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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Disney•Pixar Toy Story 3: The Video Game In Toy Story 3: The Video Game help Buzz, Woody and the rest of the Toys ensure no toy gets left behind. Dive into all new heroic adventures in Story Mode or let your imagination run wild in the exiting new open world of Toy Box Mode! Come and play to infinity…and beyond!

Price -30% 13.71€
Rating 6.9
Release 06 Oct 2014
Split/Second Split/Second is an intense action racing game set within a reality TV show. Competitors vie to be the first to the finish line in a set rigged to blow. Players don’t just collide with other vehicles to knock them from the track, but can also trigger devastating events that alter the race dynamics.

Price -21% 15.57€
Rating 7.8
Release 06 Oct 2014
Alien: Isolation Discover the true meaning of fear in Alien: Isolation, a survival horror set in an atmosphere of constant dread and mortal danger.

Price -94% 2.46€
Rating 9.2
Release 06 Oct 2014
METAL SLUG X “METAL SLUG X”, one of the most highly praised titles in the series among Metal Slug fans for its refined balance and game volume, heads out to the Steam gaming platform!

Price -92% 0.68€
Rating 8.5
Release 02 Oct 2014
Super Win the Game Throw on your nostalgia goggles and travel back in time with Super Win the Game, a retro-core explosion of exploration and platforming action!!

Price -59% 3.31€
Rating 8.3
Release 01 Oct 2014
Heavy Bullets Heavy Bullets is a randomized FPS dungeon crawler where players make their way through a colorful maze, while protecting themselves from aggressive creatures and malfunctioning security devices. The goal lies at the end of the 8th level, where they must reset the security mainframe to restore order and reap the rewards.

Price -80% 1.95€
Rating 7.8
Release 18 Sep 2014
Final Fantasy IV (3D Remake) FINAL FANTASY IV makes its debut on PC! Lose yourself in this timeless tale of heroes, betrayal, love and redemption.

Price -56% 6.43€
Rating 8.1
Release 17 Sep 2014
Quake Live Experience the most exciting and fast-paced FPS gameplay while competing with players from around the world in over 100 arenas, a dozen game modes, and with persistent career stats tracking, in this online features-focused successor to Quake III Arena.

Price -80% 2.05€
Rating 8.5
Release 17 Sep 2014
Blitzkrieg 2 Anthology Return to the bloody battlefields of World War II in this epic sequel. Blitzkrieg 2 returns you to the gritty realism of WWII battles while pushing your focus into new, strategic opportunities during global war!

Price 4.99€
Rating 8.1
Release 16 Sep 2014
Blitzkrieg Anthology March into the real-time strategy legend, Blitzkrieg, and prepare for war. This legendary WWII RTS blends unprecedented realism and accuracy to form immersive 3D backgrounds and a game where brute force often takes a back seat to strategy and wits.

Price -21% 3.95€
Rating 8.6
Release 16 Sep 2014
Boson X Boson X is a fast-paced rotational runner set in a particle accelerator.

Price 5.19€
Rating 8.8
Release 15 Sep 2014
Velocibox Velocibox is a twitch-heavy action game crafted for the hardcore audience.

Price 5.89€
Rating 8.2
Release 08 Sep 2014
Hexcells Infinite Hexcells Infinite is an ambient logic puzzle game for PC, Mac and Linux.

Price 4.99€
Rating 9.3
Release 01 Sep 2014
Metro: Last Light Redux It is the year 2034. Beneath the ruins of post-apocalyptic Moscow, in the tunnels of the Metro, the remnants of mankind are besieged by deadly threats from outside – and within. Mutants stalk the catacombs beneath the desolate surface, and hunt amidst the poisoned skies above.

Price -96% 0.81€
Rating 8.9
Release 27 Aug 2014
Super Time Force Ultra Super Time Force Ultra is an insane platformer filled with robots and dinosaurs and fun and time travel... sometimes all at the same time!

Price -97% 0.41€
Rating 8.4
Release 25 Aug 2014
Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition The definitive version of the smash-hit Metroidvania-style action-platformer, Guacamelee! STCE adds new levels, powers, challenges, and refinements to the sprawling, ridiculous, Mexican-inspired adventure of the original Guacamelee! Gold Edition.

Price -97% 0.48€
Rating 9.0
Release 21 Aug 2014
Five Nights at Freddy's Welcome to your new summer job at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, where kids and parents alike come for entertainment and food! The main attraction is Freddy Fazbear, of course; and his two friends. They are animatronic robots, programmed to please the crowds!

Price 3.99€
Rating 9.2
Release 19 Aug 2014
Mountain Existential Nature Simulation

Price -20% 0.79€
Rating 8.6
Release 18 Aug 2014
Morphopolis Morphopolis is about transformation and discovery. Morphopolis takes you on a puzzle adventure through a fantastical insect world. Starting as an aphid grub, you embark on an epic journey of metamorphosis toward your spawning ground.

