Best Rated Difficult Games Under $5
The best rated Difficult games on Steam for games under $5. 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.
- 1Helltaker128,21296.77%97.67%
- 2Celeste147,70396.63%97.40%
- 3Hotline Miami128,36895.98%96.82%
- 4Blender91,87594.92%95.98%
- 5Enter the Gungeon89,88794.10%95.10%
- 6Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun38,47493.79%96.03%
- 7Super Hexagon25,13393.54%96.87%
- 8Ultimate Custom Night62,85093.45%94.77%
- 9Game Dev Tycoon45,12993.37%95.18%
- 10Resident Evil 4 (2005)98,50493.36%94.19%
- 11The Binding of Isaac62,90593.32%94.61%
- 12Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number80,36293.12%94.11%
- 13LIZARDS MUST DIE26,43893.10%96.19%
- 14Iron Snout17,48393.05%97.69%
- 15One Finger Death Punch16,34393.05%97.87%
- 16Geometry Dash656,09192.86%92.94%
- 17Peggle Deluxe14,55292.71%97.66%
- 18Five Nights at Freddy's59,37492.57%93.82%
- 19Super Meat Boy39,20192.32%94.14%
- 20Zup! S16,20892.03%96.83%
- 21Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator33,34491.77%93.75%
- 22PAYDAY The Heist41,01091.73%93.33%
- 23Post Void12,40591.60%96.77%
- 24Source Filmmaker44,06891.50%92.93%
- 25Darkest Dungeon163,39791.43%91.64%
- 26Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game25,23891.42%94.25%
- 27Hacknet26,14791.22%93.53%
- 28Superflight11,58691.19%96.37%
- 29Risk of Rain (2013)29,82991.08%93.05%
- 30Muse Dash122,25391.02%91.49%
- 31SCP: Secret Laboratory235,48190.89%91.01%
- 32VVVVVV10,55790.82%96.16%
- 33Kindergarten10,64490.72%96.78%
- 34Resident Evil36,50290.71%92.31%
- 35Downwell8,63390.44%96.54%
- 36Aimlabs137,97990.44%90.82%
- 37DR LIVESEY ROM AND DEATH EDITION13,80590.42%94.22%
- 38Insaniquarium Deluxe6,85290.26%96.80%
- 39Hook8,92390.25%96.96%
- 40Bit Blaster XL6,15489.80%96.33%
- 41Amnesia: The Bunker12,63289.70%93.28%
- 42The Messenger13,27389.68%92.62%
- 43Nothing9,95989.62%94.08%
- 44Bean Battles10,13289.53%93.83%
- 45LYNE8,24789.37%95.56%
- 46PICO PARK29,96789.36%90.75%
- 47Crazy Machines 310,10389.33%94.35%
- 48Bloons TD Battles29,31889.27%90.67%
- 49Quaver17,10589.24%91.60%
- 50Timberman11,16189.23%93.15%
- 51Long Live The Queen7,16889.21%94.84%
- 52SUPER CHICKEN JUMPER5,37088.96%96.00%
- 53UBERMOSH9,09688.96%92.46%
- 54Dead Estate6,65888.94%94.59%
- 55Voidigo4,92988.92%96.51%
- 56TrackMania Nations Forever24,41388.75%90.21%
- 57Out There Somewhere6,92488.72%92.98%
- 58Kao the Kangaroo: Round 2 (2003 re-release)7,96288.72%93.15%
- 59Gato Roboto5,26188.69%94.24%
- 60POSTAL14,49088.61%91.60%
- 61Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition7,11088.39%92.45%
- 62The Escapists16,20388.29%90.21%
- 63You Have to Win the Game5,72788.24%93.00%
- 64GemCraft - Chasing Shadows4,41388.16%94.90%
- 65RED HOT VENGEANCE3,60088.07%96.08%
- 66HYPER DEMON3,37087.89%94.15%
- 67Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen49,14987.87%88.42%
- 68Wolfenstein 3D4,37887.69%93.42%
- 69FlatOut6,69387.55%91.08%
- 70Axiom Verge6,63287.51%90.12%
- 71Vecter2,91587.43%95.13%
- 72Dark Deception24,34487.40%88.32%
- 73Super Amazing Wagon Adventure1,92687.34%95.43%
- 74Savant - Ascent2,78587.16%92.14%
- 75Toribash16,83287.15%88.32%
- 76Guacamelee! 23,38987.12%91.09%
- 77Mountain16,29287.02%88.15%
- 78Nyan Cat: Lost In Space2,04886.98%92.87%
- 79Vault of the Void3,01186.81%92.23%
- 80Wild Animal Racing2,70786.79%92.72%
- 81Akane2,90986.78%95.43%
- 82Going Under4,17286.64%90.12%
- 83Lonely Mountains: Downhill3,09586.46%90.60%
- 84Boomerang X1,38286.40%95.22%
- 85Mafia16,35086.28%87.52%
- 86Injustice 224,55686.01%86.26%
- 87Music Racer3,62685.91%87.92%
- 88Changed18,58685.80%86.30%
- 89Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved1,11585.80%91.30%
- 90Counter-Strike: Global Offensive9,936,48285.79%85.78%
- 91Loading Screen Simulator8,59785.76%86.70%
- 92Rock 'N' Roll Defense3,96985.72%87.07%
- 93Bleed1,91285.64%92.83%
- 94I Am Sakuya: Touhou FPS Game74785.62%91.43%
- 95GWENT: The Witcher Card Game27,77185.57%85.71%
- 96Grim Nights1,55285.56%88.02%
- 97Swarm Queen41285.48%92.72%
- 98ScourgeBringer3,28285.48%86.38%
- 99Neon Boost2,46785.48%90.39%
- 100Reigns8,13385.42%86.84%
