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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Super 3-D Noah's Ark Fast paced, first person adventure aboard Noah's ark!

Price -96% 0.40€
Rating 8.3
Release 23 Jun 2015
Devil May Cry 4 Special Edition The smash-hit stylish action game DMC4 is back and better than ever, boasting new playable characters and game modes!

Price -88% 3.16€
Rating 8.6
Release 23 Jun 2015
Super Star Path Classic color match puzzle meets space shoot'em up action! Hop into your spaceship, open a path through huge waves of aliens and other hazards, and face intense boss battles!

Price -92% 0.42€
Rating 7.7
Release 22 Jun 2015
You Must Build A Boat You Must Build A Boat is the sequel to the award winning "10000000". Travel the world, run procedurally generated dungeons finding artifacts, capturing monsters and recruiting crew for your boat

Price -69% 1.56€
Rating 7.8
Release 04 Jun 2015
Hatred Hatred is a violent twin-stick shooter, in which you take the role of The Antagonist fighting against all of humanity.

Price -92% 0.44€
Rating 8.2
Release 01 Jun 2015
Alter World Inspired by Stephen King’s book - “The Dark Tower”, Alter World is a 2D platformer with interesting gameplay mechanics. Player can pass on an alternative universe anytime and use an alternative realms to move to another level. Levels are unique, with puzzles. player will have to react quickly and assess when to move between the Worlds.

Price -96% 0.24€
Rating 6.5
Release 29 May 2015
GUILTY GEAR XX ACCENT CORE PLUS R Ultimate battle action, and the epitome of the GUILTY GEAR XX series now on Steam! Bonus soundtracks included!

Price -94% 0.94€
Rating 9.3
Release 26 May 2015
Monstrum Monstrum takes the traditional survival horror formula and remixes it completely with procedurally generated levels, permadeath, and AI driven predators, ensuring that nowhere on its derelict cargo ship is ever truly safe.

Price -97% 0.48€
Rating 8.7
Release 20 May 2015
Axiom Verge Explore and uncover the mystery of a surreal alien world by blasting aliens and glitching your environment in this intense retro side-scrolling action/adventure.

Price -88% 2.18€
Rating 8.8
Release 14 May 2015
Invisible, Inc. Take control of Invisible's agents in the field and infiltrate the world's most dangerous corporations. Stealth, precision, and teamwork are essential in high-stakes, high-profit missions, where every move may cost an agent their life.

Price -63% 7.44€
Rating 8.8
Release 12 May 2015
Tiny Bridge: Ratventure This mind-bending game will challenge you to create complex structures to get your woodland creatures over vast chasms. In a bridge-builder first, you'll guide your creatures and construct your bridges in real time. Use the weight of various creatures to balance your structures as you build them.

Price -72% 0.55€
Rating 6.3
Release 08 May 2015
Snakebird Do you like puzzles, fruit and the notion of crossing a snake with a bird for no good reason? If the answer to at least one of those questions is yes, then Snakebird might be the game for you. Solve your way through this headscratcher of a puzzle game and help the snakebirds sate their hunger.

Price -92% 0.61€
Rating 8.9
Release 04 May 2015
GemCraft - Chasing Shadows An epic, challenging tower defense game with an emphasis on strategy and replayability. Summon gems of immense magical potency and harness their unique abilities against a seemingly endless horde of monsters. The archdemon seeks to swallow the world, and you must journey to stand against her.

Price -97% 0.30€
Rating 9.2
Release 30 Apr 2015
Exanima Explore, fight, survive and unravel mysteries in this unique and unforgiving 3D isometric RPG set in an original dark, low fantasy world. Exanima's exceptional attention to detail and realistic simulation of all things aim to provide a deeply immersive and dynamic gameplay experience.

Price -13% 12.28€
Rating 8.0
Release 29 Apr 2015
Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim Adventurer Adol Christin has washed ashore in yet another mysterious, isolated new land, inhabited by a people who sport long ears and bushy tails...and are none too fond of humans. Experience the very first 3D Ys game as never before, with a whole new gameplay mode unique to this release!

Price -77% 4.31€
Rating 8.5
Release 28 Apr 2015
Kerbal Space Program In Kerbal Space Program, take charge of the space program for the alien race known as the Kerbals. You have access to an array of parts to assemble fully-functional spacecraft that flies (or doesn’t) based on realistic aerodynamic and orbital physics.

Price -94% 2.40€
Rating 9.4
Release 27 Apr 2015
Shantae and the Pirate's Curse Embark on an all-new adventure with Shantae, the hair-whipping belly dancing genie. After losing her magic, Shantae teams up with the nefarious pirate Risky Boots in order to save Sequin Land from a curse.

Price -96% 0.80€
Rating 8.9
Release 23 Apr 2015
Crypt of the NecroDancer Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!

Price -95% 0.88€
Rating 9.4
Release 23 Apr 2015
Kalimba Jump, switch and fly your way through mind-bending subterranean puzzles in this stunning new platforming adventure from the award-winning Press Play!

Price -80% 1.99€
Rating 8.5
Release 22 Apr 2015
JumpJet Rex Test your dinosaur jump-jet skills with a game that redefines the platformer genre, aptly renaming it "platflyer." Simply put, you're a t-rex with rocket boots trying to save earth from an incoming asteroid. Do you have what it takes to stop it?

Price -91% 0.99€
Rating 8.2
Release 21 Apr 2015
Convoy Convoy is a tactical roguelike-like inspired by Mad Max and FTL in which you cross a wasteland in search of parts for your broken ship. Presented in pixel art and set in a future post-apocalyptic setting, Convoy is a squad based tactical combat roguelike-like in its core.

Price -96% 0.64€
Rating 7.5
Release 21 Apr 2015
Titan Souls Between our world and the world beyond lie the Titan Souls, the spiritual source of all living things. Scattered amongst the ruins and guarded by the idle titans charged with their care, a solitary hero armed with a single arrow is assembling shards of the Titan Soul in a quest for truth and power.

Price -96% 0.64€
Rating 7.7
Release 14 Apr 2015
Lakeview Cabin Collection Delve into the diverse world of horror movies in this 2D action puzzler. Nothing can prepare you for the R-rated challenges you will face!

Price -74% 2.60€
Rating 8.8
Release 09 Apr 2015
I Am Bread You are bread. Your mission, become toast! Take on all hazards to deliciousness as you head on an epic adventure in one of the the toughest games ever baked. All of the game modes (including Bagel Race) are now unlocked so there's sure to be something to suit everyone's taste!

Price -95% 0.64€
Rating 7.6
Release 09 Apr 2015

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