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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Demo The Evil Within
Third-person survival horror with scarce resources and shifting environments
84% positive
23K reviews
The Forever Winter
Third-person PvE extraction shooter beneath towering war machines
67% positive
23K reviews
Demo 9 Kings
Card-based strategy roguelite about building kingdoms through escalating wars
92% positive
22K reviews
Baba Is You
Single-player logic puzzles where pushing words rewrites the rules
98% positive
22K reviews
Demo Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty
Difficult dark fantasy action RPG built around martial-arts deflections
46% positive
22K reviews
The First Berserker: Khazan
Third-person action RPG with punishing combat and skill-driven boss fights
85% positive
22K reviews
Risk of Rain (2013)
Side-scrolling action roguelike where time makes every run harder
93% positive
22K reviews
Descenders
Physics-based downhill biking across procedurally generated courses and roguelite runs
95% positive
22K reviews
Spelunky 2
Punishing roguelike platforming through randomized, trap-filled lunar worlds
92% positive
21K reviews
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Mega Mix+
Single-player rhythm game with over 170 songs and music videos
94% positive
21K reviews
Devil May Cry HD Collection
Three classic third-person hack-and-slash games in one collection
93% positive
21K reviews
Salt and Sanctuary
2D action RPG with tough combat and branching island exploration
88% positive
21K reviews
Awaria
Top-down bullet hell about repairing generators and kissing ghosts
96% positive
Free
Demo Mortal Shell II
Open-world Souls-like action RPG with combat unrestricted by stamina
78% positive
21K reviews
Demo 60 Seconds! Reatomized
Post-apocalyptic survival strategy built on scavenging and hard choices
94% positive
21K reviews
Monster Train
Roguelike deckbuilder with three-floor defense and mixed-clan synergies
96% positive
21K reviews
Changed
2D action-puzzle adventure with chases and transformation hazards
89% positive
20K reviews
Demo Magicka
Satirical fantasy action adventure with chaotic co-op spellcasting
84% positive
20K reviews
Super Hexagon
Fast-paced minimalist arcade action built around difficult score chasing
97% positive
20K reviews
Quaver
Competitive four- and seven-key rhythm game with community-made maps
91% positive
Free
Cairn
A survival climbing simulator where you plot your own route
94% positive
20K reviews
Lost Castle / 失落城堡
Side-scrolling dungeon brawler with randomized runs and four-player co-op
87% positive
19K reviews
Iron Snout
Free-to-play 2D brawler where a pig fights wolf hordes
98% positive
Free
Poly Bridge
Physics-based bridge-building puzzles with budgets, hydraulics, and collapsing cars
91% positive
19K reviews