Best Free to Play Difficult Games on Steam
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1. Ultimate Custom Night
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties! Ultimate Custom Night is a horror, singleplayer and survival horror game. Released on June 27th 2018 has received 58,273 reviews of which 55,394 were positive and 2,879 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.3 out of 10. The game has hit the top spot as the #1 most played difficult game, thanks to its 128 peak concurrent players over the last day.
9.3
55,394
2,879
128
players
2. Never Split the Party
Never Split the Party is an ultra social rogue-like! You're one of four adventurers joining together to explore a procedurally generated dungeon, amass powerful upgrades, and cooperate with your fellow adventures to conquer and crush the evil dungeon champions! Never Split the Party is a action roguelike, rogue-like and indie game. Released on May 03rd 2019 has received 4,355 reviews of which 3,326 were positive and 1,029 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.4 out of 10. The game currently holds the #2 spot among the most played difficult games.
7.4
3,326
1,029
7
players
3. Dark Roll: Free Kick Challenge
A ball rolling game, where you take football free kicks. Single player challenges, Steam Leaderboards and ranked multiplayer. Free to play. Dark Roll: Free Kick Challenge is a football (soccer), pvp and e-sports game. Released on August 05th 2021 has received 1,185 reviews of which 956 were positive and 229 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.7 out of 10. The game currently holds the #3 spot among the most played difficult games.
7.7
956
229
6
players
4. Micro Platformer
A minimalistic platformer with a 1x1 tileset. No enemies, no bullets, no lasers. Just sheer platforming. Micro Platformer is a precision platformer, difficult and minimalist game. Released on April 21st 2020 has received 1,714 reviews of which 1,660 were positive and 54 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.2 out of 10. The game currently holds the #4 spot among the most played difficult games.
9.2
1,660
54
1
players
5. You Have 10 Seconds 2
You Have 10 Seconds 2 is the sequel to the popular Free to Play game "You Have 10 Seconds". You have 10 seconds to get from the start of each level to the end before time runs out and without dying. You Have 10 Seconds 2 is a casual, indie and platformer game. Released on August 25th 2016 has received 670 reviews of which 611 were positive and 59 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.5 out of 10. The game currently holds the #5 spot among the most played difficult games.
8.5
611
59
1
players
6. OLDTV
Can you think twice in under a second? OLDTV is a great soundtrack, fast-paced and indie game. Released on July 15th 2017 has received 5,441 reviews of which 5,148 were positive and 293 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.1 out of 10. The game currently holds the #6 spot among the most played difficult games.
9.1
5,148
293
7. Source Filmmaker
The Source Filmmaker (SFM) is the movie-making tool built and used by us here at Valve to make movies inside the Source game engine. Because the SFM uses the same assets as the game, anything that exists in the game can be used in the movie, and vice versa. Source Filmmaker is a animation & modeling, video production and software game. Released on July 10th 2012 has received 40,659 reviews of which 37,791 were positive and 2,868 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.1 out of 10. The game currently holds the #7 spot among the most played difficult games.
9.1
37,791
2,868
8. Shotgun Witch
Only armed with a double barrel shotgun, go through waves of hell spawns to get your book back! A bullet hell arena shooter! Shotgun Witch is a arena shooter, bullet hell and top-down shooter game. Released on October 24th 2020 has received 1,049 reviews of which 1,016 were positive and 33 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.1 out of 10. The game currently holds the #8 spot among the most played difficult games.
9.1
1,016
33
9. Jigoku Kisetsukan: Sense of the Seasons
Jigoku Kisetsukan is a bullet hell shootergame with anime-style drawings and chip music. Jigoku Kisetsukan: Sense of the Seasons is a bullet hell, anime and shoot 'em up game. Released on May 12th 2015 has received 1,757 reviews of which 1,638 were positive and 119 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.9 out of 10. The game currently holds the #9 spot among the most played difficult games.
8.9
1,638
119
10. Mini-Dead
144 FPS boss battle action with a devilishly creative game mechanic. Mini-Dead is a indie, action and difficult game. Released on May 04th 2018 has received 871 reviews of which 821 were positive and 50 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.9 out of 10. The game currently holds the #10 spot among the most played difficult games.
8.9
821
50
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