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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Ants Took My Eyeball
2D action roguelite about reclaiming an eyeball from ants
93% positive
261 reviews
E.Z
Precision platformer where each death sends you back through completed levels
90% positive
260 reviews
Door in the Woods
Open-world survival roguelike set in a world of overlapping apocalypses
78% positive
260 reviews
Haunted Lands
Retro action platformer with six characters and ability-changing artifacts
79% positive
260 reviews
A Wizard's Lizard
Twin-stick dungeon crawler where exploration continues after you die
68% positive
259 reviews
Super Life of Pixel
A 2D platformer with levels inspired by early gaming systems
78% positive
259 reviews
Black Closet
Detective strategy with a school's reputation riding on your decisions
91% positive
259 reviews
Dead Dungeon
A challenging 2D precision platformer with a chiptune soundtrack
91% positive
259 reviews
Euphoria: Supreme Mechanics
First-person puzzles where conflicting clues shape your version of history
81% positive
259 reviews
Robothorium
Turn-based dungeon crawler with robot squads and shifting faction alliances
65% positive
258 reviews
Demo Warstride Challenges
First-person time trials combining demon shooting with high-speed parkour
90% positive
258 reviews
Contract Rush DX
A 2D action platformer with shooting and melee-focused characters
99% positive
258 reviews
1 Screen Platformer
Single-screen precision platforming with different goals for each playable character
88% positive
257 reviews
Demo Undungeon
An action RPG with organ implants that change your abilities
69% positive
257 reviews
Sudoku Killer / 杀手数独
Number-placement puzzles where grouped cells must add to target totals
89% positive
256 reviews
Bloody Rally Show
Top-down racing where running over pedestrians refills your nitro
88% positive
256 reviews
Demo Exodus Borealis
Colony-building strategy with maze-based tower defense and elemental gems
89% positive
256 reviews
Bridge Constructor: The Walking Dead
Physics-based bridge-building puzzles set in a zombie apocalypse
69% positive
255 reviews
Demo Morbid: The Lords of Ire
Third-person Souls-like action where madness grants power at a cost
68% positive
255 reviews
Demo The Gate Must Stand
Roguelite tower defense where you fight alongside your recruited allies
71% positive
255 reviews
Rencounter
Turn-based dungeon crawling with a squad to feed and equip
72% positive
254 reviews
3D Math - Ultra
A math trainer combining formula study with logic minigames
93% positive
254 reviews
Demo Twilight Wars
Cyberpunk turn-based dungeon crawler about rebuilding a covert agency
75% positive
254 reviews
Demo Knights Within
Third-person action roguelite combining sword fighting with shooting against hordes
95% positive
254 reviews