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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Rosalie
Co-op driving adventure with split steering in a pedal car
89% positive
320 reviews
Deathstate: Abyssal Edition
Bullet-hell roguelite with automatic attacks and movement-focused combat
82% positive
319 reviews
Blood Card 2: Dark Mist
Turn-based roguelike deckbuilder where your cards double as health
86% positive
319 reviews
Chessformer
A grid-based puzzle platformer combining chess moves with gravity
100% positive
319 reviews
Fruit Salad
Casual puzzle game about dropping and merging fruit for points
96% positive
319 reviews
REVOLVER360 RE:ACTOR
Side-scrolling bullet hell with a battlefield you can rotate
93% positive
318 reviews
Fallback
Action roguelite with changing perspectives on a climb from underground
87% positive
318 reviews
Hifuu Nightmare Diary ~ Violet Detector.
Bullet hell shooting where your camera clears incoming enemy fire
76% positive
318 reviews
Mega City Force
Top-down roguelike shooter with distinct agents and bullet-hell bosses
75% positive
316 reviews
Demo Vapour
First-person horror shooter with spell combat, puzzles, and demons
60% positive
315 reviews
Unlucky Mummy
An incremental clicker where failed attempts erase your collected relics
82% positive
315 reviews
Decay of Logos
Third-person action RPG with exploration and a mystical elk companion
54% positive
Free
Cathedral
Side-scrolling metroidvania where magical items open paths to new areas
74% positive
314 reviews
Wild Animal Sports Day
Animal sports minigames with sharks and porcupines as hazards
91% positive
313 reviews
Demo TetherGeist
A precision platformer where your spirit stays tied to you
97% positive
313 reviews
Rezrog
Turn-based dungeon crawler where captured heroes need rescuing by teammates
45% positive
312 reviews
Captain Starshot
Roguelite space shooter with ship battles and on-foot boarding combat
72% positive
Free
Devious Dungeon
A medieval 2D action platformer set in randomized dungeons
82% positive
312 reviews
Raindancer
A boss-rush action adventure where a single hit kills you
88% positive
312 reviews
Boxman's Struggle
Physics platformer about climbing a trash mountain in a box
84% positive
312 reviews
Kernel Hearts
Action roguelike with angelic enemies and temporary magical girl transformations
81% positive
311 reviews
The Hand of Merlin
Turn-based roguelite RPG mixing Arthurian legend with cosmic horror
68% positive
310 reviews
Deck Hunter
A fantasy roguelike deckbuilder with card combos and customizable armor
67% positive
310 reviews
CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story
A rail shooter mixing arcade combat with exploration of Pripyat
73% positive
310 reviews