Best Rated Difficult Games Under $5
The best rated Difficult games on Steam for games under $5. 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.
- 1Bloons TD 6396,22496.96%97.18%
- 2Helltaker128,21296.77%97.67%
- 3Celeste147,70396.63%97.40%
- 4Half-Life164,71596.02%96.49%
- 5Hotline Miami128,36895.98%96.82%
- 6Counter-Strike: Source193,65895.89%96.29%
- 7Ori and the Will of the Wisps146,36495.78%96.50%
- 8Outlast138,98295.68%96.44%
- 9Don't Starve113,49895.62%96.54%
- 10DOOM222,06295.20%95.52%
- 11Blender91,87594.92%95.98%
- 12Enter the Gungeon89,88794.10%95.10%
- 13FTL: Faster Than Light78,81693.97%95.08%
- 14Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition71,55593.84%95.06%
- 15Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun38,47493.79%96.03%
- 16DOOM + DOOM II29,14393.71%96.64%
- 17Super Hexagon25,13393.54%96.87%
- 18Ultimate Custom Night62,85093.45%94.77%
- 19Game Dev Tycoon45,12993.37%95.18%
- 20Resident Evil 4 (2005)98,50493.36%94.19%
- 21The Binding of Isaac62,90593.32%94.61%
- 22LIZARDS MUST DIE26,43893.18%96.21%
- 23A Dance of Fire and Ice83,84893.15%94.10%
- 24Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number80,36293.12%94.11%
- 25Iron Snout17,48393.05%97.69%
- 26One Finger Death Punch16,34393.05%97.87%
- 27Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense17,23093.04%97.25%
- 28Plague Inc: Evolved65,93693.02%94.20%
- 29The Talos Principle33,06292.95%95.29%
- 30Geometry Dash648,55192.89%92.97%
- 31Peggle Deluxe14,55292.71%97.66%
- 32Crypt of the NecroDancer26,51992.66%95.48%
- 33Monster Train22,96092.61%95.84%
- 34Five Nights at Freddy's59,37492.57%93.82%
- 35Super Meat Boy39,20192.32%94.14%
- 36Frostpunk137,55692.23%92.74%
- 37Hitman: Absolution63,76892.11%93.20%
- 38Trombone Champ11,25392.08%97.91%
- 39Zup! S16,20892.03%96.83%
- 40Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator33,34491.77%93.75%
- 41PAYDAY The Heist41,01091.73%93.33%
- 42Post Void12,40591.60%96.77%
- 43Source Filmmaker44,06891.50%92.93%
- 44Darkest Dungeon162,96191.45%91.65%
- 45Kingdom Rush Frontiers - Tower Defense10,83491.44%96.68%
- 46Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game25,23891.42%94.25%
- 4760 Seconds! Reatomized19,63791.32%94.44%
- 48LIMBO62,13091.22%92.20%
- 49Hacknet26,14791.22%93.53%
- 50Superflight11,58691.19%96.37%
- 51Risk of Rain (2013)29,82991.08%93.05%
- 52Muse Dash122,25391.02%91.49%
- 53SCP: Secret Laboratory235,07990.90%91.02%
- 54VVVVVV10,55790.82%96.16%
- 55Kindergarten10,64490.72%96.78%
- 56Resident Evil36,50290.71%92.31%
- 57Hitman: Blood Money16,15490.65%94.04%
- 58Metro: Last Light Redux82,00790.64%91.31%
- 59Bloons TD 511,97790.63%94.68%
- 60Clustertruck18,55390.62%93.55%
- 61Downwell8,63390.44%96.54%
- 62Aimlabs137,97990.44%90.82%
- 63DR LIVESEY ROM AND DEATH EDITION13,80590.42%94.22%
- 64Gothic II: Gold Edition17,93990.41%93.84%
- 65Hyper Light Drifter19,19390.26%92.91%
- 66Insaniquarium Deluxe6,85290.26%96.80%
- 67Hook8,92390.25%96.96%
- 68Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead22,24890.17%92.42%
- 69Devil Daggers9,50290.13%95.34%
- 70SYNTHETIK: Legion Rising13,09590.09%93.84%
- 71GUILTY GEAR XX ACCENT CORE PLUS R7,72590.00%96.23%
- 72DEVOUR88,23789.93%90.47%
- 73A Story About My Uncle29,24489.90%91.52%
- 74Bit Blaster XL6,15489.80%96.33%
- 75CrossCode18,45689.73%92.37%
- 76Amnesia: The Bunker12,63289.70%93.28%
- 77Door Kickers10,05889.70%94.18%
- 78The Messenger13,27389.68%92.62%
- 79Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight11,94889.65%93.11%
- 80Gothic 118,34589.63%92.55%
- 81Nothing9,95989.62%94.08%
- 82100% Orange Juice30,21689.56%91.01%
- 83Spelunky16,67689.54%92.16%
- 84Bean Battles10,13289.53%93.83%
- 85The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition90,53189.43%89.90%
- 86LYNE8,24789.37%95.56%
- 87PICO PARK29,96789.36%90.75%
- 88The Escapists 233,81989.34%90.56%
- 89Crazy Machines 310,10389.33%94.35%
- 90Bloons TD Battles29,31889.27%90.67%
- 91Blasphemous67,40389.24%89.85%
- 92Quaver17,10589.24%91.60%
- 93Timberman11,16189.23%93.15%
- 94Long Live The Queen7,16889.21%94.84%
- 95HELLDIVERS Dive Harder Edition33,43789.19%90.39%
- 96Dungreed9,60289.17%93.31%
- 97Tales of Maj'Eyal7,45689.16%94.49%
- 98Golf It!31,09489.14%90.42%
- 99Death Road to Canada10,53589.06%92.74%
- 100The Swapper7,58689.03%94.11%
