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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Demo Survisland / 实境求生
Open-world island survival with hands-on crafting and detailed metabolism
63% positive
1,552 reviews
Kero Blaster
Side-scrolling platformer about a frog clearing monsters from teleporters
94% positive
1,551 reviews
Crossing Souls
2D action-adventure about five friends crossing realms in 1980s California
79% positive
1,551 reviews
Mineirinho Director's Cut
A 3D platformer with food power-ups and local co-op
66% positive
1,547 reviews
Bombix
Turn-based arena combat where jumping and shooting shape each move
71% positive
Free
Blitzkrieg Anthology
World War II real-time strategy with historical battles and side missions
88% positive
1,537 reviews
Demo TrackMania² Canyon
Arcade racing on canyon tracks built for drifting and stunts
80% positive
1,531 reviews
Jets'n'Guns Gold
Side-scrolling space shooter with customizable ships and crowded enemy waves
87% positive
1,530 reviews
AK-xolotl: Together
Top-down roguelite shooter with armed axolotls and randomized rooms
75% positive
1,528 reviews
Spark the Electric Jester
Fast-paced 2D action platforming with a range of swappable powers
91% positive
1,527 reviews
Alpha Prime
Sci-fi first-person shooter with hackable robots and slowed-time combat
56% positive
1,526 reviews
Command: Modern Operations
Detailed military simulation commanding postwar forces across air, land, and sea
83% positive
1,523 reviews
Aerofly FS 4 Flight Simulator
Flight simulator with interactive cockpits and worldwide flight routes
88% positive
1,516 reviews
64.0
Fast-paced arcade shooter where you try to survive sixty-four seconds
90% positive
1,513 reviews
Camera Obscura
A puzzle-platformer about reshaping a ruined tower with a camera
70% positive
1,508 reviews
Zup! Zero 2
A minimalist physics puzzler about moving a ball with explosions
94% positive
1,507 reviews
Destination Sol
A space arcade RPG where you land directly on planets
78% positive
Free
WARSAW RISING: City of Heroes
Turn-based tactical RPG following a resistance squad through occupied Warsaw
67% positive
Free
Ultimate Zombie Defense
Top-down zombie survival shooter with buildable defenses and co-op
87% positive
1,501 reviews
Tametsi
Mine-finding logic puzzles on tile grids of different shapes
96% positive
1,495 reviews
Contra Anniversary Collection
Classic side-scrolling shooters collected for solo or local co-op
76% positive
1,493 reviews
Demo Gori: Cuddly Carnage
Third-person hack-and-slash as a hoverboarding cat fighting mutated toys
96% positive
1,489 reviews
Tomb Raider III (1998)
Third-person action adventure built around puzzles and dangerous jumps
84% positive
1,486 reviews
Tangledeep
Turn-based dungeon crawler with customizable jobs and monster pets
82% positive
1,483 reviews