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.
- 1Hades307,39997.60%98.01%
- 2Balatro196,51697.22%97.84%
- 3Slay the Spire217,30396.92%97.48%
- 4Bloons TD 6392,70196.88%97.19%
- 5ULTRAKILL239,95896.88%97.37%
- 6Helltaker127,92596.76%97.68%
- 7Hollow Knight556,11496.70%96.91%
- 8Pizza Tower72,35696.67%98.29%
- 9The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth442,23596.66%96.92%
- 10Celeste145,48396.60%97.40%
- 11Resident Evil 2220,36896.52%97.05%
- 12Black Myth: Wukong1,204,50796.43%96.52%
- 13Katana ZERO75,82596.41%97.93%
- 14Dead Cells182,50496.41%97.04%
- 15Hotline Miami127,17595.98%96.85%
- 16Oxygen Not Included143,18295.96%96.73%
- 17Papers, Please79,97495.93%97.30%
- 18Half-Life163,35395.83%96.50%
- 19Ori and the Will of the Wisps145,81695.76%96.51%
- 20Counter-Strike: Source192,72295.73%96.29%
- 21Cuphead218,94595.67%96.16%
- 22Outlast138,06195.66%96.44%
- 23Don't Starve113,30695.61%96.55%
- 24Devil May Cry 5169,21995.42%96.04%
- 25Chants of Sennaar33,60195.19%98.24%
- 26DOOM220,58695.06%95.52%
- 27SANABI44,69595.00%97.26%
- 28Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition353,62394.97%95.26%
- 29METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE88,64994.90%96.03%
- 30Blender90,07794.90%96.00%
- 31Kerbal Space Program145,60794.89%95.57%
- 32Don't Starve Together540,96094.75%94.93%
- 33Beat Saber76,20194.28%95.51%
- 34My Summer Car116,38594.14%94.93%
- 35DARK SOULS III438,61694.13%94.34%
- 36Noita88,30694.11%95.15%
- 37Enter the Gungeon89,62294.10%95.12%
- 38Return of the Obra Dinn34,91594.08%96.70%
- 39Just Shapes & Beats25,90494.02%97.62%
- 40Baba Is You24,43193.97%97.73%
- 41FTL: Faster Than Light78,49093.96%95.11%
- 42Clone Drone in the Danger Zone39,17693.85%96.13%
- 43Valheim539,73893.82%93.99%
- 44Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition71,29493.82%95.07%
- 45Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun38,37893.74%96.03%
- 46Risk of Rain 2351,22093.56%93.81%
- 47DOOM + DOOM II28,75793.55%96.63%
- 48Super Hexagon25,08393.48%96.88%
- 49Ultimate Custom Night62,61593.42%94.77%
- 50Paint the Town Red32,41493.38%95.99%
- 51Game Dev Tycoon45,04493.33%95.19%
- 52The Binding of Isaac62,72593.30%94.64%
- 53Resident Evil 4 (2005)97,52193.30%94.15%
- 54Barotrauma88,90793.10%94.02%
- 55A Dance of Fire and Ice82,88693.09%94.07%
- 56Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number79,68393.09%94.11%
- 57LIZARDS MUST DIE26,45293.07%96.24%
- 58Iron Snout17,47493.05%97.69%
- 59ELDEN RING1,147,62193.01%93.08%
- 60S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl48,08293.00%94.67%
- 61Plague Inc: Evolved65,27592.98%94.21%
- 62One Finger Death Punch16,33292.97%97.89%
- 63Geometry Dash630,88292.91%93.04%
- 64The Talos Principle32,98092.89%95.31%
- 65Lobotomy Corporation | Monster Management Simulation56,29092.83%94.23%
- 66Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes17,07392.72%97.28%
- 67Library Of Ruina44,34392.72%94.47%
- 68Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense16,95492.69%97.27%
- 69Nine Sols44,54892.67%94.41%
- 70Ori and the Blind Forest60,02492.56%93.83%
- 71Monster Train22,90792.55%95.87%
- 72Crypt of the NecroDancer26,45592.54%95.51%
- 73Five Nights at Freddy's58,95892.52%93.81%
- 74Rain World56,04892.41%93.74%
- 75Peggle Deluxe14,25392.41%97.65%
- 76Dwarf Fortress31,36592.41%94.79%
- 77Touhou Luna Nights14,90992.36%97.34%
- 78MX Bikes36,67492.30%94.30%
- 79Nuclear Throne19,72792.29%96.02%
- 80Super Meat Boy38,96192.27%94.15%
- 81Zup! S16,12392.26%96.79%
- 82Frostpunk136,77492.20%92.73%
- 83ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights45,39792.17%93.76%
- 84Desperados III16,53492.16%96.52%
- 85Hitman: Absolution63,27592.07%93.19%
- 86Alien: Isolation66,36992.06%93.13%
- 87Skul: The Hero Slayer57,48492.02%93.26%
- 88XCOM: Enemy Unknown58,49992.00%93.21%
- 89DARK SOULS: REMASTERED153,90591.98%92.44%
- 90DRAGON BALL Z: KAKAROT58,12891.96%93.17%
- 91F1 202039,93791.87%93.60%
- 92Mini Metro16,69591.87%96.02%
- 93Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator33,16591.72%93.76%
- 94ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist18,50591.71%95.36%
- 95PAYDAY The Heist40,95291.69%93.33%
- 96Trombone Champ11,14691.65%97.90%
- 97Descenders23,69791.63%94.45%
- 98Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game25,05391.59%94.24%
- 99Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night41,51191.55%93.14%
- 100Post Void12,35791.51%96.83%
