Is I Wanna Be the Guy Hard? Difficulty Rating 8.8/10

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I Wanna Be the Guy

Full Release (2007)

DIFFICULTY

8.8/10

Extremely Difficult

(18 ratings)

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Difficulty Summary

Players rate I Wanna Be the Guy as hard overall, with regular moments that require persistence and repeated attempts.

Why Players Find It Difficult

Players often find this game difficult because of several demanding mechanics:

Punishing enemy and boss encounters that require pattern recognition
High penalty for mistakes, often resetting significant progress
Combat demands precision timing rather than raw stat power
Tight movement and timing requirements throughout

Who Will Find It Difficult

I Wanna Be the Guy is likely to be difficult for many players, especially beginners or those unfamiliar with the genre. Players with prior experience in similar games will usually have an easier time adapting. Players who rated games like Ghosts 'n Goblins, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, and Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy at a similar challenge level may find I Wanna Be the Guy broadly comparable in difficulty.

User Defined Tags:

18 ratings

avg: 8.8

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Based on 18 ratings on Normal/Default difficulty, the average score is 8.8/10. Most players rated this game around 10.

Developer(s)

Kayin

Publisher(s)

Kayin

Genre(s)

Shooter, Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie

Platform(s)

PC (Microsoft Windows)

Keywords

game reference, declarative title, death, dark humor, voice acting, multiple endings, precision platforming, plagiarism, abstract, bullet hell, wall jump, teenager, coming of age, falling sequence, pop culture reference, difficult, rock music, copyright infringement, pixel art, bloody, superhero, meme origin, fake glitch, explosion, save point, punctuation mark above head, internet culture reference, disorientation, unstable platforms, parody, jump scare moment, boss fight, deliberately retro, falling object, freeware, platform exclusive

About I Wanna Be the Guy

I Wanna Be the Guy: The Movie: The Game is a 2D platform indie freeware video game created by independent developer Michael "Kayin" O'Reilly for Microsoft Windows using Multimedia Fusion 2. First released in October 2007, the game is not in active development despite being listed as a beta, though the source code for the game was released by Kayin in November 2011. IWBTG is most famous for its difficulty. Most of the landscape is engineered specifically to kill the player character. Alongside a traditional range of recognizable dangers, such as spikes and pits, there are many less obvious threats as well, most of which are all but impossible to avoid without either previous knowledge or trial and error.

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