Most Reviewed Difficult Games Under $40
The most-reviewed Difficult games for games under $40, ranked by total review count.
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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.
- 1Counter-Strike: Global Offensive9,779,64185.98%85.98%
- 2Dota 22,754,57180.61%80.59%
- 3PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS2,740,99560.58%60.49%
- 4Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege1,538,53582.25%82.23%
- 5HELLDIVERS 21,153,34475.29%75.20%
- 6Dead by Daylight926,01078.50%78.43%
- 7Geometry Dash630,88292.91%93.04%
- 8Hollow Knight556,11496.70%96.91%
- 9Don't Starve Together540,96094.75%94.93%
- 10Valheim539,73893.82%93.99%
- 11Monster Hunter: World515,02488.71%88.78%
- 12The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth442,23596.66%96.92%
- 13Bloons TD 6392,70196.88%97.19%
- 14Risk of Rain 2351,22093.56%93.81%
- 15Hades307,39997.60%98.01%
- 16Hunt: Showdown 1896276,71574.10%73.71%
- 17ULTRAKILL239,95896.88%97.37%
- 18SCP: Secret Laboratory233,04690.81%91.07%
- 19DOOM220,58695.06%95.52%
- 20Resident Evil 2220,36896.52%97.05%
- 21Cuphead218,94595.67%96.16%
- 22Slay the Spire217,30396.92%97.48%
- 23DOOM Eternal216,53391.10%91.38%
- 24Balatro196,51697.22%97.84%
- 25Counter-Strike: Source192,72295.73%96.29%
- 26Dead Cells182,50496.41%97.04%
- 27Devil May Cry 5169,21995.42%96.04%
- 28Half-Life163,35395.83%96.50%
- 29Darkest Dungeon161,04691.28%91.67%
- 30DARK SOULS: REMASTERED153,90591.98%92.44%
- 31Ori and the Will of the Wisps145,81695.76%96.51%
- 32Kerbal Space Program145,60794.89%95.57%
- 33Celeste145,48396.60%97.40%
- 34Oxygen Not Included143,18295.96%96.73%
- 35Outlast138,06195.66%96.44%
- 36Frostpunk136,77492.20%92.73%
- 37Aimlabs136,67190.66%91.08%
- 38Insurgency: Sandstorm132,92184.83%84.82%
- 39DARK SOULS II: Scholar of the First Sin131,13583.97%83.90%
- 40Helltaker127,92596.76%97.68%
- 41Hotline Miami127,17595.98%96.85%
- 42Resident Evil 3124,73483.51%83.40%
- 43The Long Dark123,18488.64%88.94%
- 44Muse Dash121,87691.00%91.50%
- 45My Summer Car116,38594.14%94.93%
- 46Don't Starve113,30695.61%96.55%
- 47Elite Dangerous107,12777.96%77.31%
- 48Resident Evil 4 (2005)97,52193.30%94.15%
- 49TEKKEN 795,27083.70%83.57%
- 50Albion Online93,03879.09%78.46%
- 51The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition90,12789.42%89.92%
- 52Blender90,07794.90%96.00%
- 53Enter the Gungeon89,62294.10%95.12%
- 54Barotrauma88,90793.10%94.02%
- 55METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE88,64994.90%96.03%
- 56Noita88,30694.11%95.15%
- 57DEVOUR87,98489.93%90.50%
- 58STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor85,34472.42%70.95%
- 59Overcooked! 283,56389.83%90.41%
- 60A Dance of Fire and Ice82,88693.09%94.07%
- 61Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy82,25982.56%82.27%
- 62Lies of P80,98390.94%91.68%
- 63Metro: Last Light Redux80,89090.56%91.26%
- 64Papers, Please79,97495.93%97.30%
- 65Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number79,68393.09%94.11%
- 66FTL: Faster Than Light78,49093.96%95.11%
- 67Beat Saber76,20194.28%95.51%
- 68Katana ZERO75,82596.41%97.93%
- 69Golf With Your Friends74,99587.06%87.35%
- 70Pizza Tower72,35696.67%98.29%
- 71TEKKEN 871,84059.79%56.29%
- 72Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition71,29493.82%95.07%
- 73Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem67,88359.64%55.91%
- 74Ghostrunner66,56790.39%91.21%
- 75GTFO66,54384.06%83.93%
- 76Blasphemous66,39289.19%89.83%
- 77Alien: Isolation66,36992.06%93.13%
- 78Plague Inc: Evolved65,27592.98%94.21%
- 79Chivalry: Medieval Warfare65,06582.88%82.57%
- 80Hitman: Absolution63,27592.07%93.19%
- 81The Binding of Isaac62,72593.30%94.64%
- 82CONTROL Ultimate Edition62,66085.91%86.07%
- 83Ultimate Custom Night62,61593.42%94.77%
- 84LIMBO61,77091.21%92.22%
- 85Battlerite59,25384.74%84.71%
- 86Five Nights at Freddy's58,95892.52%93.81%
- 87XCOM: Enemy Unknown58,49992.00%93.21%
- 88DRAGON BALL Z: KAKAROT58,12891.96%93.17%
- 89Skul: The Hero Slayer57,48492.02%93.26%
- 90Remnant: From the Ashes57,14484.37%84.27%
- 91Lobotomy Corporation | Monster Management Simulation56,29092.83%94.23%
- 92Rain World56,04892.41%93.74%
- 93They Are Billions51,28485.10%85.13%
- 94Nioh 2 – The Complete Edition50,37987.04%87.45%
- 95Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen48,92287.84%88.44%
- 96DiRT Rally 2.048,28688.15%88.81%
- 97S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl48,08293.00%94.67%
- 98Assetto Corsa Competizione47,77591.33%92.66%
- 99Realm of the Mad God Exalt47,66183.14%82.77%
- 100Hero Siege46,90770.28%67.15%
