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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World of Football
Physics-based multiplayer soccer with casual matches and regional championships
82% positive
223 reviews
Peace Data
Top-down roguelike shooter with four characters and cover-to-cover combat
89% positive
223 reviews
Death Stair
A stair-climbing party racer where one player shoots at everyone
70% positive
222 reviews
BOOR
A 2D puzzle-platformer built around creating and controlling your double
82% positive
222 reviews
Demo Crawl Tactics
Turn-based tactical RPG with traps that trigger environmental chain reactions
88% positive
222 reviews
Odinfall
Top-down roguelite shooter with customizable weapons and Viking gods
84% positive
222 reviews
Driving Is Hard
Physics-based driving platformer about climbing steep terrain in a bathtub
79% positive
222 reviews
Poosh XL
One-button arcade score chasing with a floor that keeps rising
98% positive
221 reviews
Huntsman
First-person survival horror about escaping a laboratory overrun by spiders
58% positive
220 reviews
Ikarus Parkour
First-person precision platformer about climbing a deadly game-show tower
80% positive
219 reviews
I Hate Running Backwards
A shoot-'em-up where you run backward while fighting enemy waves
71% positive
218 reviews
Runic Rampage - Action RPG
A dungeon brawler where enemies can hurt each other
87% positive
218 reviews
Tren0
A pixel-art mystery adventure about strangers trapped on a train
75% positive
218 reviews
Swarm the City: Zombie Evolved
Real-time strategy where infecting humans grows your zombie army
76% positive
218 reviews
Demo Quadrata
Minimalist logic puzzles with two characters sharing directional controls
93% positive
218 reviews
Deathtrap Dungeon
Third-person dungeon action with monsters, magic, and deadly traps
52% positive
217 reviews
Super Magbot
A precision platformer where magnets replace the jump button
88% positive
217 reviews
Linguist FPS - The Language Learning FPS
A first-person shooter that ties language practice to survival
70% positive
217 reviews
The Unfallens: Awakening
A short Souls-like action game centered on a single boss
74% positive
Free
Something
Minimalist casual game where doing nothing makes you lose
91% positive
Free
Wanderlust Adventures
Open-world action RPG with online co-op and collectible enemy companions
58% positive
216 reviews
Rememoried
First-person puzzle adventure where looking away changes the world
57% positive
216 reviews
Safety First!
Twin-stick physics puzzles about fixing wires without tearing your legs off
87% positive
216 reviews
Crown Champion: Legends of the Arena
Fantasy RPG and management sim about running a gladiator school
82% positive
216 reviews