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
3,400 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Kerbal Space Program 2
Spaceflight sandbox for building spacecraft and exploring celestial bodies
38% positive
29K reviews
Dark Deception
First-person horror maze game built around running from monsters
87% positive
Free
DOOM + DOOM II
Classic first-person demon shooter with two games and extra episodes
96% positive
29K reviews
Five Nights at Freddy's 2
First-person survival horror with cameras, a mask, and animatronics
93% positive
27K reviews
My Friend Pedro
Side-scrolling shooter with slow-motion acrobatics and split aiming
96% positive
27K reviews
HELLDIVERS™ Dive Harder Edition
Top-down twin-stick shooter built around four-player teamwork and friendly fire
90% positive
27K reviews
Just Shapes & Beats
Co-op musical bullet hell where you dodge music-timed shapes
97% positive
27K reviews
TrackMania Nations Forever
Free arcade racer built around precision time trials
90% positive
Free
Artifact
Competitive card battler fought across three simultaneous combat lanes
48% positive
Free
LIZARDS MUST DIE
Third-person hack-and-slash battles against invading lizards and aliens
96% positive
26K reviews
Golf It!
Multiplayer minigolf with custom courses and a detailed level editor
90% positive
26K reviews
Outward Definitive Edition
Open-world survival RPG where preparation matters as much as combat
71% positive
26K reviews
PICO PARK
Cooperative puzzle platformer where every player must reach the exit
91% positive
26K reviews
Crypt of the NecroDancer
Rhythm roguelike dungeon crawler where every move follows the beat
95% positive
25K reviews
Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition
Realistic open-world flight simulator with missions, racing, and multiplayer
86% positive
25K reviews
PAYDAY™ The Heist
Co-op first-person shooter built around coordinated robberies and police shootouts
93% positive
24K reviews
Serious Sam 3: BFE
First-person shooter built around enemy hordes and constant movement
88% positive
24K reviews
AI LIMIT
Anime-styled Souls-like action RPG through a monster-filled ruined city
89% positive
24K reviews
BATTLETECH
Turn-based mech tactics with mercenary contracts and unit customization
83% positive
24K reviews
Sifu
Third-person martial arts brawler where every death ages your fighter
91% positive
24K reviews
Demo The Evil Within
Third-person survival horror with scarce resources and shifting environments
84% positive
23K reviews
The Forever Winter
Third-person PvE extraction shooter beneath towering war machines
67% positive
23K reviews
Demo 9 Kings
Card-based strategy roguelite about building kingdoms through escalating wars
92% positive
22K reviews
Baba Is You
Single-player logic puzzles where pushing words rewrites the rules
98% positive
22K reviews