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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Greedventory
A reflex-driven action RPG where your mouse controls every fight
74% positive
243 reviews
Demo Piece by Piece
A puzzle-platformer where rearranging jigsaw pieces opens new paths
99% positive
243 reviews
Day D: Tower Rush
Tower defense with futuristic weapons against waves of dinosaurs
74% positive
242 reviews
Spikit
Bullet hell survival where you dodge spikes for higher scores
84% positive
242 reviews
Unknightly
Medieval VR stealth with climbing, distractions, and multiple infiltration routes
70% positive
242 reviews
Gauntlet of IRE
An isometric obstacle course where each stage changes the challenge
71% positive
Free
Viticulture Essential Edition
Digital board game about seasonal worker placement at a Tuscan vineyard
69% positive
242 reviews
Don't cut your hand
An arcade chopping game where your own hand is at risk
85% positive
241 reviews
Aggressors: Ancient Rome
Turn-based 4X strategy with customizable worlds and twenty ancient factions
76% positive
241 reviews
Demo Bloodroots
Top-down beat 'em up with improvised weapons and one-hit deaths
89% positive
241 reviews
Acid Nimbus
A score-chasing shooter where acid pools replenish your ammunition
91% positive
Free
USC: Counterforce
Turn-based squad tactics against aliens on destructible battlefields
67% positive
241 reviews
MDK 2
Linear third-person shooter with platforming and three playable heroes
81% positive
240 reviews
Abalyte
A 2D action roguelike that tests combat and platforming skills
66% positive
Free
Splodey
Precision platformer where potion explosions replace the jump button
90% positive
240 reviews
imomushi
A climbing platformer where a missed jump can erase progress
88% positive
240 reviews
aMAZE ZER0
A maze puzzle game with increasingly large and varied labyrinths
88% positive
239 reviews
Homeless Simulator
First-person survival simulation about living on the streets in winter
53% positive
239 reviews
Healer's Quest
Real-time comedy RPG where you keep an inept party alive
87% positive
238 reviews
Demo Puddle Knights
Isometric puzzle game using knights' capes to cross mud
98% positive
238 reviews
Demo Moadra
A sci-fi metroidvania where alien biomass fuels your weapon upgrades
83% positive
238 reviews
Demo Dungeon and Puzzles
Dungeon puzzle game about changing equipment to clear monster rooms
93% positive
237 reviews
Kovox Pitch
A rhythm game where you hit baseballs to the beat
89% positive
Free
Demo Homeseek
Post-apocalyptic colony builder where scarce water forces hard choices
66% positive
237 reviews