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 Scene Investigators
Detective puzzles about examining crime scenes and filling evidence gaps
75% positive
994 reviews
Demo Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU
Side-scrolling action adventure about a shaman seeking his father's spirit
83% positive
986 reviews
Templar Battleforce
Turn-based sci-fi tactics with customizable squads in battle suits
93% positive
984 reviews
Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate
Turn-based roguelike dungeon crawler with shifting floors and harsh losses
74% positive
984 reviews
YAIBA: NINJA GAIDEN Z
Gory hack-and-slash action where zombie limbs double as weapons
65% positive
983 reviews
1982
Retro arcade shooter with power-ups you can collect or destroy
93% positive
Free
Demo Mech Engineer
Mech-building strategy simulation with resource management and semi-automated battles
73% positive
971 reviews
RAD
3D action roguelike with mutations in a radioactive wasteland
74% positive
970 reviews
Old School Musical
Retro rhythm adventure with chiptune tracks and game parodies
92% positive
969 reviews
A=B
Programming puzzles that turn simple text replacements into complex calculations
94% positive
968 reviews
SNØ: Ultimate Freeriding
Downhill skiing game with procedurally generated mountains and trick-based scoring
96% positive
968 reviews
Eryi's Action
A 2D puzzle platformer built around hidden, deadly traps
90% positive
966 reviews
Demo Shady Knight
First-person action game mixing parkour, swordplay, and style scoring
94% positive
961 reviews
oO
A minimalist arcade runner about switching circles and dodging spikes
89% positive
956 reviews
The Way
A sci-fi puzzle platformer inspired by old-school cinematic adventures
82% positive
955 reviews
Dropzone
Real-time arena strategy with customizable mechs and objective-based battles
69% positive
Free
aMAZE 2
Single-player maze puzzler guiding a ball through growing labyrinths
86% positive
954 reviews
Cypher
First-person museum puzzle game about cracking historical ciphers
90% positive
953 reviews
Small World
Turn-based fantasy board game of competing races and territorial conquest
71% positive
949 reviews
Children of a Dead Earth
Space warfare strategy simulation built around orbital physics and ship design
88% positive
949 reviews
RUNGORE: Beginner Experience
Real-time roguelike card battles without turns or energy limits
90% positive
Free
Q.U.B.E: Director's Cut
First-person puzzle game built around manipulating cubes with special gloves
82% positive
946 reviews
DED
A free-to-play shoot 'em up built around speed and challenge
82% positive
Free
They Killed Your Cat
A first-person shooter with manual reloads and leg-by-leg movement
76% positive
943 reviews