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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Rhythm Sprout: Sick Beats & Bad Sweets
Rhythm action with an onion hero and candy-themed enemies
92% positive
672 reviews
Quantum Protocol
A turn-based card game where your deck becomes your hacking toolkit
91% positive
669 reviews
Paranautical Activity: Deluxe Atonement Edition
Fast-paced first-person roguelike shooter with procedurally generated levels
70% positive
668 reviews
Recursed
2D puzzle-platformer where chests contain rooms you can rearrange
97% positive
668 reviews
Demo BLACKHOLE
A 2D puzzle platformer built around changing gravity in space
86% positive
667 reviews
Havsala: Into the Soul Palace
A point-and-click escape room about a soul's many lives
92% positive
667 reviews
Sun Blast: Star Fighter
On-rails space shooter with three ships and combat upgrades
60% positive
665 reviews
Okhlos: Omega
Action roguelike about leading an angry mob against Greek gods
79% positive
664 reviews
Flinthook
Roguelite action platformer with hookshot movement through randomized pirate spaceships
73% positive
663 reviews
Dark Light
A cyberpunk metroidvania with Souls-like combat and cybernetic upgrades
74% positive
662 reviews
The Fall of the Dungeon Guardians - Enhanced Edition
Grid-based dungeon crawler with real-time battles you can pause
81% positive
660 reviews
Jamestown
A bullet hell shooter where surviving teammates can revive others
94% positive
655 reviews
Ninja Stealth 3
A stealth puzzle game where you disguise yourself as a box
80% positive
655 reviews
Gabe Newell Simulator
A third-person shooter parody starring the head of Valve
54% positive
654 reviews
Demo Fogpiercer
Tactical roguelike deckbuilder where your train determines your cards
83% positive
654 reviews
Bad Rats Show
Physics puzzles about rats staging bloody revenge against captive cats
80% positive
653 reviews
qop 2
Minimalist cube puzzles built around directional blocks, teleports, and locks
95% positive
651 reviews
UBERMOSH Vol.7
Fast-paced arcade combat with guns, blades, and dense bullet patterns
84% positive
647 reviews
Orbital Bullet – The 360° Rogue-lite
Action roguelite platformer where bullets travel around circular levels
82% positive
647 reviews
Deathsmiles
Horizontal bullet-hell shooter where angels can fire both ways
95% positive
646 reviews
Demo Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure
Noir detective adventure with live-action actors and branching story paths
90% positive
645 reviews
Shattered - Tale of the Forgotten King
Dark fantasy action RPG mixing sword fights with platforming
67% positive
642 reviews
Alien Hominid HD
A hand-drawn run-and-gun shooter with burrowing and head-chomping attacks
94% positive
640 reviews
Stranger of Sword City
First-person dungeon RPG with party building and monster hunts
66% positive
639 reviews