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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SiNKR
Minimalist puzzle game about pulling pucks into holes with hooks
94% positive
572 reviews
Demo 03.04
First-person horror shooter about facing your sins in purgatory
78% positive
Free
Réussir : Code de la Route - Nouvelle Édition (French Highway Code)
French driving theory quiz with lessons and practice exams
89% positive
566 reviews
Dungeon No Dungeon
Turn-based dungeon crawler where attacks target individual body parts
66% positive
566 reviews
Pushing it! Together - Sisyphus Co-op
Third-person co-op platformer about pushing a boulder uphill together
50% positive
565 reviews
Wordle 2
Connect letters to solve themed word puzzles across growing grids
59% positive
564 reviews
The Chef's Shift: First Course
A restaurant management game driven by typing under time pressure
98% positive
Free
Full Mojo Rampage
A twin-stick roguelite where character upgrades carry between runs
85% positive
561 reviews
Skautfold: Shrouded in Sanity
2D survival horror with Souls-like combat in a fog-covered manor
80% positive
560 reviews
DRAGON: A Game About a Dragon
A 2D action platformer built around dragon flight and fire
69% positive
559 reviews
Keyboard Killers
Typing arcade game where quick keystrokes destroy incoming meteors
50% positive
Free
Demo Soulash
Turn-based roguelike about a forgotten god destroying an open world
69% positive
557 reviews
Space Tyrant
Turn-based space strategy with cards, alien fleets, and conquest
83% positive
556 reviews
The Fabulous Fear Machine
A narrative strategy game about spreading fear through urban legends
89% positive
556 reviews
Toby: The Secret Mine
A puzzle platformer through shadowy landscapes to rescue kidnapped villagers
66% positive
555 reviews
Demo Death Crown
Minimalist real-time strategy with continuously spawning troops and drawn attack routes
88% positive
555 reviews
Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon
Falling-block puzzle action with dungeon combat and enemy chain attacks
90% positive
554 reviews
Wait! Life is Beautiful! Prologue
A dark point-and-click story with life-or-death dialogue choices
89% positive
Free
GuGu Pizza : Delivering Pizza to the Space Station? Boss, this is just not right!
A side-scrolling platformer about balancing pizza on the climb to space
87% positive
553 reviews
Sonny
Turn-based RPG built around combining abilities to overcome powerful enemies
55% positive
552 reviews
Beat Da Beat
A bullet-hell shooter with enemy attacks synced to dubstep
93% positive
551 reviews
Castle of no Escape 2
Action roguelite where defeating minibosses unlocks more playable characters
76% positive
Free
Fearmonium
A hand-drawn metroidvania set inside a boy's troubled mind
83% positive
550 reviews
Downward: Enhanced Edition
First-person parkour adventure where exploration shapes the story's ending
69% positive
548 reviews