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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Topple Tactics
Physics-based multiplayer tower defense where one giant stops runners
88% positive
1,478 reviews
Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim
Single-player action RPG with elemental swords and island exploration
89% positive
1,477 reviews
Pankapu
2D action platformer with shifting forms in a child's dreams
64% positive
1,475 reviews
Scrutinized
Detective horror game about sorting reports while intruders stalk your home
89% positive
1,473 reviews
No Time To Explain Remastered
A comedy platformer where your gun doubles as a jetpack
84% positive
1,470 reviews
Demo Breachway
Space roguelike deckbuilder where ship equipment determines your cards
72% positive
1,470 reviews
Laysara: Summit Kingdom
Mountain city builder with avalanche defenses and intertown trade
81% positive
1,466 reviews
Demo The Last Plague: Blight
Hardcore open-world survival crafting against a spreading disease
87% positive
1,465 reviews
DETOUR
Road-building strategy where rival companies sabotage each other's truck routes
58% positive
1,462 reviews
Raiders of Blackveil
An action roguelite about raiding and bringing loot home
58% positive
1,462 reviews
StarBreak
Free-to-play 2D action platformer with permadeath and alien boss fights
78% positive
Free
The Impossible Game
One-button platformer where every mistake sends you back to the start
84% positive
1,455 reviews
Deadly Days
Strategy roguelite about scavenging zombie cities with unpredictable gear
86% positive
1,454 reviews
Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania
Arcade platforming through tilting mazes, with competitive party minigames
83% positive
1,449 reviews
Demo Osmos
Physics puzzle game about absorbing motes while losing mass to move
86% positive
1,445 reviews
Momodora III
A 2D action platformer with a hidden stage to uncover
93% positive
1,443 reviews
Super Jigsaw Puzzle: Generations
Single-player jigsaw puzzles with adjustable difficulty and piece-sorting tools
95% positive
Free
Bot Vice
An arcade gallery shooter built around cover and bullet dodging
92% positive
1,440 reviews
Demo The MISSING: J.J. Macfield and the Island of Memories
Puzzle platformer where dismemberment helps you cross a trap-filled island
89% positive
1,439 reviews
Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair
2.5D platformer with changing levels and a difficult final lair
81% positive
1,436 reviews
Hello Neighbor: Hide and Seek
A first-person stealth adventure built around hide-and-seek with your brother
87% positive
1,435 reviews
Inertial Drift
Arcade racer with twin-stick drifting and distinct car handling
84% positive
1,428 reviews
EXAPUNKS
Open-ended programming puzzles about hacking networks with programmable agents
96% positive
1,426 reviews
Dark Roll: Free Kick Challenge
A soccer free-kick simulator where you play as an orb
80% positive
Free