Best Difficult games on PC
Games with demanding combat, platforming, survival systems, or competitive play that require practice, precise execution, and effective strategies.
- Frequent failure and repeated attempts
- Limited room for mistakes
- Skill-based challenges
Related: Souls-like, Survival, Competitive, Action Roguelike
3,401 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Demo This Is No Cave
Physics-based 2D platformer with grappling hooks and giant worm chases
96% positive
134 reviews
Star Leaping Story:prologue
A 2D precision platformer built around chains of midair dashes
95% positive
Free
The Cave Diver
A horror puzzle platformer with hand-controlled movement through narrow caves
72% positive
133 reviews
RefleX
Arcade shoot 'em up with a shield that reflects bullets
93% positive
132 reviews
Deadnaut
Real-time squad tactics with fragile communications aboard derelict spaceships
70% positive
132 reviews
Demo Hell of an Office
First-person platforming through Hell's offices with a rocket-jumping stapler
87% positive
132 reviews
PunjiVR: The Vietnam War
A tactical VR shooter where heavy gear slows you down
73% positive
132 reviews
Cryptical Path
Side-scrolling action roguelite where you build your own dungeon path
86% positive
132 reviews
Probably Archery
First-person archery where deliberately awkward arm controls complicate every shot
47% positive
131 reviews
Hunters Of The Dead
Roguelike tower defense with five hunter classes to manage
63% positive
131 reviews
Demo WITCH-BOT MEGLILO
Vertical bullet-hell shooter with time-stopping teleports through enemy fire
92% positive
131 reviews
Sentry Knight Tactics
Real-time tactical RPG with enemy waves and customizable hero parties
73% positive
131 reviews
The Last Cube
A puzzle platformer where stickers change what your cube can do
97% positive
131 reviews
Dream Swing
First-person grappling platformer built around short, timed score-chasing runs
97% positive
131 reviews
Jump The Gun
A precision platformer built around shotgun blasts and rocket-powered jumps
85% positive
Free
SpongeBob: Krusty Cook-Off
Time-management cooking with SpongeBob across the restaurants of Bikini Bottom
66% positive
131 reviews
Demo Octahedron: Transfixed Edition
A precision platformer where you create platforms beneath your feet
95% positive
130 reviews
Save Koch
Mafia strategy simulation about finding a traitor before time runs out
61% positive
130 reviews
Metroplex Zero: Sci-Fi Card Battler
Cyberpunk roguelike card battles with a twelve-card deck per hero
97% positive
130 reviews
Demo Stick to the Plan
Sokoban-style puzzles about guiding a dog and his oversized stick
95% positive
130 reviews
Fish Fillets 2
Underwater block puzzles about teamwork and avoiding falling objects
96% positive
129 reviews
Fabular: Once Upon a Spacetime
Top-down action roguelike with sword fights between armored spaceships
80% positive
129 reviews
Touhou Bunkachou ～ Shoot the Bullet.
Bullet-hell action where you photograph bosses instead of shooting them
100% positive
129 reviews
hate.net
First-person arena shooter where high scores draw more enemy attention
94% positive
129 reviews