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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Starward Rogue
A twin-stick roguelite with bullet-hell combat and expanding catacombs
90% positive
299 reviews
Unsouled
Action RPG built around timed combos and risky counterattacks
72% positive
298 reviews
FreeCell Quest
FreeCell solitaire with wizard battles, spells, and character upgrades
80% positive
297 reviews
Ironbound
Turn-based fantasy duels where equipment shapes how your hero fights
68% positive
Free
SaGa SCARLET GRACE: AMBITIONS™
Nonlinear turn-based RPG with four protagonists and tactical party battles
77% positive
297 reviews
ZAKO NO AHIRU
Precision climbing platformer with a duck and a mocking narrator
87% positive
297 reviews
Demo Bonfire Peaks
Grid-based voxel puzzles about moving upward and leaving things behind
93% positive
296 reviews
Shigatari
Samurai roguelike RPG built around turn-based duels and permadeath
97% positive
293 reviews
Gladiator Trainer
Fantasy management RPG about training gladiators for the arena
72% positive
293 reviews
Pianistic
Piano rhythm game played with keyboard and mouse together
88% positive
293 reviews
Demo Master Key
2D action-adventure with open exploration, puzzles, and secrets
91% positive
292 reviews
Demo Leenie Boog
First-person survival horror where staying alive depends on listening closely
80% positive
291 reviews
Polygon Attack
Top-down space shooter with weapon upgrades and allied backup
88% positive
290 reviews
Tiny Thor
Side-scrolling platformer built around ricocheting hammer throws and precision jumps
82% positive
290 reviews
Impossible Runner
A free running and jumping game focused on difficult levels
64% positive
Free
Demo Gone Rogue
Isometric stealth heists with skills that improve as you use them
87% positive
290 reviews
The Castle Doctrine
Turn-based multiplayer strategy about building defenses and breaking into homes
44% positive
289 reviews
Purino Party
Match-three puzzles with freely movable jewels and visual novel romance
70% positive
289 reviews
Demo Vectronom
Rhythm puzzle platformer with geometric paths that shift to the beat
97% positive
289 reviews
Destropolis
Top-down survival shooter set in a city you can demolish
88% positive
289 reviews
Gamer Career Tycoon
A management sim about building a streaming or esports career
80% positive
288 reviews
Hellsinker.
A bullet-hell shooter built around positioning and on-the-fly tactics
89% positive
288 reviews
Obsurity
Top-down hack-and-slash adventure with puzzles and two playable characters
75% positive
288 reviews
SIC-1
A programming puzzle game built around a single computer instruction
94% positive
Free