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.
Minimalist Tower Defense
Top-down tower defense with daytime building and nighttime swarms
95% positive
1,867 reviews
Genesis Online
Free-to-play multiplayer sandbox with building, farming, and dungeon exploration
32% positive
Free
Mega Man Legacy Collection 2
Four classic side-scrolling action platformers with extra challenge modes
85% positive
1,859 reviews
OlliOlli World
2.5D skateboarding platformer with branching routes and trick challenges
90% positive
1,856 reviews
Touhou Genso Wanderer -Reloaded-
Turn-based roguelike RPG with changing dungeons and persistent items
93% positive
1,841 reviews
Gnomes
Turn-based tower defense where movable gnomes guard crops from goblins
95% positive
1,841 reviews
Dead In Vinland
Turn-based survival management for a Viking family on an island
77% positive
1,836 reviews
Idle Wizard
Idle RPG with many wizard classes, pets, and spells
86% positive
Free
Legends of Eisenwald
Medieval tactical RPG with turn-based battles and branching choices
76% positive
1,832 reviews
Touhou Kouryudou ~ Unconnected Marketeers.
Bullet-hell shooter with ability cards that change each run
98% positive
1,828 reviews
Nyaruru Fishy Fight
A 2D Metroidvania with fish-sword fights and cat-eared townsfolk
90% positive
1,812 reviews
Gori: Cuddly Carnage
Third-person hack-and-slash as a hoverboarding cat fighting mutated toys
96% positive
1,805 reviews
Randal's Monday
Point-and-click adventure about undoing a mistake in a time loop
78% positive
1,788 reviews
Polygoneer
Top-down arcade shooter where shots must match enemy colors
80% positive
1,765 reviews
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas
Squad-based tactical shooter clearing rooms amid a Las Vegas siege
80% positive
1,761 reviews
A Monster's Expedition
Open-world puzzle game about bridging islands with fallen trees
95% positive
1,752 reviews
UBERMOSH Vol.5
Fast-paced top-down arcade shooter built around short survival runs
94% positive
1,751 reviews
Freedom Planet 2
Side-scrolling action platformer with four distinct character fighting styles
96% positive
1,739 reviews
Rusted Moss
2D Metroidvania with elastic grappling and freely aimed gunfights
89% positive
1,735 reviews
Solium Infernum
Turn-based strategy for Hell's throne through diplomacy and betrayal
88% positive
1,728 reviews
Super House of Dead Ninjas
Fast-paced 2D action platformer with timed, randomized tower runs
96% positive
1,727 reviews
Heads Will Roll: Reforged
Text-based medieval RPG where choices shape permadeath runs
83% positive
1,720 reviews
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon®
First-person tactical shooter with squad missions in Eastern Europe
92% positive
1,709 reviews
Vivid Knight
Roguelike dungeon crawler with auto-battling teams and jewel synergies
90% positive
1,709 reviews