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  1. #1 Impossible Runner
    97% matchMixed63% of 237 reviews2018
    Dev: Kwebbelkop
    Windows
    Median: 30 minMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 34%

    World's hardest game. Impossible Runner. Try to complete all 10 'Impossible' levels.

    Why similar: Difficult 46.5%, Casual 34.6%, Indie 18.9%

  2. #2 Miniballist
    96% matchMostly Positive70% of 128 reviews2018
    Dev: Timberwolf StudiosPub: My Way Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 97%

    Minimalist hardcore one click\press direction changer game.

    Why similar: Difficult 41%, Casual 26%, Psychological Horror 18.7%, Indie 14.2%

  3. #3 Pukan Bye Bye
    96% matchMixed68% of 165 reviews2018
    Dev: Artalasky
    Windows
    Median: 12 minMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 28%

    Created to enrage.

    Why similar: Difficult 32.5%, Casual 29.8%, Action 20.8%, Indie 16.8%

  4. #4 The Hardest Game Ever
    94% matchMostly Positive77% of 364 reviews2023
    Dev: AIAdev
    Windows

    An insanely difficult precision platformer

    Why similar: Difficult 89.6%, Indie 10.4%

  5. #5 Instant Death
    95% matchMostly Positive70% of 111 reviews2018
    Dev: Tayfun ZeytunPub: My Way Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Super hardcore first-person game.

    Why similar: Difficult 28.4%, Casual 26.6%, Action 18.6%, Indie 13.7%, Psychological Horror 12.7%

  6. #6 Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy
    94% matchVery Positive82% of 82,598 reviews2017
    Dev: Bennett Foddy
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 60%

    A game I made for a certain kind of person. To hurt them.

    Why similar: Difficult 54.5%, Psychological Horror 35.6%, Casual 4.1%, Indie 3.6%, Action 2.2%

  7. #7 Hellstuck: Rage With Your Friends
    93% matchVery Positive89% of 180 reviews2022
    Dev: Terror Dog Studio
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 60%

    Get ready to rage with your friends in this co-op precise platforming adventure! You're stuck in Hell. You can only jump upwards and all you have to do is escape … it can't be that hard, right?!

    Why similar: Difficult 37.3%, Psychological Horror 22.8%, Side Scroller 14.3%, Action 10.1%, Indie 8.2%

  8. #8 an unplayable game?!
    91% matchVery Positive95% of 110 reviews2025
    Dev: ./badgames.zip
    Windows

    a game about accessibility settings that's just a *bit* too hard for you to play effectively. 10-15 minutes in length with 30+ minutes of developer commentary!

    Why similar: Casual 56.9%, Action 43.1%

  9. #9 A Difficult Game About Climbing
    89% matchVery Positive87% of 5,704 reviews2024
    Dev: Pontypants
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 70%

    This is a difficult game about climbing.

    Why similar: Difficult 48%, Psychological Horror 27%, Casual 14%, Action 11%

  10. #10 3D Hardcore Cube
    92% matchMixed54% of 212 reviews2017
    Dev: Laush Dmitriy SergeevichPub: Laush Studio
    Windows
    Median: 30 minMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 25%

    3D Hardcore Cube - this is not an easy platformer in which you want to get to the portal and not to fall into the trap. The game has boosters traffic boosters bounce, anti bounce, falling cubes, turrets and more!

    Why similar: Difficult 28.3%, Action 24.1%, Side Scroller 19%, Indie 17.7%, Casual 10.8%

  11. #11 Blaite
    91% matchMostly Positive74% of 561 reviews2017
    Dev: Dosane GamesPub: Akim Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    A platform game so difficult and at the same time, so addictive that you will enjoy having to repeat a levels dozens of times until complete them.

    Why similar: Difficult 32.2%, Casual 24.7%, Indie 23.1%, Action 20%

  12. #12 Neon Hardcore
    90% matchMixed63% of 209 reviews2017
    Dev: Laush Dmitriy SergeevichPub: Laush Studio
    Windows
    Median: 6 minMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 23%

    "Neon Hardcore" - this is a game that makes you freak out the player after each death of the player character. You need to manage the green cube and get to another green reference point. But it is very difficult, as the player interfere with the rotating saws and others obstacles red color.

