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
3,400 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Genesia Legacy: Ultimate Domain
Turn-based settlement strategy about surviving harsh seasons and disease
65% positive
65 reviews
Sydney Hunter and the Curse of the Mayan
Retro action-platformer with pyramid exploration and battles against Maya gods
85% positive
65 reviews
The Man Came Around
Point-and-click survival where moral choices can cost your companions' lives
85% positive
Free
Paper Wizards
Action roguelike with spell crafting and first-person bullet-hell combat
85% positive
Free
Colors! Platform
A minimalist precision platformer about guiding a cube past traps
92% positive
65 reviews
Demo Heroes Of Loot: Gauntlet Of Power
Dungeon-crawling action roguelite with weapons mounted in eight directions
89% positive
65 reviews
Italian Brainrot: In Prison
Prison survival horror with strange monsters and limited power
80% positive
65 reviews
XIIZEAL
A top-down arcade shooter where chained kills boost your score
91% positive
64 reviews
Binaries
A puzzle platformer where two balls share one set of controls
88% positive
64 reviews
Security Hole
A cyberpunk puzzle game about rotating shapes to fit holes
84% positive
64 reviews
Dangerous Bullets
A challenging shooter-platformer built around traps and boss fights
66% positive
64 reviews
Roah
A 2D action-platformer where changing forms helps you solve puzzles
72% positive
64 reviews
Zeran's Folly
A side-scrolling action adventure with instant switching between playable characters
72% positive
64 reviews
akda
A minimalist physics puzzler about getting balls into baskets
31% positive
64 reviews
Hollow Steps
First-person puzzle adventure in a simulation disrupted by a ghost
63% positive
64 reviews
Sir Lovelot
A precision platformer following a knight's search for love
89% positive
64 reviews
Gangsta Woman
Fantasy action-adventure with sword attacks, magic, and optional dragon fights
64% positive
64 reviews
Git Gud or Get Rekt
A difficult 2D bullet-hell shooter built around space combat
73% positive
Free
Lighton
Sokoban-style block puzzles about building circuits and lighting every bulb
92% positive
64 reviews
Blokker
Minimalist physics puzzles with movable blocks and teleportation
94% positive
64 reviews
The Altered Lands
Dark fantasy action RPG with Souls-style combat and stealth
61% positive
Free
Demo Shapebreaker - Tower Defense Deckbuilder
Tower defense deckbuilder where your towers double as a maze
81% positive
64 reviews
Demo MOMIBOSU
Precision 2D platformer with exploration and enemies you knock together
91% positive
64 reviews
Canto I
A precision platformer retelling the opening of The Divine Comedy
77% positive
Free