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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White Shadows
Monochrome puzzle-platformer about a Ravengirl escaping an oppressive city
81% positive
2,001 reviews
Tower Hunter: Erza's Trial
Side-scrolling action roguelite with tower runs that reset on death
71% positive
1,996 reviews
Combolands: Roguelike Citybuilder
A roguelike city builder combining cards, guilds, and chain reactions
97% positive
1,990 reviews
Jigoku Kisetsukan: Sense of the Seasons
Free vertical bullet hell shooter with character-specific stories and bosses
93% positive
Free
Tails of Iron 2: Whiskers of Winter
A 2D action RPG with tough battles across snowy rat lands
79% positive
1,982 reviews
Blazing Chrome
Side-scrolling arcade shooter with robot armies and local co-op
87% positive
1,981 reviews
Demo Black Jacket
A blackjack roguelite deckbuilder where your cards change the rules
91% positive
1,978 reviews
The Pale Beyond
Story-driven survival management on an icebound polar expedition
90% positive
1,966 reviews
7 Billion Humans
Programming puzzles where office workers execute instructions together
93% positive
1,964 reviews
CRYPTARK
Twin-stick roguelike shooter with tactical alien ship raids
82% positive
1,955 reviews
東方憑依華 ～ Antinomy of Common Flowers.
2D fighting game with tag-team battles and bullet barrages
91% positive
1,951 reviews
Demo Touhou Kouryudou ~ Unconnected Marketeers.
Bullet-hell shooter with ability cards that change each run
98% positive
1,938 reviews
Shadow Warrior Classic (1997)
A retro first-person shooter mixing ninja weapons with gunfire
92% positive
Free
The Long Journey Home
Space exploration roguelike about getting a stranded crew home
59% positive
1,934 reviews
TTV2
Fast-paced arcade maze game with hazards and little room for error
88% positive
1,927 reviews
Demo Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams
Side-scrolling platformer where switching dream worlds changes your abilities
78% positive
1,923 reviews
Uplink
Hacking strategy game about contract jobs and covering your tracks
89% positive
1,917 reviews
Demo Minimalist Tower Defense
Top-down tower defense with daytime building and nighttime swarms
95% positive
1,917 reviews
Spiritfall
2D action roguelite built around platform-fighter combos and changing blessings
92% positive
1,910 reviews
Pih
First-person action built around collecting food and avoiding enemy pigs
93% positive
1,910 reviews
Railbound
Track-laying puzzles link carriages without causing train collisions
94% positive
1,909 reviews
Sneak Thief
First-person heist game with stealth, puzzles, and armed break-ins
73% positive
1,906 reviews
Demo Predynastic Egypt
Turn-based strategy about guiding an Egyptian chiefdom through crises
91% positive
1,903 reviews
Demo KILL KNIGHT
Top-down bullet-hell shooter built around aggression and precision
93% positive
1,899 reviews