Top 250 best Steam games released in 2016, according to gamer reviews.
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Movement, rank, title, date, platforms, tag and price
Score
8.64 176,581 votes
8.57 36,606 votes
8.50 22,198 votes
8.45 67,374 votes
8.31 339,320 votes
8.27 10,094 votes
8.25 1,949 votes
8.22 984 votes
8.07 694 votes
7.98 1,755 votes
7.81 485 votes
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