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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Fast-paced arcade shooter where you try to survive sixty-four seconds
90% positive
1,513 reviews
Camera Obscura
A puzzle-platformer about reshaping a ruined tower with a camera
70% positive
1,508 reviews
Zup! Zero 2
A minimalist physics puzzler about moving a ball with explosions
94% positive
1,507 reviews
Destination Sol
A space arcade RPG where you land directly on planets
78% positive
Free
WARSAW RISING: City of Heroes
Turn-based tactical RPG following a resistance squad through occupied Warsaw
67% positive
Free
Ultimate Zombie Defense
Top-down zombie survival shooter with buildable defenses and co-op
87% positive
1,501 reviews
Tametsi
Mine-finding logic puzzles on tile grids of different shapes
96% positive
1,495 reviews
Contra Anniversary Collection
Classic side-scrolling shooters collected for solo or local co-op
76% positive
1,493 reviews
Demo Gori: Cuddly Carnage
Third-person hack-and-slash as a hoverboarding cat fighting mutated toys
96% positive
1,489 reviews
Tomb Raider III (1998)
Third-person action adventure built around puzzles and dangerous jumps
84% positive
1,486 reviews
Tangledeep
Turn-based dungeon crawler with customizable jobs and monster pets
82% positive
1,483 reviews
Topple Tactics
Physics-based multiplayer tower defense where one giant stops runners
88% positive
1,478 reviews
Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim
Single-player action RPG with elemental swords and island exploration
89% positive
1,477 reviews
Pankapu
2D action platformer with shifting forms in a child's dreams
64% positive
1,475 reviews
Scrutinized
Detective horror game about sorting reports while intruders stalk your home
89% positive
1,473 reviews
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Goblin Vyke: The Thief Tycoon
A stealth platformer about stealing dungeon loot and running a shop
68% positive
1,472 reviews
No Time To Explain Remastered
A comedy platformer where your gun doubles as a jetpack
84% positive
1,470 reviews
Demo Breachway
Space roguelike deckbuilder where ship equipment determines your cards
72% positive
1,470 reviews
Laysara: Summit Kingdom
Mountain city builder with avalanche defenses and intertown trade
81% positive
1,466 reviews
Demo The Last Plague: Blight
Hardcore open-world survival crafting against a spreading disease
87% positive
1,465 reviews
DETOUR
Road-building strategy where rival companies sabotage each other's truck routes
58% positive
1,462 reviews
Raiders of Blackveil
An action roguelite about raiding and bringing loot home
58% positive
1,462 reviews
StarBreak
Free-to-play 2D action platformer with permadeath and alien boss fights
78% positive
Free
The Impossible Game
One-button platformer where every mistake sends you back to the start
84% positive
1,455 reviews