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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Demo Hourglass
First-person puzzle platformer with a clone that repeats your actions
88% positive
348 reviews
Garlic
A precision platformer built around chained dashes through deadly traps
88% positive
348 reviews
Card Quest
Dungeon-crawling card RPG with decks shaped by your equipment
87% positive
347 reviews
Demo Ninjin: Clash of Carrots
Side-scrolling ninja beat 'em up with a wave-based survival mode
93% positive
347 reviews
R-Type Dimensions EX
Side-scrolling arcade shooters with switchable original and remade graphics
87% positive
347 reviews
Demo Core Defense
Tower defense with roguelike runs and randomized rewards between waves
78% positive
347 reviews
Primal Light
A retro action platformer with acrobatic moves and hidden upgrades
79% positive
346 reviews
Sentimental K
Top-down action roguelike with bosses built around different emotions
82% positive
346 reviews
RITE
A fast precision platformer with optional gold to collect
85% positive
346 reviews
Yugo Puzzle
Minimalist 2D puzzle game about jumping and merging jelly blocks
98% positive
346 reviews
GUNTOUCHABLES
Co-op roguelike shooter where players choose how enemy hordes evolve
75% positive
346 reviews
Quarantine
Turn-based strategy about saving the world from spreading disease
59% positive
345 reviews
Hell is Other Demons
A bullet-hell shooter combining platforming with waves of demons
92% positive
345 reviews
Duck Souls
A precision platformer built around a little duck's dash
97% positive
344 reviews
Angry Birds VR: Isle of Pigs
A VR slingshot puzzler about toppling structures and defeating pigs
89% positive
344 reviews
MechDefender - Tower Defense
Tower defense with a player-controlled mech fighting waves of undead
78% positive
343 reviews
Last Floor
First-person horror with household appliances turned into enemies
72% positive
343 reviews
Giraffe Town
An action platformer mixing awkward movement, comedy, and psychological horror
83% positive
341 reviews
FULFILLMENT
A darkly comic warehouse work game with tightening daily rules
92% positive
Free
AFTERBURN
Arcade flight shooter built around dogfights and high scores
87% positive
340 reviews
Demo DEADLINE DELIVERY
Time-attack truck racing with mail deliveries and a ticking bomb
82% positive
340 reviews
Zafehouse: Diaries
Turn-based zombie survival strategy built around a divided survivor group
67% positive
339 reviews
Swarm
Boss-fight action mixing side-view swordplay with top-down shooting
93% positive
Free
Bang Bang Fruit
2D physics puzzles about aiming fruit onto a cake
61% positive
338 reviews