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 You24,43193.97%97.73%
- 2Iron Snout17,47493.05%97.69%
- 3One Finger Death Punch16,33292.97%97.89%
- 4Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes17,07392.72%97.28%
- 5Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense16,95492.69%97.27%
- 6Peggle Deluxe14,25392.41%97.65%
- 7Touhou Luna Nights14,90992.36%97.34%
- 8Nuclear Throne19,72792.29%96.02%
- 9Zup! S16,12392.26%96.79%
- 10Desperados III16,53492.16%96.52%
- 11Mini Metro16,69591.87%96.02%
- 12ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist18,50591.71%95.36%
- 13Trombone Champ11,14691.65%97.90%
- 14Descenders23,69791.63%94.45%
- 15Post Void12,35791.51%96.83%
- 16Antichamber17,73491.37%95.14%
- 17Rabbit and Steel11,45891.28%97.04%
- 1860 Seconds! Reatomized19,43291.22%94.46%
- 19Superflight11,57191.07%96.37%
- 20Kindergarten10,54491.03%96.81%
- 21Kingdom Rush Frontiers - Tower Defense10,63591.02%96.74%
- 22Cat Goes Fishing16,41190.66%94.14%
- 23Gothic II: Gold Edition17,77990.63%93.84%
- 24Hook8,91990.61%96.96%
- 25Tiny Rogues10,68690.60%96.14%
- 26VVVVVV10,52390.58%96.18%
- 27Hitman: Blood Money15,99090.55%94.07%
- 28Clustertruck18,44090.53%93.56%
- 29Rabi-Ribi12,25290.52%95.28%
- 305D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel8,94190.43%96.58%
- 31DR LIVESEY ROM AND DEATH EDITION13,77990.30%94.19%
- 32Spelunky 221,87590.26%92.80%
- 33Bloons TD 511,93890.23%94.66%
- 349 Kings22,79490.19%92.50%
- 35Downwell8,60490.17%96.55%
- 36Trepang219,10490.12%92.83%
- 37Hyper Light Drifter19,05390.12%92.97%
- 38Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander12,78690.12%94.37%
- 39Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead22,24490.10%92.42%
- 40EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair10,51390.09%94.99%
- 41SYNTHETIK: Legion Rising13,08390.00%93.87%
- 42Devil Daggers9,43189.98%95.33%
- 43Five Nights at Freddy's 416,83189.96%92.94%
- 44Dungeon Munchies7,20789.91%97.17%
- 45GUILTY GEAR XX ACCENT CORE PLUS R7,70289.84%96.21%
- 46Gothic 118,25189.83%92.52%
- 47CrossCode18,37589.77%92.39%
- 48LYNE8,24489.74%95.57%
- 49Insaniquarium Deluxe6,79189.74%96.82%
- 50Kingdom Rush Origins - Tower Defense7,95789.68%95.64%
- 51Octodad: Dadliest Catch10,68189.68%94.11%
- 52Crazy Machines 310,08689.67%94.36%
- 53Door Kickers10,05389.58%94.20%
- 54Kingdom Rush Vengeance - Tower Defense10,80389.58%93.87%
- 55Nothing9,89189.52%94.15%
- 56Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight11,87289.51%93.16%
- 57Spelunky16,63789.44%92.14%
- 58The Messenger13,12889.41%92.65%
- 59Bean Battles10,12589.41%93.83%
- 60Bit Blaster XL6,15389.29%96.36%
- 61Quaver16,96189.16%91.65%
- 62Melatonin8,15189.16%94.33%
- 63Shogun Showdown6,96489.14%95.16%
- 64Timberman11,16989.13%93.11%
- 65Long Live The Queen7,15689.07%94.84%
- 66Braid9,94689.04%93.16%
- 67Tales of Maj'Eyal7,41789.01%94.50%
- 68Touhou Tenkuushou ~ Hidden Star in Four Seasons.4,53888.98%98.46%
- 69Elin9,07288.96%93.39%
- 70Death Road to Canada10,45888.93%92.75%
- 71Motorsport Manager14,18488.91%91.71%
- 72Dungreed9,58088.90%93.31%
- 73The Swapper7,57088.88%94.10%
- 74Poly Bridge18,82388.86%90.94%
- 75SUPER CHICKEN JUMPER5,35688.82%96.08%
- 76POSTAL14,28188.82%91.54%
- 77Voidigo4,88888.75%96.54%
- 78Blasphemous 220,78788.73%90.68%
- 79The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth8,23488.71%93.30%
- 80TrackMania Nations Forever24,32088.67%90.20%
- 81Wizard of Legend21,02888.66%90.55%
- 82Turbo Overkill7,44988.66%93.99%
- 83Dead Estate6,63188.65%94.63%
- 84Barony17,64888.65%90.75%
- 85Pathologic 212,12988.63%91.68%
- 86Kao the Kangaroo: Round 2 (2003 re-release)7,95888.59%93.18%
- 87Cave Story+8,28588.52%92.84%
- 88Wuppo: Definitive Edition5,96388.47%94.38%
- 89One Finger Death Punch 24,49388.46%96.31%
- 90UBERMOSH8,83188.45%92.42%
- 91One Step From Eden7,64888.41%93.29%
- 92Legend of Grimrock6,70988.36%93.46%
- 93Cook, Serve, Delicious!5,71288.35%94.31%
- 94Monster Sanctuary12,60788.34%91.24%
- 95The Escapists16,19088.21%90.22%
- 96Race The Sun6,35388.20%93.34%
- 97Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition7,08188.16%92.39%
- 98Wall World12,56888.13%90.67%
- 99Out There Somewhere6,91988.08%92.98%
- 100Dungeons of Dredmor5,42888.07%93.83%
