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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Hello Neighbor Alpha 3
First-person stealth horror about uncovering a neighbor's basement secret
73% positive
Free
Enotria: The Last Song
Soulslike action RPG with parries and masks taken from enemies
68% positive
2,322 reviews
Savant - Ascent
Arcade shoot 'em up where collecting music unlocks new abilities
93% positive
2,316 reviews
I Expect You To Die
VR escape-room puzzles across deadly secret agent missions
94% positive
2,304 reviews
HellSign
Supernatural action RPG about investigating clues and hunting monsters
67% positive
2,286 reviews
Shattered Pixel Dungeon
Turn-based dungeon crawler with randomized runs and permanent death
94% positive
2,280 reviews
Demo Artisan TD
Fantasy tower defense built around shaping enemy paths into mazes
88% positive
2,280 reviews
The Howler
A hot air balloon puzzler about navigating wind currents
77% positive
Free
Wild Animal Racing
A kart racer with animal drivers and weapon pickups
93% positive
2,274 reviews
Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive
Isometric Western tactics with six specialists and real-time stealth missions
87% positive
2,271 reviews
House
Horror adventure about saving your family from a deadly house
95% positive
2,259 reviews
LONESTAR
Turn-based roguelike bounty hunts built around spaceship unit combinations
90% positive
2,259 reviews
Battletoads
Side-scrolling brawler with cartoon humor and varied arcade challenges
68% positive
2,244 reviews
Garden of Witches
Action roguelike with giant scissors and reluctant tea-party guests
93% positive
2,243 reviews
Demo The Last Hero of Nostalgaia
Souls-like action RPG in a video-game world turning pixelated
78% positive
2,239 reviews
Demo The Chef's Shift
Fast-paced restaurant typing game with impatient customers and distractions
97% positive
2,235 reviews
Tomb Raider II (1997)
Third-person action adventure with puzzles and a globe-spanning artifact hunt
87% positive
2,231 reviews
Basement
Crime management strategy about funding game development through drug dealing
70% positive
2,231 reviews
GunZ: The Duel
Free-to-play third-person shooter mixing guns, melee weapons, and acrobatic movement
47% positive
Free
Archvale
Pixel-art action RPG with bullet-hell battles and gear crafting
88% positive
2,222 reviews
Mega Man X Legacy Collection 2
Four-game action platformer collection spanning 2D and 3D eras
77% positive
2,218 reviews
They Bleed Pixels
A precision platformer with checkpoints you earn and place yourself
84% positive
2,216 reviews
140
A rhythm platformer where music controls the timing of obstacles
94% positive
2,216 reviews
Demo Decktamer
A turn-based roguelike deckbuilder where captured enemies become your cards
85% positive
2,216 reviews