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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PAWARUMI
Arcade shoot 'em up with three color-coded weapons to juggle
91% positive
58 reviews
Gorescript
First-person shooter with colorful voxel graphics and fast combat
91% positive
58 reviews
CometStriker DX
A bullet-hell arcade shooter with invincible boosts and local co-op
98% positive
58 reviews
Ritual: Crown of Horns
Top-down horde shooter about defending a witch in the Weird West
69% positive
58 reviews
Unitied
Sliding-block puzzles where every move shifts all blocks at once
98% positive
58 reviews
Regain Earth: First Strike
Third-person wave shooter with random gear and escalating enemy attacks
84% positive
58 reviews
Balloon Flight
Physics-based flying game with balloon-powered gliders and timed runs
91% positive
58 reviews
Mortal Rite
Dark fantasy action RPG with stance-switching combat and five-player co-op
64% positive
58 reviews
Demo Rose and Locket
A twin-stick platform shooter set in a Wild West afterlife
90% positive
58 reviews
A Sister's Journey
Action metroidvania combining run-and-gun combat with demanding precision platforming
62% positive
58 reviews
Demo Typing Tempo
A typing rhythm game with notes spread across 41 keys
83% positive
58 reviews
Ligo
2D Sokoban adventure built around merging and cutting creatures
100% positive
58 reviews
ANCIENT RUS VS LIZARDS
Hack-and-slash action with Slavic heroes fighting off invading lizards
59% positive
58 reviews
Demo Factory 95
Automation puzzles about building slide factories inside a retro desktop
86% positive
58 reviews
Bloody Streets
A top-down zombie shooter with swarms to outmaneuver and destroy
84% positive
57 reviews
Demo Rebirth of Island
Top-down survival built around keeping a settlement alive on alien planets
44% positive
57 reviews
Save the Ninja Clan
A ninja platformer where hidden glitches let you bypass levels
93% positive
57 reviews
Demo DERU - The Art of Cooperation
Cooperative puzzle game where changing size helps you protect your partner
89% positive
57 reviews
2DGameManias Taken
Retro action platformer with hidden areas and timed escapes
42% positive
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Demo Amberial Dreams
A physics-based precision platformer where you roll rather than jump
95% positive
57 reviews
Space Smash
Twin-stick arcade shooter set in a constantly shrinking space arena
91% positive
57 reviews
Blacklist Brigade
Top-down tactical shooter with pausable combat and AI squad commands
93% positive
57 reviews
Gravity Block
A puzzle game about rotating scenes to move a block
93% positive
57 reviews
Demo PolyCore Defense
Tower defense with modular upgrades and damage-free map challenges
88% positive
57 reviews