Hidden Gem Difficult Games
Highly rated Difficult games that never got big: under $20, fewer than 25,000 reviews. The review cap filters out everything you've already heard of.
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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.
- 1Baba Is You24,62394.26%97.70%
- 2Iron Snout17,48393.05%97.69%
- 3One Finger Death Punch16,34393.05%97.87%
- 4Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense17,23093.04%97.25%
- 5Peggle Deluxe14,55292.71%97.66%
- 6Monster Train22,96092.61%95.84%
- 7Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes17,14292.48%97.27%
- 8Touhou Luna Nights14,98692.45%97.30%
- 9Nuclear Throne19,81392.38%96.01%
- 10Desperados III16,64292.25%96.50%
- 11Trombone Champ11,25392.08%97.91%
- 12Zup! S16,20892.03%96.83%
- 13ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist18,82592.03%95.36%
- 14Descenders24,05891.71%94.43%
- 15Mini Metro16,76791.62%96.00%
- 16Post Void12,40591.60%96.77%
- 17Antichamber17,77991.56%95.15%
- 18Rabbit and Steel11,62791.52%96.97%
- 19Kingdom Rush Frontiers - Tower Defense10,83491.44%96.68%
- 2060 Seconds! Reatomized19,63791.32%94.44%
- 21Superflight11,58691.19%96.37%
- 22Tiny Rogues10,77590.83%96.06%
- 23VVVVVV10,55790.82%96.16%
- 24Cat Goes Fishing16,55090.78%94.16%
- 25Rabi-Ribi12,27490.74%95.27%
- 26Kindergarten10,64490.72%96.78%
- 27Hitman: Blood Money16,15490.65%94.04%
- 28Bloons TD 511,97790.63%94.68%
- 29Clustertruck18,55390.62%93.55%
- 30Monster Train 210,18590.59%95.32%
- 315D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel8,98590.58%96.59%
- 32Downwell8,63390.44%96.54%
- 33Spelunky 221,98590.42%92.81%
- 34DR LIVESEY ROM AND DEATH EDITION13,80590.42%94.22%
- 35Gothic II: Gold Edition17,93990.41%93.84%
- 36Dungeon Munchies7,22590.40%97.18%
- 37Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander12,89990.29%94.25%
- 38Hyper Light Drifter19,19390.26%92.91%
- 39Insaniquarium Deluxe6,85290.26%96.80%
- 40Hook8,92390.25%96.96%
- 419 Kings23,33390.24%92.41%
- 42Trepang219,62790.18%92.73%
- 43Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead22,24890.17%92.42%
- 44Kingdom Rush Origins - Tower Defense8,06690.16%95.59%
- 45Devil Daggers9,50290.13%95.34%
- 46SYNTHETIK: Legion Rising13,09590.09%93.84%
- 47GUILTY GEAR XX ACCENT CORE PLUS R7,72590.00%96.23%
- 48Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy22,31889.98%91.98%
- 49BlazBlue Centralfiction12,32189.91%93.93%
- 50GUILTY GEAR Xrd REV 211,09389.89%94.35%
- 51Kingdom Rush Vengeance - Tower Defense10,91189.88%93.65%
- 52Bit Blaster XL6,15489.80%96.33%
- 53EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair10,54989.76%94.98%
- 54CrossCode18,45689.73%92.37%
- 55Opus Magnum7,25889.73%97.26%
- 56Touhou Tenkuushou ~ Hidden Star in Four Seasons.4,54889.73%98.42%
- 57Octodad: Dadliest Catch10,71989.72%94.16%
- 58Amnesia: The Bunker12,63289.70%93.28%
- 59Door Kickers10,05889.70%94.18%
- 60Five Nights at Freddy's 417,00189.69%92.89%
- 61The Messenger13,27389.68%92.62%
- 62Shogun Showdown7,07889.66%95.14%
- 63Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight11,94889.65%93.11%
- 64Gothic 118,34589.63%92.55%
- 65Nothing9,95989.62%94.08%
- 66Spelunky16,67689.54%92.16%
- 67Bean Battles10,13289.53%93.83%
- 68Astral Ascent8,59189.53%94.60%
- 69LYNE8,24789.37%95.56%
- 70Crazy Machines 310,10389.33%94.35%
- 71Quaver17,10589.24%91.60%
- 72Timberman11,16189.23%93.15%
- 73Long Live The Queen7,16889.21%94.84%
- 74Braid9,95389.18%93.19%
- 75Dungreed9,60289.17%93.31%
- 76Tales of Maj'Eyal7,45689.16%94.49%
- 77Blasphemous 221,68089.13%90.67%
- 78Elin9,22389.11%93.36%
- 79Death Road to Canada10,53589.06%92.74%
- 80The Swapper7,58689.03%94.11%
- 81Motorsport Manager14,22889.00%91.68%
- 82TUNIC18,64588.99%91.04%
- 83Wuppo: Definitive Edition5,98088.99%94.36%
- 84SUPER CHICKEN JUMPER5,37088.96%96.00%
- 85UBERMOSH9,09688.96%92.46%
- 86Dead Estate6,65888.94%94.59%
- 87Voidigo4,92988.92%96.51%
- 88Poly Bridge18,94288.92%90.89%
- 89Turbo Overkill7,54888.91%93.85%
- 90UFO 507,51088.87%95.01%
- 91Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance12,89288.84%91.68%
- 92Wizard of Legend21,07088.80%90.51%
- 93Melatonin8,19088.79%94.32%
- 94StarVaders4,38988.78%96.97%
- 95TrackMania Nations Forever24,41388.75%90.21%
- 96Pathologic 212,21588.74%91.66%
- 97Out There Somewhere6,92488.72%92.98%
- 98Kao the Kangaroo: Round 2 (2003 re-release)7,96288.72%93.15%
- 99Barony18,12988.71%90.65%
- 100One Step From Eden7,66388.69%93.28%
