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.
SYNTHETIK: Legion Rising
Top-down sci-fi roguelite shooter with active reloads and permadeath
94% positive
13K reviews
Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander
2D starship-building strategy with physics-driven combat and galactic exploration
94% positive
13K reviews
Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance
Turn-based demon-collecting JRPG with two choice-driven story paths
92% positive
13K reviews
SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE
First-person roguelike shooter where time moves only when you do
84% positive
13K reviews
Monster Sanctuary
Pixel-art creature-collecting Metroidvania with tactical turn-based team battles
91% positive
13K reviews
Wall World
Mining roguelite with mobile base defense on a vertical wall
91% positive
13K reviews
Diplomacy is Not an Option
Medieval base-building RTS against relentless hordes of enemies
86% positive
13K reviews
Party Hard
Pixel-art stealth strategy about killing partygoers without getting caught
90% positive
13K reviews
Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location
First-person horror as a night technician among active animatronics
90% positive
13K reviews
Caves of Qud
Open-world science-fantasy roguelike shaped by mutations, factions, and physical simulation
95% positive
13K reviews
Amnesia: The Bunker
First-person survival horror in a World War I bunker stalked by a monster
93% positive
13K reviews
RUINER
Top-down cyberpunk shooter with slow-motion attacks and scavenged weapons
89% positive
13K reviews
RIDE 4
Simulation-focused motorcycle racing with dynamic weather and endurance events
83% positive
12K reviews
Post Void
Fast-paced first-person shooter where kills refill a liquid-filled idol
97% positive
12K reviews
Rayman® Legends
2D platformer with four-player co-op and music-timed stages
90% positive
12K reviews
BlazBlue Centralfiction
Fast 2D anime fighter with highly distinct character mechanics
94% positive
12K reviews
The Surge
Sci-fi Souls-like action RPG with limb-targeting melee combat
75% positive
12K reviews
Rabi-Ribi
Nonlinear 2D platformer with close combat and bullet-hell bosses
95% positive
12K reviews
STAR WARS™ - The Force Unleashed™ Ultimate Sith Edition
Third-person Star Wars action with lightsaber combos and Force powers
76% positive
12K reviews
Pathologic 2
Story-driven survival RPG in a plague-stricken town with limited time
92% positive
12K reviews
Mitos.is: The Game
Free-to-play multiplayer survival game where cells grow by eating others
81% positive
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Mortal Shell
Dark fantasy action RPG with deliberate combat and body-swapping
67% positive
12K reviews
Bloons TD 5
Colorful tower defense with upgradeable towers and online co-op
95% positive
12K reviews
Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight
Side-scrolling action platformer with secrets in a cursed land
93% positive
12K reviews