Hidden Gem Difficult Games Under $5
Highly rated Difficult games on Steam for games under $5, 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.
- 1Iron Snout17,47493.06%97.69%
- 2One Finger Death Punch16,33292.99%97.89%
- 3Peggle Deluxe14,16392.39%97.63%
- 4Zup! S16,09792.26%96.79%
- 5Post Void12,33291.53%96.84%
- 660 Seconds! Reatomized19,34791.24%94.47%
- 7Superflight11,56691.09%96.38%
- 8Kindergarten10,49791.04%96.81%
- 9VVVVVV10,51090.73%96.19%
- 10Hook8,91690.63%96.96%
- 11Downwell8,58990.33%96.57%
- 12DR LIVESEY ROM AND DEATH EDITION13,76590.33%94.21%
- 13Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead22,23790.12%92.43%
- 14LYNE8,24189.76%95.57%
- 15Insaniquarium Deluxe6,76589.76%96.84%
- 16Crazy Machines 310,08089.69%94.36%
- 17Amnesia: The Bunker12,17689.57%93.35%
- 18Nothing9,87889.53%94.14%
- 19Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight11,84789.42%93.17%
- 20Bean Battles10,12089.42%93.80%
- 21Bit Blaster XL6,15289.33%96.39%
- 22Timberman11,17889.26%93.09%
- 23Quaver16,88789.19%91.69%
- 24Death Road to Canada10,40688.93%92.73%
- 25SUPER CHICKEN JUMPER5,35788.85%96.06%
- 26POSTAL14,20988.83%91.53%
- 27Voidigo4,87288.76%96.53%
- 28TrackMania Nations Forever24,30188.68%90.20%
- 29Kao the Kangaroo: Round 2 (2003 re-release)7,95588.63%93.22%
- 30Ultra Street Fighter IV16,91588.46%90.51%
- 31UBERMOSH8,62288.35%92.26%
- 32Out There Somewhere6,91988.25%92.98%
- 33Wall World12,49588.17%90.73%
- 34Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition7,07188.04%92.38%
- 35GemCraft - Chasing Shadows4,38788.00%94.89%
- 36RED HOT VENGEANCE3,58587.91%96.07%
- 37You Have to Win the Game5,72787.88%92.95%
- 38Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon4,50587.87%94.27%
- 39Laika: Aged Through Blood6,56887.59%91.57%
- 40Wolfenstein 3D4,30787.49%93.31%
- 41Dark Deception23,99387.44%88.47%
- 42FlatOut6,59087.44%91.18%
- 43Akane2,88287.32%95.45%
- 44Vecter2,91487.28%95.16%
- 45Toribash16,82087.10%88.37%
- 46Axiom Verge6,56287.04%90.19%
- 47Mountain16,28586.95%88.16%
- 48Super Amazing Wagon Adventure1,92886.65%95.33%
- 49Wild Animal Racing2,70686.63%92.72%
- 50Savant - Ascent2,79186.54%92.15%
- 51Guacamelee! 23,34886.54%91.19%
- 52Nyan Cat: Lost In Space2,02886.31%92.90%
- 53Lonely Mountains: Downhill3,05886.28%90.52%
- 54Bleed1,91386.24%92.84%
- 55Lost Castle / 失落城堡23,91086.06%86.51%
- 56Neon Boost2,46786.05%90.39%
- 57Predynastic Egypt1,92186.04%91.57%
- 58Changed18,37985.90%86.40%
- 59Reigns8,10185.85%86.93%
- 60Jet Lancer1,22285.80%92.47%
- 61Loading Screen Simulator8,60085.77%86.69%
- 62Music Racer3,63385.76%87.92%
- 63Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved1,10785.60%91.24%
- 64Anomaly: Warzone Earth4,68685.60%86.92%
- 65KILLBUG53885.59%96.84%
- 66Rock 'N' Roll Defense3,94385.53%86.94%
- 67I Am Sakuya: Touhou FPS Game74285.41%91.24%
- 68Grim Nights1,54585.38%87.96%
- 69Iris and the Giant1,31785.34%88.08%
- 70ScourgeBringer3,25785.29%86.25%
- 71Iratus: Lord of the Dead8,22785.23%85.54%
- 72Egypt: Old Kingdom1,25285.18%86.82%
- 73Super Sanctum TD1,57885.18%86.44%
- 74Oik 31,05585.16%86.92%
- 75Bloody Rally Show29585.13%90.17%
- 76Knights and Merchants4,95685.06%85.23%
- 77Ultimate Zombie Defense4,74985.01%85.07%
- 78Planes, Bullets and Vodka3,05784.99%85.02%
- 79Zombie Party69984.97%84.84%
- 80MINDNIGHT2,96684.92%84.73%
- 81RIVE1,04584.84%83.54%
- 82Marble Age74784.83%82.86%
- 83Soccer Online: Ball 3D10,64384.68%84.39%
- 84HeXen II61384.60%78.47%
- 85AI War: Fleet Command1,61184.59%82.18%
- 86Blackout Z: Slaughterhouse Edition1,93884.58%82.51%
- 87CROSSBOW: Bloodnight52084.49%75.00%
- 88Bloodhound38484.34%67.71%
- 89Cart Racer1,08484.34%78.41%
- 90Curse of the Dead Gods9,17584.27%83.50%
- 91Polygoneer1,80584.21%79.94%
- 92Styx: Master of Shadows11,64484.03%83.21%
- 93God's Trigger99883.95%73.65%
- 94Sundered: Eldritch Edition5,15683.93%81.90%
- 95Overture1,26083.87%75.08%
- 96La-Mulana2,62383.85%79.57%
- 97Banners of Ruin3,22483.50%78.91%
- 98Receiver4,17983.41%79.66%
- 99Stormbound1,21783.36%70.01%
- 100Far Cry11,67683.27%81.81%
