# Difficult indie games > Steam user-tag slice, served by indielist (https://indielist.games). Review counts are from Steam; sales estimates use the white-box Boxleiter algorithm (approximate). indielist tracks 225 difficult indie games, together holding 15,108,977 reviews at an average of 90% positive. The most reviewed is Dota 2 with 2,722,621 reviews. ## Snapshot - **Titles**: 225 - **Total Steam reviews**: 15,108,977 - **Average positive %**: 90% ## Difficult games (by Steam reviews) - [Dota 2](https://indielist.games/games/dota-2-570) — 2,722,621 reviews, 81% positive - [Black Myth: Wukong](https://indielist.games/games/black-myth-wukong-2358720) — 873,186 reviews, 97% positive - [ELDEN RING](https://indielist.games/games/elden-ring-1245620) — 819,787 reviews, 93% positive - [Geometry Dash](https://indielist.games/games/geometry-dash-322170) — 560,717 reviews, 93% positive - [Hollow Knight](https://indielist.games/games/hollow-knight) — 487,909 reviews, 97% positive - [Valheim](https://indielist.games/games/valheim-892970) — 453,243 reviews, 94% positive - [Don't Starve Together](https://indielist.games/games/dont-starve-together) — 367,451 reviews, 95% positive - [The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth](https://indielist.games/games/the-binding-of-isaac-rebirth) — 358,733 reviews, 97% positive - [Monster Hunter: World](https://indielist.games/games/monster-hunter-world-582010) — 316,047 reviews, 89% positive - [Hades](https://indielist.games/games/hades) — 281,583 reviews, 98% positive - [DARK SOULS™ III](https://indielist.games/games/dark-souls-iii-374320) — 276,073 reviews, 94% positive - [Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition](https://indielist.games/games/sekiro-shadows-die-twice-goty-edition-814380) — 254,423 reviews, 95% positive - [Risk of Rain 2](https://indielist.games/games/risk-of-rain-2) — 236,964 reviews, 94% positive - [Cuphead](https://indielist.games/games/cuphead) — 189,639 reviews, 96% positive - [Slay the Spire](https://indielist.games/games/slay-the-spire) — 189,518 reviews, 98% positive - [Balatro](https://indielist.games/games/balatro) — 155,797 reviews, 98% positive - [Dead Cells](https://indielist.games/games/dead-cells) — 153,750 reviews, 97% positive - [Darkest Dungeon®](https://indielist.games/games/darkest-dungeon-262060) — 138,553 reviews, 92% positive - [Ori and the Will of the Wisps](https://indielist.games/games/ori-and-the-will-of-the-wisps-1057090) — 134,258 reviews, 97% positive - [Oxygen Not Included](https://indielist.games/games/oxygen-not-included) — 132,407 reviews, 97% positive - [Celeste](https://indielist.games/games/celeste) — 127,269 reviews, 97% positive - [Kerbal Space Program](https://indielist.games/games/kerbal-space-program) — 116,460 reviews, 96% positive - [Muse Dash](https://indielist.games/games/muse-dash-774171) — 115,276 reviews, 91% positive - [Frostpunk](https://indielist.games/games/frostpunk) — 112,529 reviews, 93% positive - [The Long Dark](https://indielist.games/games/the-long-dark-305620) — 110,303 reviews, 89% positive - [My Summer Car](https://indielist.games/games/my-summer-car-516750) — 105,541 reviews, 95% positive - [Hotline Miami](https://indielist.games/games/hotline-miami) — 104,325 reviews, 97% positive - [Insurgency: Sandstorm](https://indielist.games/games/insurgency-sandstorm-581320) — 103,358 reviews, 85% positive - [Outlast](https://indielist.games/games/outlast-238320) — 101,950 reviews, 96% positive - [DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED](https://indielist.games/games/dark-souls-remastered-570940) — 97,863 reviews, 92% positive - [Don't Starve](https://indielist.games/games/dont-starve) — 96,236 reviews, 97% positive - [DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin](https://indielist.games/games/dark-souls-ii-scholar-of-the-first-sin-335300) — 82,291 reviews, 84% positive - [Overcooked! 2](https://indielist.games/games/overcooked-2) — 81,776 reviews, 90% positive - [Elite Dangerous](https://indielist.games/games/elite-dangerous-359320) — 81,260 reviews, 77% positive - [The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition](https://indielist.games/games/the-witcher-2-assassins-of-kings-enhanced-edition-20920) — 80,837 reviews, 90% positive - [Noita](https://indielist.games/games/noita) — 79,670 reviews, 95% positive - [Lies of P](https://indielist.games/games/lies-of-p-1627720) — 78,607 reviews, 92% positive - [Enter the Gungeon](https://indielist.games/games/enter-the-gungeon-311690) — 78,484 reviews, 95% positive - [FTL: Faster Than Light](https://indielist.games/games/ftl-faster-than-light-212680) — 78,053 reviews, 95% positive - [STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor™](https://indielist.games/games/star-wars-jedi-survivor-1774580) — 77,317 reviews, 71% positive - [A Dance of Fire and Ice](https://indielist.games/games/a-dance-of-fire-and-ice) — 76,322 reviews, 94% positive - [Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy](https://indielist.games/games/getting-over-it-with-bennett-foddy-240720) — 74,162 reviews, 82% positive - [Golf With Your Friends](https://indielist.games/games/golf-with-your-friends-431240) — 73,771 reviews, 88% positive - [Papers, Please](https://indielist.games/games/papers-please-239030) — 72,110 reviews, 97% positive - [Beat Saber](https://indielist.games/games/beat-saber-620980) — 69,533 reviews, 96% positive - [DEVOUR](https://indielist.games/games/devour) — 68,104 reviews, 91% positive - [Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number](https://indielist.games/games/hotline-miami-2-wrong-number-274170) — 67,362 reviews, 94% positive - [Katana ZERO](https://indielist.games/games/katana-zero-460950) — 65,433 reviews, 98% positive - [Pizza Tower](https://indielist.games/games/pizza-tower) — 65,356 reviews, 98% positive - [Blasphemous](https://indielist.games/games/blasphemous-774361) — 63,841 reviews, 90% positive --- Source: indielist (https://indielist.games/games/by-tag/difficult) Estimates are not official sales data. Methodology: docs/sales-algorithm.md.