The Best Difficult-to-master Games

Update 17 April 2025: Toward aliens and beyond added at rank #1.

Here are our 10 Best Difficult-to-master Games:

Toward aliens and beyond
Penny's Big Breakaway
Tangle Rope: Twisted 3D

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Toward aliens and beyond (2025)

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Toward aliens and beyond is a shoot'em up game where you make your way through wave of aliens. Destroy, get experience, upgrade and repeat. Can you resist 20 minutes?

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casual
difficult-to-master
shoot-em-up
rogue-like
aliens
arcade
scroller
heart-pounding
shooter
easy-to-learn
2d
pixel
reflexes
hardcore
controller-support

Penny's Big Breakaway (2024)

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Nintendo Switch Xbox Series X/s Xbox One Xbox Series X Playstation 5 PC Windows j

Join Penny & Yo-Yo in a kinetic 3D-platformer bursting with innovative gameplay. Showcase your catalog of tricks and chain impressive combos. Flee from Eddie the Emperor’s massive penguin army as they chase you across the planet.

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3d-platform
difficult-to-master
easy-to-play
3d
platform
innovative
mystery

Tangle Rope: Twisted 3D (2023)

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IOS iPhone

Tangle Rope: Twisted 3D is a brainteaser puzzle game that will challenge you and keep you interested as you try to solve puzzles with ropes and lines. The controls of the game are responsive and flexible, which makes for a fun gaming experience.