Best Rated Difficult Games Under $40
The best rated Difficult games on Steam for games under $40. 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.
- 1Hades308,49397.61%98.01%
- 2Balatro198,51797.24%97.84%
- 3Slay the Spire218,43796.93%97.46%
- 4Bloons TD 6395,07596.89%97.18%
- 5ULTRAKILL243,53296.88%97.36%
- 6Helltaker128,15296.78%97.68%
- 7Hollow Knight561,27596.71%96.92%
- 8Pizza Tower72,69696.71%98.27%
- 9Celeste147,28196.64%97.40%
- 10The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth455,42596.60%96.85%
- 11Resident Evil 2222,80296.54%97.04%
- 12Katana ZERO76,14096.45%97.91%
- 13Dead Cells183,44496.42%97.03%
- 14Hotline Miami128,19895.99%96.82%
- 15Oxygen Not Included143,82595.98%96.72%
- 16Papers, Please80,51195.97%97.30%
- 17Half-Life164,12095.85%96.50%
- 18Ori and the Will of the Wisps146,26495.78%96.50%
- 19Counter-Strike: Source193,24295.75%96.29%
- 20Outlast138,81795.70%96.44%
- 21Cuphead221,25395.69%96.16%
- 22Don't Starve113,47495.63%96.54%
- 23Devil May Cry 5170,69495.44%96.03%
- 24Chants of Sennaar34,43695.21%98.25%
- 25DOOM221,64195.08%95.52%
- 26SANABI45,09495.08%97.24%
- 27METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE88,99194.96%96.04%
- 28Kerbal Space Program146,88694.94%95.60%
- 29Blender91,52494.93%95.98%
- 30Don't Starve Together543,04294.74%94.91%
- 31Beat Saber76,29094.32%95.49%
- 32Just Shapes & Beats26,10194.23%97.61%
- 33My Summer Car117,54694.17%94.92%
- 34Baba Is You24,57894.15%97.71%
- 35Noita88,79494.14%95.13%
- 36Enter the Gungeon89,84794.12%95.10%
- 37Return of the Obra Dinn35,17794.05%96.69%
- 38FTL: Faster Than Light78,75293.99%95.09%
- 39Clone Drone in the Danger Zone39,53293.95%96.13%
- 40Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition71,51693.86%95.05%
- 41Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun38,45793.82%96.03%
- 42Valheim548,36993.74%93.89%
- 43Super Hexagon25,11693.60%96.87%
- 44DOOM + DOOM II29,05593.60%96.63%
- 45Risk of Rain 2352,76093.59%93.83%
- 46Paint the Town Red32,52593.53%95.99%
- 47Ultimate Custom Night62,82893.47%94.77%
- 48Game Dev Tycoon45,11293.40%95.19%
- 49Resident Evil 4 (2005)98,26493.37%94.18%
- 50The Binding of Isaac62,88193.34%94.62%
- 51LIZARDS MUST DIE26,44293.28%96.21%
- 52A Dance of Fire and Ice83,69593.17%94.10%
- 53Barotrauma89,75293.14%94.01%
- 54Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number80,23093.14%94.11%
- 55One Finger Death Punch16,34293.11%97.87%
- 56S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl48,14093.07%94.67%
- 57Plague Inc: Evolved65,84393.04%94.21%
- 58Iron Snout17,48492.99%97.69%
- 59The Talos Principle33,04492.98%95.29%
- 60Lobotomy Corporation | Monster Management Simulation57,07292.91%94.23%
- 61Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense17,19392.90%97.25%
- 62Geometry Dash642,11892.88%93.00%
- 63Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes17,13392.87%97.27%
- 64Library Of Ruina45,07492.81%94.47%
- 65Nine Sols45,51492.80%94.43%
- 66Peggle Deluxe14,48492.66%97.66%
- 67Monster Train22,94592.66%95.85%
- 68Five Nights at Freddy's59,32792.60%93.82%
- 69Crypt of the NecroDancer26,49592.55%95.48%
- 70Touhou Luna Nights14,94292.54%97.31%
- 71Dwarf Fortress31,50392.48%94.75%
- 72Rain World57,23692.46%93.70%
- 73Nuclear Throne19,80292.45%96.02%
- 74Zup! S16,19792.42%96.80%
- 75MX Bikes37,23392.39%94.28%
- 76Super Meat Boy39,16792.35%94.14%
- 77Desperados III16,61392.35%96.52%
- 78ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights45,84592.25%93.76%
- 79Frostpunk137,36692.24%92.74%
- 80Hitman: Absolution63,62192.12%93.19%
- 81Alien: Isolation66,87992.11%93.12%
- 82Skul: The Hero Slayer57,59392.09%93.26%
- 83XCOM: Enemy Unknown58,68092.06%93.20%
- 84DARK SOULS: REMASTERED155,19692.03%92.46%
- 85Trombone Champ11,24692.03%97.91%
- 86Mini Metro16,75992.02%96.00%
- 87DRAGON BALL Z: KAKAROT58,33492.01%93.16%
- 88ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist18,77691.90%95.36%
- 89Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator33,31291.81%93.75%
- 90Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove16,90891.80%95.52%
- 91PAYDAY The Heist40,99491.76%93.33%
- 92Descenders24,01691.76%94.43%
- 93Rabbit and Steel11,58491.67%96.98%
- 94Antichamber17,76891.64%95.14%
- 95Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night41,70091.58%93.08%
- 96Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game25,21191.56%94.25%
- 97Source Filmmaker44,00191.52%92.93%
- 98Assetto Corsa Competizione48,25191.42%92.68%
- 99Post Void12,38991.42%96.78%
- 100Five Nights at Freddy's 226,19391.38%93.69%
