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.
Twilight Wars
Cyberpunk turn-based dungeon crawler about rebuilding a covert agency
75% positive
254 reviews
Tactical Nexus
Puzzle RPG about managing resources across fixed, enemy-filled towers
94% positive
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Gentoo Rescue
Ice-sliding puzzle game with animal rescues and interconnected levels
100% positive
249 reviews
Viticulture Essential Edition
Digital board game about seasonal worker placement at a Tuscan vineyard
69% positive
242 reviews
Rogue Fable IV
Turn-based dungeon crawler with short runs and tactical combat
94% positive
241 reviews
USC: Counterforce
Turn-based squad tactics against aliens on destructible battlefields
67% positive
241 reviews
MDK 2
Linear third-person shooter with platforming and three playable heroes
81% positive
240 reviews
Puddle Knights
Isometric puzzle game using knights' capes to cross mud
98% positive
238 reviews
Dungeon and Puzzles
Dungeon puzzle game about changing equipment to clear monster rooms
93% positive
237 reviews
Homeseek
Post-apocalyptic colony builder where scarce water forces hard choices
66% positive
237 reviews
Beat Aim - Rhythm FPS Trainer
First-person rhythm aim trainer with maps generated from songs
90% positive
234 reviews
Hired 2 Die
First-person co-op survival horror about cleaning workplaces and trapping creatures
84% positive
233 reviews
SOK
Minimalist Sokoban puzzles where boxes move only by pushing
89% positive
229 reviews
Bean and Nothingness
Turn-based grid puzzles where bean-made monsters help and hinder
99% positive
224 reviews
World of Football
Physics-based multiplayer soccer with casual matches and regional championships
82% positive
223 reviews
Odinfall
Top-down roguelite shooter with customizable weapons and Viking gods
84% positive
222 reviews
Blood Harvest 3
Fast-paced 2D action across arenas packed with enemies and bosses
75% positive
219 reviews
Quadrata
Minimalist logic puzzles with two characters sharing directional controls
93% positive
218 reviews
Sudoku Zenkai / 数独全卡
Sudoku puzzles with six difficulty levels and online co-op
91% positive
213 reviews
Only Way is Down
Precision 3D platformer about guiding a cat down a skyscraper
69% positive
208 reviews
Soundodger 2
Rhythm bullet hell built around dodging song-timed projectile patterns
95% positive
206 reviews
Nurikabe World
3D logic puzzles where water divides numbered islands
100% positive
206 reviews
DROD: Gunthro and the Epic Blunder
Turn-based dungeon puzzles built around predictable monsters and swordplay
94% positive
200 reviews
Hollow Survivors
Roguelite dungeon crawler with tower runs and permanent upgrades
82% positive
200 reviews