Best Difficult Steam Games on Sale

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Sigma Theory: Global Cold War A Turn-based Strategy game in a futuristic global cold war from the award-winning creators of Out There. Recruit a squad of special agents and run your intel agency to secure the control of the singularity.

Price -97% 0.66€
Rating 7.3
Release 21 Nov 2019
Command: Modern Operations Command: Modern Operations is the next generation in cross-domain modern wargaming. It enables you to simulate every military engagement from post World War II to the present day and beyond. The scale is primarily tactical/operational, although strategic scale operations are also possible.

Price -82% 14.57€
Rating 8.1
Release 14 Nov 2019
Basement Basement is a strategy game, where you start doing illegal business to fund the development of your dream video game. It won't be easy, so get ready to deal with other gangs, cops, crazy junkies, mysterious investor and even ghosts from the past.

Price -98% 0.46€
Rating 6.9
Release 10 Nov 2019
Cathedral Make your way through more than 600 rooms, and unravel the secrets of your past by finding the five elemental orbs. Cathedral features a vast world, meant for exploring!

Price -93% 1.14€
Rating 7.1
Release 31 Oct 2019
Synth Riders Let the music move you in Synth Riders, a dance-action VR rhythm game with custom song support and a thriving multiplayer community!

Price -96% 1.07€
Rating 8.8
Release 31 Oct 2019
Strategic Mind: The Pacific Strategic Mind: The Pacific is a turn-based strategy set in the WW2 period depicting the war between the USA and the Empire of Japan waged in the Pacific Ocean with mindblowing historical accuracy and attention to detail. Two Sides. Two Commanders. Two Destinies.

Price -97% 0.99€
Rating 7.2
Release 25 Oct 2019
Lonely Mountains: Downhill Just you and your bike - take it on a thrilling ride down an unspoiled mountain landscape. Make your way through thick forests, narrow trails and wild rivers. Race, jump, slide and try not to crash - all the way from the peak to the valley!

Price -96% 0.78€
Rating 8.7
Release 23 Oct 2019
YORG.io 3 Defend, Attack, Survive! Build up your base and defeat the zombies with this unique combination of tower defense, base building and supply chain management. Now with multiplayer, mods and loads of new content!

Price -86% 0.86€
Rating 6.4
Release 13 Oct 2019
Fallback Lead the rebellion in an epic rogue-like adventure. Guide your jet-pack equipped post-apocalyptic volunteers through a labyrinthine underground complex by jumping, dodging, and battling against robot minions (and masters) to get to the surface — and bring life back to the scorched Earth.

Price -94% 0.65€
Rating 8.0
Release 11 Oct 2019
Radio Commander: Vietnam '64 Use the radio to give commands to the soldiers on the battlefield. Keep track of the situation based on their voice reports only. Lead US platoons to clash with Vietcong in a realistic, innovative approach to the RTS genre. Make hard choices in a narrative driven experience, and face the outcome.

Price -50% 8.39€
Rating 7.0
Release 10 Oct 2019
Valfaris Set in a far corner of space, Valfaris is a heavy metal infused 2D action-platformer and the next game from the team behind Unity Awards finalist, Slain: Back From Hell. Brutal combat. Deadly enemies. Stunning pixel art. Savage soundtrack. Get ready to rip the galaxy a new wormhole.

Price -98% 0.52€
Rating 8.0
Release 10 Oct 2019
Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair is a brand-new 2.5D platformer from some of the key creative talent behind 'Donkey Kong Country'. As the colourful buddy duo you must tackle a series of stunning, 2.5D levels and explore a puzzling 3D Overworld rich with secrets and surprises!

Price -93% 2.24€
Rating 7.8
Release 08 Oct 2019
The Wild Eight The Wild Eight is an intense survival action-adventure set in the frozen wilderness of Alaska. Team up with friends in online co-op or go solo, explore the mysterious land, craft weapons and fight to live another day.

Price -99% 0.42€
Rating 6.7
Release 03 Oct 2019
CODE VEIN In the face of certain death, we rise. Team up and embark on a journey to the ends of hell to unlock your past and escape your living nightmare in CODE VEIN.

Price -96% 2.94€
Rating 8.3
Release 26 Sep 2019
Palmyra Orphanage Paranormal first-person horror, which takes place in an abandoned orphanage. Walk through the corridors of your childhood, but do remember that you're not only one here.

Price -21% 3.94€
Rating 8.4
Release 24 Sep 2019
The Surge 2 In a bid to survive, explore the sprawling, devastated Jericho City. Fight ferocious threats in brutal, unforgiving combat, slashing and tearing the limbs off your opponents to steal their equipment.

Price -94% 2.01€
Rating 7.5
Release 23 Sep 2019
Deadly Days Deadly Days is a unique strategic rogue-lite in the zombie apocalypse. Manage and protect a group of survivors and help them to stop the catastrophe. Discover and use a large number of wild and crazy objects, even wilder and crazier survivors, special abilities, and deadly weapons.

Price -97% 0.47€
Rating 8.2
Release 19 Sep 2019
Police Stories A fresh take on top-down shooters with an emphasis on tactics that forces you to make split second decisions. Neutralize criminals, rescue civilians and defuse bombs in Single Player mode or Co-op. And remember - shooting first is not an option!

