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
3,498 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Leftovers KO!
Arcade boxing against leftovers that come to life swinging
63% positive
98 reviews
NeonXSZ
Open-world spaceship shooter with zero-gravity dogfights and loot-based upgrades
75% positive
97 reviews
Bladestar
A space arcade shooter where collecting items completes each wave
68% positive
97 reviews
RAW FOOTAGE
First-person horror about filming creatures while surviving their attacks
61% positive
Free
Demo SpaceKraft!
Open-world spaceship simulation with physics-based hauling and planet exploration
91% positive
97 reviews
Demo Acolyte of the Altar
Roguelike deckbuilder where giant beasts gain new abilities during battle
73% positive
97 reviews
Letifer
Twin-stick roguelite shooter with demon battles and an upgradeable drone
84% positive
97 reviews
Potty Knight Saga
A challenging action-platformer about a knight with an upset stomach
96% positive
97 reviews
Lost in Prayer
Turn-based roguelike where enemies become playable after they kill you
80% positive
97 reviews
Pushing It! With Sisyphus
A punishing platformer about pushing a boulder up a hill
61% positive
97 reviews
Red Rope: Don't Fall Behind
Local co-op puzzle action with two characters tied by rope
80% positive
96 reviews
She Wants Me Dead
A rhythm platformer with deadly traps moving to the music
86% positive
96 reviews
Dragon Climax
A side-scrolling beat 'em up with experience-based skills and upgrades
79% positive
96 reviews
ELMIA
A fantasy platformer built around teleporting to a fairy
74% positive
96 reviews
Polyroll
A retro 2D platformer starring a bug with a ricocheting shell
93% positive
96 reviews
Super Inefficient Golf
Physics-based mini golf where timed explosions replace the golf club
77% positive
96 reviews
LET IT DIE
Third-person Souls-like action built around a deadly tower climb
89% positive
96 reviews
Outbreak: The Nightmare Chronicles
Single-player survival horror where fighting isn't always the safest choice
70% positive
96 reviews
Aces of the Luftwaffe - Squadron
A squadron-based arcade shooter with local co-op for four players
75% positive
96 reviews
Alchemia
A cryptic puzzle book solved through research outside the game
77% positive
96 reviews
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Curve Fever Pro
Competitive arcade survival with powers that steal opponents' points
76% positive
Free
COVID: The Outbreak
Real-time strategy about containing a pandemic through global health policy
69% positive
96 reviews
Colors! Maze
A minimalist maze puzzler about guiding a ball to portals
88% positive
96 reviews
Demo Lovux
Minimalist logic puzzles about breaking glass in the right order
85% positive
96 reviews