Hidden Gem Difficult Games Under $20
Highly rated Difficult games on Steam for games under $20, capped at 25,000 reviews. The 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 You24,57894.15%97.71%
- 2One Finger Death Punch16,34293.11%97.87%
- 3Iron Snout17,48492.99%97.69%
- 4Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense17,19392.90%97.25%
- 5Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes17,13392.87%97.27%
- 6Peggle Deluxe14,48492.66%97.66%
- 7Touhou Luna Nights14,94292.54%97.31%
- 8Nuclear Throne19,80292.45%96.02%
- 9Zup! S16,19792.42%96.80%
- 10Trombone Champ11,24692.03%97.91%
- 11Mini Metro16,75992.02%96.00%
- 12Rabbit and Steel11,58491.67%96.98%
- 13Antichamber17,76891.64%95.14%
- 14Post Void12,38991.42%96.78%
- 1560 Seconds! Reatomized19,59791.37%94.44%
- 16Kingdom Rush Frontiers - Tower Defense10,81291.27%96.68%
- 17Superflight11,58691.26%96.37%
- 18FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S: HELP WANTED13,12490.98%95.70%
- 19Kindergarten10,63590.96%96.77%
- 20Tiny Rogues10,75790.94%96.09%
- 21VVVVVV10,54790.93%96.16%
- 22Rabi-Ribi12,27090.85%95.28%
- 23Cat Goes Fishing16,53890.83%94.16%
- 24Hook8,92590.82%96.96%
- 25Clustertruck18,51790.71%93.58%
- 26Gothic II: Gold Edition17,90990.60%93.85%
- 27Downwell8,62090.57%96.55%
- 28Hitman: Blood Money16,10590.50%94.06%
- 29Bloons TD 511,97090.46%94.68%
- 30Opus Magnum7,22490.43%97.25%
- 31Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander12,87690.38%94.30%
- 325D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel8,97990.37%96.59%
- 339 Kings23,19890.36%92.49%
- 34Hyper Light Drifter19,16590.35%92.93%
- 35Dungeon Munchies7,22590.35%97.18%
- 36Spelunky 221,94690.30%92.81%
- 37Trepang219,45790.30%92.78%
- 38EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair10,54290.29%94.98%
- 39DR LIVESEY ROM AND DEATH EDITION13,80290.24%94.20%
- 40Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead22,24890.22%92.42%
- 41GUILTY GEAR XX ACCENT CORE PLUS R7,71890.16%96.24%
- 42Insaniquarium Deluxe6,84090.00%96.81%
- 43Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy22,23189.99%92.01%
- 44LYNE8,24789.96%95.56%
- 45Kingdom Rush Origins - Tower Defense8,04989.96%95.60%
- 46Devil Daggers9,48989.92%95.34%
- 47SYNTHETIK: Legion Rising13,09689.92%93.85%
- 48Five Nights at Freddy's 416,96989.91%92.93%
- 49Door Kickers10,05789.81%94.18%
- 50Gothic 118,32389.80%92.54%
- 51Kingdom Rush Vengeance - Tower Defense10,89389.72%93.68%
- 52CrossCode18,43289.70%92.38%
- 53Nothing9,93689.70%94.09%
- 54Bean Battles10,12989.69%93.82%
- 55Octodad: Dadliest Catch10,72089.62%94.13%
- 56Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight11,92589.61%93.13%
- 57Crazy Machines 310,09889.58%94.35%
- 58Bit Blaster XL6,15389.57%96.33%
- 59The Messenger13,24589.52%92.62%
- 60Touhou Tenkuushou ~ Hidden Star in Four Seasons.4,54689.48%98.44%
- 61Timberman11,15889.46%93.15%
- 62Shogun Showdown7,04489.45%95.19%
- 63Spelunky16,66889.38%92.15%
- 64Melatonin8,18989.38%94.31%
- 65Quaver17,07689.28%91.59%
- 66Tales of Maj'Eyal7,44489.27%94.47%
- 67Dungreed9,59789.27%93.30%
- 68Elin9,18689.22%93.36%
- 69Death Road to Canada10,52189.21%92.73%
- 70Turing Complete5,70689.19%95.93%
- 71The Swapper7,58189.16%94.10%
- 72Turbo Overkill7,51889.09%93.89%
- 73Dead Estate6,65489.08%94.59%
- 74Voidigo4,92089.08%96.52%
- 75Motorsport Manager14,22089.06%91.68%
- 76SUPER CHICKEN JUMPER5,36789.06%95.99%
- 77Long Live The Queen7,16988.98%94.84%
- 78Braid9,95488.97%93.18%
- 79Wizard of Legend21,05988.87%90.52%
- 80One Finger Death Punch 24,50088.83%96.29%
- 81POSTAL14,46688.81%91.60%
- 82Kao the Kangaroo: Round 2 (2003 re-release)7,96688.80%93.16%
- 83Poly Bridge18,92288.80%90.93%
- 84TrackMania Nations Forever24,39988.79%90.20%
- 85UBERMOSH9,09388.78%92.49%
- 86Wuppo: Definitive Edition5,97688.77%94.39%
- 87Cave Story+8,32588.76%92.78%
- 88Monster Sanctuary12,67588.65%91.21%
- 89Legend of Grimrock6,74188.63%93.41%
- 90The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth8,25288.62%93.29%
- 91Cook, Serve, Delicious!5,71788.60%94.30%
- 92Barony18,02488.54%90.63%
- 93Out There Somewhere6,92288.51%92.98%
- 94Quake III Arena4,10488.48%95.83%
- 95One Step From Eden7,66288.46%93.28%
- 96Gato Roboto5,25388.45%94.23%
- 97Race The Sun6,35488.44%93.33%
- 98The Escapists16,20588.38%90.22%
- 99Dungeons of Dredmor5,43888.37%93.82%
- 100Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition7,10388.32%92.43%
