Best Rated Difficult Games Under $20
The best rated Difficult games on Steam for games under $20. Scores are weighted by review volume, so small-sample flukes stay off the 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.
- 1Balatro196,51697.22%97.84%
- 2Bloons TD 6392,70196.88%97.19%
- 3Helltaker127,92596.76%97.68%
- 4Hollow Knight556,11496.70%96.91%
- 5Pizza Tower72,35696.67%98.29%
- 6The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth442,23596.66%96.92%
- 7Celeste145,48396.60%97.40%
- 8Katana ZERO75,82596.41%97.93%
- 9Hotline Miami127,17595.98%96.85%
- 10Papers, Please79,97495.93%97.30%
- 11Half-Life163,35395.83%96.50%
- 12Counter-Strike: Source192,72295.73%96.29%
- 13Cuphead218,94595.67%96.16%
- 14Outlast138,06195.66%96.44%
- 15Don't Starve113,30695.61%96.55%
- 16Chants of Sennaar33,60195.19%98.24%
- 17DOOM220,58695.06%95.52%
- 18SANABI44,69595.00%97.26%
- 19Blender90,07794.90%96.00%
- 20Kerbal Space Program145,60794.89%95.57%
- 21Don't Starve Together540,96094.75%94.93%
- 22My Summer Car116,38594.14%94.93%
- 23Noita88,30694.11%95.15%
- 24Enter the Gungeon89,62294.10%95.12%
- 25Return of the Obra Dinn34,91594.08%96.70%
- 26Just Shapes & Beats25,90494.02%97.62%
- 27Baba Is You24,43193.97%97.73%
- 28FTL: Faster Than Light78,49093.96%95.11%
- 29Clone Drone in the Danger Zone39,17693.85%96.13%
- 30Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition71,29493.82%95.07%
- 31DOOM + DOOM II28,75793.55%96.63%
- 32Super Hexagon25,08393.48%96.88%
- 33Ultimate Custom Night62,61593.42%94.77%
- 34Paint the Town Red32,41493.38%95.99%
- 35Game Dev Tycoon45,04493.33%95.19%
- 36The Binding of Isaac62,72593.30%94.64%
- 37Resident Evil 4 (2005)97,52193.30%94.15%
- 38Barotrauma88,90793.10%94.02%
- 39A Dance of Fire and Ice82,88693.09%94.07%
- 40Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number79,68393.09%94.11%
- 41LIZARDS MUST DIE26,45293.07%96.24%
- 42Iron Snout17,47493.05%97.69%
- 43S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl48,08293.00%94.67%
- 44Plague Inc: Evolved65,27592.98%94.21%
- 45One Finger Death Punch16,33292.97%97.89%
- 46Geometry Dash630,88292.91%93.04%
- 47Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes17,07392.72%97.28%
- 48Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense16,95492.69%97.27%
- 49Crypt of the NecroDancer26,45592.54%95.51%
- 50Five Nights at Freddy's58,95892.52%93.81%
- 51Peggle Deluxe14,25392.41%97.65%
- 52Touhou Luna Nights14,90992.36%97.34%
- 53Nuclear Throne19,72792.29%96.02%
- 54Super Meat Boy38,96192.27%94.15%
- 55Zup! S16,12392.26%96.79%
- 56ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights45,39792.17%93.76%
- 57Desperados III16,53492.16%96.52%
- 58Hitman: Absolution63,27592.07%93.19%
- 59Skul: The Hero Slayer57,48492.02%93.26%
- 60XCOM: Enemy Unknown58,49992.00%93.21%
- 61DRAGON BALL Z: KAKAROT58,12891.96%93.17%
- 62Mini Metro16,69591.87%96.02%
- 63Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator33,16591.72%93.76%
- 64ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist18,50591.71%95.36%
- 65PAYDAY The Heist40,95291.69%93.33%
- 66Trombone Champ11,14691.65%97.90%
- 67Descenders23,69791.63%94.45%
- 68Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game25,05391.59%94.24%
- 69Post Void12,35791.51%96.83%
- 70Source Filmmaker43,76291.45%92.94%
- 71Antichamber17,73491.37%95.14%
- 72Rabbit and Steel11,45891.28%97.04%
- 73Five Nights at Freddy's 226,00891.26%93.69%
- 7460 Seconds! Reatomized19,43291.22%94.46%
- 75LIMBO61,77091.21%92.22%
- 76Hacknet26,02891.16%93.55%
- 77DOOM Eternal216,53391.10%91.38%
- 78Superflight11,57191.07%96.37%
- 79Kindergarten10,54491.03%96.81%
- 80Kingdom Rush Frontiers - Tower Defense10,63591.02%96.74%
- 81Risk of Rain (2013)29,82791.02%93.05%
- 82Muse Dash121,87691.00%91.50%
- 83SCP: Secret Laboratory233,04690.81%91.07%
- 84Resident Evil35,99890.70%92.30%
- 85Aimlabs136,67190.66%91.08%
- 86Cat Goes Fishing16,41190.66%94.14%
- 87Gothic II: Gold Edition17,77990.63%93.84%
- 88Hook8,91990.61%96.96%
- 89Tiny Rogues10,68690.60%96.14%
- 90VVVVVV10,52390.58%96.18%
- 91Metro: Last Light Redux80,89090.56%91.26%
- 92Hitman: Blood Money15,99090.55%94.07%
- 93Clustertruck18,44090.53%93.56%
- 94Rabi-Ribi12,25290.52%95.28%
- 955D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel8,94190.43%96.58%
- 96Ghostrunner66,56790.39%91.21%
- 97DR LIVESEY ROM AND DEATH EDITION13,77990.30%94.19%
- 98Spelunky 221,87590.26%92.80%
- 99Bloons TD 511,93890.23%94.66%
- 100SUPERHOT40,57990.22%91.52%
