HDII Top 100

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

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HDII Top 100

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Game	Release Year	Rating	Weighted Rating	Number of Ratings
God Hand	2006	9.2	9.0	15
Battletoads	1991	9.0	8.8	11
Ghosts 'n Goblins	1985	8.9	8.8	14
Ninja Gaiden	1988	8.9	8.7	11
Super Meat Boy	2010	8.9	8.7	18
Nine Sols	2024	8.7	8.4	15
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice	2019	8.6	8.4	45
Cuphead	2017	8.5	8.3	37
Touhou Kanjuden: Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom	2015	8.6	8.3	8
The Evil Within	2014	8.5	8.3	11
Devil May Cry	2001	8.5	8.2	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
Bloodborne	2015	8.2	7.9	29
La-Mulana	2005	8.1	7.9	9
Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest	2015	8.2	7.9	6
Dark Souls II	2014	8.2	7.9	31
Spelunky Classic	2008	8.0	7.8	10
La-Mulana 2	2018	8.0	7.8	8
Dead Cells	2017	7.9	7.7	15
Touhou Koumakyou: The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil	2002	8.0	7.7	8
Demon's Souls	2009	7.9	7.6	26
Lies of P	2023	7.9	7.6	15
Dark Souls III	2016	7.9	7.6	34
Dark Souls	2011	7.8	7.5	30
Celeste	2018	7.6	7.5	27
Super Ghouls'n Ghosts	1991	7.7	7.4	9
Sifu	2022	7.6	7.4	13
Devil May Cry 4	2008	7.7	7.4	6
Darkest Dungeon II	2021	7.5	7.4	6
Returnal	2021	7.5	7.3	19
Hollow Knight	2017	7.5	7.3	42
Blasphemous	2019	7.4	7.2	17
Shovel Knight	2014	7.3	7.1	18
Don't Starve	2013	7.2	7.0	10
Castlevania: Order of Shadows	2007	7.1	7.0	9
Elden Ring	2022	7.2	7.0	59
Final Fantasy VIII	1999	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
Castlevania: Rondo of Blood	1993	7.0	6.8	9
Super Mario Bros. 2	1988	7.0	6.8	12
Bayonetta	2009	7.0	6.8	6
Castlevania: Circle of the Moon	2001	6.9	6.7	11
Castlevania	1986	6.9	6.7	9
Counter-Strike 2	2023	6.9	6.7	17
Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening	2005	7.0	6.7	20
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
Doom Eternal	2020	6.7	6.5	6
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow	2005	6.6	6.5	10
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty	2001	6.6	6.5	5
Signalis	2022	6.6	6.4	5
StarCraft	1998	6.6	6.4	5
The Binding of Isaac	2011	6.4	6.2	5
Chrono Cross	1999	6.3	6.2	6
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
God of War II	2007	6.2	6.0	14
Final Fantasy V	1992	6.2	6.0	5
Hades	2018	6.3	6.0	34
God of War III	2010	6.1	6.0	15
Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn	2000	6.1	6.0	8
Undertale	2015	6.2	5.9	5
Final Fantasy IX	2000	6.1	5.9	10
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes	2004	6.1	5.9	10
Baldur's Gate 3	2020	6.1	5.9	26
Hades II	2024	6.1	5.9	14
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night	1997	6.1	5.9	20
Metroid Dread	2021	6.1	5.9	17
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
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
God of War: Ascension	2013	6.0	5.8	14
Ori and the Blind Forest	2015	6.0	5.8	14
Red Dead Redemption 2	2018	5.9	5.8	15
Resident Evil 4	2005	5.9	5.8	18
God of War	2005	5.9	5.7	14
Resident Evil 5	2009	5.9	5.7	11
God of War Ragnarök	2022	6.0	5.7	22
Counter-Strike	2000	5.9	5.7	8
Resident Evil 6	2012	5.9	5.7	10
Final Fantasy XV	2016	5.9	5.7	19
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption	2007	5.8	5.7	10
Metroid Prime	2002	5.8	5.7	11
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
Outer Wilds	2019	5.9	5.6	22
Resident Evil Village	2021	5.8	5.6	12