#Difficult #Indie

🏆 Best Difficult × Indie games

There are 70 games with both "Difficult" and "Indie" elements. Here are the 30 most worth playing, ranked by Steam positive rate, player ratings, and popularity.

1

The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth

· Overwhelmingly Positive 97% · 2014

RoguelikeActionShooter

The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth is a randomly generated action RPG shooter with heavy Rogue-like eleme…
2

Hollow Knight

· Overwhelmingly Positive 97% · 2017

MetroidvaniaActionPlatformer

Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of inse…
3

Darkest Dungeon

· Very Positive 92% · 2016

Turn-BasedRPGRoguelike

Darkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of…
4

Hades

· Overwhelmingly Positive 98% · 2020

RogueliteActionHack & Slash

Defy the god of the dead as you hack and slash out of the Underworld in this rogue-like dungeon craw…
5

Hollow Knight: Silksong

· Very Positive 90% · 2025

MetroidvaniaActionPlatformer

Discover a vast, haunted kingdom in Hollow Knight: Silksong! Explore, fight and survive as you ascen…
6

ULTRAKILL

· Overwhelmingly Positive 97% · 2020

FPSAction

ULTRAKILL is a fast-paced ultra-violent retro FPS that combines the skill-based style scoring of cha…
7

Cuphead

· Overwhelmingly Positive 96% · 2017

ActionCo-opPlatformer

Cuphead is a classic run and gun action game heavily focused on boss battles. Inspired by cartoons o…
8

Kenshi

· Overwhelmingly Positive 96% · 2018

SandboxRPGSurvival

A free-roaming squad based RPG. Focusing on open-ended sandbox gameplay features rather than a linea…
9

Celeste

· Overwhelmingly Positive 97% · 2018

PlatformerAction

Help Madeline survive her inner demons on her journey to the top of Celeste Mountain, in this super-…
10

Don't Starve

· Overwhelmingly Positive 97% · 2013

SurvivalCraftingRoguelike

Don’t Starve is an uncompromising wilderness survival game full of science and magic. Enter a strang…
11

Hotline Miami

· Overwhelmingly Positive 97% · 2012

ActionShooter

Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and s…
12

Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy

· Very Positive 82% · 2017

PlatformerCasual

A game I made for a certain kind of person. To hurt them.
13

Dead Cells

· Overwhelmingly Positive 97% · 2018

RogueliteActionMetroidvania

Dead Cells is a roguelite, metroidvania inspired, action-platformer. You'll explore a sprawling, eve…
14

Noita

· Overwhelmingly Positive 95% · 2020

RoguelikeActionSandbox

Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight,…
15

Katana ZERO

· Overwhelmingly Positive 98% · 2019

ActionPlatformer

Katana ZERO is a stylish neo-noir, action-platformer featuring breakneck action and instant-death co…
16

FTL: Faster Than Light

· Overwhelmingly Positive 95% · 2012

RoguelikeStrategySimulation

This "spaceship simulation roguelike-like" allows you to take your ship and crew on an adventure thr…
17

Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number

· Very Positive 94% · 2015

ActionShooter

Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number is the brutal conclusion to the Hotline Miami saga, set against a back…
18

VVVVVV

· Overwhelmingly Positive 96% · 2010

PlatformerPuzzle

VVVVVV is a platform game all about exploring one simple mechanical idea - what if you reversed grav…
19

The Binding of Isaac

· Very Positive 95% · 2011

RoguelikeActionShooter

Now 20% More Evil with the Free Halloween update!
20

Blasphemous

· Very Positive 90% · 2019

MetroidvaniaActionSouls-like

Blasphemous is a brutal action-platformer with skilled hack’n slash combat set in the nightmare worl…
21

Rain World

· Very Positive 94% · 2017

PlatformerAction-AdventureSurvival

You are a nomadic slugcat, both predator and prey in a broken ecosystem. Grab your spear and brave t…
22

Super Meat Boy

· Very Positive 94% · 2010

PlatformerAction

The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer comes to Steam with a playable Head Crab character (Steam-ex…
23

Dwarf Fortress

· Very Positive 95% · 2006

ManagementSandboxSimulation

Build a fortress and try to help your dwarves survive against a deeply generated world. Keep your dw…
24

Super Hexagon

· Overwhelmingly Positive 97% · 2012

ActionCasual

Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
25

Darkwood

· Very Positive 95% · 2017

Survival HorrorCrafting

Darkwood - a new perspective on survival horror. Scavenge and explore a rich, ever-changing free-roa…
26

Death's Door

· Very Positive 93% · 2021

Action-AdventureAction

Reaping souls of the dead and punching a clock might get monotonous but it's honest work for a Crow.…
27

Spelunky 2

· Very Positive 93% · 2020

RoguelikeActionCo-op

Spelunky 2 builds upon the unique, randomized challenges that made the original a roguelike classic,…
28

Nuclear Throne

· Overwhelmingly Positive 96% · 2015

RoguelikeActionShooter

Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanit…
29

Another Crab's Treasure

· Very Positive 92% · 2024

Souls-likeActionAction-Adventure

In a vibrant undersea kingdom on the verge of collapse, a hermit crab embarks on a treasure hunt to …
30

Blasphemous II

· Very Positive 91% · 2023

MetroidvaniaActionSouls-like

The Penitent One awakens as Blasphemous 2 joins him once again in an endless struggle against The Mi…