Most Reviewed Difficult Games Under $40
The most-reviewed Difficult games for games under $40, ranked by total review count.
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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.
- 1Counter-Strike: Global Offensive9,936,48285.79%85.78%
- 2Dota 22,784,59080.49%80.47%
- 3PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS2,747,73560.63%60.53%
- 4Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege1,564,60482.10%82.06%
- 5HELLDIVERS 21,174,13875.09%74.98%
- 6Dead by Daylight941,04278.36%78.25%
- 7Geometry Dash656,09192.86%92.94%
- 8Hollow Knight566,03796.76%96.91%
- 9Valheim561,82993.39%93.49%
- 10Don't Starve Together544,83894.77%94.89%
- 11Monster Hunter: World519,78788.80%88.81%
- 12The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth464,23596.61%96.79%
- 13Bloons TD 6397,62696.96%97.18%
- 14Risk of Rain 2355,81293.69%93.85%
- 15Hades310,27397.68%97.99%
- 16Hunt: Showdown 1896280,43374.13%73.64%
- 17ULTRAKILL247,42896.98%97.34%
- 18SCP: Secret Laboratory235,48190.89%91.01%
- 19Resident Evil 2226,86796.65%97.03%
- 20Cuphead223,26895.79%96.14%
- 21DOOM222,36195.20%95.52%
- 22Slay the Spire219,62197.04%97.45%
- 23DOOM Eternal217,92791.23%91.38%
- 24Balatro200,29697.37%97.83%
- 25Counter-Strike: Source193,94895.89%96.30%
- 26Dead Cells184,47896.55%97.01%
- 27Devil May Cry 5171,87595.58%96.01%
- 28Half-Life165,14596.01%96.49%
- 29Darkest Dungeon163,39791.43%91.64%
- 30DARK SOULS: REMASTERED155,48392.01%92.45%
- 31Celeste147,70396.63%97.40%
- 32Kerbal Space Program147,14794.94%95.60%
- 33Ori and the Will of the Wisps146,36495.78%96.50%
- 34Oxygen Not Included143,95395.97%96.72%
- 35Outlast138,98295.68%96.44%
- 36Aimlabs137,97990.44%90.82%
- 37Frostpunk137,55692.23%92.74%
- 38Insurgency: Sandstorm133,34384.79%84.76%
- 39DARK SOULS II: Scholar of the First Sin132,26383.98%83.89%
- 40Hotline Miami128,36895.98%96.82%
- 41Helltaker128,21296.77%97.67%
- 42Resident Evil 3126,56683.58%83.46%
- 43The Long Dark123,87888.61%88.89%
- 44Muse Dash122,25391.02%91.49%
- 45My Summer Car117,79094.16%94.92%
- 46Don't Starve113,49895.62%96.54%
- 47Elite Dangerous107,74777.96%77.29%
- 48Resident Evil 4 (2005)98,50493.36%94.19%
- 49TEKKEN 795,54983.74%83.59%
- 50Albion Online93,97279.07%78.42%
- 51Blender91,87594.92%95.98%
- 52The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition90,53189.43%89.90%
- 53Barotrauma89,96093.13%94.02%
- 54Enter the Gungeon89,88794.10%95.10%
- 55METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE89,08394.94%96.04%
- 56Noita88,93194.12%95.12%
- 57DEVOUR88,23789.93%90.47%
- 58Overcooked! 284,45389.85%90.40%
- 59A Dance of Fire and Ice83,84893.15%94.10%
- 60Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy82,58282.59%82.28%
- 61Metro: Last Light Redux82,00790.64%91.31%
- 62Papers, Please80,59695.96%97.30%
- 63Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number80,36293.12%94.11%
- 64FTL: Faster Than Light78,81693.97%95.08%
- 65Beat Saber76,32394.29%95.49%
- 66Katana ZERO76,16896.43%97.91%
- 67Golf With Your Friends75,77987.01%87.26%
- 68Pizza Tower72,74796.70%98.28%
- 69TEKKEN 872,74560.11%56.67%
- 70Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition71,55593.84%95.06%
- 71Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem68,01159.62%55.86%
- 72Blasphemous67,40389.24%89.85%
- 73Alien: Isolation66,95392.08%93.12%
- 74Ghostrunner66,89490.41%91.19%
- 75GTFO66,88184.02%83.85%
- 76Plague Inc: Evolved65,93693.02%94.20%
- 77Chivalry: Medieval Warfare65,02982.93%82.58%
- 78CONTROL Ultimate Edition64,60085.93%86.05%
- 79Hitman: Absolution63,76892.11%93.20%
- 80The Binding of Isaac62,90593.32%94.61%
- 81Ultimate Custom Night62,85093.45%94.77%
- 82LIMBO62,13091.22%92.20%
- 83Battlerite59,41384.82%84.76%
- 84Five Nights at Freddy's59,37492.57%93.82%
- 85XCOM: Enemy Unknown58,72292.03%93.20%
- 86DRAGON BALL Z: KAKAROT58,39491.99%93.16%
- 87Skul: The Hero Slayer57,64092.07%93.26%
- 88Rain World57,48792.44%93.70%
- 89Remnant: From the Ashes57,45984.38%84.25%
- 90Lobotomy Corporation | Monster Management Simulation57,18892.89%94.24%
- 91They Are Billions51,47385.13%85.12%
- 92Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen49,14987.87%88.42%
- 93DiRT Rally 2.048,51688.22%88.85%
- 94Assetto Corsa Competizione48,45291.41%92.69%
- 95S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl48,15293.04%94.68%
- 96Hero Siege47,86570.26%67.14%
- 97Realm of the Mad God Exalt47,72283.23%82.82%
- 98DARK SOULS II46,86087.63%88.16%
- 99Men of War: Assault Squad 246,70590.16%91.23%
- 100ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights45,90592.23%93.76%
