Best Rated Difficult Games
The Difficult games Steam users rate highest. Scores are weighted by review volume, so a game can't ride a handful of glowing reviews to the top of this list.
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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.
- 1Hades309,51997.69%98.00%
- 2Balatro199,59697.37%97.83%
- 3Slay the Spire219,19697.05%97.45%
- 4ULTRAKILL245,96796.99%97.35%
- 5Bloons TD 6396,22496.96%97.18%
- 6Helltaker128,21296.77%97.67%
- 7Hollow Knight564,16396.76%96.91%
- 8Pizza Tower72,74796.70%98.28%
- 9Resident Evil 2225,26696.66%97.04%
- 10Celeste147,70396.63%97.40%
- 11The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth461,07796.63%96.81%
- 12Dead Cells184,09096.56%97.02%
- 13Katana ZERO76,16896.43%97.91%
- 14Black Myth: Wukong1,213,37996.41%96.48%
- 15Half-Life164,71596.02%96.49%
- 16Hotline Miami128,36895.98%96.82%
- 17Oxygen Not Included143,95395.97%96.72%
- 18Papers, Please80,59695.96%97.30%
- 19Counter-Strike: Source193,65895.89%96.29%
- 20Cuphead222,43595.80%96.14%
- 21Ori and the Will of the Wisps146,36495.78%96.50%
- 22Outlast138,98295.68%96.44%
- 23Don't Starve113,49895.62%96.54%
- 24Devil May Cry 5171,42795.58%96.01%
- 25Chants of Sennaar34,89795.33%98.24%
- 26DOOM222,06295.20%95.52%
- 27Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition357,02395.05%95.25%
- 28SANABI45,21395.04%97.22%
- 29METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE89,08394.94%96.04%
- 30Kerbal Space Program147,14794.94%95.60%
- 31Blender91,87594.92%95.98%
- 32Don't Starve Together544,11694.78%94.90%
- 33Just Shapes & Beats26,13194.34%97.62%
- 34Beat Saber76,32394.29%95.49%
- 35Baba Is You24,62394.26%97.70%
- 36DARK SOULS III441,32894.20%94.33%
- 37My Summer Car117,79094.16%94.92%
- 38Return of the Obra Dinn35,25194.15%96.69%
- 39Noita88,93194.12%95.12%
- 40Enter the Gungeon89,88794.10%95.10%
- 41FTL: Faster Than Light78,81693.97%95.08%
- 42Clone Drone in the Danger Zone39,59893.93%96.13%
- 43Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition71,55593.84%95.06%
- 44Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun38,47493.79%96.03%
- 45DOOM + DOOM II29,14393.71%96.64%
- 46Risk of Rain 2353,60293.68%93.84%
- 47Super Hexagon25,13393.54%96.87%
- 48Valheim557,97893.51%93.61%
- 49Ultimate Custom Night62,85093.45%94.77%
- 50Paint the Town Red32,61193.43%95.96%
- 51Game Dev Tycoon45,12993.37%95.18%
- 52Resident Evil 4 (2005)98,50493.36%94.19%
- 53The Binding of Isaac62,90593.32%94.61%
- 54LIZARDS MUST DIE26,43893.18%96.21%
- 55A Dance of Fire and Ice83,84893.15%94.10%
- 56Barotrauma89,96093.13%94.02%
- 57Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number80,36293.12%94.11%
- 58Iron Snout17,48393.05%97.69%
- 59One Finger Death Punch16,34393.05%97.87%
- 60S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl48,15293.04%94.68%
- 61Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense17,23093.04%97.25%
- 62Plague Inc: Evolved65,93693.02%94.20%
- 63ELDEN RING1,157,89593.00%93.05%
- 64The Talos Principle33,06292.95%95.29%
- 65Geometry Dash648,55192.89%92.97%
- 66Lobotomy Corporation | Monster Management Simulation57,18892.89%94.24%
- 67Nine Sols45,72592.89%94.44%
- 68Library Of Ruina45,19592.79%94.47%
- 69Peggle Deluxe14,55292.71%97.66%
- 70Crypt of the NecroDancer26,51992.66%95.48%
- 71Monster Train22,96092.61%95.84%
- 72Ori and the Blind Forest60,16492.58%93.81%
- 73Five Nights at Freddy's59,37492.57%93.82%
- 74Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes17,14292.48%97.27%
- 75Touhou Luna Nights14,98692.45%97.30%
- 76Rain World57,48792.44%93.70%
- 77Dwarf Fortress31,52692.44%94.74%
- 78Nuclear Throne19,81392.38%96.01%
- 79MX Bikes37,36892.36%94.28%
- 80Super Meat Boy39,20192.32%94.14%
- 81Desperados III16,64292.25%96.50%
- 82ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights45,90592.23%93.76%
- 83Frostpunk137,55692.23%92.74%
- 84Hitman: Absolution63,76892.11%93.20%
- 85Alien: Isolation66,95392.08%93.12%
- 86Trombone Champ11,25392.08%97.91%
- 87Skul: The Hero Slayer57,64092.07%93.26%
- 88Zup! S16,20892.03%96.83%
- 89XCOM: Enemy Unknown58,72292.03%93.20%
- 90ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist18,82592.03%95.36%
- 91DARK SOULS: REMASTERED155,48392.01%92.45%
- 92DRAGON BALL Z: KAKAROT58,39491.99%93.16%
- 93F1 202039,91791.92%93.61%
- 94Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator33,34491.77%93.75%
- 95PAYDAY The Heist41,01091.73%93.33%
- 96Descenders24,05891.71%94.43%
- 97Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove16,91991.67%95.51%
- 98Mini Metro16,76791.62%96.00%
- 99Post Void12,40591.60%96.77%
- 100Antichamber17,77991.56%95.15%
