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.
Car Mechanic Simulator 2014
First-person car repair sim built around customer work orders
83% positive
5,148 reviews
Hitman: Codename 47
Third-person stealth action built around carefully planned contract killings
71% positive
5,129 reviews
I Wanna Maker
Free precision platformer with a level editor and online sharing
95% positive
Free
Ring of Pain
Turn-based card dungeon crawler with loot and threats in rings
91% positive
5,101 reviews
SpaceChem
Programming-style puzzle game about designing factories for chemical production
92% positive
5,090 reviews
Tattletail
First-person Christmas horror about keeping a noisy toy quiet
95% positive
5,058 reviews
Vagante
2D action roguelike with deadly traps and class-based dungeon runs
89% positive
5,037 reviews
Mega Man X Legacy Collection
Four classic side-scrolling action platformers with bosses and stolen weapons
79% positive
5,001 reviews
Knights and Merchants
Medieval real-time strategy focused on village economies and battles
85% positive
4,961 reviews
Ben and Ed
3D platformer where a zombie loses limbs but keeps going
83% positive
4,934 reviews
Voidigo
Top-down roguelite shooter where bosses flee and hunt you
97% positive
4,930 reviews
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin
Mission-based stealth action with multiple ways to eliminate targets
82% positive
4,911 reviews
Freedom Planet
Fast-paced 2D platformer with character-specific combat and alien bosses
95% positive
4,907 reviews
Ratopia
Side-scrolling colony sim built around rat economics and survival
88% positive
4,891 reviews
Melty Blood Actress Again Current Code
2D fighting game with three styles per character
94% positive
4,875 reviews
Shadow Tactics: Aiko's Choice
Isometric stealth tactics in Edo Japan with coordinated team attacks
93% positive
4,852 reviews
Ultimate Zombie Defense
Top-down zombie survival shooter with buildable defenses and co-op
85% positive
4,801 reviews
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light
Isometric action adventure with cooperative puzzles and undead combat
91% positive
4,797 reviews
Intravenous 2
Top-down tactical shooter mixing careful stealth with customizable gunplay
95% positive
4,772 reviews
PICO PARK 2
Co-op 2D puzzle platformer where everyone must work together
89% positive
4,757 reviews
Fear Therapy
First-person horror matches with randomized ritual hunts and player-controlled Satan
67% positive
4,741 reviews
Worm.is: The Game
Free-to-play multiplayer arcade game about growing and outmaneuvering rival worms
81% positive
Free
Hexcells Infinite
Minimalist hex-grid logic puzzles with endless randomly generated boards
97% positive
4,712 reviews
Chorus
Single-player space shooter with drifting dogfights and teleportation powers
82% positive
4,708 reviews