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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Quake Live
Fast-paced arena FPS with competitive modes across 100-plus arenas
87% positive
4,908 reviews
Intralism
Fast-paced rhythm game with notes arranged around a circle
86% positive
4,891 reviews
MIO: Memories in Orbit
A 2D metroidvania about exploring a decaying, overgrown spaceship
82% positive
4,872 reviews
Demo Ratopia
Side-scrolling colony sim built around rat economics and survival
86% positive
4,871 reviews
Divinity II: Developer's Cut
Third-person fantasy action RPG with human and dragon combat
84% positive
4,828 reviews
Brigador: Up-Armored Edition
Isometric vehicle combat shooter with destructible cyberpunk city streets
94% positive
4,821 reviews
Hitman: Codename 47
Third-person stealth action built around carefully planned contract killings
69% positive
4,808 reviews
Mother Russia Bleeds
Gory side-scrolling beat 'em up with local co-op and drug-fueled combat
87% positive
4,772 reviews
Fear Therapy
First-person horror matches with randomized ritual hunts and player-controlled Satan
67% positive
4,741 reviews
Melody's Escape
Side-scrolling rhythm runner with obstacle courses generated from your music
92% positive
4,718 reviews
Demo NEO Scavenger
Turn-based survival RPG with permadeath in post-apocalyptic Michigan
89% positive
4,710 reviews
Othercide
Dark fantasy turn-based tactics built around sacrifice and repeated runs
82% positive
4,705 reviews
Anomaly: Warzone Earth
Reverse tower defense strategy where you guide a convoy past alien turrets
87% positive
4,693 reviews
Demo Last Train Home
Real-time tactics and train management amid the Russian Civil War
86% positive
4,689 reviews
12 is Better Than 6
Top-down Western shooter with stealth and manually cocked revolvers
83% positive
4,671 reviews
Mega Man 11
Side-scrolling action platformer with robot boss weapons and power boosts
89% positive
4,658 reviews
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A casual flying game where you control a bumblebee
91% positive
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Morphopolis
Hidden-object puzzle adventure following an insect through stages of metamorphosis
83% positive
4,646 reviews
Demo Touhou Tenkuushou ~ Hidden Star in Four Seasons.
A 2D bullet hell shooter with seasonal shots and bosses
98% positive
4,642 reviews
Gato Roboto
A 2D exploration platformer where a cat pilots a mech
94% positive
4,641 reviews
Crown Trick
Turn-based roguelike dungeon crawler where enemies move when you do
85% positive
4,637 reviews
Touhou Koumakyou: New Classic - the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil
A remastered bullet-hell shooter with an optional unlimited-lives mode
98% positive
4,623 reviews
Demo CASE: Animatronics
First-person survival horror with animatronics stalking a locked police station
83% positive
4,611 reviews
Demo Bread & Fred
Co-op precision platformer where tethered penguins climb a mountain
78% positive
4,558 reviews