Best Rated Difficult Games
The Difficult games Steam users rate highest. Scores are weighted by review volume, so a game can't ride a handful of glowing reviews to the top of this list.
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Our score adjusts Steam's raw rating for sample size. The fewer reviews a game has, the more its score gets pulled toward the site-wide average, so a tiny game can't fluke its way to #1.
- 1Hades304,21097.64%98.04%
- 2Balatro192,69197.25%97.87%
- 3Slay the Spire213,06197.03%97.57%
- 4Bloons TD 6388,21296.90%97.20%
- 5ULTRAKILL232,11696.90%97.40%
- 6The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth394,82996.89%97.19%
- 7Helltaker127,45196.80%97.70%
- 8Pizza Tower71,63996.74%98.32%
- 9Hollow Knight544,93196.71%96.92%
- 10Celeste141,89896.63%97.42%
- 11Resident Evil 2212,76396.52%97.04%
- 12Katana ZERO75,02196.47%97.95%
- 13Black Myth: Wukong1,201,02996.44%96.54%
- 14Dead Cells180,44796.43%97.05%
- 15Hotline Miami122,44296.11%96.98%
- 16Oxygen Not Included140,81596.02%96.77%
- 17Papers, Please79,14495.96%97.30%
- 18Half-Life161,24895.86%96.51%
- 19Ori and the Will of the Wisps144,42395.81%96.53%
- 20Counter-Strike: Source191,54795.75%96.29%
- 21Cuphead211,39895.72%96.20%
- 22Outlast136,10395.70%96.46%
- 23Don't Starve112,70395.66%96.57%
- 24Devil May Cry 5165,45195.43%96.04%
- 25Chants of Sennaar31,25095.17%98.30%
- 26SANABI44,02595.08%97.28%
- 27DOOM218,67195.07%95.52%
- 28Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition348,92694.99%95.26%
- 29Blender87,65994.95%96.04%
- 30METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE88,19894.94%96.03%
- 31Don't Starve Together532,35594.84%95.02%
- 32Kerbal Space Program142,21294.84%95.51%
- 33Beat Saber76,05794.34%95.52%
- 34Enter the Gungeon88,84194.21%95.20%
- 35Just Shapes & Beats25,50294.20%97.65%
- 36Noita87,16194.18%95.19%
- 37My Summer Car114,40294.17%94.94%
- 38DARK SOULS III436,28694.14%94.34%
- 39Return of the Obra Dinn34,24594.14%96.69%
- 40Baba Is You24,16394.13%97.74%
- 41FTL: Faster Than Light78,05094.02%95.13%
- 42Clone Drone in the Danger Zone38,40893.94%96.16%
- 43Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition70,62193.90%95.10%
- 44Valheim535,06993.86%94.02%
- 45Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun38,26293.82%96.02%
- 46DOOM + DOOM II28,22393.72%96.64%
- 47Super Hexagon25,01693.60%96.88%
- 48Risk of Rain 2348,51893.55%93.79%
- 49Ultimate Custom Night62,35393.51%94.81%
- 50Paint the Town Red32,02393.46%95.98%
- 51The Binding of Isaac62,39093.41%94.70%
- 52Game Dev Tycoon44,87593.41%95.20%
- 53LIZARDS MUST DIE26,46293.28%96.27%
- 54Resident Evil 4 (2005)95,73693.25%94.08%
- 55Iron Snout17,45593.21%97.69%
- 56Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number77,89993.20%94.20%
- 57One Finger Death Punch16,32893.14%97.89%
- 58A Dance of Fire and Ice81,26893.13%94.09%
- 59Barotrauma86,85493.12%94.01%
- 60S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl47,95093.07%94.67%
- 61Plague Inc: Evolved62,90993.05%94.26%
- 62The Talos Principle32,81693.00%95.32%
- 63ELDEN RING1,137,41292.99%93.06%
- 64Geometry Dash605,41892.94%93.06%
- 65Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes16,87592.87%97.30%
- 66Lobotomy Corporation | Monster Management Simulation54,23992.84%94.21%
- 67Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense16,58892.80%97.27%
- 68Library Of Ruina42,51692.73%94.45%
- 69Crypt of the NecroDancer26,32692.72%95.51%
- 70Nine Sols41,91692.72%94.44%
- 71Ori and the Blind Forest59,60392.70%93.93%
- 72Monster Train22,84392.69%95.88%
- 73Rain World52,26292.68%94.08%
- 74Touhou Luna Nights14,76692.57%97.36%
- 75Five Nights at Freddy's58,38992.55%93.78%
- 76Dwarf Fortress31,10892.53%94.83%
- 77Peggle Deluxe13,82392.53%97.61%
- 78Nuclear Throne19,58292.46%96.06%
- 79Super Meat Boy38,41592.43%94.26%
- 80Zup! S15,95792.41%96.82%
- 81MX Bikes35,55892.38%94.34%
- 82Desperados III16,38392.29%96.51%
- 83ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights44,61692.25%93.79%
- 84Frostpunk135,20292.22%92.72%
- 85Alien: Isolation65,50692.12%93.15%
- 86Skul: The Hero Slayer57,21892.09%93.26%
- 87Hitman: Absolution62,21092.07%93.15%
- 88XCOM: Enemy Unknown58,26292.05%93.19%
- 89Mini Metro16,52792.05%96.07%
- 90DRAGON BALL Z: KAKAROT57,68392.04%93.19%
- 91Trombone Champ10,96892.01%97.94%
- 92DARK SOULS: REMASTERED151,49492.00%92.44%
- 93F1 202039,95591.95%93.59%
- 94ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist17,99791.87%95.40%
- 95Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator32,93191.81%93.76%
- 96PAYDAY The Heist40,86691.77%93.33%
- 97Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove16,73791.76%95.57%
- 98Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night41,12791.73%93.27%
- 99Post Void12,20691.69%96.85%
- 100Descenders23,02591.68%94.41%
