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
3,400 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition
Atmospheric 2D Metroidvania focused on fluid platforming and exploration
94% positive
67K reviews
Barotrauma
2D co-op submarine survival horror built around teamwork and betrayal
94% positive
67K reviews
Overcooked! 2
Chaotic cooperative cooking across shifting kitchens for up to four players
90% positive
66K reviews
FTL: Faster Than Light
Space roguelike strategy built around crew management and permadeath
94% positive
65K reviews
Battlerite
Free-to-play arena brawler built around short, skill-based team fights
84% positive
Free
Plague Inc: Evolved
Global outbreak strategy simulation about evolving a world-ending pathogen
94% positive
65K reviews
Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem
Isometric action RPG with classless builds and loot-driven combat
56% positive
64K reviews
Lies of P
Third-person Souls-like action RPG with weapon assembly and truth-or-lie choices
90% positive
62K reviews
Five Nights at Freddy's
First-person survival horror about monitoring cameras and conserving power
94% positive
61K reviews
DRAGON BALL FighterZ
Three-on-three anime fighter built around tags, assists, and aerial combos
90% positive
59K reviews
Blasphemous
Gory 2D Metroidvania through a cursed world of twisted religion
89% positive
59K reviews
Lobotomy Corporation | Monster Management Simulation
Difficult roguelite management sim about extracting energy from monsters
94% positive
58K reviews
CONTROL Ultimate Edition
Third-person supernatural action with telekinetic combat and shifting environments
86% positive
55K reviews
Hitman: Absolution™
Third-person stealth action built around disguises and improvised assassinations
93% positive
55K reviews
Skul: The Hero Slayer
Side-scrolling action roguelite built around swappable skull powers
93% positive
54K reviews
Ori and the Blind Forest
2D action platformer with ability-based exploration through a dying forest
93% positive
53K reviews
The Binding of Isaac
Top-down action roguelike with randomized dungeons and transformative items
94% positive
53K reviews
DDNet
Difficult cooperative 2D platforming built around precision and teamwork
87% positive
Free
Realm of the Mad God Exalt
Co-op pixel-art MMO bullet hell where every death is permanent
82% positive
Free
Alien: Isolation
First-person survival horror where an unpredictable Alien hunts you
92% positive
52K reviews
Demo Ghostrunner
Fast first-person sword combat built around parkour and one-hit kills
91% positive
51K reviews
Demo TEKKEN 8
3D fighting game with Heat mechanics and accessible combo controls
60% positive
51K reviews
Rain World
Difficult 2D survival platformer about escaping predators and deadly rain
93% positive
51K reviews
Demo CODE VEIN
Anime Souls-like action RPG with vampires and flexible character builds
83% positive
50K reviews