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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Death Squared
Cooperative puzzle game where robots dodge traps to reach goals
88% positive
724 reviews
Demo Oniken: Unstoppable Edition
Side-scrolling action platformer with ninja combat and punishing boss fights
81% positive
722 reviews
Dungeon Rats
Turn-based tactical RPG about fighting your way out of prison
77% positive
722 reviews
Ninja Stealth 2
Top-down stealth puzzles with RPG elements and choice-driven endings
70% positive
722 reviews
Demo Perennial Order
A plant-horror boss rush built around one-hit deaths
93% positive
722 reviews
Age of Defense
Prehistoric tower defense with roadblocks and waves of monsters
79% positive
720 reviews
Xenon Racer
Arcade street racing built around drifting and boosting hybrid cars
66% positive
718 reviews
Demo PEPPERED: an existential platformer
Pixel-art platformer where failures and choices change the story
96% positive
717 reviews
Sokobond
Sokoban-style chemistry puzzles where you assemble molecules from atoms
93% positive
715 reviews
Demo Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit
Side-scrolling platformer with a rabbit prince and a wall-drilling jetpack
86% positive
714 reviews
Demo The Enjenir: The Engineering Physics Building Simulator
Physics-based building sandbox with missions and ragdoll movement
92% positive
714 reviews
Ikki Unite
Bullet-hell roguelite with online co-op for up to sixteen players
77% positive
714 reviews
Demo Chantelise - A Tale of Two Sisters
A dungeon-crawling action RPG with treasure hidden in every area
75% positive
713 reviews
Kaizen: A Factory Story
Factory automation puzzles with an eighties Japanese workplace story
92% positive
713 reviews
Disneyland Adventures
Third-person adventure through Disneyland with character encounters and attraction-based quests
90% positive
712 reviews
Titan Attacks!
Arcade tank shooter with weapon upgrades and alien mothership battles
92% positive
708 reviews
Aggelos
Retro 2D action RPG with unlockable abilities and tough bosses
77% positive
707 reviews
BIT.TRIP BEAT
Retro rhythm action with a paddle and incoming beat patterns
81% positive
705 reviews
Poker Quest: Swords and Spades
Fantasy roguelike where poker hands activate your combat gear
86% positive
703 reviews
Dragon Is Dead
Dark fantasy action roguelite with gear that survives death
76% positive
703 reviews
Blood Card
Turn-based roguelike deckbuilder where your draw pile is your health
81% positive
701 reviews
BloodRayne Betrayal (Legacy)
A side-scrolling hack-and-slash platformer where feeding on enemies restores health
58% positive
698 reviews
Dwerve: Prologue
A tower defense dungeon crawler where turrets fend off monsters
92% positive
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KALPA: Cosmic Symphony
Rhythm game with challenges designed by composers and competitive players
83% positive
698 reviews