Difficult games on Steam

How Steam games tagged Difficult did, which ones found an audience, and where the gaps are.

The best-known Difficult games

• Counter-Strike 2 (2012): 9,944,999 reviews
• Dota 2 (2013): 2,804,255 reviews
• PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS (2017): 2,748,724 reviews
• Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege (2015): 1,566,180 reviews
• Black Myth: Wukong (2024): 882,951 reviews
• HELLDIVERS™ 2 (2024): 847,777 reviews
• ELDEN RING (2022): 834,397 reviews
• Dead by Daylight (2016): 690,196 reviews
• Geometry Dash (2014): 607,993 reviews
• Hollow Knight (2017): 506,872 reviews
• Valheim (2021): 475,046 reviews
• Fall Guys (2020): 467,924 reviews
• The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth (2014): 422,865 reviews
• Hollow Knight: Silksong (2025): 390,018 reviews
• Don't Starve Together (2016): 377,672 reviews
• Bloons TD 6 (2018): 352,196 reviews
• Monster Hunter: World (2018): 318,792 reviews
• Hades (2019): 287,359 reviews
• DARK SOULS™ III (2016): 279,659 reviews
• Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition (2019): 261,270 reviews
• Risk of Rain 2 (2019): 242,254 reviews
• SCP: Secret Laboratory (2017): 235,657 reviews
• ULTRAKILL (2020): 216,747 reviews
• Hunt: Showdown 1896 (2018): 214,246 reviews