    Why similar: Difficult 27.7%, Action 21.7%, Side Scroller 20.3%, Indie 17.9%, Casual 12.4%

  13. #13 Jump The Gun
    88% matchVery Positive87% of 113 reviews2022
    Dev: Cameron Chin
    Windows · Mac

    Think you can make it out? Many have tried… All have failed. Traverse the unforgiving cave and do impossible jumps with your rocket launcher and shotgun.

    Why similar: Difficult 56%, Psychological Horror 34.1%, Indie 9.9%

  14. #14 Try Hard Parking
    89% matchVery Positive85% of 80 reviews2017
    Dev: gearspecs
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    "Hardest and most Rage Inducing Parking Game in The World". Navigate crazy obstacle courses in pursuit of your holy parking spot in this 80s Arcade Style driving game.

    Why similar: Isometric 41.1%, Difficult 36.9%, Indie 22%

  15. #15 SlipSlop: World's Hardest Platformer Game
    87% matchVery Positive83% of 1,687 reviews2019
    Dev: 10F
    Windows · Linux

    One button platformer nightmare

    Why similar: Difficult 43.3%, Action 34%, Indie 22.7%

  16. #16 Get Tilted! :)
    84% matchVery Positive98% of 51 reviews2025
    Dev: Timebat Studio
    Windows

    Tilt and jump your way out of the depths of a grand city. A difficult game where falling is your biggest obstacle, get used to starting over. Don't get too tilted :)

    Why similar: Difficult 58.3%, Psychological Horror 30.4%, Action 11.3%

  17. #17 Boxman's Struggle
    86% matchVery Positive85% of 296 reviews2020
    Dev: OneBlock
    Windows

    What's better than climbing mountain in a cardboard box? Getting deep frustration every time you fall from it.

    Why similar: Difficult 37.2%, Psychological Horror 24.1%, Action 19.7%, Indie 11.5%, Casual 7.4%

  18. #18 Goat's Tale (Classic)
    85% matchVery Positive84% of 339 reviews2022
    Dev: FoxSox GamesPub: FoxLoaf Games
    Windows

    The treasures hidden on the peaks await the most lively, goat daredevils. The challenge will be difficult and… irritating - only the best and most patient will get to the top.

    Why similar: Difficult 50.1%, Psychological Horror 27.3%, Action 12.7%, Indie 9.9%

  19. #19 The Cave Diver
    82% matchMostly Positive76% of 136 reviews2026
    Dev: Ovsko
    Windows

    A brutally challenging physics-horror caving game. Using only your hands, drag yourself down a suffocating cave system where every hold pulls you further into the darkness. Equal parts rage-game, claustrophobic nightmare, and descent into a forgotten folktale...

    Why similar: Difficult 41.9%, Psychological Horror 26%, Casual 12.8%, Indie 10.2%, Action 9.1%

  20. #20 Through the Mirror
    86% matchVery Positive82% of 124 reviews2017
    Dev: Cleiton OliveiraPub: Volens Nolens Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 97%

    A hard, mind bending platformer based on imagination and quick reflexes.

    Why similar: Difficult 35.9%, Casual 29.9%, Action 19.8%, Indie 14.4%

  21. #21 Fall Again
    80% matchMostly Positive74% of 84 reviews2026
    Dev: Muffin
    Windows

    A brutally difficult physics-based platformer designed to test your patience, precision, and sanity.

    Why similar: Action 75.1%, Indie 24.9%

  22. #22 Repit
    82% matchVery Positive86% of 84 reviews2021
    Dev: Limansia Games
    Windows

    Madness is the repetition of the same action over and over again, in the hope of a change. The challenge that Repit throws at your nerves is not everyone is ready to accept and only a few will be able to reach the end

    Why similar: Difficult 69.3%, Action 14.1%, Side Scroller 10.8%, Indie 5.8%

  23. #23 Fingerdance
    77% matchVery Positive97% of 435 reviews2025
    Dev: zniqPub: PsychoFlux Entertainment
    Windows

    The game that simply confuses your fingers.

    Why similar: Difficult 65.3%, Action 21.8%, Indie 12.8%

  24. #24 GoBlock's Impossible Medley
    83% matchVery Positive87% of 52 reviews2017
    Dev: GameChanger Studio
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    GoBlock's Impossible Medley is the most impossible and frustrating yet addictive game that you ever play. The game combines three challenging gameplay in one impossible game. You will jump, fly and roll in a loop throughout the game.

