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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The Escapists 2 Craft, Steal, Brawl and Escape! It’s time to bust out of the toughest prisons in the world as you return to the life of an inmate in The Escapists 2, now with multiplayer! Have you got what it takes to escape?

Price -96% 1.18€
Rating 8.9
Release 21 Aug 2017
Head Goal: Soccer Online Play with your friends an online multiplayer soccer game with 100% physics-based gameplay where you control one player.

Price 0.99€
Rating 7.5
Release 18 Aug 2017
20XX 20XX is a roguelike action platformer that you can play with a friend. Jump and shoot your way through ever-changing levels, collect awesome new powers, and battle mighty bosses in the name of saving the human race maybe!

Price -45% 8.36€
Rating 8.8
Release 16 Aug 2017
Mega Man Legacy Collection 2 The Blue Bomber is back in this second collection of classic Capcom titles! Featuring faithful reproductions of Mega Man 7, 8, 9, & 10, this collection is bursting with additional content, from time trials and remix challenges to a music player and an extensive gallery of rare illustrations.

Price -89% 2.29€
Rating 8.1
Release 08 Aug 2017
Sine Mora EX Sine Mora EX is a side-scrolling shoot'em up that provides a unique challenge, where time is the ultimate factor. Mixing classic shooter sensibilities with contemporary presentation, Sine Mora EX is a gorgeous shoot'em up offering both a Story Mode that weaves an excessive tale and an Arcade Mode.

Price -94% 0.62€
Rating 6.3
Release 08 Aug 2017
The Shrouded Isle Includes the Sunken Sins free DLC! Your Excellency, in this short game, we prepare for the awakening of our Lord. He hungers for human sacrifice. Sinners try to hide their dark secrets, but all must be purged...

Price -87% 1.78€
Rating 6.8
Release 04 Aug 2017
Grimoire : Heralds of the Winged Exemplar (V2) Cleveland Mark Blakemore's Magnum Opus! The ultimate classic style turn-based roleplaying game in the tradition of Wizardry, Might&Magic, Lands Of Lore and Eye of the Beholder! 600+ hours of play with hand-painted graphics and old skool goodness!

Price 8.19€
Rating 6.7
Release 04 Aug 2017
MINDNIGHT Inspired by the party games Werewolf and The Resistance, MINDNIGHT is a cyberpunk online social deduction game of deceit, accusations and unpredictability. It challenges your ability to lie and detect others that are trying to be deceptive.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.2
Release 04 Aug 2017
Arcade Mayhem Juanito Arcade Mayhem Juanito is a retro experience about arcade-hopping. Teleport into different video games, play with unique mechanics inspired by well-known arcade games, face stunningly animated bosses and join the fight against the clonocell invasion.

Price 9.99€
Rating 8.7
Release 03 Aug 2017
The Long Dark THE LONG DARK is a thoughtful, exploration-survival experience that challenges solo players to think for themselves as they explore an expansive frozen wilderness in the aftermath of a geomagnetic disaster. There are no zombies -- only you, the cold, and all the threats Mother Nature can muster.

Price -65% 6.09€
Rating 8.9
Release 01 Aug 2017
Fidel Dungeon Rescue A critically acclaimed roguelite where you can REWIND to find the optimal path through monsters, treasure and secrets. Quick to play. No grinding. No filler. Deep gameplay.

Price 9.75€
Rating 8.7
Release 01 Aug 2017
Sundered®: Eldritch Edition Sundered is a chaotic hand­-drawn metroidvania where you resist or embrace ancient eldritch powers, a challenging and unique take on a classic genre from the creators of Jotun, now with local co-op!

Price 19.50€
Rating 8.0
Release 28 Jul 2017
Immortal Planet Immortal Planet is an action RPG with challenging combat that rewards patience and punishes recklessness. Explore the crumbling remains of a society of immortals trapped in endless cycles of rebirth. Fight your way to discover the planet's mystery and escape its curse.

Price -97% 0.48€
Rating 6.1
Release 27 Jul 2017
GravNewton Challenge all your skill and quick thinking ability in this precision platform game, where you are a bitrom who controller over gravity called Newton, who is trying to escape from a deformed creature that relentlessly follows him in subspace.

Price -43% 0.57€
Rating 7.4
Release 26 Jul 2017
Lawnmower Game Drive and cut grass first time in simulator game, with amazing lanwmower in big open world

Price 0.99€
Rating 7.6
Release 20 Jul 2017
Hand Simulator There are many different levels where you can play with spinners, plunge into the subtleties of handling weapons, milk a cow, take part in a Mexican duel with your friends, have a good time fishing, play chess or simply chat in an anonymous club.

Price 1.99€
Rating 8.3
Release 18 Jul 2017
Flow:The Sliding Enjoy the rhythmic music and beat the SCORE!!!

Price 3.99€
Rating 7.2
Release 16 Jul 2017
OLDTV Can you think twice in under a second?

Price Free to play
Rating 9.1
Release 15 Jul 2017
Downward: Enhanced Edition Downward is a first-person open-world parkour based platform adventure set in the medieval ruins of a post-apocalyptic planet Earth. Make your way through breath-taking landscapes, face ancient guardians and unravel the deep mystery that lies behind the disappearance of humanity.

Price 9.99€
Rating 6.8
Release 13 Jul 2017
Loading Screen Simulator A game about never-ending problem of loading screens. We've all experienced it while playing games, while downloading something, while installing an operating system ect. And now you can experience it once again in Loading Screen Simulator: Steam edition

Price Free to play
Rating 8.4
Release 13 Jul 2017
qop qop is a minimalistic puzzle which goal is to get the cube to finish using 4 directions in space.

Price 1.99€
Rating 8.6
Release 13 Jul 2017
The End Is Nigh The End Is Nigh is a sprawling adventure platformer where you die a lot, but thats ok because you are probably already dead anyway.

Price 14.79€
Rating 9.0
Release 12 Jul 2017
Brigand: Oaxaca Brigand: Oaxaca is a highly difficult post-apocalyptic RPG/FPS set in Mexico. Emphasis is on challenge, a branching story with multiple endings, and total freedom of action (kill friendly characters, rob stores, jump across roofs, etc.).

Price 8.79€
Rating 8.9
Release 11 Jul 2017
Wild Guns Reloaded Wild Guns Reloaded is a fast-paced arcade-style shooter, mixing the Wild West with steampunk. Play as Clint, Annie, Doris, or Bullet the dog with his sentry drone. Grab some friends and play together for some four player action!

Price -1% 12.38€
Rating 8.1
Release 11 Jul 2017