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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OSK - The End of Time
A vertical platformer about a squirrel fleeing a burning world
61% positive
80 reviews
Super Grappling Gecko
A 2D exploration platformer built around a grappling hook
98% positive
80 reviews
Fabular: Prologue
Top-down action roguelike where armored spaceships duel like medieval knights
91% positive
Free
Demo FlippUp
A pinball platformer where you bounce upward through a machine
80% positive
80 reviews
EmuDevz
Programming simulation where you build a retro console emulator
88% positive
Free
Demo Great Permutator
Factory automation puzzles about sorting colored boxes with conveyor belts
89% positive
79 reviews
Cast of the Seven Godsends - Redux
Side-scrolling action platformer with weapons, spells, and god-given armor
67% positive
79 reviews
YOBA
Coin-collecting game where dying sends you back to the first level
82% positive
79 reviews
Demo Bugs Must Die / 异星特勤队
Twin-stick arcade shooter with vehicle upgrades and customizable weapon loadouts
85% positive
79 reviews
Bow to Blood: Last Captain Standing
First-person airship combat with crew management and reality-show alliances
86% positive
Free
Katana Soul
A samurai action platformer with no saves or continues
97% positive
79 reviews
Viking Trickshot
A physics-based throwing game where the king must fall last
90% positive
Free
Sapper - Defuse The Bomb Simulator
First-person bomb disposal simulation where you work against the clock
38% positive
79 reviews
BOT.vinnik Chess: Winning Patterns
Chess puzzles with an AI coach teaching you checkmate patterns
94% positive
79 reviews
Demo Last Vanguard
Side-scrolling metroidvania with gun combat and hand-drawn animation
81% positive
79 reviews
Codex Lost
Open-world Souls-like action RPG built around crafting and casting spells
62% positive
79 reviews
Beyond the Ice Palace 2
A dark-fantasy action platformer with chains for fighting and swinging
67% positive
79 reviews
WHITE CHOCOLATE
A 3D platformer where noise reveals paths through the dark
95% positive
79 reviews
Tinertia
An action platformer built around rocket jumps and momentum
97% positive
78 reviews
Deep Sixed
Space survival simulation about keeping a failing ship running
86% positive
78 reviews
Little Dungeon Stories
A card-based dungeon roguelike driven by left-or-right choices
77% positive
78 reviews
Battle Planet - Judgement Day
A twin-stick roguelite shooter set on small, spherical planets
83% positive
78 reviews
BitVault
A logic puzzle game about working your first hacking job
100% positive
78 reviews
Lynn , The Girl Drawn On Puzzles
A sliding puzzle adventure drawn from traditional fairy tales
86% positive
78 reviews