The Hardest Simulators

These are the 26 hardest simulators as rated by the How Difficult Is It community, ordered from most to least punishing. Noita leads the list at 8.7/10, ahead of Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy and A Difficult Game About Climbing. 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
Noita	2020	8.7	8.4	20
Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy	2017	8.6	8.4	17
A Difficult Game About Climbing	2024	8.5	8.3	10
Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead	2013	8.5	8.3	11
FTL: Faster Than Light	2012	8.3	8.1	19
Caves of Qud	2015	8.2	8.0	13
Don't Starve	2013	7.2	7.0	10
Project Zomboid	2013	7.0	6.7	18
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II	2025	6.2	5.9	11
Unexplored	2017	6.0	5.8	10
Atomicrops	2020	6.0	5.8	11
Against the Storm	2021	5.9	5.8	18
Outer Wilds	2019	5.7	5.4	24
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare	2007	5.1	4.9	11
Animal Crossing: New Horizons	2020	4.8	4.3	16
Moonlighter	2018	4.1	3.8	17
World of Goo	2008	3.6	3.4	5
Pokémon Snap	1998	2.5	2.3	13
Pokémon Go	2016	2.5	2.3	11
Minecraft: Java Edition	2010	2.4	2.2	18
Animal Crossing: Wild World	2005	2.1	1.9	10
Stardew Valley	2016	2.0	1.9	24
Animal Crossing: City Folk	2008	2.0	1.8	9
Cookie Clicker	2013	1.8	1.7	12
Animal Crossing	2001	1.7	1.5	10
Animal Crossing: New Leaf	2012	1.6	1.5	10

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