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.
Steelrising
Souls-like action RPG fighting royal automatons in revolutionary Paris
72% positive
7,407 reviews
Day of Defeat
Class-based World War II FPS built around team objectives
90% positive
7,378 reviews
Blitzkrieg 3
World War II real-time strategy across three historical campaigns
54% positive
7,325 reviews
The Flame in the Flood
Roguelike survival on a procedurally generated river through post-collapse America
76% positive
7,302 reviews
DEAD RISING®
Third-person zombie action with improvised weapons and timed objectives
88% positive
7,282 reviews
Opus Magnum
Open-ended automation puzzles with programmable arms and alchemical machines
97% positive
7,259 reviews
UnderRail
Turn-based isometric RPG exploring humanity's divided underground refuge
86% positive
7,256 reviews
Democracy 3
Political simulation where policy decisions shape voters and elections
74% positive
7,254 reviews
Terraforming Mars
Turn-based digital board game about competing to terraform Mars
71% positive
7,251 reviews
Long Live The Queen
Political visual novel about keeping a young princess alive until coronation
95% positive
7,168 reviews
Prince of Persia The Lost Crown
Persian-inspired Metroidvania with time powers and precision platforming
84% positive
7,156 reviews
Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition
2D action-platformer with wrestling combat across living and dead worlds
92% positive
7,108 reviews
Shogun Showdown
Turn-based roguelike tactics built around positioning and attack combos
95% positive
7,077 reviews
Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA
Action RPG about rescuing shipwreck survivors and exploring an island
90% positive
7,061 reviews
Intruder
Team-based stealth shooter with cameras, traps, and proximity chat
90% positive
7,037 reviews
Styx: Shards of Darkness
Third-person stealth adventure with open levels and two-player co-op
83% positive
7,004 reviews
Insaniquarium Deluxe
Casual aquarium game about feeding fish and defending against aliens
97% positive
6,852 reviews
ibb & obb
Two-player puzzle platformer with upward and downward gravity
89% positive
6,844 reviews
Zuma Deluxe
Color-matching arcade puzzler about stopping a rolling ball chain
96% positive
6,842 reviews
Zup! X
Physics puzzle game using explosions to keep a ball on platforms
96% positive
6,837 reviews
MUSYNX
Single-player rhythm game with key sounds and genre-based visuals
89% positive
6,803 reviews
Eastern Exorcist
Hand-drawn side-scrolling action RPG about an exorcist fighting demons
84% positive
6,784 reviews
GRIME
2.5D Metroidvania built around parrying and absorbing enemies
85% positive
6,783 reviews
Legend of Grimrock
First-person dungeon RPG with grid movement and hidden puzzles
93% positive
6,742 reviews