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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Kung Fury: Street Rage - Ultimate Edition
Retro arcade beat 'em up with endless Nazi fights
90% positive
2,490 reviews
Baby Steps
A physics-based walking adventure where you control each foot separately
90% positive
2,472 reviews
Souldiers
2D action adventure across an interconnected realm near the afterlife
67% positive
2,466 reviews
Nihilumbra
A puzzle platformer where painting surfaces changes how they behave
89% positive
2,459 reviews
Volgarr the Viking
Challenging 2D Viking platformer built around traps and bosses
81% positive
2,455 reviews
STRAFE: Gold Edition
Roguelike first-person shooter with shifting deep-space levels and heavy gore
72% positive
2,455 reviews
Lucky Tower Ultimate
2D action roguelite with improvised weapons and deadly traps
93% positive
2,436 reviews
Demo Trials Evolution: Gold Edition
Physics-based motorcycle racing through obstacle courses and skill challenges
74% positive
2,431 reviews
Duskers
Space survival strategy through typed commands and salvage runs
89% positive
2,415 reviews
Demo Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee®
Side-scrolling puzzle platformer about escaping a factory and rescuing workers
90% positive
2,412 reviews
Hexcells Plus
Minimalist logic puzzles on a hex grid, with tougher challenges
95% positive
2,410 reviews
It Steals
First-person survival horror in mazes with monsters that hunt you
98% positive
2,405 reviews
SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell
First-person speedrunning platformer through timed obstacle courses in Hell
95% positive
2,397 reviews
Immortal Redneck
First-person roguelite about a mummified tourist fighting through pyramids
90% positive
2,380 reviews
Banners of Ruin
Turn-based roguelike deckbuilder with animal squads and branching city routes
79% positive
2,378 reviews
Emily Wants To Play
First-person survival horror about a pizza delivery gone wrong
78% positive
2,372 reviews
Demo Ikaruga
Vertical shoot-'em-up where switching colors turns bullets into energy
94% positive
2,368 reviews
Not Tonight
Bouncer simulation about checking IDs under Britain's far-right government
84% positive
2,367 reviews
Valdis Story: Abyssal City
2D action platformer with interconnected ruins and demanding sword-and-magic combat
83% positive
2,362 reviews
ELDERBORN
First-person dark fantasy slasher with difficult, weapon-based melee combat
87% positive
2,359 reviews
Demo Last Command
Snake-inspired bullet hell where collecting data lets you fight back
94% positive
2,352 reviews
Disney•Pixar Toy Story 3: The Video Game
3D platform adventure through movie levels and an open-world Toy Box
71% positive
2,348 reviews
Jotun: Valhalla Edition
Hand-drawn Norse action adventure with exploration and giant boss fights
77% positive
2,340 reviews
The Last Haven
Settlement-building strategy about keeping survivors alive through a nuclear winter
75% positive
2,336 reviews