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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Marble Age Turn-based historical simulation strategy. Develop the Greek civilization from the small village to the great city-state when it will dominate the world!

Price -84% 0.97€
Rating 7.8
Release 04 Mar 2015
Five Nights at Freddy's 3 Thirty years after Freddy Fazbear's Pizza closed it's doors, the events that took place there have become nothing more than a rumor and a childhood memory, but the owners of "Fazbear's Fright: The Horror Attraction" are determined to revive the legend and make the experience as authentic as possible for patrons, going to great l

Price 7.99€
Rating 8.8
Release 02 Mar 2015
BLACKHOLE BLACKHOLE is an award-winning hardcore platformer with over 15 hours of story-driven sci-fi comedy and gravity-twisting puzzles. Complete Edition out now!

Price -93% 0.70€
Rating 8.1
Release 27 Feb 2015
Cubicle Quest Cubicle Quest is a game about how life can suck. Dead end jobs, repetitive obligations, irritating coworkers... Cubicle Quest takes all of those things and turns them into enemies you can fight in an old-school RPG.

Price -96% 0.21€
Rating 7.0
Release 25 Feb 2015
Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty Built from scratch, enjoy breathtaking visuals, enhanced audio and improved, deeper gameplay as New 'n' Tasty reignites the original Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee using the latest next-generation technology.

Price -94% 0.96€
Rating 8.3
Release 25 Feb 2015
A Good Snowman Is Hard To Build An adorable puzzle game about being a monster and making snowmen.

Price -98% 0.38€
Rating 9.0
Release 25 Feb 2015
Catacomb Kids Catacomb Kids is a brutal platformer roguelike that pits you against the deadly Catacombs aided only by magic, steel, and your quick reflexes. Traverse procedurally generated dungeons and hack, slash, burn, and blast your way through hordes of things that want to kill you.

Price 15.79€
Rating 8.3
Release 20 Feb 2015
Camera Obscura An ancient tower in a forgotten land. A lone photographer on a desperate search. Facing dangerous animals, crumbling architecture, and perilous pitfalls, can you reach the summit of the Tower, and perhaps, redemption?

Price 1.99€
Rating 7.0
Release 19 Feb 2015
Hand of Fate Deckbuilding comes to life in Hand of Fate! An infinitely replayable series of quests - earn new cards, build your deck, then try to defeat it! In a cabin at the end of the world, the game of life and death is played. Draw your cards, play your hand, and discover your fate.

Price -96% 0.94€
Rating 8.7
Release 17 Feb 2015
David. You play David, an awfully small abstracted chosen hero tossed into a blissfully simple world overrun by giant culminations of evil physics-beasts. As David, you are given a slingshot-esque gift that you will have to use to conquer your colossus foes. Be there AND be square.

Price -75% 0.50€
Rating 7.5
Release 16 Feb 2015
Raptor: Call of The Shadows - 2015 Edition The great action-crazed, guns blazing, shoot ‘em up game comes back straight out of the ‘90s. Raptor: Call of the Shadows and its futuristic world are ready to challenge your flying skills.

Price -35% 3.25€
Rating 6.9
Release 13 Feb 2015
The Escapists The Escapists provides players the opportunity of experiencing a light-hearted insight into everyday prison life with the main objective being that of escaping!

Price -96% 0.70€
Rating 8.8
Release 13 Feb 2015
Plazma Being Take control of Zeb in this puzzle/platformer. He is a small energy based life form from space, known as a Plazma Being. While journeying through space to his home, Zeb was surprised to find that he was being kidnapped by aliens. They took him back to their planet and unceremoniously threw him into captivity.

Price -77% 0.46€
Rating 7.2
Release 09 Feb 2015
Destination Sol Pilot your ship in the seamless open world made of space, planets, and more. Find new ships and equipment, find allies and beat all the enemies in this open source space shooter!

Price Free to play
Rating 7.6
Release 05 Feb 2015
Castle In The Darkness Castle In The Darkness is a fun and challenging shout out to the early days of video games! It's an action exploration platformer with some RPG elements, much like games from the Castlevania or Metroid series. It's super fast-paced, challenging, and full of secrets!

Price 9.99€
Rating 7.4
Release 05 Feb 2015
Ancient Planet Tower Defense Ancient Planet is classic tower defense game. The stronghold of an ancient civilization has been invaded by hordes of alien raiders. Use powerful technologies of the Ancient and repel the attack of the enemy's armies!

Price 4.99€
Rating 7.9
Release 03 Feb 2015
Apotheon Apotheon is a heroic action game set within the vibrant world of Ancient Greek Mythology. Ascend Mount Olympus, wrestle the divine powers from the Pantheon of Gods, and save mankind.

Price -61% 5.80€
Rating 8.7
Release 03 Feb 2015
Overture Overture is an action-adventure roguelike which draws heavy inspiration from hits such as Diablo, Realm of The Mad God, Zelda, and The Binding of Isaac. Explore vast randomly generated dungeons and slay hordes of cunning enemies!

Price -89% 0.45€
Rating 7.3
Release 02 Feb 2015
Grim Fandango Remastered One of the most acclaimed adventure games of all time is now back, better than ever. Grim Fandango Remastered has the all the beautiful art and engaging story fans remember, but has also been remastered to look, sound, and control even better than the award-winning original release.

Price -75% 3.76€
Rating 8.8
Release 26 Jan 2015
Super Galaxy Squadron EX Turbo Super Galaxy Squadron is a fast-paced vertical shooter designed for human beings as well as SHMUP veterans. Featuring multiple game modes, a challenging but merciful difficulty curve, forgiving health system, and SEVENTEEN playable ships.

Price -93% 0.69€
Rating 7.9
Release 23 Jan 2015
PARTICLE MACE A space game about swinging trash into things and dying.

Price -93% 0.29€
Rating 8.4
Release 22 Jan 2015
Cat Goes Fishing Start out on an island with a basic rod. Progress into a radar-wielding master fisher-cat scouring the sea for the biggest and baddest fish. Each fish has unique behaviors that you will learn to exploit as you tailor your arsenal of fishing rods to suit your style of play. Mrrrow!

Price 6.99€
Rating 9.2
Release 19 Jan 2015
Resident Evil The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.

Price -79% 4.26€
Rating 9.0
Release 19 Jan 2015
Castle Build and protect castles simultaneously in this original and addictive game!

Price -83% 0.67€
Rating 6.7
Release 07 Jan 2015