Price 3.99€
Rating 8.1
Release 14 Aug 2014
Ultra Street Fighter® IV The world’s greatest fighting game evolves to a whole new level with Ultra Street Fighter IV.

Price -94% 1.98€
Rating 8.8
Release 07 Aug 2014
Road Not Taken Road Not Taken is a roguelike puzzle game about surviving life’s surprises. You play as a ranger adventuring through a vast, unforgiving forest in the aftermath of a brutal winter storm, rescuing children who have lost their way.

Price 14.79€
Rating 7.5
Release 05 Aug 2014
Jet Gunner Jet Gunner is a 2D platform action indie game that's full of Nestalgia. Full of action, gunfights, bosses and explosions so if you're into the whole 8-Bit vibe you should love this. From the sound, to the graphics to the flicker, this should pay tribute to those classic hard as nails, run 'n' gun games.

Price 0.79€
Rating 7.1
Release 04 Aug 2014
Lovely Planet A First Person Shooter Gun Ballet set in a cutesy abstract world. Jump and shoot your way through five worlds full of treacherous enemies with your trusty semi-automatic!

Price -83% 1.03€
Rating 8.7
Release 31 Jul 2014
Gold Rush! Classic Gold Rush! takes you back to the year 1849, when gold was discovered in California. It was certainly one of the most exciting times in American history. Gold Rush! includes the three routes tens of thousands took to the gold regions. Become Jerrod Wilson and experience each trek as you travel from New York to California.

Price -87% 0.40€
Rating 6.8
Release 25 Jul 2014
Gods Will Be Watching Gods Will Be Watching is a minimalistic “point and click thriller” centered on despair, commitment, and sacrifice as players face intriguing puzzles and tough decisions that will affect their entire crew’s wellbeing.

Price -89% 1.16€
Rating 6.9
Release 24 Jul 2014
OlliOlli OlliOlli mixes addictive one-life gameplay with over 120 tricks and grinds across 50 deviously crafted levels, 250 Challenges, Spots Mode and Daily Grind.

Price -93% 0.91€
Rating 7.5
Release 22 Jul 2014
Sokobond Sokobond is an elegantly designed puzzle game about chemistry. It's logical, minimalist, and beautiful - crafted with love and science.

Price -91% 1.47€
Rating 8.8
Release 21 Jul 2014
Freedom Planet Fight your way across the celestial world of Avalice where cats are green, motorcycles drive up walls and monster girls do most of the buttkicking! Freedom Planet is a cartoony, combat-based platform adventure that pits a spunky dragonoid and her friends against an alien attack force.

Price -81% 2.72€
Rating 9.2
Release 21 Jul 2014
Blood: One Unit Whole Blood You carved your soul to shreds in servitude to a dark god, but false promises and betrayal were your only reward. Now you have a score to settle and it will be measured in blood! Experience the madness in one carnage-soaked package! All the gore, all the unholy war! Zombies, gargoyles, hellhounds and blood-crazed hordes of horrors await!

Price 10.75€
Rating 8.7
Release 14 Jul 2014
Sunrider: Mask of Arcadius As Captain Kayto Shields, embark on a galactic voyage of heroism and survival. With his home world destroyed and his nation conquered, the inexperienced Captain Shields, and his newly minted vessel, the Sunrider, are left as the only hope against a galactic evil intent on subjugating all sentient life.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.9
Release 09 Jul 2014
The Howler Use gravity, tension, and wind currents to get your hot air balloon to its destination, dropping off cargo on your way, in this ultra-challenging physics-based game. All art used in the Howler was meticulously created by classically-trained experienced painters.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.5
Release 03 Jul 2014
Momodora III Momodora III is a classic action platform game with a variety of items and secrets. It's the third installment of the Momodora series, although playing the previous titles is not necessary to enjoy the game!

Price 1.99€
Rating 8.9
Release 01 Jul 2014
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove is the complete Shovel Knight collection, containing all 5 games in the epic saga! Dig, blast, slash, and bash your way through a fantastical, 8-bit inspired world of pixel-perfect platforming, memorable characters, and world-class action-adventure gameplay.

Price -56% 17.69€
Rating 9.3
Release 26 Jun 2014
A Wizard's Lizard Conquer the forces of Death in A Wizard’s Lizard, an action RPG for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Explore ever-changing dungeons, filled with powerful weapons and items. Battle back the hordes of evil. Rescue villagers to improve your town and increase your power for your next trek into the dungeon.

Price 9.99€
Rating 6.7
Release 16 Jun 2014
Spy Chameleon - RGB Agent Spy Chameleon RGB Agent is a challenging arcade-puzzle game where the player needs to avoid being spotted thanks to the color-changing mechanisms of the main character.

Price -93% 0.65€
Rating 8.1
Release 11 Jun 2014
Munin Imagine you could move mountains - literally! With realistic physics, Norse runes, rotating platforms and a lot of gray cells you'll help Munin, Odin's messenger in her very own 2D-adventure, to reclaim her power on a journey through Yggdrasil.

Price -95% 0.26€
Rating 7.8
Release 10 Jun 2014

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