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.
- 1Balatro198,51797.24%97.84%
- 2Slay the Spire218,43796.93%97.46%
- 3Bloons TD 6395,07596.89%97.18%
- 4Helltaker128,15296.78%97.68%
- 5Hollow Knight561,27596.71%96.92%
- 6Pizza Tower72,69696.71%98.27%
- 7Celeste147,28196.64%97.40%
- 8The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth455,42596.60%96.85%
- 9Resident Evil 2222,80296.54%97.04%
- 10Katana ZERO76,14096.45%97.91%
- 11Dead Cells183,44496.42%97.03%
- 12Hotline Miami128,19895.99%96.82%
- 13Papers, Please80,51195.97%97.30%
- 14Half-Life164,12095.85%96.50%
- 15Counter-Strike: Source193,24295.75%96.29%
- 16Outlast138,81795.70%96.44%
- 17Cuphead221,25395.69%96.16%
- 18Don't Starve113,47495.63%96.54%
- 19Chants of Sennaar34,43695.21%98.25%
- 20DOOM221,64195.08%95.52%
- 21SANABI45,09495.08%97.24%
- 22Blender91,52494.93%95.98%
- 23Don't Starve Together543,04294.74%94.91%
- 24Beat Saber76,29094.32%95.49%
- 25Just Shapes & Beats26,10194.23%97.61%
- 26My Summer Car117,54694.17%94.92%
- 27Baba Is You24,57894.15%97.71%
- 28Noita88,79494.14%95.13%
- 29Enter the Gungeon89,84794.12%95.10%
- 30Return of the Obra Dinn35,17794.05%96.69%
- 31FTL: Faster Than Light78,75293.99%95.09%
- 32Clone Drone in the Danger Zone39,53293.95%96.13%
- 33Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition71,51693.86%95.05%
- 34Super Hexagon25,11693.60%96.87%
- 35DOOM + DOOM II29,05593.60%96.63%
- 36Paint the Town Red32,52593.53%95.99%
- 37Ultimate Custom Night62,82893.47%94.77%
- 38Game Dev Tycoon45,11293.40%95.19%
- 39Resident Evil 4 (2005)98,26493.37%94.18%
- 40The Binding of Isaac62,88193.34%94.62%
- 41LIZARDS MUST DIE26,44293.28%96.21%
- 42A Dance of Fire and Ice83,69593.17%94.10%
- 43Barotrauma89,75293.14%94.01%
- 44Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number80,23093.14%94.11%
- 45One Finger Death Punch16,34293.11%97.87%
- 46S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl48,14093.07%94.67%
- 47Plague Inc: Evolved65,84393.04%94.21%
- 48Iron Snout17,48492.99%97.69%
- 49Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense17,19392.90%97.25%
- 50Geometry Dash642,11892.88%93.00%
- 51Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes17,13392.87%97.27%
- 52Peggle Deluxe14,48492.66%97.66%
- 53Five Nights at Freddy's59,32792.60%93.82%
- 54Crypt of the NecroDancer26,49592.55%95.48%
- 55Touhou Luna Nights14,94292.54%97.31%
- 56Rain World57,23692.46%93.70%
- 57Nuclear Throne19,80292.45%96.02%
- 58Zup! S16,19792.42%96.80%
- 59Super Meat Boy39,16792.35%94.14%
- 60Frostpunk137,36692.24%92.74%
- 61Hitman: Absolution63,62192.12%93.19%
- 62Skul: The Hero Slayer57,59392.09%93.26%
- 63XCOM: Enemy Unknown58,68092.06%93.20%
- 64Trombone Champ11,24692.03%97.91%
- 65Mini Metro16,75992.02%96.00%
- 66DRAGON BALL Z: KAKAROT58,33492.01%93.16%
- 67Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator33,31291.81%93.75%
- 68PAYDAY The Heist40,99491.76%93.33%
- 69Rabbit and Steel11,58491.67%96.98%
- 70Antichamber17,76891.64%95.14%
- 71Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night41,70091.58%93.08%
- 72Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game25,21191.56%94.25%
- 73Source Filmmaker44,00191.52%92.93%
- 74Assetto Corsa Competizione48,25191.42%92.68%
- 75Post Void12,38991.42%96.78%
- 76Five Nights at Freddy's 226,19391.38%93.69%
- 7760 Seconds! Reatomized19,59791.37%94.44%
- 78Kingdom Rush Frontiers - Tower Defense10,81291.27%96.68%
- 79Superflight11,58691.26%96.37%
- 80LIMBO62,09991.25%92.20%
- 81Risk of Rain (2013)29,83491.12%93.05%
- 82Hacknet26,12891.10%93.52%
- 83Muse Dash122,21291.03%91.50%
- 84FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S: HELP WANTED13,12490.98%95.70%
- 85Kindergarten10,63590.96%96.77%
- 86Tiny Rogues10,75790.94%96.09%
- 87VVVVVV10,54790.93%96.16%
- 88Rabi-Ribi12,27090.85%95.28%
- 89Cat Goes Fishing16,53890.83%94.16%
- 90Hook8,92590.82%96.96%
- 91SCP: Secret Laboratory234,49590.81%91.04%
- 92Clustertruck18,51790.71%93.58%
- 93Resident Evil36,39490.70%92.32%
- 94Metro: Last Light Redux81,88890.65%91.30%
- 95Gothic II: Gold Edition17,90990.60%93.85%
- 96Downwell8,62090.57%96.55%
- 97Hitman: Blood Money16,10590.50%94.06%
- 98Aimlabs137,76090.47%90.85%
- 99Bloons TD 511,97090.46%94.68%
- 100Ghostrunner66,78990.44%91.21%
