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.
- 1Hades306,62897.61%98.02%
- 2Balatro195,58197.22%97.85%
- 3Slay the Spire216,62796.94%97.49%
- 4Bloons TD 6391,48396.89%97.19%
- 5ULTRAKILL238,13096.88%97.38%
- 6Helltaker127,81096.76%97.68%
- 7Hollow Knight553,55696.70%96.91%
- 8The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth433,85596.69%96.96%
- 9Pizza Tower72,21596.67%98.29%
- 10Celeste144,61096.60%97.40%
- 11Resident Evil 2218,63996.52%97.05%
- 12Black Myth: Wukong1,203,64096.43%96.53%
- 13Katana ZERO75,64696.42%97.93%
- 14Dead Cells181,97996.41%97.04%
- 15Hotline Miami126,55795.98%96.85%
- 16Oxygen Not Included142,83295.97%96.74%
- 17Papers, Please79,82595.92%97.29%
- 18Half-Life162,95595.84%96.50%
- 19Ori and the Will of the Wisps145,60595.76%96.50%
- 20Counter-Strike: Source192,50395.73%96.29%
- 21Cuphead217,59695.68%96.18%
- 22Outlast137,67595.67%96.44%
- 23Don't Starve113,23295.61%96.55%
- 24Devil May Cry 5168,56795.42%96.04%
- 25Chants of Sennaar33,00695.17%98.25%
- 26DOOM220,04795.05%95.51%
- 27SANABI44,53595.00%97.26%
- 28Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition352,58394.97%95.25%
- 29METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE88,53594.91%96.03%
- 30Blender89,48894.90%96.01%
- 31Kerbal Space Program144,90394.88%95.56%
- 32Don't Starve Together539,86094.76%94.95%
- 33Beat Saber76,16694.29%95.51%
- 34My Summer Car115,85894.15%94.94%
- 35DARK SOULS III438,08594.13%94.34%
- 36Noita88,02794.13%95.17%
- 37Enter the Gungeon89,48194.12%95.14%
- 38Just Shapes & Beats25,81594.10%97.63%
- 39Return of the Obra Dinn34,76894.07%96.69%
- 40Baba Is You24,37194.03%97.74%
- 41FTL: Faster Than Light78,37993.96%95.11%
- 42Clone Drone in the Danger Zone39,01893.86%96.13%
- 43Valheim538,63493.83%93.99%
- 44Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition71,20593.82%95.06%
- 45Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun38,34593.74%96.02%
- 46DOOM + DOOM II28,62393.60%96.61%
- 47Risk of Rain 2350,71193.56%93.80%
- 48Super Hexagon25,07193.48%96.88%
- 49Ultimate Custom Night62,50793.43%94.79%
- 50Paint the Town Red32,34993.39%95.98%
- 51Game Dev Tycoon44,99393.33%95.19%
- 52The Binding of Isaac62,65093.32%94.65%
- 53Resident Evil 4 (2005)97,08693.27%94.12%
- 54LIZARDS MUST DIE26,46393.15%96.24%
- 55Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number79,38693.10%94.12%
- 56Barotrauma88,39793.10%94.02%
- 57A Dance of Fire and Ice82,46193.09%94.07%
- 58Iron Snout17,47493.06%97.69%
- 59ELDEN RING1,145,18993.00%93.07%
- 60S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl48,04793.00%94.67%
- 61One Finger Death Punch16,33292.99%97.89%
- 62Plague Inc: Evolved64,95092.98%94.22%
- 63Geometry Dash625,58592.92%93.05%
- 64The Talos Principle32,94292.91%95.31%
- 65Lobotomy Corporation | Monster Management Simulation55,82392.82%94.22%
- 66Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes17,03092.73%97.28%
- 67Library Of Ruina43,94992.71%94.47%
- 68Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense16,87992.69%97.26%
- 69Nine Sols43,91692.64%94.38%
- 70Crypt of the NecroDancer26,42492.62%95.51%
- 71Ori and the Blind Forest59,95792.58%93.85%
- 72Monster Train22,89792.56%95.87%
- 73Five Nights at Freddy's58,80292.52%93.81%
- 74Rain World55,36992.43%93.77%
- 75Dwarf Fortress31,30292.41%94.79%
- 76Peggle Deluxe14,16392.39%97.63%
- 77Touhou Luna Nights14,88092.38%97.35%
- 78MX Bikes36,43292.31%94.32%
- 79Nuclear Throne19,70192.31%96.03%
- 80Super Meat Boy38,86292.27%94.15%
- 81Zup! S16,09792.26%96.79%
- 82Frostpunk136,35692.20%92.73%
- 83ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights45,29192.18%93.77%
- 84Desperados III16,50592.16%96.52%
- 85Alien: Isolation66,20692.07%93.14%
- 86Hitman: Absolution62,99892.06%93.18%
- 87Skul: The Hero Slayer57,42792.03%93.26%
- 88XCOM: Enemy Unknown58,44092.01%93.21%
- 89DARK SOULS: REMASTERED153,36091.99%92.44%
- 90DRAGON BALL Z: KAKAROT58,02691.97%93.18%
- 91Mini Metro16,65091.88%96.03%
- 92F1 202039,94691.88%93.60%
- 93Trombone Champ11,12591.78%97.90%
- 94ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist18,41391.72%95.38%
- 95Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator33,09291.72%93.75%
- 96PAYDAY The Heist40,94191.69%93.33%
- 97Descenders23,53791.61%94.43%
- 98Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game24,97791.58%94.23%
- 99Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night41,41291.58%93.18%
- 100Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove16,85391.58%95.50%
