fossick /ˈfɒsɪk/ (v.) 1. to rummage through abandoned diggings in search of gems others missed. 2. to unearth brilliant indie games not enough people are playing yet.
Great games almost nobody found.
We rank Steam's long tail by an overlooked score: quality the crowd agrees on, weighted up when almost nobody's found it yet. Not the bestsellers. The buried ones.
57,176 scanned
→ 45,152 with enough reviews to judge
→ 11,478 cleared the quality bar (top ~quarter)
🎲 Surprise me
🧭 Games like one you love
◆ Top hidden gems
Quality × hiddenness × deserve gap × grassroots. Every badge explains why.
#1◆ 90Rainy Day Racer
🕳 ×9 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Racing
▮ ~3k players$3.99
#2◆ 90BlamBox
🕳 ×11 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Action, Casual, Indie
▮ ~3k playersFree
#3◆ 89cityglitch
🕳 ×16 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Casual, Indie, Strategy, Free To Play
▮ ~2k playersFree
#4◆ 89BLUE WISH DESIRE
🕳 ×8 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Action, Indie
▮ ~3k players$8.99
#5◆ 89Weirdlands
🕳 ×10 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Adventure, Indie, RPG
▮ ~2k players$19.99
#6◆ 89RunMan: Race Around the World
🕳 ×8 gap🌱 Solo grassroots📈 Rising
Adventure, Indie, Racing
▮ ~2k players$9.99
#7◆ 89Love Exalt 8372
🕳 ×8 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Adventure, Indie, Early Access
▮ ~2k players$9.99
#8◆ 89Fiz and the Rainbow Planet
🕳 ×7 gap🌱 Solo grassroots📈 Rising
Action, Adventure, Indie
▮ ~3k players-30% $9.99 $6.99
#9◆ 89Gubble
🕳 ×9 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Indie
▮ ~3k players$9.99
#10◆ 89Touhou Lensed Night Sky, Kaseigai
🕳 ×11 gap🌱 Solo grassroots📈 Rising
Action, Indie
▮ ~6k players$22.00
#11◆ 89Pull Stay
🕳 ×14 gap🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Action, Indie
▮ ~6k players$16.99
#12◆ 89The Rose of Segunda
🕳 ×10 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Indie, Simulation
▮ ~3k players$8.99
🌅 Fresh finds
Strong early reviews, released within the year. Catch them before the algorithm decides.
◆ 78Slimelon
🌅 Just out🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Casual, Indie, Strategy
▮ ~720 players$3.99
◆ 25GROUND BRANCH
🌅 Just out
Action, Indie, Simulation
▮ ~867k players$29.99
◆ 50Sketchy's Contract
🌅 Just out🌱 Solo grassroots
Action, Adventure, Indie
▮ ~47k players$8.99
◆ 37Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades
🌅 Just out🌱 Solo grassroots💎 Genre outlier
Action, Simulation
▮ ~884k players$19.99
◆ 78Code, Solve, Revolt!
🌅 Just out🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Indie, Simulation
▮ ~920 players$11.99
◆ 54Orb of Creation
🌅 Just out🌱 Solo grassroots
Casual, Indie, Strategy
▮ ~53k players$11.99
◆ 72Voltage High Society
🌅 Just out🕳 ×3 gap✅ Organic reviews
Action, Indie
▮ ~5k players$19.99
◆ 81Icaria
🌅 Just out🕳 ×6 gap🌱 Solo grassroots
Simulation
▮ ~1k players$24.99
🕳 The deserve gap
Games with several times fewer players than their quality, age and price predict.
◆ 78Otherworld: Spring of Shadows Collector's Edition
🕳 ×125 gap✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Casual
▮ ~1k players$19.99
◆ 70Train Simulator: Pacific Surfliner LA - San Diego Route
🕳 ×83 gap🪙 Buried treasure
Simulation
▮ ~2k players$19.99
◆ 77Dark Parables: The Final Cinderella Collector's Edition
🕳 ×75 gap🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Casual
▮ ~2k players$19.99
◆ 78Bounce
🕳 ×69 gap✅ Organic reviews
Casual
▮ ~2k players$19.99
◆ 76Maze: Subject 360 Collector's Edition
🕳 ×68 gap🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Casual
▮ ~2k players$19.99
◆ 69Rising Storm Game of the Year Edition
🕳 ×68 gap🪙 Buried treasure🔁 Franchise
Action
▮ ~4k players$19.99
◆ 75Shiver: Vanishing Hitchhiker Collector's Edition
🕳 ×64 gap✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Casual
▮ ~2k players$19.99
◆ 87Max's Big Bust - A Captain Nekorai Tale
🕳 ×57 gap🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Indie, Simulation
▮ ~5k players$19.99
🚀 Should be huge
Hidden gems have levels: these already found a crowd, and deserve a far bigger one.
