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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Rodland of Pipes
Point-and-click horror about escaping a pipe network before time runs out
98% positive
278 reviews
Demo Trials 2: Second Edition
Physics-based motorcycle racing with stunt challenges and obstacle-filled tracks
84% positive
277 reviews
Ultra Age
Sci-fi hack-and-slash action with swords you swap during combos
79% positive
277 reviews
YuuYuu Jiteki no Yuukarin
A side-scrolling action platformer built around umbrella combat and levitation
91% positive
277 reviews
DinoSystem
Top-down survival simulation with dinosaurs and a changing ecosystem
91% positive
275 reviews
Void Memory
A dark 2D action platformer built around demanding, deliberate combat
69% positive
Free
Potatoman Seeks the Troof
A surreal platformer built around quick reactions and changing rules
84% positive
274 reviews
Pharaonic
Side-scrolling action RPG with demanding combat in ancient Egypt
78% positive
274 reviews
RFLEX
Fast-paced arcade survival built around dodging obstacles and chasing scores
91% positive
Free
To the Core
Third-person action platformer with randomized levels built for repeated speedruns
67% positive
Free
STUNTBOOST
Fingerboard racing through cardboard obstacle courses with no speed limit
98% positive
274 reviews
Deep Dungeons of Doom
A timing-based dungeon crawler built around attacking and blocking
88% positive
273 reviews
Demo Space Invaders Extreme
An arcade shooter built around hidden bonuses and high scores
86% positive
273 reviews
The Dummy Experiment
A balance-based adventure where walking without falling is the challenge
65% positive
Free
Please Fix The Road
Road repair puzzles where each level limits your available tools
78% positive
272 reviews
Nightmare: The Lunatic
2D action roguelite with weapon swapping and reshuffled nightmare runs
89% positive
272 reviews
TOP DOG
Arcade flight combat built around chasing high scores
89% positive
272 reviews
Flipping is Hard
Physics-based climbing platformer where a smartphone flips toward the top
83% positive
272 reviews
Prologue for a Vacant Kingdom
A bullet hell action RPG with bosses you defeat once
95% positive
Free
The 7th Guest: 25th Anniversary Edition
Point-and-click horror adventure with live-action scenes and mansion puzzles
78% positive
271 reviews
Nuclear War Simulator
Sandbox simulation of nuclear conflicts and their human cost
69% positive
271 reviews
Terra Mystica
Turn-based board strategy about reshaping land and managing resources
62% positive
270 reviews
Forbidden Ingress
First-person shooter with base building to hold off demons
77% positive
270 reviews
Mission Zigloton
A free side-scrolling platformer mixing barrel stealth with dancing
94% positive
Free