Hidden Gem Difficult Games
Highly rated Difficult games that never got big: under $20, fewer than 25,000 reviews. The review cap filters out everything you've already heard of.
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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.
- 1Baba Is You24,37194.03%97.74%
- 2Iron Snout17,47493.06%97.69%
- 3One Finger Death Punch16,33292.99%97.89%
- 4Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes17,03092.73%97.28%
- 5Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense16,87992.69%97.26%
- 6Peggle Deluxe14,16392.39%97.63%
- 7Touhou Luna Nights14,88092.38%97.35%
- 8Nuclear Throne19,70192.31%96.03%
- 9Zup! S16,09792.26%96.79%
- 10Mini Metro16,65091.88%96.03%
- 11Trombone Champ11,12591.78%97.90%
- 12Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game24,97791.58%94.23%
- 13Post Void12,33291.53%96.84%
- 14Antichamber17,71991.47%95.13%
- 15Rabbit and Steel11,41591.41%97.04%
- 1660 Seconds! Reatomized19,34791.24%94.47%
- 17Superflight11,56691.09%96.38%
- 18Kindergarten10,49791.04%96.81%
- 19Kingdom Rush Frontiers - Tower Defense10,60191.02%96.72%
- 20Tiny Rogues10,66890.76%96.18%
- 21VVVVVV10,51090.73%96.19%
- 22Cat Goes Fishing16,35690.69%94.18%
- 23Gothic II: Gold Edition17,72590.65%93.85%
- 24Rabi-Ribi12,24890.65%95.28%
- 25Hook8,91690.63%96.96%
- 26Hitman: Blood Money15,92690.57%94.07%
- 27Clustertruck18,40390.55%93.57%
- 285D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel8,92790.45%96.58%
- 29Spelunky 221,83590.33%92.79%
- 30Downwell8,58990.33%96.57%
- 31DR LIVESEY ROM AND DEATH EDITION13,76590.33%94.21%
- 32Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander12,75490.26%94.39%
- 33Bloons TD 511,91890.25%94.66%
- 34Hyper Light Drifter18,99490.23%92.99%
- 359 Kings22,60390.19%92.49%
- 36Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead22,23790.12%92.43%
- 37EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair10,48990.10%94.99%
- 38Dungeon Munchies7,19690.08%97.18%
- 39SYNTHETIK: Legion Rising13,08090.03%93.90%
- 40Devil Daggers9,41190.00%95.34%
- 41Five Nights at Freddy's 416,76589.95%92.92%
- 42GUILTY GEAR XX ACCENT CORE PLUS R7,67889.85%96.20%
- 43Gothic 118,20289.84%92.51%
- 44CrossCode18,30989.83%92.48%
- 45LYNE8,24189.76%95.57%
- 46Insaniquarium Deluxe6,76589.76%96.84%
- 47Crazy Machines 310,08089.69%94.36%
- 48Kingdom Rush Origins - Tower Defense7,92789.69%95.62%
- 49Octodad: Dadliest Catch10,67089.68%94.09%
- 50Kingdom Rush Vengeance - Tower Defense10,76889.64%93.96%
- 51Door Kickers10,04989.61%94.21%
- 52Amnesia: The Bunker12,17689.57%93.35%
- 53Nothing9,87889.53%94.14%
- 54Spelunky16,62689.45%92.13%
- 55Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight11,84789.42%93.17%
- 56Bean Battles10,12089.42%93.80%
- 57The Messenger13,10189.36%92.71%
- 58Bit Blaster XL6,15289.33%96.39%
- 59Timberman11,17889.26%93.09%
- 60Quaver16,88789.19%91.69%
- 61Touhou Tenkuushou ~ Hidden Star in Four Seasons.4,53489.19%98.48%
- 62Melatonin8,14489.17%94.31%
- 63Shogun Showdown6,90289.15%95.19%
- 64Long Live The Queen7,14789.09%94.84%
- 65Braid9,94889.06%93.15%
- 66Tales of Maj'Eyal7,39489.05%94.56%
- 67Dungreed9,55889.05%93.30%
- 68Elin9,02688.99%93.43%
- 69Death Road to Canada10,40688.93%92.73%
- 70Poly Bridge18,62088.92%91.04%
- 71Motorsport Manager14,16988.92%91.71%
- 72The Swapper7,56588.91%94.10%
- 73SUPER CHICKEN JUMPER5,35788.85%96.06%
- 74POSTAL14,20988.83%91.53%
- 75Turbo Overkill7,41388.82%94.01%
- 76Dead Estate6,62488.82%94.63%
- 77Voidigo4,87288.76%96.53%
- 78Wizard of Legend21,02288.75%90.54%
- 79The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth8,22188.73%93.30%
- 80TrackMania Nations Forever24,30188.68%90.20%
- 81Barony17,32788.66%90.78%
- 82Kao the Kangaroo: Round 2 (2003 re-release)7,95588.63%93.22%
- 83StarVaders4,25088.60%97.13%
- 84One Step From Eden7,63788.58%93.30%
- 85Cave Story+8,25388.57%92.91%
- 86Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden20,50688.51%90.23%
- 87One Finger Death Punch 24,49188.49%96.30%
- 88Wuppo: Definitive Edition5,95888.49%94.38%
- 89Monster Sanctuary12,58388.46%91.23%
- 90Ultra Street Fighter IV16,91588.46%90.51%
- 91Cook, Serve, Delicious!5,70888.39%94.36%
- 92Legend of Grimrock6,69588.39%93.47%
- 93UBERMOSH8,62288.35%92.26%
- 94Out There Somewhere6,91988.25%92.98%
- 95Race The Sun6,35088.24%93.37%
- 96The Escapists16,19188.21%90.20%
- 97Wall World12,49588.17%90.73%
- 98Gato Roboto5,20688.16%94.28%
- 99Quake III Arena4,07088.12%95.82%
- 100Dungeons of Dredmor5,42688.09%93.83%
