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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DOOM Eternal
Fast first-person shooter built around aggressive combat and resource management
91% positive
205K reviews
Slay the Spire
Single-player roguelike deckbuilder with shifting paths, cards, and relics
97% positive
201K reviews
Demo Resident Evil 2
Third-person survival horror with zombies, puzzles, and two campaigns
97% positive
170K reviews
Dead Cells
Fast 2D action roguelite with branching runs and permadeath
97% positive
168K reviews
Balatro
Poker-inspired roguelike deckbuilder built around scoring synergies and escalating blinds
98% positive
168K reviews
Demo DOOM
Fast-paced first-person shooter about tearing through demonic hordes
95% positive
168K reviews
Counter-Strike: Source
Team-based tactical FPS with competitive matches and Source-engine physics
96% positive
153K reviews
Darkest Dungeon®
Dark fantasy roguelike RPG about stress, survival, and permanent death
91% positive
149K reviews
Ori and the Will of the Wisps
Hand-painted Metroidvania platforming through a wounded fantasy world
96% positive
149K reviews
Helltaker
Short 2D puzzle game about courting demon girls in hell
97% positive
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Celeste
Difficult 2D precision platformer about climbing a mountain and persevering
97% positive
144K reviews
Oxygen Not Included
Space colony simulation built around survival and interconnected resource systems
96% positive
142K reviews
Half-Life
Classic sci-fi first-person shooter mixing alien combat and environmental puzzles
96% positive
133K reviews
Muse Dash
Rhythm action mixing parkour, enemy strikes, and obstacle dodging
89% positive
132K reviews
Devil May Cry 5
Third-person action with three demon hunters and combo-driven combat
96% positive
128K reviews
Kerbal Space Program
Physics-based spaceflight sandbox for building and piloting homemade spacecraft
95% positive
128K reviews
Hotline Miami
Fast-paced top-down action with lethal combat and rapid retries
96% positive
124K reviews
The Long Dark
First-person survival sandbox against cold, hunger, and wildlife
89% positive
120K reviews
Frostpunk
Survival city builder where heat, resources, and laws decide lives
92% positive
120K reviews
Hades II
Greek myth action roguelike with witchcraft and repeat runs
95% positive
119K reviews
Outlast
First-person survival horror where you can only run and hide
96% positive
118K reviews
Insurgency: Sandstorm
Tactical first-person shooter with lethal combat and squad-based objectives
84% positive
113K reviews
DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED
Dark fantasy action RPG built around punishing, deliberate combat
90% positive
110K reviews
Don't Starve
Single-player wilderness survival in randomly generated worlds with permanent death
96% positive
104K reviews