Rank 01About: Two doctors traverse backwards through a dying man's memories to fulfill his last wish. This is To the Moon's standalone sequel, but can also be played first.
- $9.99 (Price checked Nov 10)
- Deck Playable
- Indie
- 2017
Hidden gems on Steam
- 50 games
- Very Positive+
- 100-5,000 reviews
- Updated Nov 11, 2026
Top 10
- Rank 01
Rank 02About: Is This Seat Taken? is a logic puzzle game where you play matchmaker for groups of hilariously particular people. Each character has pet peeves that make seating them a delightful challenge. Find the perfect spot for each person to unlock new levels in this cozy, silly, and relatable experience.
- $6.99 (Price checked Nov 10)
- Deck Verified
- Indie
- 2025
Rank 03About: Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
- Free
- Deck Verified
- Indie
- 2021
Rank 04About: Easy Delivery Co. is a relaxing driving game with strange secrets. Chill out, make deliveries and get to know the mysterious residents of this scenic mountain town, all while earning well below minimum wage.
- $12.99 (Price checked Nov 10)
- Deck Verified
- Indie
- 2025
Rank 05About: A creepy-cozy cooking simulator where you befriend local wildlife and feed them their favorite snacks! With a strange house to search and forest to explore, the witching hour has only begun.
- $7.99 (Price checked Nov 10)
- Deck Verified
- Indie
- 2026
Rank 06About: The ultimate physics-based, sandbox battle simulator where you can create funny battles between all sorts of ragdoll creatures! You can also make your own monsters with the unit creator or even join the battles yourself in the first-person mode!
- $14.99 (Price checked Nov 10)
- Deck Playable
- Action
- 2022
Rank 07- Trending
- 229 new reviews this week
About: Manage your very own video store in the early 90s! Rent, sell, decorate and expand your business from the ground up and relive the golden ages of video rentals!
- $13.93 (Price checked Nov 10)
- Deck Playable
- Indie
- 2026
Rank 08
Rank 09About: Monster Train returns with all new clans, new enemy factions, new challenges, new modes and more! Defend your Pyre in the classic three-tiered, vertical gameplay that made the original roguelike deckbuilder a hit.
- $24.99 (Price checked Nov 10)
- Deck Verified
- Strategy
- 2025
Rank 10About: ERASE YOUR PAST TO PROTECT YOUR FUTURE Once a legendary yakuza, Kazuma Kiryu faked his own death and abandoned his name for the sake of protecting his family. Now, he is thrust into conflict by a mysterious figure attempting to drive him out of hiding.
- $49.99 (Price checked Nov 10)
- Deck Verified
- Action
- 2023
Ranked 11 to 50
Rank 11 
The NOexistenceN of you AND me
About: Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
Rank 12 
Warhammer® 40,000: Dawn of War® - Dark Crusade
About: Deep under the central desert of Kronus, a vast honeycomb of skull-lined tunnels and funeral chambers house the awakening Necron menace. Eons ago, these were the boulevards and squares of a great necropolis built to house the bones of the races who had fallen to the Necrons, and ultimately were where the Necrons themselves retire to...
Rank 13 
Airships: Conquer the Skies
About: Construct mighty steampunk airships and fly them into battle, waging war and conquering the skies!
Rank 14 
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
About: "Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
Rank 15 
Insaniquarium Deluxe
About: The craziest aquarium game ever! Tend to your fish, keep them happy and they'll reward you with coins and jewels. Buy tank upgrades or egg parts which hatch different in-tank pets. These pets can help you feed your fish, collect coins, or even protect against the aliens that will invade your tank.
Rank 16 
Touhou Luna Nights
About: Touhou Luna Nights is a Metroidvania title with a heavy emphasis on exploration and action. Developed by Team Ladybug, creators of multiple fantastic action games thus far.
Rank 17 
Duck Detective: The Secret Salami
About: Solving crime is no walk in the pond. You are a down-on-his-luck detective who also happens to be a duck. Use your powers of de-duck-tion to inspect evidence, fill in the blanks, and bust the case wide open! This is a short but twisty detective case.
Rank 18 
BlazBlue Centralfiction
About: Combining a 2D fighting game with a visual novel, the BlazBlue series continues on with massive fan support! The latest installation, BlazBlue: Centralfiction, serves as the ending to the Azure Saga, revealing the hidden truth of the world!
