Indie and Difficult Steam games
Stored observation / content update:
| Game | Release date | Positive reviews | Reviews | Price (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hollow Knight | Feb 24, 2017 | 97% | 567,622 | 14.99 |
| The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth | Nov 4, 2014 | 97% | 466,809 | 14.99 |
| Don't Starve Together | Apr 21, 2016 | 95% | 545,977 | 14.99 |
| tModLoader | May 16, 2020 | 97% | 386,153 | Free |
| Geometry Dash | Dec 22, 2014 | 93% | 660,922 | 4.99 |
| Hades | Sep 17, 2020 | 98% | 310,665 | 24.99 |
| Valheim | Sep 9, 2026 | 93% | 564,087 | 29.99 |
| Risk of Rain 2 | Aug 11, 2020 | 94% | 356,672 | 24.99 |
| Slay the Spire | Jan 23, 2019 | 97% | 221,823 | 24.99 |
| Balatro | Feb 20, 2024 | 98% | 201,049 | 14.99 |
| Cuphead | Sep 29, 2017 | 96% | 223,777 | 19.99 |
| Dead Cells | Aug 6, 2018 | 97% | 184,906 | 24.99 |
| Hollow Knight: Silksong | Sep 4, 2025 | 90% | 427,480 | 19.99 |
| Celeste | Jan 25, 2018 | 97% | 149,781 | 19.99 |
| Ori and the Will of the Wisps | Mar 10, 2020 | 96% | 153,400 | 29.99 |
| Oxygen Not Included | Jul 30, 2019 | 97% | 144,766 | 24.99 |
| Helltaker | May 11, 2020 | 98% | 128,408 | Free |
| Outlast | Sep 4, 2013 | 96% | 141,294 | 14.99 |
| Hotline Miami | Oct 23, 2012 | 97% | 129,778 | 9.99 |
| Kerbal Space Program | Apr 27, 2015 | 96% | 148,359 | 39.99 |
| SCP: Secret Laboratory | Dec 29, 2017 | 91% | 235,776 | Free |
| Don't Starve | Apr 23, 2013 | 97% | 113,762 | 9.99 |
| Hades II | Sep 25, 2025 | 96% | 124,738 | 29.99 |
| My Summer Car | Jan 8, 2025 | 95% | 118,979 | 14.99 |
| Katana ZERO | Apr 18, 2019 | 98% | 76,558 | 14.99 |
| Pizza Tower | Jan 26, 2023 | 98% | 73,221 | 19.99 |
| Darkest Dungeon® | Jan 19, 2016 | 92% | 163,718 | 24.99 |
| Papers, Please | Aug 8, 2013 | 97% | 80,905 | 9.99 |
| Noita | Oct 15, 2020 | 95% | 89,717 | 19.99 |
| Enter the Gungeon | Apr 5, 2016 | 95% | 90,178 | 14.99 |
| Beat Saber | May 21, 2019 | 95% | 76,454 | 19.99 |
| FTL: Faster Than Light | Sep 14, 2012 | 95% | 79,112 | 9.99 |
| A Dance of Fire and Ice | Jan 24, 2019 | 94% | 84,782 | 5.99 |
| Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number | Mar 10, 2015 | 94% | 81,289 | 14.99 |
| Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition | Apr 27, 2016 | 95% | 72,531 | 19.99 |
| Muse Dash | Jun 19, 2019 | 90% | 127,240 | 2.09 |
| Fall Guys | Aug 3, 2020 | 81% | 467,821 | Not available |
| Ultimate Custom Night | Jun 27, 2018 | 95% | 63,042 | Free |
| Plague Inc: Evolved | Feb 18, 2016 | 94% | 66,586 | 2.99 |
| The Binding of Isaac | Sep 28, 2011 | 95% | 63,058 | 4.99 |
| SANABI | Nov 8, 2023 | 97% | 45,598 | 14.99 |
| The Long Dark | Aug 1, 2017 | 89% | 126,495 | 19.99 |
| Lobotomy Corporation | Apr 9, 2018 | 94% | 58,491 | 24.99 |
| Five Nights at Freddy's | Aug 19, 2014 | 94% | 59,840 | 4.99 |
| Ori and the Blind Forest | Mar 10, 2015 | 94% | 60,359 | Not available |
| DEVOUR | Jan 28, 2021 | 90% | 88,611 | 9.99 |
| Rain World | Mar 28, 2017 | 94% | 58,521 | 24.99 |
| Overcooked! 2 | Aug 7, 2018 | 90% | 85,317 | 8.49 |
| Skul: The Hero Slayer | Jan 20, 2021 | 93% | 57,775 | 19.99 |
| Game Dev Tycoon | Aug 29, 2013 | 95% | 45,237 | 9.99 |