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Best Unforgiving Games

Top 16 of 16 qualifying games — tagged Unforgiving (community voting), 1,000+ reviews · ranked by Wilson lower bound on Steam review score · review data as of 2026-05-20.

1 Will You Snail? (2022) Artificial Intelligence · Precision Platformer · Difficult · 100K–200K owners · $10.99 97.3%2,729 reviews 2 Super Meat Boy (2010) Precision Platformer · Platformer · Difficult · 2M–5M owners · $14.99 94.6%35,494 reviews 3 X-COM: UFO Defense (2008) Strategy · Classic · Turn-Based Strategy · 1M–2M owners · $4.99 94.8%3,799 reviews 4 XCOM: Enemy Unknown (2012) Turn-Based Strategy · Tactical · Strategy · 2M–5M owners · $5.99 93.4%56,414 reviews 5 DARK SOULS: Prepare To Die Edition (2012) Souls-like · RPG · Dark Fantasy · 1M–2M owners · Free 91.5%78,137 reviews 6 Boson X (2014) Difficult · Action · Arcade · 200K–500K owners · $4.99 92.6%1,565 reviews 7 WORLD OF HORROR (2023) Horror · Lovecraftian · Pixel Graphics · 200K–500K owners · $19.99 91.5%9,381 reviews 8 Blasphemous 2 (2023) Combat · Fantasy · Metroidvania · 500K–1M owners · $29.99 91.3%14,237 reviews 9 DARK SOULS II (2014) Souls-like · RPG · Dark Fantasy · 500K–1M owners · $39.99 88.4%44,324 reviews 10 The Pale Beyond (2023) Resource Management · Survival · Choices Matter · 50K–100K owners · $19.99 89.0%1,862 reviews 11 Last Train Home (2023) Strategy · Real Time Tactics · RTS · 100K–200K owners · $39.99 87.0%4,536 reviews 12 Gloomhaven (2021) Online Co-Op · Dark Fantasy · Turn-Based Combat · 500K–1M owners · $34.99 83.2%14,983 reviews 13 Wildfrost (2023) Card Battler · Difficult · Roguelike Deckbuilder · 500K–1M owners · $19.99 82.4%8,176 reviews 14 Othercide (2020) Strategy · Indie · Turn-Based Tactics · 200K–500K owners · $29.99 82.3%4,819 reviews 15 Reverse Collapse: Code Name Bakery (2024) Turn-Based Tactics · Multiple Endings · Singleplayer · 200K–500K owners · $24.99 78.2%4,683 reviews 16 AtmaSphere (2018) Casual · Indie · Action · 200K–500K owners · $3.99 77.4%1,181 reviews