Best Difficult Games on Steam (2026)
Every game on the site tagged Difficult on Steam, ranked by popularity and current follower momentum.
Updated daily · June 29, 2026
The best Difficult games on Steam right now are ELDEN RING, DARK SOULS™ III, Hollow Knight: Silksong. We rank every game carrying the Difficult Steam tag by a popularity-and-momentum blend — total Steam reviews, follower count and 24-hour peak players, with extra weight for 7-day Steam follower growth so currently-rising games surface higher. 17 Difficult games tracked, updated June 29, 2026.
| # | Game | Reviews | 24h Peak | 7d Growth | Similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ELDEN RING ▲ | 94% (554,593) | 30,529 | +1,991 | similar → |
| 2 | DARK SOULS™ III | 94% (163,855) | 7,577 | +277 | similar → |
| 3 | Hollow Knight: Silksong | 93% (150,299) | 11,347 | +792 | similar → |
| 4 | Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition | 94% (97,572) | 4,637 | +495 | similar → |
| 5 | The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth 🔥 | 97% (154,515) | 23,238 | +6,658 | similar → |
| 6 | Geometry Dash | 93% (265,532) | 87,787 | +749 | similar → |
| 7 | Hollow Knight | 97% (197,829) | 8,711 | +682 | similar → |
| 8 | Cuphead | 96% (69,816) | 2,236 | +609 | similar → |
| 9 | DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED | 92% (64,787) | 5,033 | +224 | similar → |
| 10 | Library Of Ruina | 96% (14,345) | 2,292 | +301 | similar → |
| 11 | Tears of Metal | — | — | +244 | similar → |
| 12 | Lobotomy Corporation | Monster Management Simulation | 93% (14,176) | 2,751 | — | similar → |
| 13 | Echoes of Mystralia ▲ | — | — | +1,043 | similar → |
| 14 | WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers | 72% (7,195) | 4,163 | — | similar → |
| 15 | SULFUR | 90% (4,280) | 492 | — | similar → |
| 16 | They Killed Your Cat | 71% (153) | — | — | similar → |
| 17 | ReBlade: The Death Spiral | — | — | — | similar → |
17 Difficult games tracked · 12 currently gaining Steam followers · data via Steam & SteamDB · all tags · trending by genre · all trending games →