Aeterna Noctis tops the chart at 9.13/10. Nine Sols climbs to #5 at 8.06. Hollow Knight sits at #14. Player-voted rankings of the 20 hardest Metroidvanias on Steam, with honorable mentions.
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Super Street Fighter II Turbo tops the charts at 9.71/10. Ninja Gaiden and Battletoads follow close behind. Here are the 25 hardest games right now, ranked by real player difficulty ratings.
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Pokémon Pokopia won't test your skills or break your streak. But it will quietly take over your evening, and the next one, and the one after that.
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Pragmata is fabulously made and overwhelmingly positive on Steam. But players hoping for a hardcore challenge may find themselves coasting through the standard campaign, waiting for the post-game to finally turn the dial up.
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Slay the Spire 2 is harder than the original, but not in the way you might expect. Act 1 bites harder, enemies scale faster, and the combat demands sharper thinking from the very first fight.
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Early ratings suggest Super Meat Boy 3D is hard, but the jump to three dimensions may have taken some of the bite out of the original's legendary ferocity.
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Sekiro carries an 8.7 on HDII and outranks Elden Ring, Hollow Knight, Silksong, and the Souls series, but it still doesn't take the site's top spot.
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