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 Snout17,47493.05%97.69%
- 2One Finger Death Punch16,33292.97%97.89%
- 3Peggle Deluxe14,25392.41%97.65%
- 4Zup! S16,12392.26%96.79%
- 5Post Void12,35791.51%96.83%
- 6Superflight11,57191.07%96.37%
- 7Kindergarten10,54491.03%96.81%
- 8Gothic II: Gold Edition17,77990.63%93.84%
- 9Hook8,91990.61%96.96%
- 10VVVVVV10,52390.58%96.18%
- 11Clustertruck18,44090.53%93.56%
- 12DR LIVESEY ROM AND DEATH EDITION13,77990.30%94.19%
- 13Downwell8,60490.17%96.55%
- 14Hyper Light Drifter19,05390.12%92.97%
- 15SYNTHETIK: Legion Rising13,08390.00%93.87%
- 16Gothic 118,25189.83%92.52%
- 17LYNE8,24489.74%95.57%
- 18Insaniquarium Deluxe6,79189.74%96.82%
- 19Nothing9,89189.52%94.15%
- 20Bean Battles10,12589.41%93.83%
- 21Bit Blaster XL6,15389.29%96.36%
- 22Quaver16,96189.16%91.65%
- 23Timberman11,16989.13%93.11%
- 24Long Live The Queen7,15689.07%94.84%
- 25SUPER CHICKEN JUMPER5,35688.82%96.08%
- 26POSTAL14,28188.82%91.54%
- 27Voidigo4,88888.75%96.54%
- 28TrackMania Nations Forever24,32088.67%90.20%
- 29Kao the Kangaroo: Round 2 (2003 re-release)7,95888.59%93.18%
- 30UBERMOSH8,83188.45%92.42%
- 31Monster Sanctuary12,60788.34%91.24%
- 32Out There Somewhere6,91988.08%92.98%
- 33Overcooked16,61687.88%89.65%
- 34RED HOT VENGEANCE3,59487.88%96.05%
- 35You Have to Win the Game5,73087.86%92.95%
- 36Party Hard12,57387.85%90.16%
- 37Wolfenstein 3D4,32887.47%93.32%
- 38Dark Deception24,11787.40%88.42%
- 39Akane2,89187.29%95.40%
- 40Invisible, Inc.5,76587.25%91.26%
- 41Vecter2,91387.24%95.16%
- 42RUINER12,43887.22%89.05%
- 43Toribash16,82587.07%88.34%
- 44Risen10,77186.94%88.80%
- 45Mountain16,29086.94%88.16%
- 46Darksiders Warmastered Edition18,73486.92%87.98%
- 47Patch Quest2,78386.82%93.57%
- 48Super Amazing Wagon Adventure1,92786.63%95.38%
- 49Wild Animal Racing2,70786.60%92.72%
- 50Bomber Crew15,48386.54%87.57%
- 51Going Under4,13286.46%90.15%
- 52Savant - Ascent2,79086.31%92.15%
- 53Monstrum3,75186.30%90.62%
- 54Nyan Cat: Lost In Space2,03386.27%92.82%
- 55Bleed1,91486.21%92.84%
- 56Neon Boost2,46786.02%90.39%
- 57Quake Live15,84785.90%86.51%
- 58Changed18,44885.87%86.37%
- 59Reigns8,10485.83%86.92%
- 60GemCraft - Frostborn Wrath2,86285.75%88.57%
- 61Music Racer3,63485.74%87.95%
- 62Loading Screen Simulator8,60085.60%86.67%
- 63Rock 'N' Roll Defense3,93385.52%86.98%
- 64Grim Nights1,54785.35%87.98%
- 65Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved1,10985.34%91.25%
- 66Super Sanctum TD1,57885.14%86.44%
- 67Dungeon of the ENDLESS14,03785.14%85.27%
- 68Crown Trick5,38285.06%85.28%
- 69Deadly Days1,90685.04%85.57%
- 70Oik 31,05685.00%86.93%
- 71Ultimate Zombie Defense4,76284.99%85.11%
- 72Planes, Bullets and Vodka3,04684.98%85.13%
- 73MINDNIGHT2,96684.90%84.76%
- 74Caveblazers4,52784.85%85.22%
- 75Soccer Online: Ball 3D10,66584.66%84.41%
- 76Blackout Z: Slaughterhouse Edition1,94084.55%82.53%
- 77Frozen Synapse2,61884.48%82.73%
- 78HeXen II61384.33%78.47%
- 79CROSSBOW: Bloodnight52184.21%75.05%
- 80Polygoneer1,80484.18%79.99%
- 81Cart Racer1,08784.06%78.29%
- 82Bloodhound38484.06%67.71%
- 83Guts and Glory2,80883.88%80.09%
- 84Overture1,26183.84%75.10%
- 85Hard Reset Extended Edition4,93083.64%81.52%
- 86Receiver4,18483.38%79.64%
- 87GARAGE: Bad Trip81783.34%66.83%
- 88Stormbound1,22183.33%70.11%
- 89Revolution Ace1,88682.86%71.85%
- 90Trigon: Space Story1,42082.84%68.03%
- 91Mitos.is: The Game12,04682.78%80.99%
- 92Never Split the Party4,39982.09%76.20%
- 93Warspear Online3,13781.84%71.98%
- 94Builders of Egypt: Prologue4,08881.21%72.73%
- 95LET IT DIE6,29881.08%74.96%
- 96The Flame in the Flood7,28081.02%75.98%
- 97Artifact24,76657.97%47.08%
