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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