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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Hexcells
Calm, single-player logic puzzles built around a hexagonal grid
97% positive
5,351 reviews
Demo Wuppo: Definitive Edition
2D platform adventure across a strange world to find a home
94% positive
5,328 reviews
Terraforming Mars
Turn-based digital board game about competing to terraform Mars
69% positive
5,324 reviews
Ben and Ed
3D platformer where a zombie loses limbs but keeps going
82% positive
5,296 reviews
Invisible, Inc.
Turn-based stealth tactics across randomly generated corporate missions
91% positive
5,270 reviews
Katamari Damacy REROLL
Casual rolling game about growing a ball to rebuild stars
93% positive
5,265 reviews
Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin
Side-scrolling action and detailed rice farming on a demon-filled island
92% positive
5,262 reviews
Day of Defeat
Class-based World War II FPS built around team objectives
87% positive
5,257 reviews
Home Behind
Side-scrolling survival RPG about fleeing war, sickness, and famine
83% positive
5,228 reviews
Puyo Puyo™Tetris®
Competitive puzzle game with swapping boards and hybrid matches
84% positive
5,225 reviews
TRIBE NINE
Single-player action RPG about surviving deadly games in Neo Tokyo
68% positive
5,223 reviews
Serious Sam Fusion 2017 (beta)
First-person shooter hub linking three games, mods, and multiplayer
92% positive
5,222 reviews
DOOM Eternal: The Ancient Gods - Part Two
First-person shooter expansion pitting you against new demon variants
60% positive
5,214 reviews
Reverse Collapse: Code Name Bakery
Top-down tactical RPG with demanding squad battles and stealth
75% positive
5,202 reviews
Demo Patrick's Parabox
Grid-based puzzle game about pushing boxes into other boxes
99% positive
5,190 reviews
BEEP
A 2D puzzle platformer built around an anti-gravity gun
85% positive
Free
Hello Neighbor Alpha 1
First-person stealth horror about dodging a neighbor who learns your routes
92% positive
Free
Demo Pathogenic
Twin-stick roguelike shooter where stolen cell parts reshape your parasite
93% positive
5,156 reviews
Car Mechanic Simulator 2014
First-person car repair sim built around customer work orders
83% positive
5,148 reviews
Demo World of Goo
2D physics puzzles where living goo becomes bridges and towers
94% positive
5,103 reviews
Steelrising
Souls-like action RPG fighting royal automatons in revolutionary Paris
72% positive
4,942 reviews
Demo GRIME
2.5D Metroidvania built around parrying and absorbing enemies
83% positive
4,939 reviews
The Last Faith
Gothic 2D action game with tough combat and ability-gated exploration
82% positive
4,939 reviews
Legend of Grimrock
First-person dungeon RPG with grid movement and hidden puzzles
93% positive
4,908 reviews