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.
- 1Hades306,62897.61%98.02%
- 2Balatro195,58197.22%97.85%
- 3Slay the Spire216,62796.94%97.49%
- 4Bloons TD 6391,48396.89%97.19%
- 5Helltaker127,81096.76%97.68%
- 6Hollow Knight553,55696.70%96.91%
- 7The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth433,85596.69%96.96%
- 8Pizza Tower72,21596.67%98.29%
- 9Celeste144,61096.60%97.40%
- 10Resident Evil 2218,63996.52%97.05%
- 11Katana ZERO75,64696.42%97.93%
- 12Dead Cells181,97996.41%97.04%
- 13Hotline Miami126,55795.98%96.85%
- 14Papers, Please79,82595.92%97.29%
- 15Half-Life162,95595.84%96.50%
- 16Counter-Strike: Source192,50395.73%96.29%
- 17Cuphead217,59695.68%96.18%
- 18Outlast137,67595.67%96.44%
- 19Don't Starve113,23295.61%96.55%
- 20Chants of Sennaar33,00695.17%98.25%
- 21DOOM220,04795.05%95.51%
- 22SANABI44,53595.00%97.26%
- 23Blender89,48894.90%96.01%
- 24Don't Starve Together539,86094.76%94.95%
- 25My Summer Car115,85894.15%94.94%
- 26Noita88,02794.13%95.17%
- 27Enter the Gungeon89,48194.12%95.14%
- 28Just Shapes & Beats25,81594.10%97.63%
- 29Return of the Obra Dinn34,76894.07%96.69%
- 30Baba Is You24,37194.03%97.74%
- 31FTL: Faster Than Light78,37993.96%95.11%
- 32Clone Drone in the Danger Zone39,01893.86%96.13%
- 33Valheim538,63493.83%93.99%
- 34Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition71,20593.82%95.06%
- 35Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun38,34593.74%96.02%
- 36DOOM + DOOM II28,62393.60%96.61%
- 37Super Hexagon25,07193.48%96.88%
- 38Ultimate Custom Night62,50793.43%94.79%
- 39Paint the Town Red32,34993.39%95.98%
- 40Game Dev Tycoon44,99393.33%95.19%
- 41The Binding of Isaac62,65093.32%94.65%
- 42Resident Evil 4 (2005)97,08693.27%94.12%
- 43LIZARDS MUST DIE26,46393.15%96.24%
- 44Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number79,38693.10%94.12%
- 45Barotrauma88,39793.10%94.02%
- 46A Dance of Fire and Ice82,46193.09%94.07%
- 47Iron Snout17,47493.06%97.69%
- 48S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl48,04793.00%94.67%
- 49One Finger Death Punch16,33292.99%97.89%
- 50Plague Inc: Evolved64,95092.98%94.22%
- 51Geometry Dash625,58592.92%93.05%
- 52Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes17,03092.73%97.28%
- 53Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense16,87992.69%97.26%
- 54Nine Sols43,91692.64%94.38%
- 55Crypt of the NecroDancer26,42492.62%95.51%
- 56Five Nights at Freddy's58,80292.52%93.81%
- 57Rain World55,36992.43%93.77%
- 58Peggle Deluxe14,16392.39%97.63%
- 59Touhou Luna Nights14,88092.38%97.35%
- 60Nuclear Throne19,70192.31%96.03%
- 61Super Meat Boy38,86292.27%94.15%
- 62Zup! S16,09792.26%96.79%
- 63Frostpunk136,35692.20%92.73%
- 64Hitman: Absolution62,99892.06%93.18%
- 65Skul: The Hero Slayer57,42792.03%93.26%
- 66XCOM: Enemy Unknown58,44092.01%93.21%
- 67DRAGON BALL Z: KAKAROT58,02691.97%93.18%
- 68Mini Metro16,65091.88%96.03%
- 69Trombone Champ11,12591.78%97.90%
- 70Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator33,09291.72%93.75%
- 71PAYDAY The Heist40,94191.69%93.33%
- 72Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game24,97791.58%94.23%
- 73Post Void12,33291.53%96.84%
- 74Antichamber17,71991.47%95.13%
- 75Source Filmmaker43,64191.45%92.93%
- 76Rabbit and Steel11,41591.41%97.04%
- 77Five Nights at Freddy's 225,93591.26%93.68%
- 7860 Seconds! Reatomized19,34791.24%94.47%
- 79LIMBO61,61791.22%92.23%
- 80Hacknet25,99991.16%93.54%
- 81Superflight11,56691.09%96.38%
- 82Kindergarten10,49791.04%96.81%
- 83Risk of Rain (2013)29,82291.02%93.05%
- 84Kingdom Rush Frontiers - Tower Defense10,60191.02%96.72%
- 85Muse Dash121,60491.02%91.51%
- 86SCP: Secret Laboratory232,39590.83%91.08%
- 87Tiny Rogues10,66890.76%96.18%
- 88VVVVVV10,51090.73%96.19%
- 89Aimlabs136,30590.70%91.12%
- 90Resident Evil35,77090.70%92.30%
- 91Cat Goes Fishing16,35690.69%94.18%
- 92Gothic II: Gold Edition17,72590.65%93.85%
- 93Rabi-Ribi12,24890.65%95.28%
- 94Hook8,91690.63%96.96%
- 95Hitman: Blood Money15,92690.57%94.07%
- 96Clustertruck18,40390.55%93.57%
- 97Metro: Last Light Redux80,53090.54%91.24%
- 985D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel8,92790.45%96.58%
- 99Spelunky 221,83590.33%92.79%
- 100Downwell8,58990.33%96.57%
