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.
3,499 games
AI filter: hide games with AI content
Customize
Demo Frincess&Cnight
A puzzle-platformer pairing a frog princess with a cat knight
93% positive
148 reviews
Diatomic
First-person arena shooter where kills replenish health and weapons
73% positive
148 reviews
Hieroglyphika
A turn-based roguelike where you decipher symbols to survive
63% positive
147 reviews
News Tycoon
A real-time tycoon game about running your own newspaper
35% positive
147 reviews
Demo Spinch
A psychedelic platformer where your babies become ammunition against bosses
70% positive
147 reviews
Sub Command
Submarine simulation with sonar tracking and three playable vessels
75% positive
146 reviews
Big Tower Tiny Square
A precision platformer about climbing a tower packed with traps
90% positive
146 reviews
Follia - Dear father
First-person survival horror about searching a university for your parents
59% positive
145 reviews
Back To Ashes
A Souls-like action RPG with randomized loot and character builds
72% positive
145 reviews
Demo Schism
Top-down action roguelike where matching colors lets you dodge bullets
98% positive
145 reviews
Toyland Tussle
A cartoon shooter centered on one boss with three phases
86% positive
145 reviews
Glorkian Warrior: The Trials Of Glork
Arcade shoot 'em up with jumping to dodge alien attacks
94% positive
144 reviews
Mute Crimson+
A side-scrolling ninja platformer with demanding jumps and boss fights
88% positive
144 reviews
Time in Time
Side-scrolling puzzle-platformer where you spend seconds to control platforms
74% positive
144 reviews
Switch 'N' Shoot
One-button arcade shooter where firing also reverses your ship's direction
95% positive
144 reviews
Macrotis: A Mother's Journey
A 2.5D puzzle-platformer about reuniting a family after a flood
92% positive
144 reviews
Elec Dude
A reaction-based puzzle game about gathering energy while dodging robots
96% positive
Free
Demo Jelly Express
Co-op physics puzzle platformer about balancing packages on a board
81% positive
144 reviews
Crowbar Climber
First-person VR climbing game with crowbars and physics-based movement
51% positive
144 reviews
Spy Chameleon - RGB Agent
Arcade stealth puzzles where a chameleon changes color to hide
87% positive
143 reviews
Demo Ian's Eyes
A stealth horror adventure where you guide a blind schoolboy
60% positive
Free
Almost There: The Platformer
A minimalist precision platformer built around dodging lethal traps
82% positive
143 reviews
Blind Fate: Edo no Yami
Side-scrolling sword combat against robotic creatures from Japanese folklore
65% positive
143 reviews
LEZ
A six-key rhythm game with modifiers for easier or harder charts
71% positive
Free