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.
Aureole - Wings of Hope
Fast 2D platformer built around a rolling, bouncing halo
96% positive
104 reviews
SpaceKraft!
Open-world spaceship simulation with physics-based hauling and planet exploration
91% positive
97 reviews
Letifer
Twin-stick roguelite shooter with demon battles and an upgradeable drone
84% positive
97 reviews
Brány Skeldalu
Grid-based fantasy dungeon crawler with turn-based fights and puzzles
92% positive
91 reviews
Maze Keeper
Roguelike tower defense where you guard a haunted maze
48% positive
86 reviews
RUSH: Only Up Multiplayer
Third-person parkour platformer with online racing and player pushing
84% positive
75 reviews
Sacre Bleu
Fast-paced action platformer with gun-powered jumps and slow-motion combat
89% positive
73 reviews
Shrink Rooms
Turn-based box-pushing puzzles where walls close in each turn
94% positive
71 reviews
Hard Chip
3D logic puzzles where you build chips from transistors
91% positive
68 reviews
Limbs
Dexterity puzzle game about moving a puppet limb by limb
70% positive
67 reviews
Simulakros
Third-person roguelite shooter with three androids and changing levels
82% positive
62 reviews
Discolored 2
First-person puzzle horror about restoring color to a gray world
73% positive
62 reviews
Galaxy Highways
Top-down space shooter with mission objectives and ship upgrades
97% positive
62 reviews
Alephant
Wordless Sokoban puzzles about discovering rules for making sounds
93% positive
60 reviews
Sir! I'd Like To Report A Bug!
Side-scrolling platformer about surviving a game tester's glitching commute
59% positive
59 reviews
Ligo
2D Sokoban adventure built around merging and cutting creatures
100% positive
58 reviews
Silverpine Creek
First-person horror game where your microphone can reveal your location
73% positive
51 reviews
Arcane Blast
Third-person roguelike shooter with elemental spells and co-op runs
70% positive
50 reviews
Seekers of Eclipse
Roguelike deckbuilder where cards turn settlements into resource engines
94% positive
49 reviews
Green With Energy
Isometric strategy puzzler about designing self-sufficient renewable power grids
73% positive
41 reviews
Skat 3D Premium
Skat card simulation with adjustable rules, AI, and online matches
45% positive
40 reviews
Who Takes The Crown?
Precision puzzle platforming built around climbing through chess games
84% positive
38 reviews
One Boss One Fight
Boss-focused action roguelite with shifting patterns and persistent progression
79% positive
33 reviews
Winged Sakura: Endless Dream
Fast-paced 2D roguelite mixing action combat and tower defense
72% positive
32 reviews