Best Difficult Games on Steam

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Shotgun Legend Eugene must battle aliens and the undead in search of a truck rim, as it seems to be his ticket home.

Price 0.99€
Rating 8.5
Release 15 Jan 2018
永远消失的幻想乡 ~ The Disappearing of Gensokyo "The Disappearing of Gensokyo" is a Touhou Project doujin game from MyACG Studio, a Chinese doujin game fan circle. We have re-imagined Touhou as an ARPG, creating this "Danmaku-Shooting-ARPG". We hope this game will be a good experience for those who are both new and knowledgeable of Touhou!

Price 10.99€
Rating 8.1
Release 11 Jan 2018
SCP: Secret Laboratory Deep within a secure underground facility, a sudden containment breach allows many of the secured anomalies to escape from their chambers. Assist the Foundation in re-securing the facility, help the Insurgency in their goal to capture it, or wreak havoc as an SCP in a frantic bid to escape.

Price Free to play
Rating 9.0
Release 29 Dec 2017
Bridge Constructor Portal Enter the Aperture Science Enrichment Center and experience Bridge Constructor Portal – the unique merging of the classic Portal™ and Bridge Constructor™ games.

Price -96% 0.44€
Rating 8.9
Release 20 Dec 2017
Swarm Queen A quick-to-learn but challenging real-time strategy game where you spawn an army of space-bugs that control themselves.

Price -88% 0.84€
Rating 8.5
Release 19 Dec 2017
Romancing SaGa 2™ Sit upon the throne of the Varennes Empire and control several generations of rulers in a valiant battle against the Seven Heroes.

Price -70% 7.49€
Rating 6.5
Release 15 Dec 2017
qop 2 qop 2 is a minimalistic puzzle which goal is to get the cube to finish using 4 directions in space.

Price 1.99€
Rating 8.8
Release 12 Dec 2017
Hello Neighbor Hello Neighbor is a Stealth Horror Game about sneaking into your neighbor's house and figuring out what he's hiding in the basement. Play against an advanced AI that learns from your actions.

Price -92% 2.33€
Rating 8.2
Release 08 Dec 2017
Project Rhombus Project Rhombus is a rhythm-based casual action game that combines exciting electronic music with stylish flat design. Hold on as long as possible, blocking the oncoming arrows moving to the beat.

Price 0.99€
Rating 8.8
Release 07 Dec 2017
Opus Magnum Opus Magnum is the latest open-ended puzzle game from Zachtronics, the creators of SpaceChem, Infinifactory, and SHENZHEN I/O. Design and build machines that assemble potions, poisons, and more using the alchemical engineer’s most advanced tool: the transmutation engine!

Price -48% 10.18€
Rating 9.4
Release 07 Dec 2017
Ninja Stealth 3 After a long vacation our ninja is a little rusty, can you help him with his training? Ninja Stealth III brings you 30 new challenging levels, are you ready?

Price 4.90€
Rating 7.6
Release 06 Dec 2017
Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy A game I made for a certain kind of person. To hurt them.

Price -70% 2.09€
Rating 8.1
Release 06 Dec 2017
Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator Start your own Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria with Freddy Fazbear Pizzeria Simulator!

Price Free to play
Rating 9.2
Release 04 Dec 2017
Inertia Inertia is a first-person platformer with free-running aspects. Inspired by various other free-running and movement based games/game-modes.

Price 0.99€
Rating 7.9
Release 01 Dec 2017
Polyball Get ready to enter a new era of physics platforming. Polyball is a classic ball rolling game in the vein of Super Monkey Ball, Marble Madness, and Marble Blast - while taking cues from games such as the Sonic series, Trackmania, and Mario Kart.

Price 3.99€
Rating 6.7
Release 01 Dec 2017
Injustice™ 2 Build and power up the ultimate version of your favourite DC legends in INJUSTICE 2. This is your Legend. Your Journey. Your Injustice.

Price -96% 2.26€
Rating 8.5
Release 30 Nov 2017
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Price -96% 0.33€
Rating 7.6
Release 10 Nov 2017
Oik 3 Casual physics puzzle.

Price 0.99€
Rating 8.2
Release 09 Nov 2017
Gladiator School Gladiator School is a Tycoon-style simulation game. You play as the master of a newly formed school for gladiators. Your job is to prepare and train recruits before you send them away to fight for their survival and entertain the crowd in the arena.

Price -31% 3.49€
Rating 6.8
Release 09 Nov 2017
Superflight Superflight is an intense, easy to learn wingsuit game with an infinite number of beautiful procedurally generated maps. A great game to relax for half an hour and chase your latest highscore!

Price -20% 2.42€
Rating 9.4
Release 08 Nov 2017
Starblast Fun, fast paced online multiplayer arcade space shooter. Take control of your spaceship, mine asteroids, increase your stats, upgrade to different types of spaceships with improved stats and weapons. Fight against other players and collect their gems.

