Best Rated Difficult Games Under $20
The best rated Difficult games on Steam for games under $20. Scores are weighted by review volume, so small-sample flukes stay off the 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.
- 1Balatro200,29697.37%97.83%
- 2Slay the Spire219,62197.04%97.45%
- 3Bloons TD 6397,62696.96%97.18%
- 4Helltaker128,21296.77%97.67%
- 5Hollow Knight566,03796.76%96.91%
- 6Pizza Tower72,74796.70%98.28%
- 7Resident Evil 2226,86796.65%97.03%
- 8Celeste147,70396.63%97.40%
- 9The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth464,23596.61%96.79%
- 10Dead Cells184,47896.55%97.01%
- 11Katana ZERO76,16896.43%97.91%
- 12Half-Life165,14596.01%96.49%
- 13Hotline Miami128,36895.98%96.82%
- 14Papers, Please80,59695.96%97.30%
- 15Counter-Strike: Source193,94895.89%96.30%
- 16Cuphead223,26895.79%96.14%
- 17Outlast138,98295.68%96.44%
- 18Don't Starve113,49895.62%96.54%
- 19Chants of Sennaar34,89795.33%98.24%
- 20DOOM222,36195.20%95.52%
- 21SANABI45,21395.04%97.22%
- 22Blender91,87594.92%95.98%
- 23Don't Starve Together544,83894.77%94.89%
- 24Just Shapes & Beats26,13194.34%97.62%
- 25Beat Saber76,32394.29%95.49%
- 26Baba Is You24,62394.26%97.70%
- 27My Summer Car117,79094.16%94.92%
- 28Return of the Obra Dinn35,25194.15%96.69%
- 29Noita88,93194.12%95.12%
- 30Enter the Gungeon89,88794.10%95.10%
- 31FTL: Faster Than Light78,81693.97%95.08%
- 32Clone Drone in the Danger Zone39,59893.93%96.13%
- 33Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition71,55593.84%95.06%
- 34Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun38,47493.79%96.03%
- 35DOOM + DOOM II29,14393.71%96.64%
- 36Risk of Rain 2355,81293.69%93.85%
- 37Super Hexagon25,13393.54%96.87%
- 38Ultimate Custom Night62,85093.45%94.77%
- 39Paint the Town Red32,61193.43%95.96%
- 40Game Dev Tycoon45,12993.37%95.18%
- 41Resident Evil 4 (2005)98,50493.36%94.19%
- 42The Binding of Isaac62,90593.32%94.61%
- 43A Dance of Fire and Ice83,84893.15%94.10%
- 44Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number80,36293.12%94.11%
- 45LIZARDS MUST DIE26,43893.10%96.19%
- 46Iron Snout17,48393.05%97.69%
- 47One Finger Death Punch16,34393.05%97.87%
- 48S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl48,15293.04%94.68%
- 49Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense17,23093.04%97.25%
- 50Plague Inc: Evolved65,93693.02%94.20%
- 51Geometry Dash656,09192.86%92.94%
- 52Peggle Deluxe14,55292.71%97.66%
- 53Crypt of the NecroDancer26,51992.66%95.48%
- 54Five Nights at Freddy's59,37492.57%93.82%
- 55Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes17,14292.48%97.27%
- 56Touhou Luna Nights14,98692.45%97.30%
- 57Rain World57,48792.44%93.70%
- 58Nuclear Throne19,81392.38%96.01%
- 59Super Meat Boy39,20192.32%94.14%
- 60Hitman: Absolution63,76892.11%93.20%
- 61Trombone Champ11,25392.08%97.91%
- 62Skul: The Hero Slayer57,64092.07%93.26%
- 63Zup! S16,20892.03%96.83%
- 64XCOM: Enemy Unknown58,72292.03%93.20%
- 65DRAGON BALL Z: KAKAROT58,39491.99%93.16%
- 66Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator33,34491.77%93.75%
- 67PAYDAY The Heist41,01091.73%93.33%
- 68Mini Metro16,76791.62%96.00%
- 69Post Void12,40591.60%96.77%
- 70Antichamber17,77991.56%95.15%
- 71Rabbit and Steel11,62791.52%96.97%
- 72Source Filmmaker44,06891.50%92.93%
- 73Kingdom Rush Frontiers - Tower Defense10,83491.44%96.68%
- 74Darkest Dungeon163,39791.43%91.64%
- 75Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game25,23891.42%94.25%
- 7660 Seconds! Reatomized19,63791.32%94.44%
- 77LIMBO62,13091.22%92.20%
- 78Hacknet26,14791.22%93.53%
- 79Superflight11,58691.19%96.37%
- 80Five Nights at Freddy's 226,21791.09%93.69%
- 81Risk of Rain (2013)29,82991.08%93.05%
- 82Muse Dash122,25391.02%91.49%
- 83SCP: Secret Laboratory235,48190.89%91.01%
- 84Tiny Rogues10,77590.83%96.06%
- 85VVVVVV10,55790.82%96.16%
- 86Cat Goes Fishing16,55090.78%94.16%
- 87Rabi-Ribi12,27490.74%95.27%
- 88Kindergarten10,64490.72%96.78%
- 89Resident Evil36,50290.71%92.31%
- 90Hitman: Blood Money16,15490.65%94.04%
- 91Metro: Last Light Redux82,00790.64%91.31%
- 92Bloons TD 511,97790.63%94.68%
- 93Clustertruck18,55390.62%93.55%
- 945D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel8,98590.58%96.59%
- 95Downwell8,63390.44%96.54%
- 96Aimlabs137,97990.44%90.82%
- 97Spelunky 221,98590.42%92.81%
- 98DR LIVESEY ROM AND DEATH EDITION13,80590.42%94.22%
- 99Gothic II: Gold Edition17,93990.41%93.84%
- 100Dungeon Munchies7,22590.40%97.18%
