Best Difficult Games on Steam

Unlike generic lists, our strategy game recommendations use a rigorous analysis of Steam user reviews to identify and feature only the best, community-validated difficult games. For those who prefer not to search, check out lists of the most played, top deals and best free to play Difficult games on Steam.

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Electrician Simulator Take on the electrician role and learn the profession's basics! Install sockets, repair worn-out equipment, assemble broken appliances, replace light bulbs, and lay wires at your customers' homes. Be sure to check everything twice, with electricity there are no jokes!

Price -86% 2.62€
Rating 7.7
Release 21 Sep 2022
There Is No Light: Enhanced Edition Battle your way through the grim Underground world in this brutal action-adventure RPG. Exterminate hordes of enemies, fight dangerous bosses and explore the world the way you want!

Price -94% 1.25€
Rating 7.0
Release 19 Sep 2022
HYPER DEMON HYPER DEMON is an FPS like no other. a pearl of lightning. a dream from the future. a drop of poison. a swan song. The faster you slay demons, the harder the game and the higher your score. There is an end. Will it see you?

Price -96% 0.62€
Rating 9.0
Release 19 Sep 2022
Trombone Champ Honk, blow, & toot your way through over 60 songs, collect all 50 unique Tromboner Cards, and uncover the mysteries of the Trombiverse. Do you have what it takes to become the true Trombone Champ?

Price -49% 6.47€
Rating 9.5
Release 15 Sep 2022
Freedom Planet 2 The fast paced platforming of Freedom Planet returns! Become a full-time cartoon heroine and use abilities and items suited to your play style to explore the world of Avalice and defend its animal citizens!

Price 24.99€
Rating 9.1
Release 13 Sep 2022
I Am Sakuya: Touhou FPS Game Dodge bullets, shoot enemies and even stop time as you navigate through 15 beautiful levels in this perfect blend of bullet hell and FPS. Uncover the origins of Sakuya Izayoi's past and investigate the mansion where the scarlet vampires resides in this Touhou Project Fangame!

Price 7.79€
Rating 8.5
Release 13 Sep 2022
Taiji Solve puzzle panels and uncover the meaning of the symbols within. Explore a dense world where secrets are hidden in plain sight.

Price -98% 0.49€
Rating 8.7
Release 09 Sep 2022
Steelrising Paris, 1789. The French Revolution has been suppressed with bloodshed by Louis XVI and his merciless mechanical army. Aegis, a mysterious automaton masterpiece, must confront the king's army alone to save history in this challenging action-RPG.

Price -99% 0.94€
Rating 7.1
Release 08 Sep 2022
Railbound A relaxing puzzle game about fixing train connections and travelling the world - now with a level editor!

Price -72% 3.67€
Rating 9.1
Release 06 Sep 2022
RUNGORE: Beginner Experience Card game mechanics - check. Real time battles - check. Silly humor - check. If this isn't the game of your dreams i don't know what is (Also we have hidden memes everywhere lol)

Price Free to play
Rating 8.6
Release 02 Sep 2022
ORX A new take on tower-defence and deckbuilding roguelike genres. ORX is like playing Carcassonne with your table on fire. Build your perfect deck, use powerful artefacts, master 3 unique factions. Prove that you are the King of your castle!

Price -50% 7.49€
Rating 6.9
Release 30 Aug 2022
Pixel Puzzles Ultimate Jigsaw Puzzles The Number 1 Jigsaw Puzzle Game.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.3
Release 29 Aug 2022
Quaver Quaver is a community-driven and open-source competitive rhythm game with two game modes and online leaderboards. Create your own maps, or challenge the world in online multiplayer matches.

Price Free to play
Rating 9.0
Release 19 Aug 2022
Quake Champions Step into the Arena. Compete against players from around the world in this fast-paced shooter that combines the dark mythos of the original Quake with the skill-based competition of Quake III Arena. Become a Champion.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.3
Release 18 Aug 2022
Thymesia Thymesia is a gruelling action-RPG with fast-paced combat and an intricate plague weapon system. In a kingdom where death spreads, play as a mysterious character known by the code name "Corvus". Prey upon your enemies, wield the power of disease and find the truth in your own memories.

Price -91% 2.28€
Rating 8.2
Release 18 Aug 2022
Cursed to Golf Cursed to Golf is a challenging golf-like adventure where every shot counts. Players are tasked with making it out of Golf Purgatory to become a Golfing Legend. With insane hazards, otherworldly power-ups and tons of replayability, will you make it back alive or will you forever be… Cursed to Golf!?

Price -94% 1.27€
Rating 7.1
Release 18 Aug 2022
Across the Obelisk Set forth in a co-op roguelite deckbuilder where every choice matters! Craft decks of breathtaking power. Journey alone or with up to three friends. Plot your party’s path to glory and face powerful enemies in deep tactical combat on your quest to save the kingdom of Senenthia in Across the Obelisk!

Price -93% 1.40€
Rating 8.0
Release 16 Aug 2022
Boat Crew Command your crew in Boat Crew, a gripping action-strategy experience amidst the Pacific War. Take charge of a PT boat against Imperial Japan, skillfully managing resources and personnel by any means necessary to ensure victory in this high-stakes conflict.

Price -25% 18.37€
Rating 8.3
Release 01 Aug 2022
Dungeon Munchies Hunt down monsters to cook and eat them! You’ve been revived in a massive underground complex and you must leave this bizarre facility. Aided by the undead Necro-Chef Simmer, you must stay safe, get fed, find a way to get out

Price -11% 15.02€
Rating 9.4
Release 27 Jul 2022
LOST EPIC LOST EPIC is a 2D side-scrolling action RPG about a war between gods and humanity. The player becomes the deity-defying knight, God Slayer, and explores the world known as Sanctum to bring the Pantheon of Six to their knees.

Price 17.49€
Rating 7.0
Release 27 Jul 2022
COMPOUND COMPOUND is a randomized rogue-lite, free-roaming shooter for VR veterans. Duck and dodge around enemy fire in a tough-as-nails retro FPS with multiple locomotion options. Download the demo below!

Price 19.99€
Rating 9.2
Release 19 Jul 2022
Mago Mago is a retro 2D platformer that puts us in the boots of a sorcerer, who was unfortunate enough to eat evil overlords' food. Now he has to rescue his beloved princess from the dinner menu of the evil Gourmet! Nostalgia awaits!

Price -69% 4.78€
Rating 8.8
Release 21 Jun 2022
Havsala: Into the Soul Palace Havsala is an investigative puzzle game with rich storytelling full of historical references and mysticism. Search the room for the clues left behind by the previous reincarnations of a single soul, solve the puzzles and unravel the mystery.

Price -94% 0.65€
Rating 8.7
Release 21 Jun 2022
Dungeons of Edera Dungeons of Edera is a rogue-lite action RPG dungeon crawler featuring procedurally generated levels where you will battle through hordes of monsters to restore Edera to its former glory.

Price 12.49€
Rating 6.6
Release 16 Jun 2022