Best hard games on Steam
Games that expect something from you. Ranked by review score weighted by how many reviews stand behind it, not by the raw percentage — a game with 40,000 reviews at 92% places above one with 210 at 96%, because a small crowd of enthusiasts is not the same thing as a verdict.
40 games, best first
ranked by weighted review score
98%#1Hades
98%#2Balatro
97%−75%#3Slay the Spire
98%#4Pizza Tower
97%#5ULTRAKILL
98%#6Helltaker
97%#7Bloons TD 6
97%−75%#8Celeste
98%#9Katana ZERO
97%#10The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
97%#11Hollow Knight
97%−80%#12Resident Evil 2
97%−50%#13Dead Cells
97%#14Black Myth: Wukong
97%#15Papers, Please
97%#16Hotline Miami
97%#17Oxygen Not Included
97%#18Half-Life
97%#19Ori and the Will of the Wisps
96%#20Counter-Strike: Source
96%#21Outlast
97%#22Don't Starve
96%#23Cuphead
98%−40%#24Chants of Sennaar
96%#25Devil May Cry 5
97%#26SANABI
96%#27DOOM
96%#28METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE
95%#29Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition
96%#30Kerbal Space Program
95%#31Don't Starve Together
98%−40%#32Just Shapes & Beats
98%#33Baba Is You
96%#34Beat Saber
97%#35Return of the Obra Dinn
95%#36Noita
95%−70%#37Enter the Gungeon
95%#38My Summer Car
96%#39Clone Drone in the Danger Zone
94%#40DARK SOULS™ III
The badge on each cover is the share of Steam reviews that are positive. Only games with at least 200reviews are eligible, and the order weights that share by how many reviews back it, so a large review count beats a slightly higher percentage from a small one. Prices are today’s US Steam prices and update hourly; player counts are live from Coilr’s own tracking.