HIDDEN GEMS · 16 GAMES

Steam hidden gems

16 Steam hidden gems are tracked for 2026.

How a game qualifies

A game needs at least 85% positive Steam reviews, between 15 and 4,999 reviews, at least three Steam tags, and to be out or in Early Access. Helvetii (49 reviews, 94%) can appear. Palworld cannot.

released · 96% · 4,381 reviews

Cobalt Core

You play cards that are also shots and repairs.

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released · 89.3% · 2,901 reviews

Minit

Minit kills you every sixty seconds. The items you picked up stay, so the whole game is a routing problem: what can you reach, use and bank before the timer runs out again.

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early access · 91% · 792 reviews

How a game qualifies

Cobalt Core

Minit

Shroom and Gloom

Grail

Rogue Blight

Tenebris: Terra Incognita

Genokids

The Loopler

Drunken Rogue

Forsworn

Desktop Detective

Dice Tavern: Farkle Roguelike

Martha's Dolls 2

Dark Bone Prison

Ragnar

Numina