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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Blood Card
Turn-based roguelike deckbuilder where your draw pile is your health
81% positive
701 reviews
BloodRayne Betrayal (Legacy)
A side-scrolling hack-and-slash platformer where feeding on enemies restores health
58% positive
698 reviews
Dwerve: Prologue
A tower defense dungeon crawler where turrets fend off monsters
92% positive
Free
KALPA: Cosmic Symphony
Rhythm game with challenges designed by composers and competitive players
83% positive
698 reviews
Demo Gun Rocket
A space arcade game where rocket thrust demands careful control
71% positive
696 reviews
Revenge of the Titans
Sci-fi tower defense with resource mining and real-time base building
81% positive
695 reviews
Demo Zeliria Sanctuary
A choice-driven visual novel about romance on an alien planet
89% positive
695 reviews
Bingle Bingle
A roulette roguelite with customizable wheels and strategic item combinations
80% positive
695 reviews
INK
A 2D platformer where paint reveals otherwise invisible terrain
87% positive
694 reviews
Tomato Way
First-person horror action as a tomato who hunts monsters
82% positive
694 reviews
Hellcoming
Co-op survival horror about cleaning buildings while demons hunt you
78% positive
694 reviews
Demo Garbanzo Quest
2D platformer with spit attacks and branching secret paths
98% positive
694 reviews
Project AURA
City-building strategy about sustaining an ocean colony after a climate disaster
61% positive
691 reviews
R-Type Final 2
Side-scrolling space shooter with customizable ships and shifting stages
76% positive
689 reviews
Demo The Bug Butcher
An arcade shooter where you dodge bugs and fire upward
87% positive
687 reviews
BAZOOKA: Rhythm Game
Four-lane rhythm game with original songs and accompanying music videos
98% positive
686 reviews
Welcome to the Game III
Horror simulation balancing dark net searches, hacking, and survival
76% positive
686 reviews
ORX
Roguelike tower defense built from cards and connected tiles
69% positive
684 reviews
Demo Yoiyami Dancers: Twilight Danmaku Dancers
A rhythm-based bullet hell about dodging attacks to the beat
98% positive
683 reviews
Vibrant Venture
Side-scrolling platformer where switching characters lets you combine movement abilities
97% positive
682 reviews
The Black Watchmen
An alternate reality puzzle adventure built around real-world web research
88% positive
679 reviews
Raji: Prologue
An action-adventure prologue rooted in Hindu and Balinese mythology
88% positive
Free
Kalimba
Puzzle platformer combining solo challenges with optional couch co-op
90% positive
675 reviews
UBERMOSH:SANTICIDE
A top-down arcade shooter with ninety seconds to survive
90% positive
675 reviews