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How Hard Is The Binding of Isaac?

The Binding of Isaac sits at 7.11 in HDII player votes, and the franchise has only gotten harder since. By Repentance it climbs to 8.32, where not one player rated it below a 7.

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How Hard Is The Adventures of Elliot?

The Adventures of Elliot sits at 5.4/10 in player votes, but that average hides a huge range. Easy mode is a walkover and normal is breezy; the real challenge only shows up once you pick hard.

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How Hard Is Empulse

1047 Games' movement shooter sits at 7.4/10 in early HDII votes. Easy to enjoy and brutal to master, its real difficulty is a skill ceiling that punishes hesitation and humbles newcomers.

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The Hardest Precision Platformers, Ranked by Player Votes

Super Meat Boy leads at 9.03/10 from 30 ratings. Getting Over It sits at 8.67, Jump King at 8.13. Celeste, the most-rated entry with 38 votes, averages 7.82. Fan games excluded. Player-voted difficulty rankings of the hardest precision platformers.

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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

Top 100 Hardest Games of All Time

ranked by player difficulty votes

The HDII Top 100 ranks the hardest video games of all time using player-submitted difficulty ratings. Explore the most difficult games ever made, compare weighted difficulty scores, and filter by year, genre, platform, or keyword.