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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Tribal Pass
A tactical runner with shifting formations and limited food supplies
75% positive
306 reviews
Super Hydorah
A side-scrolling shoot 'em up with branching paths between missions
85% positive
306 reviews
Gurei
2D boss rush where each victory makes the remaining bosses stronger
83% positive
306 reviews
Deflector
Top-down bullet-hell roguelite where you turn enemy projectiles against them
87% positive
305 reviews
Demo Starless Abyss
Turn-based space deckbuilder mixing card combos and spaceship positioning
81% positive
305 reviews
Master Spy
A precision platformer combining demanding jumps with an invisibility cloak
78% positive
304 reviews
Dark Roll
A precision platformer about rolling a ball through dark worlds
87% positive
Free
Demo Wanna Survive
Turn-based zombie tactics where positioning and rations decide survival
93% positive
304 reviews
Demo Logic Town
Procedurally generated logic puzzles help animals redecorate their town
89% positive
303 reviews
Supaplex
2D action puzzles about collecting objects and dodging hazards
92% positive
302 reviews
Hargrave
Free sci-fi shooter-platformer with robot battles and maze exploration
93% positive
Free
Demo Reincarnated as a Dark Lord Before Taking Over the World with Power 999999999
Puzzle RPG where every action spends a limited time budget
90% positive
301 reviews
Infinitevania
A 2D metroidvania about absorbing powers from defeated creatures
92% positive
300 reviews
Furry Killer
A top-down arena shooter about surviving waves of furry enemies
82% positive
300 reviews
Demo Fly'N
A 2D puzzle-platformer built around four characters with different powers
90% positive
299 reviews
Starward Rogue
A twin-stick roguelite with bullet-hell combat and expanding catacombs
90% positive
299 reviews
Unsouled
Action RPG built around timed combos and risky counterattacks
72% positive
298 reviews
FreeCell Quest
FreeCell solitaire with wizard battles, spells, and character upgrades
80% positive
297 reviews
Ironbound
Turn-based fantasy duels where equipment shapes how your hero fights
68% positive
Free
SaGa SCARLET GRACE: AMBITIONS™
Nonlinear turn-based RPG with four protagonists and tactical party battles
77% positive
297 reviews
ZAKO NO AHIRU
Precision climbing platformer with a duck and a mocking narrator
87% positive
297 reviews
Demo Bonfire Peaks
Grid-based voxel puzzles about moving upward and leaving things behind
93% positive
296 reviews
Shigatari
Samurai roguelike RPG built around turn-based duels and permadeath
97% positive
293 reviews
Gladiator Trainer
Fantasy management RPG about training gladiators for the arena
72% positive
293 reviews