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.
YORG.io 3
Tower defense strategy with ammunition factories and nighttime zombie attacks
68% positive
344 reviews
Bang Bang Fruit
2D physics puzzles about aiming fruit onto a cake
61% positive
338 reviews
Yugo Puzzle
Minimalist 2D puzzle game about jumping and merging jelly blocks
99% positive
336 reviews
Wantless : Solace at World’s End
Turn-based tactical RPG where your actions grant enemies action points
90% positive
336 reviews
Regimental Chess
Chess-based strategy matches built around moving pieces in formations
55% positive
330 reviews
SaGa SCARLET GRACE: AMBITIONS™
Nonlinear turn-based RPG with four protagonists and tactical party battles
79% positive
322 reviews
Fruit Salad
Casual puzzle game about dropping and merging fruit for points
96% positive
319 reviews
Vapour
First-person horror shooter with spell combat, puzzles, and demons
60% positive
315 reviews
Skelethrone: The Chronicles of Ericona
Dark fantasy side-scrolling action RPG with tough bosses and choices
78% positive
309 reviews
Galactic Civilizations® I: Ultimate Edition
Turn-based space strategy in a race for habitable worlds
50% positive
306 reviews
Wanna Survive
Turn-based zombie tactics where positioning and rations decide survival
93% positive
304 reviews
Master Key
2D action-adventure with open exploration, puzzles, and secrets
91% positive
292 reviews
Tiny Thor
Side-scrolling platformer built around ricocheting hammer throws and precision jumps
82% positive
290 reviews
Heroes of Steel RPG
Turn-based fantasy RPG with a four-hero party and tactical battles
78% positive
286 reviews
Rebel Transmute
Sci-fi metroidvania with swappable upgrades and a missing mother
76% positive
286 reviews
The 7th Guest: 25th Anniversary Edition
Point-and-click horror adventure with live-action scenes and mansion puzzles
77% positive
280 reviews
Nightmare: The Lunatic
2D action roguelite with weapon swapping and reshuffled nightmare runs
89% positive
272 reviews
Nuclear War Simulator
Sandbox simulation of nuclear conflicts and their human cost
69% positive
271 reviews
Terra Mystica
Turn-based board strategy about reshaping land and managing resources
62% positive
270 reviews
Whispers of the Eyeless
Dark fantasy strategy RPG with cult management and turn-based battles
77% positive
269 reviews
Conduct DELUXE!
Real-time train puzzles about switching tracks and avoiding collisions
83% positive
268 reviews
Sudoku Jigsaw / 拼图数独
Sudoku puzzles with irregular regions replacing standard square boxes
94% positive
266 reviews
Driving Is Hard
Physics-based driving platformer about climbing steep terrain in a bathtub
82% positive
264 reviews
Ants Took My Eyeball
2D action roguelite about reclaiming an eyeball from ants
93% positive
261 reviews