The Hardest Puzzle Games

These are the 55 hardest puzzle games as rated by the How Difficult Is It community, ordered from most to least punishing. Super Meat Boy Forever leads the list at 9.0/10, ahead of The Lion King and Aeterna Noctis. Every score is averaged from real player votes, and a game needs at least five ratings to qualify.

Game	Release Year	Rating	Weighted Rating	Number of Ratings
Super Meat Boy Forever	2020	9.0	8.8	7
The Lion King	1994	8.9	8.7	11
Aeterna Noctis	2021	8.9	8.7	9
N++	2015	8.6	8.4	10
A Difficult Game About Climbing	2024	8.5	8.3	10
Sunblaze	2021	8.5	8.3	10
The Evil Within	2014	8.5	8.3	11
Cloudberry Kingdom	2013	8.4	8.2	10
VVVVVV	2010	8.3	8.1	13
La-Mulana	2005	8.2	8.0	10
Spelunky Classic	2008	8.0	7.8	10
Electronic Super Joy	2013	8.0	7.8	10
La-Mulana 2	2018	7.7	7.4	13
Astalon: Tears of the Earth	2021	7.6	7.4	7
Marble It Up! Ultra	2023	7.4	7.2	10
Tunic	2022	7.1	7.0	7
Blue Prince	0	7.0	6.8	16
Metroid Fusion	2002	7.0	6.7	7
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow	2005	6.7	6.6	11
Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia	2008	6.6	6.5	11
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past	1991	6.3	6.1	18
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening	0	6.2	6.0	10
God of War	2005	6.2	6.0	16
Resident Evil 4	2023	6.1	5.9	7
Unexplored	2017	6.0	5.8	10
Ori and the Blind Forest	2015	6.0	5.8	14
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes	2004	5.9	5.7	13
Resident Evil	1996	5.8	5.6	12
Resident Evil 3: Nemesis	1999	5.8	5.6	12
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard	2017	5.8	5.5	17
Outer Wilds	2019	5.7	5.4	24
Rogue Legacy	2013	5.6	5.4	18
Undertale	2015	5.7	5.3	9
Fallout 2	1998	5.6	5.3	7
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds	2013	5.5	5.3	11
Resident Evil 2	1998	5.4	5.2	14
Shadow of the Colossus	2005	5.4	5.2	5
Portal	2007	5.3	5.2	6
Metroid Prime	2002	5.4	5.2	14
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time	1998	5.0	4.8	23
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild	2017	5.0	4.8	26
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom	2023	4.9	4.7	20
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess	2006	4.8	4.6	11
BioShock 2	2010	4.8	4.6	15
Castlevania	1999	4.8	4.6	12
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom	2024	4.7	4.5	14
Refunct	2015	4.5	4.3	10
Psychonauts	2005	4.5	4.3	18
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker	2002	4.3	4.1	16
BioShock	2007	4.3	4.1	12
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword	2011	4.1	3.9	14
Dead Space	2008	4.0	3.8	6
World of Goo	2008	3.6	3.4	5
It Takes Two	2021	3.5	3.4	13
Tetris	1989	3.5	3.3	19

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