    Why similar: Difficult 43.8%, Side Scroller 25.7%, Casual 20.1%, Indie 10.4%

  25. #25 Dynamic Very, Very, Hard game!!
    84% matchMixed51% of 170 reviews2016
    Dev: White Dog GamesPub: SA Industry
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Dynamic is an indie Platformer game. The goal is to try to avoid obstacles and dangerous enemies who want to kill you

    Why similar: Indie 29%, Casual 27.9%, Difficult 23%, Action 20.1%

  26. #26 Jump Off The Bridge
    81% matchVery Positive87% of 258 reviews2019
    Dev: Cody Penn
    Windows

    An absurd retro-platformer that tests your patience.

    Why similar: Difficult 45.3%, Side Scroller 27.4%, Action 15.2%, Indie 12%

  27. #27 rock climbing
    79% matchVery Positive88% of 93 reviews2024
    Dev: bilge
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    It's a difficult game but it should be easier than real rock climbing.

    Why similar: Difficult 47.9%, Psychological Horror 29.6%, Action 12.1%, Indie 10.4%

  28. #28 Philophobia: The Fear of Love
    81% matchVery Positive94% of 71 reviews2020
    Dev: Tim Ruswick
    Windows

    Love is Hell. In this precision platformer based on the 5 stages of grief, navigate the bowels of Hell and escape the torment of love.

    Why similar: Difficult 39.7%, Side Scroller 28.1%, Psychological Horror 20.2%, Action 8.1%, Indie 3.9%

  29. #29 Nolgorb's Ordeal
    78% matchMostly Positive74% of 68 reviews2024
    Dev: Hard Meat
    Windows · Linux

    Now with barely functioning co-op features! A challenging 3D platformer with little room for error. Escape a dungeon, alone or with others jumping to the top, and sacrifice your collectables for items to aid in your ordeal.

    Why similar: Difficult 60.9%, Psychological Horror 39.1%

  30. #30 The Game of Sisyphus
    76% matchMostly Positive79% of 866 reviews2024
    Dev: cream
    Windows
    Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 56%

    Roll the boulder to the top.

    Why similar: Difficult 51.5%, Psychological Horror 29.7%, Action 14.8%, Indie 3.9%

  31. #31 Pushing It! With Sisyphus
    77% matchMixed65% of 106 reviews2024
    Dev: Bashir "ManliestDev" KashaloPub: ManliestDev
    Windows

    A game about a very happy guy and his boulder. (Warning: As an accurate representation of the ancient Myth of Sisyphus, this is likely the most difficult and punishing game you will ever play.)

    Why similar: Difficult 51.5%, Casual 19.8%, Psychological Horror 15%, Action 13.7%

  32. #32 The Deletion
    79% matchMostly Positive77% of 229 reviews2015
    Dev: russpuppy
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Are you sure you want do delete this file? NOOOOO! The Deletion is a challenging and fun puzzle-platform game that will frustrate you.

    Why similar: Difficult 42%, Side Scroller 33.7%, Casual 14%, Action 10.3%

  33. #33 The Running Man
    78% matchMixed64% of 97 reviews2020
    Dev: samuel crevier
    Windows

    If you want to relax, this game is not for you, this game is made to make you rage. go through challenging and hard levels and run to the finish line. will you take the challenge?

    Why similar: Casual 47.9%, Action 38.7%, Indie 13.4%

  34. #34 E.Z
    76% matchVery Positive91% of 249 reviews2018
    Dev: Totally Normal Creature
    Windows
    Median: 36 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 41%

    E.Z is a simple hardcore platformer game the goal being get across to the other side of each of the 100 levels while each death throws you back to the previous levels.

    Why similar: Difficult 39.2%, Side Scroller 22.5%, Casual 15.7%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Action 8.5%

  35. #35 Peepo Island
    74% matchMostly Positive72% of 276 reviews2022
    Dev: Anboni
    Windows

    A difficult obstacle course 3D platformer where the goal is to survive and escape the Island!

    Why similar: Action 69.1%, Indie 30.9%

  36. #36 Almost There: The Platformer
    75% matchMixed64% of 486 reviews2019
    Dev: Bony YousufPub: The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    Sprint between saw blades while dodging homing missiles. Duck under lasers while the floor crumbles beneath you. Almost There was designed specifically for fans of the hardcore platforming genre - you've been warned.

