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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Pushing It! With Sisyphus
A punishing platformer about pushing a boulder up a hill
61% positive
97 reviews
Red Rope: Don't Fall Behind
Local co-op puzzle action with two characters tied by rope
80% positive
96 reviews
She Wants Me Dead
A rhythm platformer with deadly traps moving to the music
86% positive
96 reviews
Dragon Climax
A side-scrolling beat 'em up with experience-based skills and upgrades
79% positive
96 reviews
ELMIA
A fantasy platformer built around teleporting to a fairy
74% positive
96 reviews
Polyroll
A retro 2D platformer starring a bug with a ricocheting shell
93% positive
96 reviews
Super Inefficient Golf
Physics-based mini golf where timed explosions replace the golf club
77% positive
96 reviews
LET IT DIE
Third-person Souls-like action built around a deadly tower climb
89% positive
96 reviews
Outbreak: The Nightmare Chronicles
Single-player survival horror where fighting isn't always the safest choice
70% positive
96 reviews
Aces of the Luftwaffe - Squadron
A squadron-based arcade shooter with local co-op for four players
75% positive
96 reviews
Alchemia
A cryptic puzzle book solved through research outside the game
77% positive
96 reviews
COVID: The Outbreak
Real-time strategy about containing a pandemic through global health policy
69% positive
96 reviews
Colors! Maze
A minimalist maze puzzler about guiding a ball to portals
88% positive
96 reviews
Demo Lovux
Minimalist logic puzzles about breaking glass in the right order
85% positive
96 reviews
Beat This Game To See Hot Lady
First-person action platformer with five minutes to reach the end
90% positive
96 reviews
Front Line
A side-scrolling military shooter with one life and no continues
99% positive
96 reviews
Kill The Plumber
A puzzle platformer where you play enemies stopping the hero
71% positive
95 reviews
IN-VERT: Definitive Edition
A precision puzzle-platformer about switching between two parallel worlds
82% positive
95 reviews
Demo Math Fun
Educational math game focused on practicing and developing basic number skills
80% positive
95 reviews
Liberty Prime
Hack-and-slash action RPG with elemental powers and chained spells
35% positive
95 reviews
eBall
Multiplayer arena shooter with rocket jumps and momentum-based movement
68% positive
95 reviews
Airborn
A VR shooter built around high-speed flight and robotic enemies
88% positive
95 reviews
The Fallen
Dark fantasy action-adventure about a knight fighting through purgatory
61% positive
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Mini Pipes - A Logic Puzzle Pipes Game
A pipe-connecting logic puzzle you solve at your own pace
98% positive
95 reviews