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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Bat to the Heavens
2D puzzle platformer with bat-powered movement and precise timing
95% positive
430 reviews
Demo Blocks That Matter
A puzzle platformer where each building material behaves differently
81% positive
429 reviews
Pih 2
Comedy first-person shooter where one hit kills either side
92% positive
428 reviews
Blood of the Werewolf
A gothic action platformer where moonlight turns you into a werewolf
60% positive
427 reviews
Demo Escape The Mad Empire
Isometric party-based dungeon crawler with pausable combat and repeat runs
86% positive
427 reviews
Squirbs
Puzzle platformer with two characters sharing one set of controls
64% positive
425 reviews
Mindless Running
A runner with randomized stages and a demanding timing challenge
63% positive
424 reviews
MEANDERS
A puzzle platformer where cannons launch you between floating platforms
90% positive
423 reviews
RUKIMIN's Disappointing Adventure!
A side-scrolling platformer where coins and keys can trigger traps
91% positive
Free
Burger Shop
Fast-paced restaurant time management with expanding menus and machines
99% positive
421 reviews
CROSSBOW: Bloodnight
First-person arena shooter with an automatic crossbow and endless demons
75% positive
421 reviews
Stellar Initiative
Roguelike tower defense with orbital building deliveries and ship support
73% positive
420 reviews
Lugaru HD
A martial arts fighter built around timing rather than combos
83% positive
417 reviews
10 Second Ninja
2D action platformer with ten seconds to clear each stage
90% positive
417 reviews
Shootout on Cash Island
Side-scrolling action platformer built around an island treasure hunt
85% positive
415 reviews
Beat Blast
Bullet-hell roguelite where composing a beat controls your attacks
89% positive
415 reviews
Demo Marble Age: Remastered
Turn-based strategy about growing a Greek village into a city-state
85% positive
414 reviews
The Hardest Game Ever
A free precision platformer with puzzles and player-set respawn points
79% positive
Free
Swarm Queen
Real-time strategy where alien bugs fight on their own
93% positive
412 reviews
Dust & Neon
Twin-stick roguelite shooter with manual reloads and robot gunfights
77% positive
412 reviews
Volume
A top-down stealth puzzler about robbing a near-future corporation
78% positive
411 reviews
Zombie Party
Twin-stick roguelite shooting with modifiable guns and permanent character upgrades
79% positive
410 reviews
Cosmodread
VR survival horror where every escape attempt reshuffles the ship
90% positive
408 reviews
Few Nights More
Turn-based roguelike RPG about building and defending a vampire's castle
84% positive
408 reviews