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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Room to Grow
A plant-pushing puzzle game where growing changes how you move
97% positive
200 reviews
Ok I Pull Up
A 3D platformer where missed jumps can erase your progress
87% positive
Free
Demo Hollow Survivors
Roguelite dungeon crawler with tower runs and permanent upgrades
82% positive
200 reviews
Age of Defense: Prehistory
Prehistoric tower defense using sticks and stones to repel attackers
86% positive
Free
Comet 64
Programming puzzles solved by coding on a retro home computer
75% positive
199 reviews
Kittens and Yarn
A tile-swapping puzzle game about untangling yarn around kittens
94% positive
199 reviews
Inout
Co-op survival horror about exorcising the possessed in a mansion
66% positive
199 reviews
Demo GemCraft - Legacy Collection
Fantasy tower defense built around creating and combining magical gems
95% positive
199 reviews
Vulture for NetHack
Isometric roguelike with random dungeons and permanent death
71% positive
198 reviews
PowerSimulator
A political card game about working your way up
39% positive
197 reviews
Demo Super Puzzled Cat
A 2D puzzle platformer with checkpoints you can place anywhere
98% positive
197 reviews
Biotope
Aquarium management simulator built around fish care and water chemistry
41% positive
196 reviews
Immortal Planet
Isometric action RPG where you recover experience lost on death
81% positive
196 reviews
3D Hardcore Cube
A difficult platformer about steering a cube through obstacle courses
56% positive
196 reviews
System Purge
Precision platformer with deadly traps deep inside an ancient machine
95% positive
196 reviews
Demo Defend the Rook
Turn-based roguelite tactics with heroes, towers, and castle defense
75% positive
196 reviews
Nurikabe World
3D logic puzzles where water divides numbered islands
100% positive
196 reviews
On Rusty Trails
Precision platformer where changing your appearance changes the environment
87% positive
195 reviews
Acid Spy
First-person stealth action built around fast movement and parkour
91% positive
195 reviews
Woodways
A turn-based puzzle game where every animal moves together
95% positive
Free
Demo LOVE 2: kuso
A precision platformer where you place your own checkpoints
95% positive
194 reviews
EBOLA
First-person survival horror with infection risks in an underground laboratory
40% positive
194 reviews
Samurai Shampoo Classic
A melee roguelike with perks unlocked by defeating dungeon bosses
88% positive
Free
TARTARUS
First-person puzzle adventure with spaceship systems controlled through typed commands
52% positive
192 reviews