Best Difficult Games on Steam

Unlike generic lists, our 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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Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege is an elite, tactical team-based shooter where superior planning and execution triumph.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.3
Release 01 Dec 2015
12 is Better Than 6 12 is Better Than 6 is a dynamic top-down shooter with stealth elements, presented in a Wild West theme. The story puts you in the shoes of escaped slave fleeing to the United States in 1873.

Price -93% 0.49€
Rating 8.1
Release 20 Nov 2015
hocus perspective illusion puzzle based on M.C. Escher drawings and impossible shapes

Price 0.99€
Rating 8.6
Release 18 Nov 2015
ADOM (Ancient Domains Of Mystery) ADOM (Ancient Domains Of Mystery) is one of the most successful roguelike games ever created, boasting a brilliant mix of story, RPG, exploration, and intensely strategic & flexible combat. The Steam version adds various features like achievements, difficulty level customization & play modes.

Price -96% 0.65€
Rating 8.1
Release 16 Nov 2015
Knight Squad Knight Squad is an insane 1 to 8 players chaotic arena friendship destroyer. Take on current friends and future frenemies in any of the incredibly fun game modes, ranging from Last Man Standing to Medieval soccer. All of that using only weapons from the Middle Ages… and laser guns… and miniguns.

Price -90% 1.50€
Rating 8.1
Release 16 Nov 2015
The Purring Quest Have you ever wanted to be a cat? You will be able, thanks to the aventure platformer The Purring Quest. Take on the role of Kimchi the cat and meet famous cat of the internet in a journey full of humor.

Price -89% 1.11€
Rating 7.9
Release 12 Nov 2015
Mushihimesama Battle huge "Koju" bugs in CAVE's beautiful fantasy shooter, Mushihimesama. Experience the thrill of bullet hell from the masters of the genre as you evade visually stunning shot patterns with thousands of bullets.

Price -23% 15.03€
Rating 9.2
Release 12 Nov 2015
Kero Blaster C&F Inc. teleporters are going offline all over the place, and it's up to an intrepid frog employee to fix the situation.

Price -90% 1.00€
Rating 8.9
Release 11 Nov 2015
Turbo Pug It's time to unleash your inner pug! Turbo Pug is a casual runner with difficult, random, procedurally generated levels. Enjoy random weather and try to avoid getting zapped by lightning. Unlock new costumes for your pug and new characters to play as. Please try not to squish your pug!

Price -54% 0.92€
Rating 8.7
Release 09 Nov 2015
The Fall of the Dungeon Guardians - Enhanced Edition In this tactical combat & dungeon crawler mash-up, explore a massive dungeon, full of danger, mystery and secrets. Fight your way through hordes of enemies and powerful creatures, with your tank, healer & damage dealers party.

Price 19.99€
Rating 7.9
Release 06 Nov 2015
Mini Metro Mini Metro is a strategy simulation game about designing a subway map for a growing city. Draw lines between stations and start your trains running. As new stations open, redraw your lines to keep them efficient. Decide where to use your limited resources. How long can you keep the city moving?

Price -68% 2.65€
Rating 9.4
Release 06 Nov 2015
Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game You've just unearthed the classic post-apocalyptic role-playing game that revitalized the entire CRPG genre. The Fallout® SPECIAL system allows drastically different types of characters, meaningful decisions and development that puts you in complete control. Explore the devastated ruins of a golden age civilization.

Price -92% 0.86€
Rating 9.2
Release 01 Nov 2015
Pathologic Classic HD Pathologic Classic HD is the Definitive Edition of the original Cult Classic Psychological First-Person Survival game. In this unforgettable experience, players control one of three unique characters as they try to save a mysterious town from a deadly plague that cannot be stopped.

Price -95% 0.72€
Rating 8.5
Release 29 Oct 2015
GALAK-Z Brand New features!! The Void DLC offers endless gameplay, Online Leaderboards, and a Daily Challenge that allows players to compete worldwide for the top score. Anime inspired 2D space combat simulation at its best! GALAK-Z is a modern, A.I.

Price -95% 1.03€
Rating 7.0
Release 29 Oct 2015
Pink Hour Help a pink-clad office lady find a missing document so the boss doesn't get angry in this free spin-off minigame to Kero Blaster.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.8
Release 28 Oct 2015
Albert and Otto Created by solo developer Nikola Kostic - Traverse a haunting world set in 1939 Germany in search of a mysterious girl with rabbit ears. Utilize a little bunny in creative ways to solve puzzles. Levitate sheep, use them as torches or wolf bait and make your way through a dangerous land.

Price 4.60€
Rating 6.2
Release 28 Oct 2015
Toby: The Secret Mine A challenging puzzle platformer inspired by games like Limbo and Badland.

Price -85% 1.39€
Rating 6.8
Release 20 Oct 2015
Empire TV Tycoon Empire TV Tycoon is a game in which you manage a TV channel and fight for audiences taking decisions that will project your channel to fame and fortune.You will decide the content of your channel, select advertisers, hire workers, make your own productions, hire actors, and engage in much more activities!

