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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Endless Knight
Medieval sword fighting where losing limbs doesn't end the fight
89% positive
56 reviews
Sokobos
A block-pushing puzzle game about building an ancient Greek temple
100% positive
56 reviews
Demo It's a Wrap!
2D puzzle platformer where you direct and perform movie stunts
79% positive
56 reviews
Repit
A precision puzzle platformer about escaping a supernatural punishment
88% positive
56 reviews
Demo FLASHOUT 3
Anti-gravity combat racing across looping tracks with guns and rockets
66% positive
56 reviews
Demo ACUVAC: A Suck and Blow Adventure
Physics-based cleaning adventure with a vacuum and deliberately awkward controls
98% positive
56 reviews
Ascending Inferno
A precision platformer about climbing Hell with a ball-shaped soul
98% positive
56 reviews
Demo Resultare
A physics-based pachinko roguelite built around high-scoring token combinations
93% positive
56 reviews
Demo Super reaKtor
Bullet hell survival with a movable, rotating, resizable laser beam
100% positive
56 reviews
Unaccessible
Precision platforming in a wheelchair on an island without ramps
95% positive
56 reviews
Shadowgate: MacVenture Series
A first-person fantasy puzzle adventure with little room for error
75% positive
55 reviews
I Can't Escape: Darkness
A horror dungeon crawler where the maze changes after failure
78% positive
55 reviews
Wish Project
A bullet hell shooter for solo play or local co-op
93% positive
55 reviews
Demo Soulblight
Top-down action roguelike where personal flaws become sources of power
53% positive
55 reviews
Marrow
A cosmic horror platformer where you follow lost children's voices
73% positive
55 reviews
Demo Rush to Adventure
Retro action platformer with island exploration and ranked level replays
75% positive
55 reviews
In Her Eyes
A deckbuilding visual novel with rhythm-based battles and an assassination deadline
78% positive
55 reviews
Demo Puzzle - LINES AND KNOTS
A tile-swapping logic puzzle about connecting lines across hexagons
80% positive
55 reviews
Karma Knight
A side-scrolling action platformer built around speed and aerial attacks
78% positive
55 reviews
Demo Gripper
Motorcycle action built around boss fights and a grappling hook
84% positive
55 reviews
Demo Tor Eternum
Co-op action RPG with randomized bosses on each tower floor
78% positive
55 reviews
Nova: Cloudwalker's Tale
A grid-based puzzle game about building paths across the sky
96% positive
55 reviews
Super Beast Hunt
A 2D platformer about a hungry demon hunting beasts
91% positive
Free
Hypotheses on the Symmetry between Vision and Hands
Top-down precision platformer where each hand controls a different character
93% positive
55 reviews