Rank 19 
BOKURA
About: BOKURA is a two-player puzzle adventure game. Play as two boys who ran away from their homes and work together to take yourselves somewhere far, far away. Relive the friendship of your childhood through the journey of two boys.
Rank 20 
Disfigure
About: Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!
Rank 21 
SANABI
About: SANABI is an exhilarating stylish dystopian action-platformer. Play as a legendary retired veteran and use your signature prosthetic arm to jump over cliffs and skyscrapers, zip through bullets and traps and defeat powerful enemies.
Rank 22 
GUILTY GEAR Xrd REV 2
About: Astonishing 3D cell animations and overwhelming content volume, the next-generation fighting game "GUILTY GEAR Xrd REV 2" is now out on Steam! Total cast of 25 unique characters, and tons of game modes, get ready to ROCK!
Rank 23 
MULLET MADJACK
About: MULLET MADJACK is a HIGH-OCTANE-ACTION SHOOTER that put you directly inside a CLASSIC ANIME. Pick your favorite weapon and reach the last floor; Beat your best time or try again. Haste makes waste… OF YOUR ENEMIES!
Rank 24 
Touhou Koumakyou: New Classic - the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil
About: Dodge the barrage, defeat the enemies, and brave the Scarlet Mist Incident. The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil returns with fresh music and graphics. Control the shrine maiden Reimu and the magician Marisa, weaving between bullets that fill up the screen. The soundtrack has been fully remade by ZUN.
Rank 25 
Happy Wheels
About: Choose your inadequately prepared racer, and disregard severe consequences in your desperate pursuit of short-lived victory.
Rank 26 
52 new reviews this week- Trending
Severed Steel
About: An intense single-player FPS featuring a stylish movement system, completely destructible levels, and an acclaimed OST.
Rank 27 
Paper Lily - Chapter 1
About: Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.
Rank 28 
Two Point Museum
About: Curate and manage incredible museums! Explore to discover amazing artifacts. Design and refine the layout, keep staff happy, guests entertained, donations plentiful… and children off the exhibits
Rank 29 
Esoteric Ebb
About: Esoteric Ebb is a single-player CRPG inspired by the freedom of tabletop adventures. Unravel a political conspiracy with your goblin sidekick. Roll dice in tense encounters. Become a cleric of legends or completely ruin the campaign.
Rank 30 
Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense
About: Get ready for an epic journey to defend your kingdom against hordes of orcs, trolls, evil wizards and other nasty fiends using a vast arsenal of towers and spells at your command!Fight on forests, mountains and wastelands, customizing your defensive strategy with different tower upgrades and specializations!
Rank 31 
Mortal Sin
About: Mortal Sin is a chaotic, blood-soaked roguelike where skill is power, and overconfidence is death. Carve through procedurally generated nightmares with brutal melee and flashy, satisfying combos.
Rank 32 
Emberward
About: Build twisting mazes with tetromino blocks and deploy unique towers in this strategic roguelite tower defense adventure!
Rank 33 
Poly Bridge 2
About: The acclaimed bridge-building indie-hit is back! More levels, more features, more physics fun!
Rank 34 
Sticky Business
About: Experience the joy of running your own cozy small business: Create stickers, pack orders and hear your customers’ stories. Time to build the cutest shop on the internet!
Rank 35 
VVVVVV
About: VVVVVV is a platform game all about exploring one simple mechanical idea - what if you reversed gravity instead of jumping?
Rank 36 
The Roottrees are Dead
About: A genealogical mystery straight out of 1998. Scour the early Internet for clues, uncover hidden connections, and piece together the family tree behind the secretive Roottree Corporation.
Rank 37 
The Lab
About: Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
Rank 38 
Judgment
About: Fight for the truth and uncover the twisted crime running deep beneath the surface of Tokyo. In this legal thriller , the balance between justice and mercy teeters on the edge.
Rank 39 
DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH
About: Sam – with companions by his side – sets out on a new journey to save humanity from extinction. Join them as they traverse a world beset by otherworldly enemies, obstacles and a haunting question: should we have connected?
Rank 40 
Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling
About: Follow Vi, Kabbu, and Leif as they uncover the secrets of the Land of Bugaria! Explore and combine your team's abilities to solve puzzles, defeat powerful enemies and find ancient treasures!
