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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Demo The Chef's Shift
Fast-paced restaurant typing game with impatient customers and distractions
97% positive
2,235 reviews
Tomb Raider II (1997)
Third-person action adventure with puzzles and a globe-spanning artifact hunt
87% positive
2,231 reviews
Basement
Crime management strategy about funding game development through drug dealing
70% positive
2,231 reviews
GunZ: The Duel
Free-to-play third-person shooter mixing guns, melee weapons, and acrobatic movement
47% positive
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Archvale
Pixel-art action RPG with bullet-hell battles and gear crafting
88% positive
2,222 reviews
Mega Man X Legacy Collection 2
Four-game action platformer collection spanning 2D and 3D eras
77% positive
2,218 reviews
They Bleed Pixels
A precision platformer with checkpoints you earn and place yourself
84% positive
2,216 reviews
140
A rhythm platformer where music controls the timing of obstacles
94% positive
2,216 reviews
Demo Decktamer
A turn-based roguelike deckbuilder where captured enemies become your cards
85% positive
2,216 reviews
Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2!!
Fast-paced cooking and menu planning across themed restaurant shifts
90% positive
2,212 reviews
Of Orcs And Men
Third-person action RPG about an orc and goblin hunting an emperor
74% positive
2,206 reviews
Full Metal Furies
Co-op action RPG where matching colors breaks enemy shields
91% positive
2,205 reviews
Nex Machina
Twin-stick arcade shooter with secret paths and local co-op
87% positive
2,201 reviews
La-Mulana
2D action platformer built around cryptic puzzles in ancient ruins
79% positive
2,199 reviews
Demo ZeroRanger
Vertical arcade shooter with dense bullets and unlockable weapons
94% positive
2,193 reviews
Neon Drive
Arcade rhythm driving through neon roads lined with obstacles
83% positive
2,184 reviews
UBERMOSH Vol.5
Fast-paced top-down arcade shooter built around short survival runs
94% positive
2,177 reviews
Cortex Command
Side-scrolling sci-fi action and strategy across destructible battlefields
83% positive
2,174 reviews
Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus II
Turn-based tactics with separate campaigns for two warring factions
53% positive
2,169 reviews
UBERMOSH Vol.3
Fast-paced pixel bullet hell on a borderless battlefield
93% positive
2,167 reviews
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® 3 Gold
First-person tactical shooter where you plan and lead squad assaults
91% positive
2,159 reviews
Race The Sun
Arcade racing runner dodging obstacles before the sun sets
94% positive
2,154 reviews
Patch Quest
Twin-stick roguelite shooter where you lasso monsters for their abilities
94% positive
2,154 reviews
Demo Fury Unleashed
Comic-book roguelite platformer where quick kills sustain combat combos
85% positive
2,153 reviews