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.
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas 2
Tactical first-person shooter with squad combat during a Vegas siege
85% positive
6,112 reviews
Hearts of Iron III
World War II grand strategy across diplomacy, industry, and combat
76% positive
6,084 reviews
Audiosurf 2
Rhythm arcade game that builds courses from your own songs
83% positive
6,051 reviews
Cortex Command
Side-scrolling sci-fi action and strategy across destructible battlefields
72% positive
6,033 reviews
Wuppo: Definitive Edition
2D platform adventure across a strange world to find a home
94% positive
5,980 reviews
Aim Hero
First-person aim trainer with shooter sensitivity settings and score tracking
85% positive
5,946 reviews
The Ship: Murder Party
First-person multiplayer hunt where you kill while evading your hunter
86% positive
5,942 reviews
The Legend of Bum-Bo
Turn-based puzzle roguelike with tile matches and item combos
81% positive
5,936 reviews
Hexcells
Calm, single-player logic puzzles built around a hexagonal grid
97% positive
5,933 reviews
Lords Mobile: Kingdom Wars
Free-to-play MMO strategy about building kingdoms and waging guild wars
67% positive
Free
Command & Conquer™ 3: Kane’s Wrath
Sci-fi real-time strategy with base building and global conquest
93% positive
5,888 reviews
Brigador: Up-Armored Edition
Isometric vehicle combat shooter with destructible cyberpunk city streets
93% positive
5,847 reviews
Patrick's Parabox
Grid-based puzzle game about pushing boxes into other boxes
99% positive
5,831 reviews
Invisible, Inc.
Turn-based stealth tactics across randomly generated corporate missions
91% positive
5,790 reviews
SKYHILL
Turn-based survival roguelike about descending a mutant-filled hotel
78% positive
5,773 reviews
Turing Complete
Logic puzzle simulator about building computers from NAND gates
96% positive
5,758 reviews
Thunder Tier One
Top-down tactical shooter with customizable gear and squad commands
69% positive
Free
Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin
Side-scrolling action and detailed rice farming on a demon-filled island
92% positive
5,738 reviews
You Have to Win the Game
Retro exploration platformer with difficult jumps and hidden routes
93% positive
Free
Cook, Serve, Delicious!
Time-management cooking game about juggling orders and growing a restaurant
94% positive
5,719 reviews
A Difficult Game About Climbing
Physics-based climbing platformer where falls can undo hard-won progress
87% positive
5,694 reviews
The Last Faith
Gothic 2D action game with tough combat and ability-gated exploration
85% positive
5,684 reviews
DEADBOLT
2D stealth action where the reaper dies in one shot
96% positive
5,644 reviews
Intravenous
Top-down stealth shooter with light-based sneaking and loud firefights
90% positive
5,605 reviews