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
3,498 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Men of War: Assault Squad 2
World War II real-time tactics with direct unit control
91% positive
38K reviews
MX Bikes
Realistic motocross simulation with deforming tracks and online races
93% positive
38K reviews
Assetto Corsa Competizione
Official GT circuit racing with detailed physics and endurance events
92% positive
36K reviews
Demo Stoneshard
Open-world turn-based RPG about surviving life as a mercenary
73% positive
36K reviews
Nioh 2 – The Complete Edition
Difficult action RPG with technical combat and yokai powers
86% positive
36K reviews
DARK SOULS™ II
Dark fantasy action RPG built around punishing combat and exploration
87% positive
36K reviews
Far Far West
Co-op first-person shooter with robot cowboys, guns, and spells
95% positive
34K reviews
Return of the Obra Dinn
First-person detective mystery aboard an abandoned 1800s merchant ship
96% positive
34K reviews
GWENT: The Witcher Card Game
Free-to-play Witcher card duels centered on bluffing and deckbuilding
82% positive
Free
Super Meat Boy
Fast-paced 2D precision platforming through hundreds of deadly levels
93% positive
33K reviews
Bloons TD Battles
Competitive tower defense duels where players send bloons at rivals
90% positive
Free
Demo Paint the Town Red
First-person voxel brawler with improvised weapons and destructible enemies
96% positive
33K reviews
DJMAX RESPECT V
Key-based rhythm game with varied tracks and online competition
84% positive
33K reviews
Hand Simulator
First-person simulation of awkward hand control across varied activities
84% positive
32K reviews
Demo Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
Isometric stealth tactics with five specialists and coordinated takedowns
96% positive
32K reviews
Broken Arrow
Modern real-time tactics with customizable armies and combined-arms battles
53% positive
31K reviews
Nioh: Complete Edition
Third-person action RPG with punishing samurai combat and supernatural foes
77% positive
31K reviews
SUPERHOT
First-person puzzle shooter where time advances only as you move
92% positive
31K reviews
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
Gothic side-scrolling action RPG with castle exploration and varied builds
93% positive
31K reviews
Dwarf Fortress
Dwarven colony simulation where deep systems turn failure into history
94% positive
31K reviews
The Talos Principle
First-person puzzle adventure through ruins and questions about consciousness
95% positive
30K reviews
RaceRoom Racing Experience
Free-to-play racing simulator with licensed cars and ranked competition
75% positive
Free
Demo Hello Neighbor
First-person stealth horror against a neighbor who learns your tactics
88% positive
30K reviews
Resident Evil
Fixed-camera survival horror with scarce supplies and mansion puzzles
91% positive
30K reviews