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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Ghost hunter
Co-op extraction action about hunting ghosts from Chinese folklore
79% positive
381 reviews
The Red Button
A minimalist game about choosing whether to press a button
81% positive
Free
Gun Wings
A bullet-hell shooter where characters absorb bullets matching their color
87% positive
380 reviews
Demo Grass Cutter - Mutated Lawns
Arcade puzzle action about mowing grass and fighting mutant lawns
87% positive
Free
303 Squadron: Battle of Britain
World War II flight combat with aircraft maintenance between missions
60% positive
378 reviews
Ministry of Broadcast
A dystopian puzzle-platformer built around a state-run reality TV competition
81% positive
378 reviews
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams - Rise of the Owlverlord
Side-scrolling platformer where changing personalities transforms the world around you
83% positive
376 reviews
2 Ninjas 1 Cup
A demanding ninja action platformer with crude humor and instant respawns
79% positive
376 reviews
Horace
A robot's puzzle-platforming journey with abilities that bend physics
86% positive
374 reviews
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD
An arcade platformer about guiding monkeys inside rolling balls
58% positive
374 reviews
Demo Yomawari: Lost in the Dark
2D horror adventure searching a ghost-haunted town for lost memories
87% positive
374 reviews
Juufuutei Raden™'s Guide for Pixel Museum
Museum picture puzzles turn missing exhibits into pixel art
98% positive
373 reviews
Furious Angels
An arcade shooter where you stop firing to repair your ship
86% positive
371 reviews
Perseus: Titan Slayer
Hack-and-slash roguelike with branching choices and upgrades from Greek gods
65% positive
371 reviews
BIT.TRIP RERUNNER
A precision rhythm platformer with tools to build and share levels
97% positive
371 reviews
Demo And Yet It Moves
A physics-based puzzle-platformer where rotating the world opens new paths
80% positive
370 reviews
Plazma Being
A 2D puzzle-platformer built around manipulating objects with energy powers
74% positive
370 reviews
Super Star Path
Top-down space shooter where color matches open your path
81% positive
370 reviews
ATOMINE
A twin-stick roguelite shooter about a virus infiltrating computer systems
73% positive
370 reviews
Railroads & Catacombs
A tactical roguelike deckbuilder with a train as your base
74% positive
370 reviews
CATch the Stars
A mouse-controlled puzzle game about choosing which star moves next
98% positive
370 reviews
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Lake of Creatures
2D action roguelike with fishing, combat, and changing lakes
93% positive
369 reviews
The Deer
An educational adventure through the Ice Age as a deer
72% positive
368 reviews
Demo RATUZ
A horror platformer about escaping a prison where experiments go wrong
88% positive
368 reviews