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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Deadly Days
Strategy roguelite about scavenging zombie cities with unpredictable gear
86% positive
1,454 reviews
Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania
Arcade platforming through tilting mazes, with competitive party minigames
83% positive
1,449 reviews
Demo Osmos
Physics puzzle game about absorbing motes while losing mass to move
86% positive
1,445 reviews
Momodora III
A 2D action platformer with a hidden stage to uncover
93% positive
1,443 reviews
Super Jigsaw Puzzle: Generations
Single-player jigsaw puzzles with adjustable difficulty and piece-sorting tools
95% positive
Free
Bot Vice
An arcade gallery shooter built around cover and bullet dodging
92% positive
1,440 reviews
Demo The MISSING: J.J. Macfield and the Island of Memories
Puzzle platformer where dismemberment helps you cross a trap-filled island
89% positive
1,439 reviews
Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair
2.5D platformer with changing levels and a difficult final lair
81% positive
1,436 reviews
Hello Neighbor: Hide and Seek
A first-person stealth adventure built around hide-and-seek with your brother
87% positive
1,435 reviews
Inertial Drift
Arcade racer with twin-stick drifting and distinct car handling
84% positive
1,428 reviews
EXAPUNKS
Open-ended programming puzzles about hacking networks with programmable agents
96% positive
1,426 reviews
Dark Roll: Free Kick Challenge
A soccer free-kick simulator where you play as an orb
80% positive
Free
The Underground Man
A post-apocalyptic adventure about an underground survivor venturing onto the surface
79% positive
1,420 reviews
Corpse Keeper
Dark fantasy action RPG with decaying fighters and timed expeditions
74% positive
1,419 reviews
Foregone
A side-scrolling action platformer mixing melee combat with gunfire
81% positive
1,412 reviews
Khimera: Destroy All Monster Girls
Free 2D platformer about punching pirates and reclaiming treasure
96% positive
Free
ARMORED HEAD
First-person arena shooter with robot waves and hidden secrets
98% positive
1,411 reviews
Synth Riders
VR rhythm game with dancing, rails, and obstacle dodging
92% positive
1,411 reviews
Ambidextro
Timed precision platformer where each hand controls a character
98% positive
1,407 reviews
Demo Trigon: Space Story
Top-down space roguelike with tactical ship battles and permanent death
68% positive
1,406 reviews
Chaser
Sci-fi first-person shooter about an amnesiac hunted across Earth and Mars
70% positive
1,394 reviews
Vangers
Open-world driving adventure through a surreal future shaped by conflict
94% positive
1,393 reviews
Reentry - A Space Flight Simulator
Realistic spaceflight simulator with historical missions and detailed spacecraft systems
97% positive
1,390 reviews
Killing Room
First-person roguelite shooter set in a deadly reality TV show
71% positive
1,388 reviews