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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Swarmlake
First-person arena shooter about staying alive against vast enemy swarms
95% positive
2,105 reviews
Ultimate Admiral: Age of Sail
Age-of-sail strategy wargame combining naval and land battles
77% positive
2,096 reviews
Mighty No. 9
Side-scrolling action platformer built around dashing into weakened robot enemies
58% positive
2,083 reviews
Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap
Side-scrolling action platformer where defeated dragons change your form
85% positive
2,083 reviews
Knock-knock
Side-scrolling horror adventure about surviving nights in a shifting cabin
87% positive
2,076 reviews
Demo Hammerfight
2D flying-machine combat with mouse-controlled, physics-driven weapon swings
73% positive
Free
Kaze and the Wild Masks
Retro 2D platformer with animal masks and living vegetables
94% positive
2,069 reviews
Micro Platformer
A minimalist precision platformer with no enemies, bullets, or lasers
97% positive
Free
Demo Waveform
A space action-puzzle game about reshaping a wave of light
82% positive
2,058 reviews
Disturbed
Short horror visual novel about a farmer facing desperate choices
92% positive
Free
Dark Devotion
2D dark-fantasy action RPG with branching, one-way temple paths
74% positive
2,053 reviews
Demo EDGE
An isometric puzzle platformer about rolling a cube through timed courses
92% positive
2,049 reviews
Nyan Cat: Lost In Space
Space platformer with cake platforms, power-ups, and a cat editor
93% positive
2,048 reviews
Screeps: World
Persistent multiplayer strategy sandbox where your JavaScript controls a colony
86% positive
2,048 reviews
Witchspire
Open-world survival crafting where witches recruit creatures as companions
81% positive
2,045 reviews
Hard Reset Redux
Fast-paced cyberpunk shooter with machine hordes and a cyber-katana
82% positive
2,043 reviews
The Hong Kong Massacre
Top-down shooter with slow-motion dives and violent gunfights
72% positive
2,042 reviews
Shantae and the Pirate's Curse
A 2D exploration platformer where pirate gear replaces lost magic
94% positive
2,041 reviews
Bus World
Bus driving simulation with disaster evacuations and custom routes
71% positive
2,039 reviews
Wizard of Legend 2
Isometric action roguelite with spell combinations and co-op trials
55% positive
2,038 reviews
Castlevania Anniversary Collection
Eight classic side-scrolling action games about fighting Dracula
80% positive
2,035 reviews
Idle Wizard
Idle RPG with many wizard classes, pets, and spells
86% positive
Free
Ghost 1.0
A side-scrolling action platformer about possessing robots aboard a space station
90% positive
2,006 reviews
Trip to Vinelands
Retro arcade maze minigame about surviving consecutive screens
87% positive
2,003 reviews