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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Dungeon Divers
A Minesweeper-inspired roguelike puzzler with dungeon traps and limited attempts
78% positive
106 reviews
Tech Blast
Sci-fi puzzle adventure with insect combat and mechanisms to build
92% positive
106 reviews
Intake
A score-attack arcade shooter where matching pill colors builds combos
96% positive
105 reviews
Penarium
A 2D arena platformer about surviving a circus of traps
92% positive
105 reviews
NeonBall
Ball-rolling game with neon mazes, hazards, and survival arenas
59% positive
Free
Demo NecroWorm
Snake-style puzzles where a growing worm can block its own path
71% positive
105 reviews
Demo HyperParasite
Twin-stick roguelite shooter where you survive by stealing human bodies
84% positive
105 reviews
Awesome Pea
A precision platformer with short stages and no checkpoints
84% positive
105 reviews
STHELL
A first-person arena shooter about surviving waves of rogue robots
70% positive
105 reviews
Tour de France 2022
Road cycling simulation with rider careers and team tactics
78% positive
105 reviews
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Square
A one-button arcade platformer with randomly generated obstacle courses
87% positive
105 reviews
Touhou SouzinengiV -The Genius of Sappheiros-
Turn-based RPG with five-character parties built to counter enemy weaknesses
88% positive
105 reviews
BandRoll
A rhythm platformer about navigating neon courses for higher scores
87% positive
105 reviews
Demo Pygmalion
Color-mixing block puzzles paired with a visual novel about robots
93% positive
105 reviews
Ammossum
Side-scrolling action roguelike built around a train and evolving ammunition
59% positive
105 reviews
Magic Tiny Lands
Side-scrolling action platformer with forest exploration and gradually unlocked abilities
90% positive
105 reviews
Abyss Runner
A precision platformer about climbing out of a monster-filled abyss
87% positive
105 reviews
Demo Dynamic Very, Very, Hard game!!
A 2D platformer about dodging enemies and obstacles across three worlds
47% positive
104 reviews
Dispersio
A retro action platformer with seven abilities to combine
88% positive
Free
Miniballist
One-button platformer about guiding a ball through changing levels
72% positive
104 reviews
Fallen Times
First-person shooter mixing semi-open levels with visual novel storytelling
64% positive
104 reviews
BLACK BIRD
A side-scrolling shooter where high scores shape the story's ending
91% positive
104 reviews
Football School
Soccer club management with player classes and physics-based matches
74% positive
104 reviews
All Day Dying: Redux Edition
A first-person score-attack shooter built around quick kills and combos
84% positive
Free