    Why similar: Difficult 51.6%, Casual 21.9%, Action 14%, Indie 12.6%

  37. #37 Just Ski+
    75% matchVery Positive87% of 198 reviews2018
    Dev: Jeff Weber
    Windows
    Median: 42 minMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 44%

    A difficult, minimalist, one-more-try, physics game. Slide your mouse up and down to control your skier's posture and initiate jumps. Stick the landings. Get to the cabin.

    Why similar: Difficult 38.5%, Psychological Horror 21.5%, Side Scroller 18.6%, Casual 9.2%, Action 6.8%

  38. #38 Goblintown: Really Hard Driving Game
    69% matchVery Positive90% of 89 reviews2025
    Dev: BiG INC. CO. LLC.
    Windows

    A chaotic physics-based vehicular platformer where you race to the top. Scream into your microphone to slow down time, look for shortcuts, and unlock new vehicles.

    Why similar: Difficult 63.5%, Action 21.3%, Casual 15.2%

  39. #39 Cubot
    74% matchVery Positive91% of 277 reviews2015
    Dev: Nicolas Pierre-Loti-Viaud
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 71%

    At first sight, Cubot is a puzzle-game with a minimalist gameplay, just move color cubes towards tiles of the same color. It's really easy, but it will be a torture for your mind to complete all levels of the game because the apparent simplicity of the game is in contradiction with the complexity of the level-design.

    Why similar: Indie 100%

  40. #40 Nixxsz Castle
    72% matchMostly Positive72% of 107 reviews2023
    Dev: Nixxsz
    Windows

    Nixxsz Castle is a precision platform and rage inducing game. Inspired by games from previous generations, Nixxsz Castle has a very hard gameplay experience for those with patience and skill.

    Why similar: Difficult 68.4%, Casual 18.5%, Indie 13.1%

  41. #41 Golfing Over It with Alva Majo
    73% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,606 reviews2018
    Dev: Majorariatto
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 71%

    The higher you climb, the bigger the fall.

    Why similar: Difficult 42.8%, Psychological Horror 22.5%, Casual 14.5%, Action 11.1%, Indie 9%

  42. #42 Maxwell's puzzling demon
    68% matchVery Positive98% of 428 reviews2024
    Dev: muratsubo Games
    Windows

    "Thermodynamic" puzzle where Maxwell's demon does work of block-pushing. Deal those hot blocks with cold blocks so that the demon doesn't get burnt.

    Why similar: Difficult 70.8%, Casual 19%, Indie 10.2%

  43. #43 12 bananas
    71% matchVery Positive85% of 508 reviews2020
    Dev: Klode
    Windows · Mac

    Leap over treacherous chasms, navigate past a sea of hazards, and locate all 12 bananas as you embark on an epic quest and travel the patience-testing path that lies ahead in this infuriatingly challenging, unforgiving, puzzling, memey platformer.

    Why similar: Action 100%

  44. #44 Castle
    73% matchMixed70% of 320 reviews2015
    Dev: Snails Arcade
    Windows
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 66%

    Build and protect castles simultaneously in this original and addictive game!

    Why similar: Difficult 36%, Casual 30%, Action 18.9%, Indie 15%

  45. #45 Ascending Inferno
    67% matchVery Positive98% of 64 reviews2024
    Dev: Oppolyon Studios
    Windows

    Experience rage-inducing precision platforming as a recently deceased soccer player damned to Inferno! Kick your sibling's soul out of Hell for your chance at redemption!

    Why similar: Difficult 58.3%, Psychological Horror 24.2%, Action 17.5%

  46. #46 One Gun Guy
    70% matchMixed69% of 1,091 reviews2022
    Dev: Ritual GamesPub: GrabTheGames
    Windows
    Median: 18 minMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 30%

    One Gun Guy is a straight forward no nonsense action platformer, one giant level littered with player upgrades, hazards to tackle, enemies to destroy, a boss to kill, and multiple difficulty settings.

    Why similar: Difficult 38.2%, Side Scroller 32.8%, Action 17%, Indie 12%

  47. #47 Banana Hell
    70% matchMixed67% of 869 reviews2020
    Dev: Petriheart
    Windows

    Jump your way to get the blue diamonds as you try to survive a very annoying banana monologue! A REALLY HARD game!

    Why similar: Difficult 42.6%, Casual 21.8%, Psychological Horror 19.6%, Indie 16%

  48. #48 HotFloor
    72% matchMostly Positive73% of 63 reviews2018
    Dev: David MulderPub: SA Industry
    Windows

    Run, Jump, Glide, Bounce and maneuver your way through unique and challenging levels. Lack of elegance, however, will get your *** in lava, and nobody wants any of that.

