Old Tree Feb 2012 Adventure ▼

7.84 90% 3,037 votes

~ 55. Crusader Kings II Feb 2012 Grand Strategy ▼

7.84 87% 28,881 votes

~ 56. eXceed 3rd - Jade Penetrate Black Package Aug 2012 Bullet Hell ▼

7.82 93% 523 votes

~ 57. Blackwell Unbound Jan 2012 Adventure ▼

7.82 94% 347 votes

~ 58. Unmechanical Aug 2012 Adventure ▼

7.81 93% 385 votes

~ 59. Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning™ Feb 2012 RPG ▼

7.79 88% 9,155 votes

~ 60. Hegemony Gold: Wars of Ancient Greece Mar 2012 Strategy ▼

7.78 97% 118 votes

~ 61. Titan Attacks Feb 2012 Arcade -60% ▼

7.78 91% 861 votes

~ 62. Toy Soldiers Apr 2012 Tower Defense ▼

7.77 90% 1,103 votes

~ 63. Triple Town Dec 2012 Casual ▼

7.77 92% 599 votes

~ 64. Abyss: The Wraiths of Eden Oct 2012 Hidden Object ▼

7.76 91% 934 votes

~ 65. Resonance Jul 2012 Adventure ▼

7.72 92% 365 votes

~ 66. Stacking Mar 2012 Adventure ▼

7.72 89% 1,366 votes

~ 67. Juniper's Knot Apr 2012 Casual ▼

7.71 96% 112 votes

~ 68. F1 2012 Sep 2012 Racing ▼

7.70 89% 1,496 votes

~ 69. Tales from Space: Mutant Blobs Attack Aug 2012 Platformer ▼

7.69 91% 582 votes

~ 70. Waking Mars Dec 2012 Sci-fi ▼

7.68 89% 995 votes

~ 71. Stealth Bastard Deluxe Nov 2012 Stealth ▼

7.68 90% 856 votes

~ 72. Awesomenauts Aug 2012 MOBA ▼

7.67 85% 23,938 votes

~ 73. The Blackwell Legacy Jan 2012 Adventure ▼

7.66 89% 894 votes

~ 74. LEGO Batman 2 Jun 2012 LEGO ▼

7.66 89% 983 votes

1 75. Dustforce Jan 2012 Platformer ▼

7.65 88% 1,767 votes

1 76. Magical Diary May 2012 Visual Novel ▼

7.65 89% 865 votes

~ 77. Call of Duty: Black Ops II Nov 2012 Action ▼

7.64 85% 29,262 votes

~ 78. Cinders Jun 2012 Visual Novel ▼

7.64 90% 616 votes

~ 79. Dark Arcana: The Carnival Oct 2012 Hidden Object ▼

7.62 90% 411 votes

~ 80. Gateways Sep 2012 Puzzle ▼

7.62 93% 174 votes

~ 81. Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013 Jun 2012 Card Game ▼

7.62 88% 1,021 votes

~ 82. Luxor Evolved Mar 2012 Casual ▼

7.61 92% 190 votes

~ 83. Binary Domain Apr 2012 Action ▼

7.60 86% 4,786 votes

~ 84. Hell Yeah! Oct 2012 Platformer ▼

7.59 86% 3,057 votes

~ 85. House of 1000 Doors: The Palm of Zoroaster Collector's Edition Dec 2012 Casual ▼

7.59 92% 185 votes

~ 86. Dead Pixels Dec 2012 Zombies ▼

7.58 86% 2,293 votes

~ 87. Half Minute Hero: Super Mega Neo Climax Ultimate Boy Sep 2012 RPG ▼

7.57 87% 1,294 votes

~ 88. Vessel Mar 2012 Puzzle ▼

7.57 89% 587 votes

~ 89. They Bleed Pixels Aug 2012 Platformer ▼

7.57 86% 2,225 votes

~ 90. Natural Selection 2 Oct 2012 Strategy ▼

7.57 85% 9,484 votes

~ 91. NiGHTS into Dreams... Dec 2012 Adventure ▼

7.56 89% 565 votes

~ 92. Drox Operative Nov 2012 Space ▼

7.56 91% 237 votes

~ 93. Splice Jun 2012 Puzzle ▼

7.55 89% 522 votes

~ 94. Tomb Raider II Nov 2012 Adventure ▼

7.55 88% 788 votes

~ 95. Worms Revolution Oct 2012 Strategy ▼

7.54 85% 4,304 votes

~ 96. Lone Survivor: The Director's Cut Apr 2012 Horror ▼

7.54 87% 1,148 votes

~ 97. Notch - The Innocent LunA: Eclipsed SinnerS Feb 2012 Anime -40% ▼

7.54 88% 528 votes

~ 98. Dandelion - Wishes brought to you - Aug 2012 Visual Novel ▼

7.53 88% 510 votes

~ 99. Chivalry: Medieval Warfare Oct 2012 Medieval ▼

7.53 83% 60,878 votes

~ 100. Gotham City Impostors: Free To Play Aug 2012 Action ▼

7.53 84% 10,871 votes

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