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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XXZ: XXL
A match-three RPG where only women turn into zombies
80% positive
216 reviews
Hide Alone
First-person survival horror built around a deadly hide-and-seek ritual
70% positive
216 reviews
Demo Dino Path Trail
Top-down survival roguelike with gunfights and a traveling base camp
74% positive
216 reviews
Demo Final Outpost: Definitive Edition
Real-time survival strategy with a growing town to defend against zombies
76% positive
216 reviews
AR-K
A point-and-click mystery following a former cop turned journalism student
55% positive
215 reviews
Arcade Mayhem Juanito
An arcade shooter where you fire upward at bouncing enemies
95% positive
215 reviews
Demo Graze Counter GM
Bullet hell shooter where near misses charge your counterattacks
95% positive
215 reviews
Demo Rise of Rebellion~地罰上らば竜の降る~
Fantasy action RPG with chained sword attacks and stamina-based combat
44% positive
215 reviews
Dragon Eclipse
Roguelike deckbuilder with evolving creatures and automated team battles
60% positive
215 reviews
Reflection of Mine
Psychological horror puzzle game with two characters sharing every move
76% positive
214 reviews
InKing
Top-down action roguelite where spilled ink powers your skills
95% positive
Free
Sudoku Zenkai / 数独全卡
Sudoku puzzles with six difficulty levels and online co-op
91% positive
213 reviews
EXIT 2
Multiplayer horror about collecting keys while another player hunts you
91% positive
Free
Knight Squad
Arcade arena combat for eight players, from swordfights to soccer
89% positive
212 reviews
Taimumari: Definitive Edition
Retro action platforming with spells and powers over time
78% positive
212 reviews
Demo Alien Attack
Arcade survival shooter with alien swarms and weapon-dropping bosses
81% positive
212 reviews
OUTBUDDIES DX
Side-scrolling Metroidvania with a robot partner in a sunken city
71% positive
212 reviews
Magicube
A puzzle platformer built around careful jumps and casting magic
98% positive
212 reviews
Scathe
A first-person bullet-hell shooter set in a branching demonic maze
56% positive
211 reviews
Redactem
A 2D puzzle-platformer with time rewinding and gravity manipulation
64% positive
210 reviews
Vagrus - The Riven Realms: Demo (Prologue)
A text-heavy caravan RPG set in a dark fantasy wasteland
73% positive
Free
Grapple Dogs: Cosmic Canines
A 2D platformer split between swinging and shooting stages
98% positive
210 reviews
Elminage Gothic
First-person dungeon crawler with turn-based battles and deadly traps
67% positive
209 reviews
Cuit
A circuit puzzle game where electricity must avoid explosives
78% positive
Free