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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Hellbound: Survival Mode
A first-person survival shooter built around holding off demon hordes
87% positive
Free
Ys: The Oath in Felghana
Fast-paced action RPG with demanding bosses and dungeon exploration
94% positive
2,141 reviews
Demo Toki Tori
A 2D puzzle platformer about collecting eggs with limited tools
88% positive
2,139 reviews
Yomawari: Night Alone
Horror adventure searching a dark town for your sister and dog
74% positive
2,132 reviews
As Far As The Eye
Turn-based nomadic city builder racing a rising flood
72% positive
2,127 reviews
Guts and Glory
Physics-based obstacle racing through a deadly, gore-filled game show
82% positive
2,124 reviews
Super Meat Boy Forever
2D auto-runner with tough platforming and rearranged levels on replay
60% positive
2,124 reviews
UBERMOSH:WRAITH
Cyberpunk arcade shooter where you cut incoming bullets with a sword
94% positive
2,110 reviews
Slackers - Carts of Glory
Physics-based shopping cart racing down tracks without brakes
91% positive
2,108 reviews
Swarmlake
First-person arena shooter about staying alive against vast enemy swarms
95% positive
2,105 reviews
Ultimate Admiral: Age of Sail
Age-of-sail strategy wargame combining naval and land battles
77% positive
2,096 reviews
Mighty No. 9
Side-scrolling action platformer built around dashing into weakened robot enemies
58% positive
2,083 reviews
Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap
Side-scrolling action platformer where defeated dragons change your form
85% positive
2,083 reviews
Knock-knock
Side-scrolling horror adventure about surviving nights in a shifting cabin
87% positive
2,076 reviews
Demo Hammerfight
2D flying-machine combat with mouse-controlled, physics-driven weapon swings
73% positive
Free
Kaze and the Wild Masks
Retro 2D platformer with animal masks and living vegetables
94% positive
2,069 reviews
Micro Platformer
A minimalist precision platformer with no enemies, bullets, or lasers
97% positive
Free
Demo Waveform
A space action-puzzle game about reshaping a wave of light
82% positive
2,058 reviews
Disturbed
Short horror visual novel about a farmer facing desperate choices
92% positive
Free
Dark Devotion
2D dark-fantasy action RPG with branching, one-way temple paths
74% positive
2,053 reviews
Demo EDGE
An isometric puzzle platformer about rolling a cube through timed courses
92% positive
2,049 reviews
Nyan Cat: Lost In Space
Space platformer with cake platforms, power-ups, and a cat editor
93% positive
2,048 reviews
Screeps: World
Persistent multiplayer strategy sandbox where your JavaScript controls a colony
86% positive
2,048 reviews
Witchspire
Open-world survival crafting where witches recruit creatures as companions
81% positive
2,045 reviews