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Best Unforgiving Games

Top 17 of 17 qualifying games — tagged Unforgiving (community voting), 1,000+ reviews · ranked by Wilson lower bound on Steam review score · review data as of 2026-08-06.

1 Will You Snail? (2022) Artificial Intelligence · Precision Platformer · Difficult · $10.99 97.0%2,822 reviews 2 X-COM: UFO Defense (2008) Strategy · Classic · Turn-Based Strategy · $4.99 95.0%3,986 reviews 3 Super Meat Boy (2010) Precision Platformer · Platformer · Difficult · $14.99 94.1%38,932 reviews 4 XCOM: Enemy Unknown (2012) Turn-Based Strategy · Tactical · Strategy · $5.99 93.2%58,481 reviews 5 DARK SOULS: Prepare To Die Edition (2012) Souls-like · RPG · Dark Fantasy · Free 91.5%78,524 reviews 6 Boson X (2014) Difficult · Action · Arcade · $4.99 92.2%1,584 reviews 7 Blasphemous 2 (2023) Combat · Fantasy · Metroidvania · $29.99 90.7%20,704 reviews 8 WORLD OF HORROR (2023) Horror · Lovecraftian · Pixel Graphics · $19.99 89.7%9,812 reviews 9 DARK SOULS II (2014) Souls-like · RPG · Dark Fantasy · $39.99 88.1%46,674 reviews 10 The Pale Beyond (2023) Resource Management · Survival · Choices Matter · $19.99 88.7%2,227 reviews 11 The Last Plague: Blight (2024) Early Access · Open World Survival Craft · Top-Down · $16.99 88.9%1,457 reviews 12 Last Train Home (2023) Strategy · Real Time Tactics · RTS · $39.99 87.1%5,443 reviews 13 Wildfrost (2023) Card Battler · Difficult · Roguelike Deckbuilder · $19.99 82.9%8,804 reviews 14 Gloomhaven (2021) Online Co-Op · Dark Fantasy · Turn-Based Combat · $34.99 82.0%16,039 reviews 15 Othercide (2020) Strategy · Indie · Turn-Based Tactics · $29.99 81.9%5,254 reviews 16 Reverse Collapse: Code Name Bakery (2024) Turn-Based Tactics · Multiple Endings · Singleplayer · $24.99 79.5%5,156 reviews 17 AtmaSphere (2018) Casual · Indie · Action · $3.99 79.7%2,003 reviews