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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Empire TV Tycoon
TV management sim where three channels compete to stay on air
77% positive
877 reviews
Toodee and Topdee
Puzzle platformer that switches between side-view and top-down play
93% positive
874 reviews
La-Mulana 2
2D action platformer built around cryptic clues in ancient ruins
82% positive
872 reviews
Phantom Fury
Retro first-person shooter with a bionic arm and interactive environments
63% positive
871 reviews
Death Skid Marks
Top-down car combat with random runs and an upgradeable crew
91% positive
Free
Red Lake
Horror shooter where you seek shelter before nightfall
47% positive
866 reviews
OlliOlli
2D skateboarding game about chaining tricks and timing landings
78% positive
864 reviews
Puyo Puyo Champions
Competitive puzzle game about building chains in multiplayer matches
79% positive
859 reviews
Kitsune Tails
A 2D platformer with costume powers and a fox-girl romance
95% positive
852 reviews
Styx: Blades of Greed
Third-person stealth adventure with goblin powers and vertical exploration
66% positive
852 reviews
Hans
A precision platformer where a watermelon climbs a warped Earth
86% positive
851 reviews
Sands of Aura
Isometric action RPG with tough combat and sailing across sand
75% positive
850 reviews
Demo The Crackpet Show
Roguelite shooter about armed animals competing on a violent TV show
86% positive
850 reviews
Demo GODBREAKERS
Action roguelite where you steal enemy powers mid-fight
71% positive
848 reviews
hocus
Minimalist puzzle game built around perspective tricks and impossible shapes
91% positive
847 reviews
Demo Unity of Command: Stalingrad Campaign
Turn-based Stalingrad wargame built around maneuver and supply lines
78% positive
845 reviews
Electronic Super Joy 2
A demanding side-scrolling platformer with a detour into first-person shooting
87% positive
Free
Stilt Fella
Physics-based arcade game about navigating obstacle courses on stilts
92% positive
842 reviews
Demo Super Cyborg
Side-scrolling run-and-gun shooter with alien hordes and tough bosses
86% positive
840 reviews
You Have 10 Seconds 2
2D platformer built around reaching each exit in ten seconds
90% positive
Free
City of Brass
First-person action roguelite with traps you turn against enemies
77% positive
837 reviews
Fork Parker's Holiday Profit Hike
A free 2D platformer about climbing a mountain for money
83% positive
Free
Demo MarZ: Tactical Base Defense
Tower defense and base building against undead cosmonauts on Mars
77% positive
834 reviews
Soundodger+
Music-based bullet hell with projectile patterns synchronized to each track
90% positive
832 reviews