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
1,203 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
Antichamber
First-person puzzle exploration through looping corridors and shifting rooms
95% positive
18K reviews
Darksiders III
Souls-like hack-and-slash adventure hunting the Seven Deadly Sins
76% positive
18K reviews
Iron Snout
Free-to-play 2D brawler where a pig fights wolf hordes
98% positive
Free
Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense
Cartoon tower defense built around upgrades, spells, and heroes
97% positive
17K reviews
Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes
Local co-op puzzle game about defusing bombs through conversation
97% positive
17K reviews
Quaver
Competitive four- and seven-key rhythm game with community-made maps
92% positive
Free
Ultra Street Fighter® IV
Competitive 2D fighting with a large roster and local multiplayer
91% positive
17K reviews
Five Nights at Freddy's 4
First-person survival horror built around listening for approaching creatures
93% positive
17K reviews
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
Retro side-scrolling platformer with four campaigns and local battles
96% positive
17K reviews
Surgeon Simulator
First-person surgery sim with awkward hand controls and dark humor
82% positive
17K reviews
Toribash
Turn-based 3D fighting where you control every ragdoll joint
88% positive
Free
Mini Metro
Minimalist subway puzzle about keeping a growing city moving
96% positive
17K reviews
Spelunky
Difficult roguelike platformer with destructible, randomly generated underground levels
92% positive
17K reviews
Desperados III
Isometric Wild West stealth tactics built around coordinated takedowns
97% positive
17K reviews
Cat Goes Fishing
2D fishing game where a cat hunts increasingly elusive fish
94% positive
17K reviews
Gold Mining Simulator
Single-player mining simulator with machinery, deformable terrain, and business progression
72% positive
16K reviews
Mafia
Third-person crime action tracing a cabdriver's rise through the mob
88% positive
16K reviews
One Finger Death Punch
Two-button stick-figure brawler where each attack needs precise timing
98% positive
16K reviews
Mountain
Single-player nature simulation about watching a mountain change over time
88% positive
16K reviews
Zup! S
2D physics puzzles using explosions to position a blue ball
97% positive
16K reviews
The Escapists
Prison escape sandbox where you craft tools and dodge guards
90% positive
16K reviews
Hitman: Blood Money
Third-person stealth action built around open-ended assassination missions
94% positive
16K reviews
Gloomhaven
Difficult card-driven tactical RPG adapted from a cooperative board game
82% positive
16K reviews
Automobilista 2
Circuit racing simulator with solo, online, and VR play
92% positive
16K reviews