Rank 41 
Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It
About: USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned. Uncover the mystery behind her disappearance and transmit your signal to the universe.
Rank 42 
Monster Prom 2: Monster Camp
About: "Monster Prom 2: Monster Camp" brings you more of the world's best (and maybe only?) multiplayer dating sim; but in a way you've never expected!
Rank 43 
Turbo Overkill
About: Enter Paradise as Johnny Turbo—half-metal, half-human, all-murder machine. Clean up the streets with a chainsaw leg, 15+ weapons and your hovercar as you battle the rogue AI Syn, rival bounty hunters and cyberpunks aplenty. Apogee’s most outrageous FPS since Duke Nukem 3D. Good hunting, Sir!
Rank 44 
Cast n Chill
About: Cast n Chill is a relaxing fishing game where you explore serene lakes, rivers, and oceans. Catch rare fish, upgrade your gear and reel in legendary catches - all with your loyal companion by your side.
Rank 45 
Tiny Bookshop
About: Leave everything behind and open a tiny bookshop by the sea in this cozy narrative management game. Stock your tiny bookshop with different books and items, set up shop in scenic locations, and run your cozy second-hand bookshop while getting to know the locals.
Rank 46 
ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist
About: Decades after the events of ENDER LILIES, Homunculi — sorrowful, artificial life forms — roam the land. In this dark fantasy Metroidvania, face formidable enemies and explore a bewitching post-apocalyptic world. Humans and Homunculi — what awaits at the end of the quest for their salvation?
Rank 47 
1000xRESIST
About: 1000xRESIST is a thrilling sci-fi adventure. The year is unknown, and a disease spread by an alien invasion keeps you underground. You are Watcher. You dutifully fulfil your purpose in serving the ALLMOTHER, until the day you discover a shocking secret that changes everything.
Rank 48 
Manifold Garden
About: Rediscover gravity and explore an Escher-esque world of impossible architecture. Witness infinity in first-person and master its rules to solve physics-defying puzzles. Cultivate a garden to open new paths forward, where an eternal expanse awaits.
Rank 49 
Kindergarten 2
About: Welcome to Kindergarten 2, which takes place on Tuesday! After the events of Monday, you'll find yourself in a new school with new friends...and new ways to get ruthlessly murdered.
Rank 50 
Desperados III
About: Desperados III is a story-driven, hardcore tactical stealth game, set in a ruthless Wild West scenario. Play smart if you want to succeed. A good plan can make the difference between survival and finding yourself at the business end of a pistol.
About this list
Games sitting at 80% or higher positive review ratio but fewer than 5,000 total reviews — the gap where the Steam algorithm tends to lose visibility. Right now that's 50 qualifying titles across the catalogue, and this list surfaces the strongest ones ranked purely by review score. Selection criteria: at least 100 verdicts to rule out statistical noise, fewer than 5,000 to stay below the mainstream radar, and 80% positive or better to confirm real quality. Unlike Steam 250's top-rated lists, which weight total vote counts heavily and therefore surface high-volume popular titles over quieter ones, imho.run ranks by positive ratio first — so a 200-review gem at 95% positive beats a 4,000-review title sitting at 81%. Both thresholds are checked daily: newly acclaimed titles appear the next morning, and anything crossing the 5,000-review line graduates off the list automatically and moves into the broader catalogue rankings.
Frequently asked
What makes a game a hidden gem on this list?
A high review score combined with a small audience. The cut-off is 80% positive or better on Steam, and at least 100 player reviews but fewer than 5,000 — enough verdicts to trust the signal, but small enough that mainstream discovery surfaces haven't picked the game up yet.
How are hidden gems different from cult classics?
Cult classics are old games with a small but devoted following over years. Hidden gems on this list are current — they're rated highly by today's reviewers and may have launched recently or just been ignored. Some go on to become cult classics; many stay quiet forever.
When does a hidden gem graduate off the list?
When its review count crosses 5,000 it's no longer hidden by audience-size definition, so it leaves this list and moves into the broader rankings. The Hidden gems list is therefore self-cleaning — yesterday's gems either grow out of it or disappear if their review score drops below 80%.
How often is the hidden gems list refreshed?
Once per day. New high-score, low-volume releases enter the next day; graduates and titles that lose their score floor fall off. imho.run's catalogue is rebuilt daily from the public Steam APIs.
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