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.
- 1One Finger Death Punch16,34293.11%97.87%
- 2Iron Snout17,48492.99%97.69%
- 3Peggle Deluxe14,48492.66%97.66%
- 4Zup! S16,19792.42%96.80%
- 5Post Void12,38991.42%96.78%
- 6Superflight11,58691.26%96.37%
- 7Kindergarten10,63590.96%96.77%
- 8VVVVVV10,54790.93%96.16%
- 9Hook8,92590.82%96.96%
- 10Clustertruck18,51790.71%93.58%
- 11Downwell8,62090.57%96.55%
- 12DR LIVESEY ROM AND DEATH EDITION13,80290.24%94.20%
- 13Insaniquarium Deluxe6,84090.00%96.81%
- 14LYNE8,24789.96%95.56%
- 15Nothing9,93689.70%94.09%
- 16Bean Battles10,12989.69%93.82%
- 17Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight11,92589.61%93.13%
- 18Bit Blaster XL6,15389.57%96.33%
- 19Timberman11,15889.46%93.15%
- 20Quaver17,07689.28%91.59%
- 21Voidigo4,92089.08%96.52%
- 22SUPER CHICKEN JUMPER5,36789.06%95.99%
- 23POSTAL14,46688.81%91.60%
- 24Kao the Kangaroo: Round 2 (2003 re-release)7,96688.80%93.16%
- 25TrackMania Nations Forever24,39988.79%90.20%
- 26UBERMOSH9,09388.78%92.49%
- 27Monster Sanctuary12,67588.65%91.21%
- 28Out There Somewhere6,92288.51%92.98%
- 29Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition7,10388.32%92.43%
- 30GemCraft - Chasing Shadows4,40888.32%94.92%
- 31RED HOT VENGEANCE3,59888.28%96.11%
- 32Wall World12,64688.28%90.56%
- 33You Have to Win the Game5,72988.17%92.98%
- 34Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon4,51988.17%94.27%
- 35Serious Sam Fusion 2017 (beta)5,57888.07%92.74%
- 36Laika: Aged Through Blood6,68087.86%91.53%
- 37Party Hard12,64687.78%90.15%
- 38FlatOut6,67787.66%91.13%
- 39Vecter2,91387.54%95.13%
- 40Dark Deception24,29887.49%88.34%
- 41RUINER12,49187.42%88.98%
- 42Wolfenstein 3D4,36687.40%93.40%
- 43Axiom Verge6,61487.29%90.14%
- 44Akane2,90887.18%95.43%
- 45X-Morph: Defense4,21387.16%91.31%
- 46Mountain16,29287.08%88.15%
- 47Super Amazing Wagon Adventure1,92687.03%95.43%
- 48Toribash16,83687.00%88.32%
- 49Monstrum3,77186.91%90.61%
- 50Wild Animal Racing2,70686.91%92.72%
- 51Savant - Ascent2,78686.88%92.14%
- 52Guacamelee! 23,38286.85%91.10%
- 53Nyan Cat: Lost In Space2,04786.68%92.87%
- 54Bleed1,91286.65%92.83%
- 55Shadow Warrior Classic Redux3,64386.53%89.46%
- 56Jet Lancer1,23686.22%92.31%
- 57Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved1,11486.05%91.29%
- 58Music Racer3,62886.03%87.93%
- 59Reigns8,13386.02%86.87%
- 60Loading Screen Simulator8,59685.97%86.70%
- 61Anomaly: Warzone Earth4,68985.89%86.93%
- 62Rock 'N' Roll Defense3,97185.89%87.11%
- 63Neon Boost2,46885.89%90.40%
- 64Grim Nights1,55185.76%88.01%
- 65I Am Sakuya: Touhou FPS Game74785.75%91.30%
- 66Changed18,57485.74%86.27%
- 67High Hell1,54785.60%86.43%
- 68GLADIABOTS - AI Combat Arena91385.55%87.95%
- 69Super Sanctum TD1,58085.55%86.46%
- 70Oik 31,06385.49%86.92%
- 71Deadly Days1,91285.43%85.51%
- 72Caveblazers4,53885.43%85.24%
- 73Planes, Bullets and Vodka3,07285.34%85.12%
- 74Ultimate Zombie Defense4,79685.31%85.09%
- 75Soccer Online: Ball 3D10,67584.94%84.40%
- 76Blackout Z: Slaughterhouse Edition1,94184.94%82.48%
- 77HeXen II62084.92%78.23%
- 78CROSSBOW: Bloodnight52784.79%74.38%
- 79MINDNIGHT2,96284.78%84.81%
- 80Valfaris2,82984.75%82.40%
- 81Bloodhound38684.69%67.88%
- 82Cart Racer1,09484.62%78.06%
- 83La-Mulana2,63684.20%79.59%
- 84Curse of the Dead Gods9,22184.14%83.45%
- 85Polygoneer1,76484.00%79.59%
- 86God's Trigger1,00383.76%73.58%
- 87Stormbound1,22283.75%70.13%
- 88Overture1,26083.69%75.08%
- 89Revolution Ace1,88783.27%71.91%
- 90Receiver4,18983.26%79.64%
- 91The Hong Kong Massacre2,03083.25%72.32%
- 92Mitos.is: The Game12,05683.00%81.01%
- 93STRAFE: Gold Edition2,45382.81%71.95%
- 94Never Split the Party4,40082.66%76.18%
- 95Builders of Egypt: Prologue4,08581.69%72.75%
- 96Warspear Online3,15281.68%71.86%
- 97Resident Evil 019,70081.67%80.09%
- 98Artifact24,75458.10%47.10%
