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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Rubinite
Boss rush action built around exposing and striking enemy weaknesses
94% positive
4,546 reviews
Death's Gambit: Afterlife
Dark fantasy 2D action RPG with nonlinear exploration and demanding bosses
79% positive
4,538 reviews
Rock 'N' Roll Defense
Tower defense with speakers protecting a concert from enemy waves
88% positive
4,510 reviews
First Class Trouble
Third-person social deduction party game where shipmates hide their loyalties
79% positive
4,439 reviews
ibb & obb
Two-player puzzle platformer with upward and downward gravity
89% positive
4,427 reviews
Beast of Reincarnation
Action RPG combining sword fighting with commands for a dog
58% positive
4,426 reviews
Crash Bandicoot™ 4: It’s About Time
Difficult 3D platformer with reality-bending masks and playable characters
86% positive
4,401 reviews
Never Split the Party
Co-op action roguelike where splitting up hides vital party information
76% positive
Free
Pathologic Classic HD
First-person survival horror in a town consumed by plague
87% positive
4,390 reviews
Vagante
2D action roguelike with deadly traps and class-based dungeon runs
90% positive
4,383 reviews
Cliff Empire
Sci-fi city builder managing three cities atop cramped cliffs
87% positive
4,354 reviews
Thumper
Rhythm action as a space beetle races through obstacles
92% positive
4,351 reviews
Mega Man X Legacy Collection
Four classic side-scrolling action platformers with bosses and stolen weapons
78% positive
4,349 reviews
Electrician Simulator
First-person electrician sim with home wiring and appliance repairs
80% positive
4,348 reviews
Intravenous 2
Top-down tactical shooter mixing careful stealth with customizable gunplay
95% positive
4,347 reviews
Hexcells Infinite
Minimalist hex-grid logic puzzles with endless randomly generated boards
96% positive
4,333 reviews
The Backrooms Game FREE Edition
First-person horror exploration with a watch to preserve sanity
80% positive
Free
Wolfenstein 3D
Retro first-person shooter about escaping a maze-like Nazi fortress
93% positive
4,287 reviews
Sundered®: Eldritch Edition
Hand-drawn metroidvania with changing paths and waves of enemies
81% positive
4,281 reviews
Melty Blood Actress Again Current Code
2D fighting game with three styles per character
94% positive
4,279 reviews
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell®
Third-person stealth action built around light and shadow
87% positive
4,257 reviews
PICO PARK 2
Co-op 2D puzzle platformer where everyone must work together
88% positive
4,243 reviews
MO:Astray
A puzzle-platformer about a blob that can read minds
92% positive
4,232 reviews
Mega Man Legacy Collection
Six classic 8-bit action platformers with remixed challenge stages
88% positive
4,229 reviews