HDII Top 100

Difficulty Rankings

Find the most difficult, or the easiest, games as rated by players. Games must have at least 5 difficulty ratings to be ranked.

	Game	Release Year	Rating	Weighted Rating	Number of Ratings
	God Hand	2006	9.1	8.9	17
	Battletoads	1991	9.0	8.8	11
	Ninja Gaiden	1988	9.0	8.8	12
	Hollow Knight: Silksong	0	9.0	8.8	5
	Ghosts 'n Goblins	1985	8.9	8.8	14
	Super Meat Boy	2010	8.9	8.7	18
	Nine Sols	2024	8.8	8.5	16
	Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice	2019	8.7	8.4	46
	Cuphead	2017	8.6	8.4	39
	Touhou Kanjuden: Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom	2015	8.6	8.3	8
	The Evil Within	2014	8.5	8.3	11
	Zelda II: The Adventure of Link	1987	8.4	8.2	8
	I Wanna Be the Guy	2007	8.3	8.1	10
	Darkest Dungeon	2015	8.3	8.1	11
	Spelunky 2	2020	8.2	8.0	11
	La-Mulana	2005	8.1	7.9	9
	Bloodborne	2015	8.2	7.9	31
	Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest	2015	8.2	7.9	6
	Spelunky Classic	2008	8.0	7.8	10
	Devil May Cry	2001	8.1	7.8	14
	La-Mulana 2	2018	8.0	7.8	8
	Dark Souls II	2014	8.1	7.8	33
	Dead Cells	2017	7.9	7.8	17
	Touhou Koumakyou: The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil	2002	8.0	7.7	8
	Dark Souls III	2016	7.9	7.6	35
	Lies of P	2023	7.9	7.6	17
	Demon's Souls	2009	7.9	7.6	28
	Dark Souls	2011	7.8	7.5	33
	Celeste	2018	7.6	7.5	27
	Super Ghouls'n Ghosts	1991	7.7	7.4	9
	Sifu	2022	7.6	7.4	14
	Darkest Dungeon II	2021	7.5	7.4	6
	Returnal	2021	7.5	7.3	19
	Hollow Knight	2017	7.5	7.2	44
	Blasphemous	2019	7.4	7.2	17
	Don't Starve	2013	7.2	7.0	10
	Shovel Knight	2014	7.2	7.0	19
	Tunic	2022	7.0	7.0	5
	Elden Ring	2022	7.2	7.0	61
	Castlevania: Order of Shadows	2007	7.1	7.0	9
	Final Fantasy VIII	1999	7.1	6.9	10
	Castlevania: Rondo of Blood	1993	7.1	6.9	10
	The Legend of Zelda	1986	7.1	6.9	14
	Castlevania: Harmony of Despair	2010	7.0	6.8	12
	Super Mario Bros. 2	1988	7.0	6.8	12
	Devil May Cry 4	2008	7.1	6.8	9
	Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening	2005	7.0	6.8	22
	Castlevania	1986	6.9	6.8	10
	Castlevania: Circle of the Moon	2001	6.9	6.7	11
	Counter-Strike 2	2023	6.9	6.7	18
	Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance	2002	6.8	6.6	13
	Blasphemous II	2023	6.7	6.6	11
	Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia	2008	6.7	6.5	9
	Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow	2005	6.6	6.5	10
	Signalis	2022	6.6	6.4	5
	Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty	2001	6.6	6.4	7
	StarCraft	1998	6.6	6.4	5
	Bayonetta	2009	6.6	6.3	9
	Doom Eternal	2020	6.5	6.3	8
	Chrono Cross	1999	6.3	6.2	6
	God of War II	2007	6.4	6.1	17
	Super Mario Bros.	1985	6.3	6.1	15
	The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past	1991	6.3	6.1	16
	Final Fantasy IV	1991	6.2	6.1	5
	Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow	2003	6.3	6.1	13
	The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening	0	6.2	6.0	9
	Final Fantasy V	1992	6.2	6.0	5
	Hades	2018	6.3	6.0	34
	Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn	2000	6.1	6.0	8
	God of War	2005	6.2	6.0	16
	Metroid Dread	2021	6.2	6.0	19
	Final Fantasy IX	2000	6.1	5.9	10
	The Binding of Isaac	2011	6.1	5.9	7
	Resident Evil 4	2023	6.2	5.9	6
	Baldur's Gate 3	2020	6.1	5.9	26
	God of War III	2010	6.1	5.9	19
	Hades II	2024	6.1	5.9	14
	Baldur's Gate	1998	6.0	5.8	6
	Final Fantasy XIII	2009	6.0	5.8	7
	Final Fantasy XI Online	2002	6.0	5.8	12
	Afterimage	2023	6.0	5.8	6
	Castlevania: Symphony of the Night	1997	6.0	5.8	21
	Ori and the Will of the Wisps	2020	6.0	5.8	18
	Final Fantasy	1987	6.0	5.8	5
	Final Fantasy III	1990	6.0	5.8	5
	Ori and the Blind Forest	2015	6.0	5.8	14
	God of War: Ascension	2013	5.9	5.7	17
	Metroid Prime 2: Echoes	2004	5.9	5.7	12
	Resident Evil 4	2005	5.9	5.7	20
	Counter-Strike	2000	5.9	5.7	8
	Resident Evil 6	2012	5.9	5.7	10
	Metroid Prime 3: Corruption	2007	5.8	5.7	10
	Final Fantasy VI	1994	5.9	5.7	7
	Resident Evil	1996	5.8	5.6	12
	Final Fantasy XIV Online	2013	5.8	5.6	14
	Resident Evil Village	2021	5.8	5.6	12
	Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2020	5.8	5.6	11
	Final Fantasy XVI	2023	5.8	5.6	18
	The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds	2013	5.8	5.6	10
	Devil May Cry 5	2019	5.9	5.6	8