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
3,499 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Dungeons of Dredmor
Turn-based dungeon crawler with random levels and flexible skills
93% positive
3,769 reviews
Demo The Age of Decadence
Isometric RPG where faction choices reshape a crumbling society
82% positive
3,769 reviews
Demo Alina of the Arena
Roguelike deckbuilding tactics with hex-grid fights in a gladiator arena
90% positive
3,735 reviews
Castle of Illusion
Disney platformer where Mickey crosses enchanted worlds to rescue Minnie
90% positive
3,731 reviews
Orbt XL
One-button arcade survival built around a black hole's pull
96% positive
3,717 reviews
Caveblazers
Fantasy action platformer with randomized caves and permanent death
85% positive
3,709 reviews
Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines
Isometric World War II tactics built around stealth and sabotage
90% positive
3,685 reviews
Get To Work
Precision platformer about climbing the corporate ladder on rollerblades
87% positive
3,679 reviews
LUFTRAUSERS
Fast-paced arcade shooter with customizable planes and high-score runs
91% positive
3,673 reviews
Demo Deadlink
Cyberpunk first-person shooter with randomized runs and upgradeable combat shells
89% positive
3,671 reviews
Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty
Side-scrolling puzzle platformer about escaping a deadly meat factory
86% positive
3,668 reviews
Warspear Online
Free-to-play pixel MMORPG built around faction warfare and guild battles
72% positive
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Zombie Night Terror
A 2D puzzle game about spreading a zombie outbreak
93% positive
3,646 reviews
Demo Daymare: 1998
Third-person survival horror with scarce ammo and shifting perspectives
68% positive
3,642 reviews
Welcome to the Game II
First-person horror puzzle game about finding hidden hashes while hunted
84% positive
3,639 reviews
Demo Redout: Enhanced Edition
Anti-gravity arcade racing on twisting tracks with physics-based ship handling
85% positive
3,634 reviews
Planes, Bullets and Vodka
Top-down arcade shooter through generated tunnels and dense enemy fire
86% positive
3,634 reviews
Demo Shank 2
Side-scrolling brawler with blades, guns, and co-op survival
82% positive
3,633 reviews
DOKA 2 KISHKI EDITION
Gory action game where you kill zombies or play as one
84% positive
3,630 reviews
The End Is Nigh
Difficult 2D platformer about building a friend after the apocalypse
93% positive
3,626 reviews
The Bridge
2D logic puzzles where changing gravity turns ceilings into floors
88% positive
3,621 reviews
CASE 2: Animatronics Survival
First-person survival horror with puzzles, stealth, and hostile animatronics
81% positive
3,620 reviews
Scars Above
Third-person sci-fi shooter with elemental combat on an alien planet
77% positive
3,617 reviews
Rampage Knights
Co-op beat 'em up with randomized dungeons and gear
93% positive
3,613 reviews