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.
Hello Neighbor Pre-Alpha
First-person stealth horror about outwitting a neighbor who adapts
91% positive
Free
Wizard of Legend 2
Isometric action roguelite with spell combinations and co-op trials
52% positive
2,571 reviews
Velvet Assassin
Third-person World War II stealth framed by a spy's fever dreams
62% positive
2,570 reviews
The Red Solstice
Top-down squad survival on Mars with eight-player co-op
71% positive
2,558 reviews
Urtuk: The Desolation
Open-world tactical RPG with hex-grid battles and extracted enemy traits
88% positive
2,545 reviews
Angvik
2D action platformer with one life to clear its stages
88% positive
2,538 reviews
Artisan TD
Fantasy tower defense built around shaping enemy paths into mazes
87% positive
2,527 reviews
Tharsis
Turn-based space survival strategy with dice and ship emergencies
70% positive
2,512 reviews
Dark Devotion
2D dark-fantasy action RPG with branching, one-way temple paths
74% positive
2,506 reviews
Trials Fusion™
Physics-based motorcycle platform racing across obstacle-filled and custom tracks
67% positive
2,495 reviews
Kung Fury: Street Rage - Ultimate Edition
Retro arcade beat 'em up with endless Nazi fights
90% positive
2,490 reviews
Infinifactory
First-person factory puzzles about building and refining alien assembly lines
95% positive
2,485 reviews
PAC-MAN™ CHAMPIONSHIP EDITION 2
Fast-paced arcade maze game with ghost trains and score attacks
70% positive
2,476 reviews
Mega Man X Legacy Collection 2
Four-game action platformer collection spanning 2D and 3D eras
77% positive
2,470 reviews
Volgarr the Viking
Challenging 2D Viking platformer built around traps and bosses
81% positive
2,455 reviews
STRAFE: Gold Edition
Roguelike first-person shooter with shifting deep-space levels and heavy gore
72% positive
2,455 reviews
Lucky Tower Ultimate
2D action roguelite with improvised weapons and deadly traps
95% positive
2,455 reviews
Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive
Isometric Western tactics with six specialists and real-time stealth missions
88% positive
2,442 reviews
LONESTAR
Turn-based roguelike bounty hunts built around spaceship unit combinations
91% positive
2,440 reviews
Trials Evolution: Gold Edition
Physics-based motorcycle racing through obstacle courses and skill challenges
75% positive
2,436 reviews
It Steals
First-person survival horror in mazes with monsters that hunt you
98% positive
2,405 reviews
Battletoads
Side-scrolling brawler with cartoon humor and varied arcade challenges
68% positive
2,402 reviews
Archvale
Pixel-art action RPG with bullet-hell battles and gear crafting
89% positive
2,400 reviews
Dustforce DX
2D precision platformer about clearing dust with acrobatic movement
88% positive
2,393 reviews