Price 9.99€
Rating 7.5
Release 20 Oct 2015
Deathstate: Abyssal Edition Deathstate is a roguelike bullet hell adventure set in a bizarre world of dimensional exploration. Play as a number of unique characters trying to discover the fate of Professor Elinberg who opened a portal to the void. Are you ready to venture deep into the abyss?

Price 8.99€
Rating 8.0
Release 19 Oct 2015
FreeCell Quest FreeCell Quest is an RPG Free Cell game. You've never played Free Cell like this before! Explore 533 cities while collecting cards, gold, levels, armor, and spells on your epic quest of card sorting! Think quickly before the cards strike and drain your precious health. A new twist on a classic game!

Price -94% 0.59€
Rating 6.8
Release 19 Oct 2015
Human Resource Machine Program little office workers to solve puzzles. Be a good employee! The machines are coming... for your job. From the creators of World of Goo and Little Inferno.

Price -95% 0.86€
Rating 9.0
Release 15 Oct 2015
Downwell Downwell is a curious game about a young person venturing down a well in search of untold treasures with only his Gunboots to protect him.

Price -82% 0.54€
Rating 9.4
Release 15 Oct 2015
Mushroom 11 An award-winning anti-platformer where destruction is the only way to move. Mold yourself into any form by destroying your cells, and traverse a devastated landscape filled with brain-twisting puzzles and bizarre mutations. Are you ready to break the mold?

Price -96% 0.73€
Rating 8.0
Release 15 Oct 2015
The Age of Decadence The Age of Decadence is a turn-based, hardcore role-playing game set in a low magic fantasy world. The game features a detailed skill-based character system, multiple skill-based ways to handle quests, choices & consequences, and extensive dialogue trees.

Price -94% 0.94€
Rating 7.9
Release 14 Oct 2015
Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes Find yourself trapped alone in a room with a ticking time bomb. Your friends have the manual to defuse it, but they can't see the bomb, so you're going to have to talk it out – fast!

Price -80% 3.08€
Rating 9.5
Release 08 Oct 2015
SKYHILL World War III is over, the world's infested with mutants and your supplies are running out. Fight your way down this damned hotel, from your penthouse on top to the first floor. Craft weapons, search for food and reach the exit. Otherwise you'll be torn apart, starve to death or maybe both...

Price -91% 0.91€
Rating 7.6
Release 06 Oct 2015
Arcana Heart 3 LOVE MAX!!!!! With its own unique battle system and a wide selection of characteristic angels, the girls are appearing on Steam for the first time in [Arcana Heart 3 LOVE MAX!!!!!]!!

Price -90% 2.87€
Rating 7.6
Release 29 Sep 2015
Jotun: Valhalla Edition Jotun is a hand-drawn action-exploration game set in Norse mythology. In Jotun, you play Thora, a Viking warrior who died an inglorious death and must prove herself to the Gods to enter Valhalla. Impress the Gods!

Price -92% 1.28€
Rating 7.6
Release 29 Sep 2015
Cataegis : The White Wind Welcome to Cataegis - The White Wind: Ziggurat Chapter, a frantic 2D arcade action retro-style game that pays homage to the glory days of 8-bit side scrolling gaming.

Price 3.99€
Rating 7.4
Release 25 Sep 2015
Uncraft World Save the galaxy and its hot goddesses from eternal cubification ! Now with 50+ levels, Online play, 27 hero skins, Level Editor and Workshop integration !

Price 9.99€
Rating 7.9
Release 25 Sep 2015
Assault Android Cactus+ Assault Android Cactus is an intense arcade style twin stick shooter - pick from one of nine unique synthetic heroines and blast your way through overwhelming robots hordes to save the ship from its own workforce. Supports single player and local co-op game modes.

Price -80% 3.35€
Rating 9.0
Release 23 Sep 2015
A Fistful of Gun Select one of eleven unique playable gunslingers and seek revenge solo or with your friends in Online or Local Co-Op! Master the specialized controls of each character, collect gold from fallen foes to purchase upgrades, get totally drunk and unleash a tornado of lead across the dusty plains.

Price -90% 0.97€
Rating 6.1
Release 23 Sep 2015
TowerClimb TowerClimb is a difficult and rewarding procedurally generated platformer with roguelike elements. Enormous and mysterious towers of ancient unknown origin stand above humanity, extending to the heavens. Struggle forward as a weak human, driven by an iron will to reach the top.

Price 14.99€
Rating 8.5
Release 22 Sep 2015
Penarium Penarium is a frantic 2D arena arcade game where you take on the role of Willy, trapped in a sinister circus show. Run, jump and avoid an array of killer death-traps while being cheered on by a sadistic crowd that’s out for blood.

Price -96% 0.42€
Rating 7.9
Release 22 Sep 2015
Templar Battleforce An addictive mix of strategic combat and army building, with the precision of an RPG. Design your squad members' exact build of equipment and talents to create unique fireteam combinations. Step into the pilot suit of a Leviathan mech, lead the Templar Knights in turn-based tactical warfare.

Price 9.75€
Rating 8.8
Release 21 Sep 2015
Timberman Become a Timberman, chop wood and avoid the branches. Almost 30 million players could not be wrong - featured as one of the best casual games.

Price -57% 0.43€
Rating 9.1
Release 18 Sep 2015

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