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 Reloader: test_subject
Side-scrolling shooter built around manual reloads and counting your bullets
91% positive
337 reviews
Akatori
Side-scrolling action platformer with a bird that transforms into a staff
71% positive
336 reviews
Demo Wantless : Solace at World’s End
Turn-based tactical RPG where your actions grant enemies action points
90% positive
336 reviews
Golden Krone Hotel
Turn-based dungeon crawling where you hunt vampires and become one
93% positive
335 reviews
Romancing SaGa 2™
Turn-based fantasy RPG spanning generations of an evolving empire
68% positive
335 reviews
The Executioner
Text-based RPG about a torturer trying to stay sane
66% positive
335 reviews
Demo Kusan: City of Wolves
Top-down shooter with lethal arena fights and score-chasing challenges
90% positive
335 reviews
Demo Angel Engine
Horror surgery simulator with timed procedures, failing equipment, and demons
79% positive
335 reviews
Iron Sea Defenders
Naval tower defense where you build cannons to repel fleets
82% positive
334 reviews
Spirits of the Hellements - TD
Fantasy tower defense with player-built mazes and elemental traps
93% positive
334 reviews
Trash of the Titans
Turn-based tactics with scavenging animals protecting dumpsters of magical trash
92% positive
334 reviews
Concrete Jungle
A city-planning deckbuilder where earlier choices create new placement puzzles
89% positive
333 reviews
Green Elephant 2D
A 2D platformer-shooter with key hunts and end-of-level bosses
92% positive
333 reviews
YORG.io 3
Tower defense strategy with ammunition factories and nighttime zombie attacks
65% positive
332 reviews
Ninja Hanrei
A 2D run-and-gun platformer with unlockable ninja powers
81% positive
Free
Stray Blade
Souls-inspired action RPG where combat victories change the surrounding world
69% positive
332 reviews
Atomik: RunGunJumpGun
A two-button platformer where you fly by firing downward
87% positive
331 reviews
Regimental Chess
Chess-based strategy matches built around moving pieces in formations
55% positive
330 reviews
Fidel Dungeon Rescue
A dungeon puzzler about a dog that cannot cross its trail
95% positive
330 reviews
Gladiator School
Gladiator management simulation about training fighters and arranging arena bouts
67% positive
329 reviews
Demo Cogs
Sliding-tile puzzles where gears and pipes become working machines
90% positive
328 reviews
World of Subways 4 – New York Line 7
Subway simulator on the mostly elevated tracks of New York
68% positive
328 reviews
Drift Phonk 666
Physics-based arcade drifting with deadly saws and no brakes
91% positive
328 reviews
Coal Mining Simulator: Prologue
A mining sandbox where coal sales pay for new machines
65% positive
Free