    Why similar: Action 100%

  49. #49 Tinboy
    73% matchMixed61% of 516 reviews2015
    Dev: Interactive Stone
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Tinboy is a puzzle-platformer, with a massive difficulty level.

    Why similar: Difficult 37.2%, Side Scroller 31.7%, Casual 13.9%, Action 10.5%, Indie 6.7%

  50. #50 Sensory Overload
    62% matchVery Positive94% of 177 reviews2026
    Dev: Pancake Studios
    Windows · Linux

    A dropper game designed to overwhelm your senses. Twisting tunnels, psychedelic patterns, and breathing walls assault your sense of balance as the chaos escalates with every level.

    Why similar: Casual 45.1%, Action 42.9%, Indie 12%

  51. #51 Cursed to Golf
    66% matchMostly Positive73% of 808 reviews2022
    Dev: Chuhai LabsPub: Thunderful Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    Cursed to Golf is a challenging golf-like adventure where every shot counts. Players are tasked with making it out of Golf Purgatory to become a Golfing Legend. With insane hazards, otherworldly power-ups and tons of replayability, will you make it back alive or will you forever be… Cursed to Golf!?

    Why similar: Difficult 51%, Side Scroller 34.8%, Action 14.1%

  52. #52 Revenge of the Headless
    70% matchMostly Positive78% of 55 reviews2018
    Dev: Sloth Studio
    Windows

    A brick adventure game. Every time will change the dungeon, use your head to kill a blood road, Durahan.

    Why similar: Difficult 32.5%, Casual 29.8%, Action 21.4%, Indie 16.3%

  53. #53 Brainmelter Deluxe
    69% matchPositive98% of 52 reviews2019
    Dev: Cosmocat
    Windows

    Melt your brain with this twisted take on the platform genre!

    Why similar: Difficult 45.2%, Side Scroller 38.1%, Action 11.1%, Indie 5.6%

  54. #54 Swiftly
    71% matchMixed51% of 142 reviews2016
    Dev: Cleverweek
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%

    Swiftly is a very challenging platformer game. It has simple graphics and easy to understand rules, but you are going to have a hard time completing the levels.

    Why similar: Action 63.5%, Indie 36.5%

  55. #55 Cavern Escape Extremely Hard game!!!
    71% matchMixed42% of 475 reviews2017
    Dev: White Dog GamesPub: SA Industry
    Windows
    Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Cavern Escape is a challenging platformer puzzle game where precision and patience are the key to success.

    Why similar: Casual 36.9%, Action 24.1%, Difficult 20.6%, Indie 18.3%

  56. #56 Warlock's Tower
    69% matchVery Positive98% of 53 reviews2017
    Dev: MidipixelPub: Whippering
    Windows · Mac

    A punishing puzzler with elegantly designed levels around one brutal rule - one move equals one life lost.

    Why similar: Difficult 57.1%, Indie 42.9%

  57. #57 Beat This Game To See Hot Lady
    61% matchVery Positive92% of 119 reviews2026
    Dev: Del "DeeDave" Huband
    Windows

    This will be one of the worst games you'll have to endure. Are you brave enough to walk down that path?

    Why similar: Difficult 59.5%, Psychological Horror 24.1%, Action 16.4%

  58. #58 Driving Is Hard
    62% matchVery Positive82% of 265 reviews2025
    Dev: Elegant Horse Studios
    Windows · Linux

    Prove your skills by driving the Bathtub on Wheels! Solve puzzles, collect soap, and dive into Jeff's family drama. Drive, Fall, Learn, Repeat.

    Why similar: Difficult 64.1%, Psychological Horror 35.9%

  59. #59 The Devil is in the Details
    62% matchVery Positive99% of 69 reviews2024
    Dev: HideWorks
    Windows

    A survival horror spot-the-difference game set in a twisted Hell gameshow. Demons will distract you, torment you, or try to kill you. The Arbiter is your mysterious guide—sometimes helpful, sometimes...not so much. Spot the anomalies or suffer the consequences.

    Why similar: Indie 100%

  60. #60 Pro Office Calculator
    66% matchVery Positive92% of 548 reviews2018
    Dev: Rob Jinman
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A completely normal office calculator.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 67.2%, Indie 32.8%

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