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.
Mushihimesama
Vertical bullet hell shooter with giant insects and dense patterns
97% positive
1,577 reviews
Heavy Bullets
First-person roguelike shooter where spent bullets must be recovered
82% positive
1,568 reviews
TTV2
Fast-paced arcade maze game with hazards and little room for error
86% positive
1,566 reviews
Metal Slug Tactics
Turn-based tactical roguelite built around movement and coordinated attacks
77% positive
1,562 reviews
PUSS!
2D bullet-hell action through randomized levels as a trapped cat
88% positive
1,561 reviews
Blitzkrieg Anthology
World War II real-time strategy with historical battles and side missions
90% positive
1,559 reviews
Topple Tactics
Physics-based multiplayer tower defense where one giant stops runners
88% positive
1,558 reviews
Cyber Shadow
Side-scrolling ninja platformer with unlockable moves and tough bosses
83% positive
1,556 reviews
Survisland / 实境求生
Open-world island survival with hands-on crafting and detailed metabolism
63% positive
1,552 reviews
Kero Blaster
Side-scrolling platformer about a frog clearing monsters from teleporters
94% positive
1,551 reviews
Crossing Souls
2D action-adventure about five friends crossing realms in 1980s California
79% positive
1,551 reviews
Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim
Single-player action RPG with elemental swords and island exploration
90% positive
1,546 reviews
Tomb Raider III (1998)
Third-person action adventure built around puzzles and dangerous jumps
84% positive
1,544 reviews
Bombix
Turn-based arena combat where jumping and shooting shape each move
71% positive
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EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN
Mission-based third-person shooter battling giant aliens on a ruined Earth
59% positive
1,531 reviews
Jets'n'Guns Gold
Side-scrolling space shooter with customizable ships and crowded enemy waves
87% positive
1,530 reviews
The Shrouded Isle
Turn-based cult management with hidden sins and seasonal sacrifices
70% positive
1,528 reviews
AK-xolotl: Together
Top-down roguelite shooter with armed axolotls and randomized rooms
75% positive
1,528 reviews
Alpha Prime
Sci-fi first-person shooter with hackable robots and slowed-time combat
56% positive
1,526 reviews
Breachway
Space roguelike deckbuilder where ship equipment determines your cards
76% positive
1,523 reviews
Small World
Turn-based fantasy board game of competing races and territorial conquest
68% positive
1,519 reviews
The Last Plague: Blight
Hardcore open-world survival crafting against a spreading disease
88% positive
1,507 reviews
Tametsi
Mine-finding logic puzzles on tile grids of different shapes
97% positive
1,495 reviews
Contra Anniversary Collection
Classic side-scrolling shooters collected for solo or local co-op
76% positive
1,493 reviews