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Best Difficult Games

Top 50 of 967 qualifying games — tagged Difficult (community voting), 1,000+ reviews · ranked by Wilson lower bound on Steam review score · review data as of 2026-05-20.

1 Patrick's Parabox (2022) Puzzle · Sokoban · Logic · 100K–200K owners · $19.99 99.2%4,472 reviews 2 Pizza Tower (2023) Great Soundtrack · 2D Platformer · Fast-Paced · 1M–2M owners · $19.99 98.4%66,693 reviews 3 Hades (2020) Action Roguelike · Rogue-lite · Hack and Slash · 5M–10M owners · $24.99 98.2%279,741 reviews 4 Chants of Sennaar (2023) Puzzle · Adventure · Singleplayer · 200K–500K owners · $19.99 98.3%22,453 reviews 5 Touhou Tenkuushou ~ Hidden Star in Four Seasons. (2017) Bullet Hell · Great Soundtrack · Difficult · 50K–100K owners · $14.99 98.5%4,496 reviews 6 Balatro (2024) Card Game · Roguelike Deckbuilder · Rogue-like · 2M–5M owners · $14.99 98.0%153,566 reviews 7 Katana ZERO (2019) Pixel Graphics · Action · Great Soundtrack · 2M–5M owners · $14.99 98.0%71,069 reviews 8 Touhou Fuujinroku ~ Mountain of Faith. (2020) Indie · Action · Bullet Hell · 50K–100K owners · $14.99 98.6%1,231 reviews 9 Slay the Spire (2019) Roguelike Deckbuilder · Card Game · Card Battler · 5M–10M owners · $6.24 97.8%182,277 reviews 10 One Finger Death Punch (2014) Action · 2D Fighter · Fast-Paced · 500K–1M owners · $4.99 97.9%16,291 reviews 11 Trombone Champ (2022) Rhythm · Comedy · Funny · 200K–500K owners · $14.99 98.0%9,777 reviews 12 ULTRAKILL (2020) Boomer Shooter · Fast-Paced · FPS · 5M–10M owners · $24.99 97.7%169,751 reviews 13 Baba Is You (2019) Puzzle · Indie · Difficult · 1M–2M owners · $14.99 97.8%21,921 reviews 14 Ambidextro (2025) Precision Platformer · Action · 2D Platformer · 20K–50K owners · $7.99 98.5%1,055 reviews 15 Iron Snout (2016) Free to Play · 2D Fighter · Action · 2M–5M owners · Free 97.7%17,346 reviews 16 StarVaders (2025) Roguelike Deckbuilder · Deckbuilding · Turn-Based Tactics · 50K–100K owners · $24.99 98.2%1,955 reviews 17 Celeste (2018) Precision Platformer · Difficult · Pixel Graphics · 2M–5M owners · $19.99 97.5%120,602 reviews 18 Just Shapes & Beats (2018) Rhythm · Great Soundtrack · Music · 1M–2M owners · $19.99 97.6%22,150 reviews 19 Touhou Luna Nights (2019) Metroidvania · Difficult · Side Scroller · 500K–1M owners · $17.99 97.6%14,007 reviews 20 The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth (2014) Action Roguelike · Rogue-like · Indie · 5M–10M owners · $14.99 97.3%343,420 reviews 21 Zup! S (2018) Puzzle · Casual · Indie · 200K–500K owners · $1.99 97.6%10,820 reviews 22 Bloons TD 6 (2018) Tower Defense · Strategy · Multiplayer · 2M–5M owners · $13.99 97.3%353,960 reviews 23 SANABI (2023) Pixel Graphics · Story Rich · Action · 500K–1M owners · $14.99 97.4%35,954 reviews 24 ARMORED HEAD (2020) Arena Shooter · FPS · Action · 50K–100K owners · $2.49 98.1%1,227 reviews 25 Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes (2015) Co-op · Local Multiplayer · Puzzle · 1M–2M owners · $14.99 97.5%15,747 reviews 26 Touhou Kanjuden ~ Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom. (2019) Bullet Hell · Difficult · Great Soundtrack · 0–20K owners · $14.99 98.1%1,344 reviews 27 Papers, Please (2013) Indie · Political · Simulation · 2M–5M owners · $9.99 97.3%74,187 reviews 28 Peggle Deluxe (2007) Casual · Puzzle · Arcade · 500K–1M owners · $4.99 97.5%10,912 reviews 29 Peaks of Yore (2023) Difficult · Physics · Adventure · 100K–200K owners · $18.99 97.7%2,884 reviews 30 Touhou Kouryudou ~ Unconnected Marketeers. (2021) Bullet Hell · Shoot 'Em Up · Action · 50K–100K owners · $14.99 97.9%1,774 reviews 31 Hotline Miami (2012) Great Soundtrack · Violent · Action · 2M–5M owners · $9.99 97.1%106,657 reviews 32 Opus Magnum (2017) Puzzle · Programming · Automation · 200K–500K owners · $19.99 97.5%6,001 reviews 33 Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense (2014) Tower Defense · Strategy · Singleplayer · 1M–2M owners · $9.99 97.3%14,832 reviews 34 Dead Cells (2018) Adventure · Action Roguelike · Metroidvania · 5M–10M owners · $24.99 97.1%168,464 reviews 35 Hollow Knight (2017) Metroidvania · Souls-like · Platformer · 5M–10M owners · $14.99 97.0%415,946 reviews 36 Rabbit and Steel (2024) Co-op · Bullet Hell · Action Roguelike · 200K–500K owners · $14.99 97.3%8,711 reviews 37 Resident Evil 2 (2019) Zombies · Survival Horror · Horror · 5M–10M owners · $39.99 97.0%172,857 reviews 38 Post Void (2020) FPS · Psychedelic · Fast-Paced · 1M–2M owners · $2.99 97.2%10,895 reviews 39 Dungeon Munchies (2022) Indie · Action · Pixel Graphics · 200K–500K owners · $19.99 97.2%6,903 reviews 40 Clone Drone in the Danger Zone (2021) Robots · Action · 3D Fighter · 1M–2M owners · $19.99 96.8%33,067 reviews 41 Oxygen Not Included (2019) Colony Sim · Base-Building · Survival · 2M–5M owners · $24.99 96.8%128,390 reviews 42 Super Hexagon (2012) Difficult · Great Soundtrack · Indie · 1M–2M owners · $2.99 96.9%24,676 reviews 43 Will You Snail? (2022) Artificial Intelligence · Precision Platformer · Difficult · 100K–200K owners · $10.99 97.3%2,729 reviews 44 Black Myth: Wukong (2024) Mythology · Action RPG · Action · 50M–100M owners · $59.99 96.7%1,150,098 reviews 45 Spin Rhythm XD (2023) Rhythm · Music · Casual · 200K–500K owners · $19.99 97.2%4,043 reviews 46 Return of the Obra Dinn (2018) Detective · Mystery · Puzzle · 500K–1M owners · $19.99 96.8%29,016 reviews 47 Hook (2015) Casual · Puzzle · Relaxing · 200K–500K owners · $2.99 97.0%8,887 reviews 48 Hexcells Infinite (2014) Puzzle · Casual · Indie · 200K–500K owners · $4.99 97.1%4,440 reviews 49 Don't Starve (2013) Survival · Open World Survival Craft · Crafting · 2M–5M owners · $9.99 96.6%109,816 reviews 50 Zup! X (2018) Puzzle · Casual · Indie · 200K–500K owners · $1.99 97.0%5,991 reviews