Price -58% 4.20€
Rating 7.8
Release 08 Nov 2017
Battlerite BATTLERITE​ ​is​ ​an​ ​action-packed​ ​team​ ​arena​ ​brawler.​ ​Experience​ ​the​ ​unique​ ​combination​ ​of​ top-down​ ​shooter​ meets​ ​fast-paced​ ​fighting​ ​game and challenge ​friends​ ​and​ foes​ ​in​ ​a​ ​battle​ ​of reaction. The Arena awaits!

Price Free to play
Rating 8.3
Release 08 Nov 2017
Card Quest Card Quest is a dungeon crawling adventure game with unique card combat. Play with a variety of unique character classes, and customize decks to fit your playstyle. Explore the strategic depth of tactical roguelike gameplay, and crush the undead plague.

Price -13% 7.16€
Rating 8.0
Release 07 Nov 2017
Nioh: Complete Edition Ready to die? Experience the newest brutal action game from Team NINJA and Koei Tecmo Games. In the age of samurai, a lone traveler lands on the shores of Japan. He must fight his way through the vicious warriors and supernatural Yokai that infest the land in order to find that which he seeks.

Price -89% 5.51€
Rating 7.9
Release 07 Nov 2017
Warspear Online Create your hero and dive into an epic 2D MMORPG! Explore a vast open world, conquer castles, battle in free-for-all PvP, team up in guilds, join Alliance wars, explore dungeons, and celebrate with fun in-game events!

Price Free to play
Rating 7.1
Release 02 Nov 2017
Golden Krone Hotel Golden Krone Hotel is a gothic horror roguelike. Fight vampires with sunlight or become a vampire yourself and sneak in the shadows. Combines classic turn-based combat with dynamic lighting, an innovative potion system, and fast paced gameplay.

Price 9.99€
Rating 8.7
Release 26 Oct 2017
The Mummy Demastered A powerful ancient evil has arisen, and the war to save humanity has begun! As an elite agent in the monster-hunting Prodigium organization, you must use a variety of weapons, upgrades, and mysterious artifacts to defend mankind against the supernatural hordes of Princess Ahmanet.

Price -91% 1.96€
Rating 7.3
Release 24 Oct 2017
High Hell High Hell is a neon-soaked, arcade-action first-person shooter from Terri Vellmann (Heavy Bullets) and Doseone (Enter the Gungeon, Gang Beasts).

Price -80% 1.95€
Rating 8.2
Release 23 Oct 2017
Blackout Z: Slaughterhouse Edition Blackout Z' is a super fast top-down view shooter where you face ZOMBIES, SAWS and the DARK. Do you have what it takes to have what it takes to survive the zombie apocalypse with only your gun and an old flashlight?

Price -93% 0.35€
Rating 7.9
Release 20 Oct 2017
Bomber Crew Chocks away! Bomber Crew is a strategic simulation game, where picking the right crew and keeping your bomber in tip top shape is the difference between completing your mission or losing it all! USAAF DLC NOW AVAILABLE! FLY THE ICONIC AMERICAN BOMBER!

Price -93% 1.21€
Rating 8.6
Release 19 Oct 2017
Tametsi Tametsi is a difficult logic game played on a set of tiles, in which you must use the clues provided to discover and mark hidden mines.

Price 2.99€
Rating 9.2
Release 18 Oct 2017
Warbanners Warbanners: the turn-based, tactical strategy game with role-playing elements that lets you manage a squad of mercenaries, and survive 42 campaign missions. Your goal? To earn a place among ancient legends!

Price -67% 6.75€
Rating 6.8
Release 18 Oct 2017
ELEX ELEX is a handcrafted action role-playing experience from the award-winning creators of the Gothic series, set in a brand new post-apocalyptic Science Fantasy universe that puts players into a huge seamless game world full of original characters, mutated creatures, deep moral choices and powerful action.

Price -92% 2.44€
Rating 7.3
Release 17 Oct 2017
Cogmind Cogmind is a sci-fi roguelike epic in which you play a robot building yourself from components found or salvaged from other robots. Explore a living, breathing world through turn-based tactical combat, or sneak, hack, and fly your way to victory.

Price 24.50€
Rating 9.2
Release 16 Oct 2017
Overgrowth Feel like the star of a martial arts film in Overgrowth, as you jump, kick, throw, and slash your way to victory. Free the rabbits from their evil overlords in the main story, then play through the prequel story, and finally, try out nine years of mods developed by the community, or create your own!

Price -67% 6.61€
Rating 7.8
Release 16 Oct 2017
Diamo XL Diamo XL is a fast-paced, addictive, and challenging arcade score chaser. Dodge obstacles, rack up high scores, and master precise movement. Easy to learn but tough to master, it's perfect for quick sessions or leaderboard dominance. Play while waiting in queue or push for endless high-score glory!

Price 0.99€
Rating 8.7
Release 13 Oct 2017

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