◆ 60Kabuto Park
💎 Genre outlier🚀 Should be huge
Casual, Indie, RPG, Simulation, Strategy
▮ ~41k players$4.99
◆ 37The WereCleaner
💎 Genre outlier🚀 Should be huge
Action, Casual, Indie, Strategy, Free To Play
▮ ~405k playersFree
◆ 52Aokana - Four Rhythms Across the Blue - EXTRA2
💎 Genre outlier🚀 Should be huge
Adventure, Casual, Sports
▮ ~71k players-40% $24.99 $14.99
◆ 50A Tower Full of Cats
💎 Genre outlier🚀 Should be huge
Adventure, Casual
▮ ~79k players$5.99
◆ 42A Castle Full of Cats
💎 Genre outlier🚀 Should be huge
Adventure, Casual
▮ ~160k players$3.99
◆ 51Aventura Copilului Albastru și Urât
🌱 Solo grassroots💎 Genre outlier🚀 Should be huge
Adventure, Casual, Indie
▮ ~99k players$1.99
◆ 48The Upturned
💎 Genre outlier🚀 Should be huge
Action, Adventure, Indie
▮ ~95k players$9.99
◆ 36Papa's Freezeria Deluxe
💎 Genre outlier🚀 Should be huge
Action, Casual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy
▮ ~453k players$5.99
★ Hand-picked
Human-curated from the algorithmic shortlist.
👍 Community favorites
Gems visitors vouched for.
🏷 Gems on sale
The best of the buried, discounted right now. Prices refresh nightly.
◆ 89An Architect's Adventure
🕳 ×7 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Casual, Indie
▮ ~3k players-45% $9.99 $5.49
◆ 88Hnefatafl
🕳 ×10 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Indie, Strategy
▮ ~2k players-70% $9.99 $2.99
◆ 88Dreamin' Her - 僕は、彼女の夢を見る。-
🕳 ×7 gap🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Simulation
▮ ~9k players-20% $24.99 $19.99
◆ 88The Gardener and the Wild Vines
🕳 ×9 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Adventure, Indie
▮ ~2k players-60% $9.99 $3.99
◆ 88Axyz
🕳 ×4 gap🌱 Solo grassroots📈 Rising
Casual, Indie
▮ ~5k players-50% $11.99 $5.99
◆ 88Endless RPG - Untold Tales
🕳 ×5 gap🌱 Solo grassroots📈 Rising
Adventure, Indie, RPG, Strategy
▮ ~4k players-50% $12.99 $6.49
◆ 87The Secret of Varonis
🕳 ×6 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Indie, RPG
▮ ~3k players-25% $13.99 $10.49
◆ 87Savage: Ultimate Boss Fight
🕳 ×4 gap🌱 Solo grassroots📈 Rising
Action, Indie, RPG
▮ ~3k players-20% $4.99 $3.99
Flawless & tiny
Overwhelmingly loved, still barely owned.
◆ 80Shooters, Ready!
🌱 Solo grassroots💎 Genre outlier✅ Organic reviews
Action, Casual, Indie, Sports
▮ ~9k players$4.99
◆ 81Bakahazard 1+2
🌱 Solo grassroots💎 Genre outlier✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, RPG
▮ ~8k players$3.99
◆ 81MareQuest: An Interactive Tail
🌱 Solo grassroots💎 Genre outlier✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Casual, Indie, RPG
▮ ~8k players$4.99
◆ 83UOS Prototype
🕳 ×4 gap🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Early Access
▮ ~7k playersFree
◆ 82Misericorde Volume Two: White Wool & Snow
🌱 Solo grassroots💎 Genre outlier✅ Organic reviews
Indie
▮ ~7k players$13.99
◆ 79PRODUCER 2021
🕳 ×3 gap💎 Genre outlier✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, RPG, Simulation
▮ ~7k players$9.99
◆ 84Scarmonde
🌱 Solo grassroots💎 Genre outlier✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Indie, RPG
▮ ~7k players$13.99
◆ 82TETRACHROMA
🌱 Solo grassroots💎 Genre outlier✅ Organic reviews
Action, Casual
▮ ~6k players$4.99
Deeply buried
Fewer than 60 reviews. The true long tail.
◆ 88CrossCraze
🕳 ×8 gap🌱 Solo grassroots📈 Rising
Casual, Strategy
▮ ~2k players$17.99
◆ 87Isle of Pan
🕳 ×30 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Adventure, Indie
▮ ~2k players$19.99
◆ 87Kaiju Big Battel: Fighto Fantasy
🕳 ×17 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Indie, RPG
▮ ~2k players$9.99
◆ 87Monster Loves You Too!
🕳 ×5 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Adventure, Casual, RPG
▮ ~2k players$14.99
◆ 87Wizard Warfare
🕳 ×13 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Indie, Strategy
▮ ~2k players-20% $6.99 $5.59
◆ 87Unbreakable Vr Runner
🕳 ×15 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Action, Adventure, Indie, Sports
▮ ~2k players$3.99
◆ 87Ichima-san
🕳 ×8 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Action, Adventure, Indie
▮ ~2k players$10.99
◆ 87Unloop
🕳 ×6 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Casual, Indie
▮ ~2k players$2.99
Still being played
Players seen in-game at our latest crawl.
◆ 49DELTARUNE
🌱 Solo grassroots💎 Genre outlier🚀 Should be huge
Indie, RPG
▮ ~113k players$24.99
◆ 26Football Manager 2024
Simulation, Sports, Strategy
▮ ~922k players$59.99
◆ 37FANTASY LIFE i: The Girl Who Steals Time
🌱 Solo grassroots
RPG
▮ ~304k players$59.99
◆ 29Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon
Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG
▮ ~459k players$44.99
◆ 28Sultan's Game
Adventure, Indie, RPG, Simulation, Strategy
▮ ~875k players$24.99
◆ 369 Kings
RPG, Strategy, Early Access
▮ ~210k players$19.99
◆ 37Monster Train 2
💎 Genre outlier🔁 Franchise
Indie, Strategy
▮ ~147k players$24.99
◆ 37F1 25
Racing, Sports
▮ ~84k players-30% $49.99 $34.99