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Best Difficult Games

Top 50 of 1,017 qualifying games — tagged Difficult (community voting), 1,000+ reviews · ranked by Wilson lower bound on Steam review score · review data as of 2026-08-06.

1 Patrick's Parabox (2022) Puzzle · Sokoban · Logic · $19.99 99.3%5,749 reviews 2 Pizza Tower (2023) Great Soundtrack · 2D Platformer · Fast-Paced · $19.99 98.3%72,301 reviews 3 Chants of Sennaar (2023) Puzzle · Adventure · Singleplayer · $19.99 98.2%33,485 reviews 4 Touhou Tenkuushou ~ Hidden Star in Four Seasons. (2017) Bullet Hell · Great Soundtrack · Difficult · $14.99 98.5%4,537 reviews 5 Hades (2020) Action Roguelike · Rogue-lite · Hack and Slash · $24.99 98.0%307,195 reviews 6 Katana ZERO (2019) Pixel Graphics · Action · Great Soundtrack · $14.99 97.9%75,739 reviews 7 Balatro (2024) Card Game · Roguelike Deckbuilder · Rogue-like · $14.99 97.8%196,229 reviews 8 One Finger Death Punch (2014) Action · 2D Fighter · Fast-Paced · $4.99 97.9%16,331 reviews 9 Touhou Fuujinroku ~ Mountain of Faith. (2020) Indie · Action · Bullet Hell · $14.99 98.4%1,641 reviews 10 Trombone Champ (2022) Rhythm · Comedy · Funny · $14.99 97.9%11,141 reviews 11 Baba Is You (2019) Puzzle · Indie · Difficult · $14.99 97.7%24,425 reviews 12 Iron Snout (2016) Free to Play · 2D Fighter · Action · Free 97.7%17,469 reviews 13 Just Shapes & Beats (2018) Rhythm · Great Soundtrack · Music · $19.99 97.6%25,886 reviews 14 Slay the Spire (2019) Roguelike Deckbuilder · Card Game · Card Battler · $6.24 97.5%217,083 reviews 15 Peggle Deluxe (2007) Casual · Puzzle · Arcade · $4.99 97.6%14,217 reviews 16 Touhou Kanjuden ~ Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom. (2019) Bullet Hell · Difficult · Great Soundtrack · $14.99 98.1%1,608 reviews 17 Celeste (2018) Precision Platformer · Difficult · Pixel Graphics · $19.99 97.4%145,261 reviews 18 ULTRAKILL (2020) Boomer Shooter · Fast-Paced · FPS · $24.99 97.4%239,361 reviews 19 Papers, Please (2013) Indie · Political · Simulation · $9.99 97.3%79,930 reviews 20 Ambidextro (2025) Precision Platformer · Action · 2D Platformer · $7.99 98.0%1,378 reviews 21 ARMORED HEAD (2020) Arena Shooter · FPS · Action · $2.49 98.1%1,288 reviews 22 Bloons TD 6 (2018) Tower Defense · Strategy · Multiplayer · $13.99 97.2%392,238 reviews 23 SANABI (2023) Pixel Graphics · Story Rich · Action · $14.99 97.3%44,614 reviews 24 Touhou Luna Nights (2019) Metroidvania · Difficult · Side Scroller · $17.99 97.3%14,902 reviews 25 The Chef's Shift (2025) Cooking · Typing · Time Management · $12.99 97.8%1,961 reviews 26 Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes (2015) Co-op · Local Multiplayer · Puzzle · $14.99 97.3%17,053 reviews 27 Touhou Kouryudou ~ Unconnected Marketeers. (2021) Bullet Hell · Shoot 'Em Up · Action · $14.99 97.8%1,816 reviews 28 Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense (2014) Tower Defense · Strategy · Singleplayer · $9.99 97.3%16,936 reviews 29 Resident Evil 2 (2019) Zombies · Survival Horror · Horror · $39.99 97.0%219,938 reviews 30 Dead Cells (2018) Adventure · Action Roguelike · Metroidvania · $24.99 97.0%182,314 reviews 31 The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth (2014) Action Roguelike · Rogue-like · Indie · $14.99 96.9%439,798 reviews 32 Opus Magnum (2017) Puzzle · Programming · Automation · $19.99 97.3%7,134 reviews 33 Hollow Knight (2017) Metroidvania · Souls-like · Platformer · $14.99 96.9%555,314 reviews 34 Peaks of Yore (2023) Difficult · Physics · Adventure · $18.99 97.4%3,754 reviews 35 Dungeon Munchies (2022) Indie · Action · Pixel Graphics · $19.99 97.2%7,205 reviews 36 Hotline Miami (2012) Great Soundtrack · Violent · Action · $9.99 96.8%126,974 reviews 37 Rabbit and Steel (2024) Co-op · Bullet Hell · Action Roguelike · $14.99 97.1%11,443 reviews 38 Super Hexagon (2012) Difficult · Great Soundtrack · Indie · $2.99 96.9%25,080 reviews 39 Oxygen Not Included (2019) Colony Sim · Base-Building · Survival · $24.99 96.7%143,081 reviews 40 Hook (2015) Casual · Puzzle · Relaxing · $2.99 97.0%8,917 reviews 41 StarVaders (2025) Roguelike Deckbuilder · Deckbuilding · Turn-Based Tactics · $24.99 97.1%4,285 reviews 42 Post Void (2020) FPS · Psychedelic · Fast-Paced · $2.99 96.8%12,355 reviews 43 Zup! S (2018) Puzzle · Casual · Indie · $1.99 96.8%16,112 reviews 44 Hexcells (2014) Puzzle · Casual · Indie · $2.99 97.0%5,916 reviews 45 Return of the Obra Dinn (2018) Detective · Mystery · Puzzle · $19.99 96.7%34,863 reviews 46 Black Myth: Wukong (2024) Mythology · Action RPG · Action · $59.99 96.5%1,204,273 reviews 47 Hexcells Infinite (2014) Puzzle · Casual · Indie · $4.99 97.0%4,693 reviews 48 Kindergarten (2017) Funny · Gore · Pixel Graphics · $4.99 96.8%10,531 reviews 49 Don't Starve (2013) Survival · Open World Survival Craft · Crafting · $9.99 96.6%113,277 reviews 50 14 Minesweeper Variants (2022) Puzzle · Logic · Minimalist · $6.99 97.3%1,649 reviews