Price -98% 0.53€
Rating 8.3
Release 19 Sep 2019
Daymare: 1998 DAYMARE: 1998 is a third-person survival horror game that recreates the mood of iconic titles from the '90s, with a fresh storyline. An incident that turns a small town into a deadly zone, three characters to play with and little time to find the truth, before its mutated citizens abruptly end your mission.

Price -98% 0.88€
Rating 6.8
Release 17 Sep 2019
Nauticrawl A stolen, enigmatic machine is your only way out. It's likely to kill you, but so will the hostile planet you're escaping. Pull levers, hack devices, and puzzle out how to pilot the Nauticrawl to freedom in this unusual atmospheric adventure... or die trying.

Price -93% 1.05€
Rating 8.5
Release 16 Sep 2019
Blasphemous Blasphemous is a brutal action-platformer with skilled hack’n slash combat set in the nightmare world of Cvstodia. Explore, upgrade your abilities, and perform savage executions on the hordes of enemies that stand between you and your quest to break eternal damnation.

Price -96% 1.12€
Rating 8.9
Release 10 Sep 2019
Serious Sam Classics: Revolution Serious Sam is a high-adrenaline arcade-action shooter heavily focused on frantic action. In a world where cyberpunk meets fantasy-fiction and advanced technology is mixed with black magic and psycho-powers, Sam travels through four beautiful worlds, confronting countless foes on his way to Mental's base.

Price -92% 0.86€
Rating 8.7
Release 30 Aug 2019
Minoria Ink and blood stain the streets of Ramezia. Witches must burn and sins must be judged. Venture forth as Sister Semilla to burn down the pillars of heresy in Minoria, an action-platformer by Bombservice, creators of Momodora.

Price -96% 0.85€
Rating 7.8
Release 27 Aug 2019
Hunt: Showdown 1896 Hunt: Showdown 1896 is the brutally rewarding extraction shooter. Track twisted monsters and overcome ruthless PvP. Take bounties in corrupted backwaters lost to history. With a team, you might survive. Die with nothing or get out with everything.

Price -85% 4.51€
Rating 7.2
Release 27 Aug 2019
Death Crown Death Crown is a minimalist real time strategy game in a 1bit style, where you will be play Death herself, commanding her legions of death, and punishing humanity's Kingdom for its overconfidence.

Price -82% 2.34€
Rating 8.4
Release 23 Aug 2019
RAD RAD is a 3D action rogue-like set in a post-post-apocalyptic world, where humanity has faced armageddon not once, but twice.

Price -96% 0.81€
Rating 7.1
Release 19 Aug 2019
Remnant: From the Ashes The world has been thrown into chaos by an ancient evil from another dimension. As one of the last remnants of humanity, you must set out alone or alongside up to two other survivors to face down hordes of deadly enemies to try to carve a foothold, rebuild, and retake what was lost.

Price -95% 2.16€
Rating 8.3
Release 19 Aug 2019
Within the blade Bloody stealth platformer, about the ninja in which you cut the enemies into pieces.

Price -93% 0.80€
Rating 8.0
Release 17 Aug 2019
Devious Dungeon Set in the Dark Ages, Devious Dungeon is a medieval focused action platformer with RPG styled upgrades.

Price -53% 3.78€
Rating 7.7
Release 16 Aug 2019
Shortest Trip to Earth Shortest Trip to Earth is a roguelike spaceship simulator focused on exploration, ship management and tactical battles. Embark on a perilous journey across the universe with nuclear missiles, armed crew and a cat.

Price -91% 2.47€
Rating 7.4
Release 15 Aug 2019
Horace "The best platformer of 2019."Horace is a huge platforming adventure which pushes the boundaries of the genre with a profound story of a small robot learning of life, the universe and Douglas Adams. Made by videogame lovers for videogame lovers!

Price -98% 0.44€
Rating 7.6
Release 18 Jul 2019
EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 5 Stand and fight for humanity. This arcade shooter takes place in the year 2022, as the Earth Defense Force fends off an all-out attack by unknown life forms. Become an EDF soldier, battle against endless hordes of immense enemies, and restore peace to the earth.

Price -96% 2.14€
Rating 9.2
Release 11 Jul 2019
Blazing Chrome In Blazing Chrome, bring your best pal and kick some metal butts to free the humankind while enjoying a classic run’n’gun, fully loaded with action and exciting fights!

Price -96% 0.80€
Rating 8.4
Release 11 Jul 2019
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is an exploration-focused, side-scroller action RPG by Koji Igarashi. Play as Miriam, an orphan scarred by an alchemist's curse that slowly crystallizes her body. Battle through a demon-infested castle and defeat its master to save yourself, and all of humanity!

Price -96% 1.94€
Rating 9.2
Release 18 Jun 2019
They Are Billions They Are Billions is a Steampunk strategy game set on a post-apocalyptic planet. Build and defend colonies to survive against the billions of the infected that seek to annihilate the few remaining living humans. Can humanity survive after the zombie apocalypse?

Price -10% 26.99€
Rating 8.4
Release 18 Jun 2019
Contra Anniversary Collection The Contra Anniversary Collection brings this classic Run and Gun franchise back to modern platforms and a new generation of gamers.

Price -76% 4.89€
Rating 7.3
Release 11 Jun 2019

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