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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Phoenix Force
Top-down bullet hell shooter built entirely around boss battles
84% positive
769 reviews
Pirates Outlaws
Pirate roguelike deckbuilder with multiple heroes, maps, and bosses
81% positive
765 reviews
Demo Halluci-Sabbat of Koishi
Side-scrolling sword action with fast combat and dense bullet barrages
89% positive
763 reviews
Filament
Top-down spaceship puzzle game about routing a tether around pillars
85% positive
762 reviews
Demo Dunjungle
Action roguelite with a monkey hero and elemental weapon upgrades
96% positive
760 reviews
Rogue Fable III
Turn-based roguelike dungeon crawl to steal a legendary goblet
91% positive
759 reviews
The Mummy Demastered
Side-scrolling action adventure with guns, undead, and a nonlinear map
76% positive
757 reviews
Rogue's Tale
Turn-based dungeon crawler with permanent death and lasting character unlocks
72% positive
756 reviews
David.
Difficult 2D action platformer with slingshot attacks and time manipulation
79% positive
755 reviews
Alwa's Awakening
Side-scrolling metroidvania with a magic staff for puzzles and combat
78% positive
755 reviews
I Am Sakuya: Touhou FPS Game
First-person bullet-hell shooter with bouncing knives and a four-barreled shotgun
90% positive
754 reviews
Grapple Dog
2D platformer built around jumping and swinging with a grappling hook
87% positive
748 reviews
Demo Doomsday Hunters
Twin-stick roguelike with guns, spells, and alien artifacts to combine
88% positive
746 reviews
KAMI
Paper-folding puzzles about turning patterned boards into one solid color
96% positive
745 reviews
Demo Marble Age
Turn-based historical strategy about growing a Greek village into a city-state
83% positive
745 reviews
Double Dragon IV
Side-scrolling beat 'em up with playable enemies and versus battles
62% positive
745 reviews
Rolling Sun
A physics-based platformer where a rolling stone gains new powers
50% positive
741 reviews
Angry Video Game Nerd II: ASSimilation
A retro action platformer with tough challenges and crude humor
92% positive
740 reviews
Vambrace: Cold Soul
A story-driven dungeon crawler where recruited companions can die permanently
66% positive
739 reviews
Echoes of Mystralia
Roguelite action RPG built around crafting spells from memories
83% positive
739 reviews
Demo Iris and the Giant
Roguelike card battles where most cards are single-use
87% positive
736 reviews
Dark Sector
Third-person shooter built around cover and a throwable blade
86% positive
735 reviews
Super Time Force Ultra
Side-scrolling shooter where rewinding time turns past selves into teammates
89% positive
731 reviews
Cursed to Golf
Side-view roguelike golf through hazardous courses and strict shot limits
68% positive
731 reviews