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
3,401 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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TIS-100
Programming puzzles about routing data through a computer's limited nodes
97% positive
3,545 reviews
Order of the Sinking Star
A block-pushing puzzle adventure where different worlds' rules combine
97% positive
3,532 reviews
Hitman: Contracts
Third-person stealth action built around disguises and varied assassinations
85% positive
3,513 reviews
NINJA GAIDEN 2 Black
Third-person ninja action with fast swordplay and bloody battles
77% positive
3,509 reviews
The Entropy Centre
First-person puzzle adventure through rooms solved by rewinding objects
89% positive
3,501 reviews
METAL SLUG X
Side-scrolling arcade shooter with six missions and cooperative play
88% positive
3,493 reviews
Demo Zuma's Revenge!
Single-player match-three action with ball chains and tiki bosses
94% positive
3,482 reviews
Demo HIVESWAP: ACT 1
Point-and-click adventure where a teenager faces monsters and aliens
95% positive
3,481 reviews
HELLCARD
Co-op roguelike deckbuilder where monster positions shape card battles
85% positive
3,468 reviews
Void Stranger
2D block puzzles and hidden secrets in a dangerous labyrinth
91% positive
3,464 reviews
Demo Vigil: The Longest Night
Side-scrolling action RPG with dark exploration and tough boss fights
84% positive
3,451 reviews
Suit for Hire
Level-based assassin shooter built around gunfire and martial arts
92% positive
3,448 reviews
Human Resource Machine
Programming puzzle game about automating an office worker's assignments
94% positive
3,444 reviews
Ring of Pain
Turn-based card dungeon crawler with loot and threats in rings
92% positive
3,428 reviews
Demo X-Morph: Defense
Tower defense and top-down shooting from the invaders' side
90% positive
3,417 reviews
Zup! 5
A minimalist physics puzzle game built around triggering explosions
94% positive
3,408 reviews
Touhou Hero of Ice Fairy: Prologue
Free 2D bullet-hell boss rush to rescue a princess
97% positive
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Eldest Souls
Isometric action RPG centered on demanding boss fights
76% positive
3,390 reviews
Die in the Dungeon
Turn-based roguelite where customizable dice form your combat deck
91% positive
3,376 reviews
Star of Providence
Top-down bullet-hell roguelite with changing weapons and escalating boss fights
96% positive
3,373 reviews
Ostranauts
Space survival simulation about salvaging wrecks and building your ship
75% positive
3,364 reviews
Demo Sanctum
Sci-fi tower defense meets first-person shooting and maze building
89% positive
3,362 reviews
Turbo Pug
Pixel-art pug runner with shifting weather and lightning hazards
90% positive
3,362 reviews
Demo Bio Inc. Redemption
Medical strategy game where you cause illness or treat patients
87% positive
3,351 reviews