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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Shattered - Tale of the Forgotten King
Dark fantasy action RPG mixing sword fights with platforming
67% positive
642 reviews
Alien Hominid HD
A hand-drawn run-and-gun shooter with burrowing and head-chomping attacks
94% positive
640 reviews
Stranger of Sword City
First-person dungeon RPG with party building and monster hunts
66% positive
639 reviews
Chronigma
Box-pushing puzzles where time travel lets you cooperate with yourself
100% positive
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Cubicle Quest
An old-school RPG where work, debt, and obligations become enemies
74% positive
635 reviews
Distant Space
An arcade space shooter with alien formations and boss fights
83% positive
635 reviews
Demo RAM: Random Access Mayhem
A top-down roguelike shooter where you take over enemy robots
97% positive
633 reviews
Diamo XL
Arcade score chasing where filling a diamond earns bonus points
93% positive
632 reviews
Overture
Action roguelike with enemy hordes and randomly generated dungeons
71% positive
631 reviews
Etrian Odyssey III HD
Turn-based dungeon crawler with custom parties and mapmaking
88% positive
630 reviews
TETRIS® THE GRAND MASTER 4 -ABSOLUTE EYE-
Arcade-style falling-block puzzle game built around speed and precision
80% positive
629 reviews
MAZEBOUND: Hunt, Gather, Run!
Survival horror about gathering supplies and staying mobile inside a maze
81% positive
629 reviews
Demo Aarklash: Legacy
A party-based tactical RPG with real-time combat you can pause
75% positive
628 reviews
Goetia
A point-and-click mystery about a ghost investigating her family's past
77% positive
628 reviews
Kinny and the Cosmic Cauldron
Cooking roguelike deckbuilder with bouncing ingredients and score-building chain reactions
83% positive
628 reviews
Demo Winter Survival
First-person winter survival with crafting and a sanity system
59% positive
627 reviews
Demo Insider Trading
Stock-market roguelike deckbuilder where your cards control the price swings
79% positive
627 reviews
Demo Capsized
2D action platforming with a jetpack and physics-based combat
81% positive
625 reviews
Anima: Gate of Memories
Action RPG where switching between two characters extends your combos
69% positive
625 reviews
Grimoire : Heralds of the Winged Exemplar (V2)
A fantasy dungeon crawler with turn-based battles and grid-based exploration
67% positive
624 reviews
The Deed: Dynasty
Crime adventure about committing murder and framing someone else
86% positive
623 reviews
Demo First Feudal
Medieval colony sim mixing hands-on crafting with village management
74% positive
623 reviews
WazHack
Side-scrolling roguelike dungeon crawler where time advances only when you act
89% positive
622 reviews
Demo HeXen II
Dark fantasy first-person shooter with character classes and cryptic puzzles
78% positive
620 reviews