Hidden Gem Difficult Games Under $5
Highly rated Difficult games on Steam for games under $5, capped at 25,000 reviews. The 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.
- 1Iron Snout17,48393.05%97.69%
- 2One Finger Death Punch16,34393.05%97.87%
- 3Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense17,23093.04%97.25%
- 4Peggle Deluxe14,55292.71%97.66%
- 5Monster Train22,96092.61%95.84%
- 6Trombone Champ11,25392.08%97.91%
- 7Zup! S16,20892.03%96.83%
- 8Post Void12,40591.60%96.77%
- 9Kingdom Rush Frontiers - Tower Defense10,83491.44%96.68%
- 1060 Seconds! Reatomized19,63791.32%94.44%
- 11Superflight11,58691.19%96.37%
- 12VVVVVV10,55790.82%96.16%
- 13Kindergarten10,64490.72%96.78%
- 14Hitman: Blood Money16,15490.65%94.04%
- 15Bloons TD 511,97790.63%94.68%
- 16Clustertruck18,55390.62%93.55%
- 17Downwell8,63390.44%96.54%
- 18DR LIVESEY ROM AND DEATH EDITION13,80590.42%94.22%
- 19Gothic II: Gold Edition17,93990.41%93.84%
- 20Hyper Light Drifter19,19390.26%92.91%
- 21Insaniquarium Deluxe6,85290.26%96.80%
- 22Hook8,92390.25%96.96%
- 23Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead22,24890.17%92.42%
- 24Devil Daggers9,50290.13%95.34%
- 25SYNTHETIK: Legion Rising13,09590.09%93.84%
- 26GUILTY GEAR XX ACCENT CORE PLUS R7,72590.00%96.23%
- 27Bit Blaster XL6,15489.80%96.33%
- 28CrossCode18,45689.73%92.37%
- 29Amnesia: The Bunker12,63289.70%93.28%
- 30Door Kickers10,05889.70%94.18%
- 31The Messenger13,27389.68%92.62%
- 32Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight11,94889.65%93.11%
- 33Gothic 118,34589.63%92.55%
- 34Nothing9,95989.62%94.08%
- 35Spelunky16,67689.54%92.16%
- 36Bean Battles10,13289.53%93.83%
- 37LYNE8,24789.37%95.56%
- 38Crazy Machines 310,10389.33%94.35%
- 39Quaver17,10589.24%91.60%
- 40Timberman11,16189.23%93.15%
- 41Long Live The Queen7,16889.21%94.84%
- 42Dungreed9,60289.17%93.31%
- 43Tales of Maj'Eyal7,45689.16%94.49%
- 44Death Road to Canada10,53589.06%92.74%
- 45The Swapper7,58689.03%94.11%
- 46Motorsport Manager14,22889.00%91.68%
- 47Wuppo: Definitive Edition5,98088.99%94.36%
- 48SUPER CHICKEN JUMPER5,37088.96%96.00%
- 49UBERMOSH9,09688.96%92.46%
- 50Voidigo4,92988.92%96.51%
- 51Poly Bridge18,94288.92%90.89%
- 52Wizard of Legend21,07088.80%90.51%
- 53TrackMania Nations Forever24,41388.75%90.21%
- 54Out There Somewhere6,92488.72%92.98%
- 55Kao the Kangaroo: Round 2 (2003 re-release)7,96288.72%93.15%
- 56Gato Roboto5,26188.69%94.24%
- 57Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus14,63688.65%91.02%
- 58POSTAL14,49088.61%91.60%
- 59Ultra Street Fighter IV17,04988.56%90.54%
- 60Monster Sanctuary12,69688.56%91.22%
- 61Legend of Grimrock6,74288.50%93.41%
- 62Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon4,52488.42%94.27%
- 63Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition7,11088.39%92.45%
- 64Race The Sun6,35588.34%93.31%
- 65The Escapists16,20388.29%90.21%
- 66You Have to Win the Game5,72788.24%93.00%
- 67Hot Lava6,16988.23%93.18%
- 68Wall World12,70788.19%90.56%
- 69GemCraft - Chasing Shadows4,41388.16%94.90%
- 70Salt and Sanctuary21,91788.15%89.36%
- 71TouHou Makuka Sai ~ Fantastic Danmaku Festival Part II2,64588.09%96.82%
- 72Jump King13,42788.08%89.79%
- 73RED HOT VENGEANCE3,60088.07%96.08%
- 74Laika: Aged Through Blood6,70588.07%91.48%
- 75One Finger Death Punch 24,49988.00%96.29%
- 76BPM: BULLETS PER MINUTE11,42887.98%90.44%
- 77Serious Sam II14,31187.98%89.94%
- 78Overcooked16,75287.96%89.62%
- 79Melty Blood Actress Again Current Code4,87787.92%93.52%
- 80Cook, Serve, Delicious!5,71987.91%94.28%
- 81Serious Sam Fusion 2017 (beta)5,60687.89%92.72%
- 82Wolfenstein 3D4,37887.69%93.42%
- 83FlatOut6,69387.55%91.08%
- 84Party Hard12,67287.53%90.11%
- 85RUINER12,52387.53%88.93%
- 86Axiom Verge6,63287.51%90.12%
- 87Ikaruga2,37287.50%94.77%
- 88Patch Quest2,78987.46%93.51%
- 89Vecter2,91587.43%95.13%
- 90Dark Deception24,34487.40%88.32%
- 91Super Amazing Wagon Adventure1,92687.34%95.43%
- 92Ys Origin3,66287.29%93.04%
- 93Darksiders Warmastered Edition18,94887.26%88.05%
- 94Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light4,79787.22%91.47%
- 95Savant - Ascent2,78587.16%92.14%
- 96Toribash16,83287.15%88.32%
- 97Guacamelee! 23,38987.12%91.09%
- 98Monstrum3,77587.09%90.57%
- 99Mountain16,29287.02%88.15%
- 100X-Morph: Defense4,24386.99%91.26%
