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
3,499 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Proxy Blade Zero
Third-person swordfighting built around timing, tactics, and quick reactions
78% positive
152 reviews
One More Dungeon 2
First-person dungeon crawler with magic weapons and procedurally generated runs
78% positive
152 reviews
Galactic Civilizations® I: Ultimate Edition
Turn-based space strategy in a race for habitable worlds
50% positive
151 reviews
Radiant Defense
Space tower defense where you build the aliens' route
84% positive
151 reviews
DROD: Gunthro and the Epic Blunder
Turn-based dungeon puzzles built around predictable monsters and swordplay
93% positive
151 reviews
Dashy Square
A rhythm-based platformer with one-click controls and vehicle power-ups
85% positive
151 reviews
Aura of Worlds
Side-scrolling roguelite platformer where you turn traps against enemies
91% positive
151 reviews
He Who Watches
First-person puzzle platformer built around shifting gravity and moving blocks
95% positive
150 reviews
10 Seconds to Win!
A precision platformer built around a strict ten-second time limit
93% positive
150 reviews
Pitty Meaty
Survival horror beneath a corpse head towering over the forest
83% positive
150 reviews
Demo KAZ
Four-button arcade action focused on climbing the score leaderboards
94% positive
150 reviews
Offspring Fling!
A puzzle platformer where you throw your children to safety
88% positive
149 reviews
Rubek
A cube-rolling puzzle game about matching colored faces to tiles
77% positive
149 reviews
Cavern Escape Extremely Hard game!!!
Mouse-controlled puzzle platforming that tests steady hands and timing
48% positive
149 reviews
Flow:The Sliding
A minimalist rhythm game with increasingly fast obstacle dodging
72% positive
149 reviews
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BACK OF SPACE
Fast-paced arcade action mixing logic challenges with a sci-fi setting
85% positive
149 reviews
Demo Speed Limit
Arcade action that switches between running, driving, and flying
81% positive
149 reviews
Superbugs: Awaken
Co-op action puzzles built around precise communication inside a cat
91% positive
149 reviews
Still Not Dead
Roguelike first-person shooter with monster hordes and destructible environments
81% positive
148 reviews
Polyball
A ball-rolling physics platformer focused on racing against the clock
75% positive
148 reviews
Beeftacular
A precision platformer about clearing rotten meat against the clock
76% positive
148 reviews
Original Journey
A 2D roguelite shooter with dual-wielded weapons and deployable turrets
65% positive
148 reviews
COLLAPSED
Action roguelite platformer with equipment that carries over between runs
70% positive
148 reviews
Plague M.D.
Medieval medicine simulator where misdiagnosis can send you to the stake
75% positive
148 reviews