Discounted 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.

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The Surge Welcome to CREO, the megacorporation saving the world! A catastrophic event has knocked you out during the first day on the job… you wake up equipped with a heavy-grade exoskeleton, in a destroyed section of the complex.

Price -96% 0.65€
Rating 7.4
Release 15 May 2017
The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile The followup to 2009's Dead Samurai, The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile is a combo-fueled, fast-paced, stylistic 2D action platformer that features the series' staple gritty, graphic novel-inspired art style, built on a new engine that allows for an even more visually gruesome experience.

Price -2% 9.81€
Rating 9.0
Release 12 May 2017
Immortal Redneck Immortal Redneck is a FPS set in Egypt with rogue-lite elements. Frantic gameplay, twitch controls and an arcade-style feel meet randomly generated dungeons, a complete skill tree, permanent death and 9 classes with different traits.

Price -98% 0.42€
Rating 8.7
Release 25 Apr 2017
I Expect You To Die Test your problem-solving skills in this virtual reality escape-the-room puzzle game. Play as a secret agent armed with telekinetic abilities on a mission to stop Zoraxis, an evil corporation with plans for world domination.

Price -50% 11.49€
Rating 9.0
Release 25 Apr 2017
BlazBlue Centralfiction Combining a 2D fighting game with a visual novel, the BlazBlue series continues on with massive fan support! The latest installation, BlazBlue: Centralfiction, serves as the ending to the Azure Saga, revealing the hidden truth of the world!

Price -92% 3.22€
Rating 9.1
Release 25 Apr 2017
aMAZE 2 aMAZE 2 is a straightforward and surprisingly-difficult celebration of the simple beauty of the maze.

Price -75% 0.50€
Rating 8.1
Release 21 Apr 2017
Flinthook Live the life of space captain Flinthook! Armed with your mighty hookshot, your uncanny slow-motion powers and your trusty blasma pistol, plunder and fight your way through an infinite variety of randomly-assembled spaceships for treasure, loot and fame!

Price -16% 12.60€
Rating 7.1
Release 18 Apr 2017
Gloom Afflicted by severe amnesia, you drift deep into the Common Dream. You scour for the lost pages of the Necronomicon, while clinging on to any little purpose you have left. Faced with mad dreamers, horrible abominations and eldritch deities, you feel drawn to the dark Abyss deep within.

Price -19% 8.19€
Rating 7.9
Release 13 Apr 2017
Mr. Shifty Teleport, shift through bullets, and master lightning-fast takedowns in an all new kind of action game from tinyBuild and Team Shifty!

Price -97% 0.56€
Rating 8.4
Release 13 Apr 2017
Slime-san: Superslime Edition Slime-san was minding his own business when suddenly… A giant worm appeared and gobbled him up! Deep within the worm’s belly, Slime-san has to face a decision: Be digested by the incoming wall of stomach acid... Or jump, slide and slime his way through the worm and back out its mouth!

Price -54% 6.99€
Rating 7.9
Release 07 Apr 2017
Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment Take control of Specter Knight, servant to the Enchantress, in a quest to recruit a cadre of knights and create the Order of No Quarter. Experience perfect platforming, world-class visuals, impeccable stage design, incredible music, and even meet a friend or two in Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment!

Price -56% 4.41€
Rating 8.8
Release 05 Apr 2017
Soccer Online: Ball 3D Multiplayer soccer simulator. Control one player. Play online or with bots.

Price -51% 0.49€
Rating 8.3
Release 31 Mar 2017
Sumoman Sumoman is an adventure puzzle platformer with advanced physics, destructible objects and the ability to reverse time. Solve various physical puzzles, trying to keep the unstable Sumoman on his feet in challenging environments.

Price -96% 0.56€
Rating 7.5
Release 28 Mar 2017
Snake Pass Slither, coil and climb your way to the top of Haven Tor in this one of a kind physics based, puzzle platform adventure from award winning independent studio Sumo Digital!

Price -97% 0.73€
Rating 7.7
Release 28 Mar 2017
Rain World You are a nomadic slugcat, both predator and prey in a broken ecosystem. Grab your spear and brave the industrial wastes, hunting enough food to survive, but be wary— other, bigger creatures have the same plan... and slugcats look delicious.

Price -91% 2.27€
Rating 9.2
Release 28 Mar 2017
Cosmic Express Plan the train route for the universe's most awkward space colony!

Price -97% 0.47€
Rating 8.6
Release 16 Mar 2017
64.0 64.0 is a minimal fast-paced arcade game, where you shoot the squares that have the same color as the background.

Price -23% 2.33€
Rating 8.6
Release 16 Mar 2017
Styx: Shards of Darkness Styx returns in a new stealth adventure! Explore and master huge open environments, sneak past or assassinate new enemies and bosses, and experiment with the new array of lethal abilities and weapons in our goblin assassin's arsenal.

Price -75% 5.13€
Rating 8.1
Release 14 Mar 2017
Death Squared Death Squared is a co-op puzzle game about cooperation, communication, and robot explosions. You should buy it!

Price -97% 0.55€
Rating 8.4
Release 13 Mar 2017
DESYNC DESYNC is an intense single-player first person action game that begs you to play dangerously and creatively. Eliminate your opponents as you perform violent attack sequences using the explosive digital weaponry and lethal side-arms at your disposal.

Price -92% 1.20€
Rating 7.6
Release 28 Feb 2017
Furious Angels Furious Angels is a brutal score attack shooter with different waves each day. Compete on the leaderboards, transform into a flying tank and shred the skies to pieces!

Price -65% 1.78€
Rating 8.1
Release 27 Feb 2017
City Climber City Climber is a silly physics-based game about a floppy ragdoll climber, who has to save the world. Find your way through diverse hand-crafted environments and enjoy funny challenges full of falling and destruction.

Price -75% 1.29€
Rating 7.1
Release 24 Feb 2017
Hollow Knight Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.

Price -69% 4.69€
Rating 9.6
Release 24 Feb 2017
Minimalism Minimalism - platformer with a lot of levels, made in minimalist style - which is a cube protogonist. The game is a kind of labyrinth consisting of levels, to go between them you need to open the doors with collected keys.

Price -86% 0.14€
Rating 7.1
Release 08 Feb 2017

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