The Best Unforgiving Games

Update : Reverse Collapse: Code Name Bakery added at rank #12.
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Will You Snail? (2022)

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PC Windows Playstation 4 Xbox One Nintendo Switch

A unique platformer where an evil AI predicts your movement. Dodge AI-spawned traps, solve optional puzzles and uncover the dark secrets of the simulation.

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  • platform
  • unforgiving
  • artificial
  • intelligence
  • precision
  • 2d
  • fast-paced
  • scroller
  • short
  • comedy
  • puzzle
  • non-linear
  • funny
  • story

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Sockventure (2021)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch

In this challenging 2D platformer game, play as a Superhero and help the Kid to find all the missing socks inside the cursed washing machine, Sockventure has stunning colorful graphics, hand-crafted levels, tight controls and fun ever-changing gameplay.


  • platform
  • unforgiving
  • superhero
  • 2d
  • precision
  • collectathon
  • comic
  • scroller
  • comedy
  • fast-paced
  • replay-value
  • retro
  • book
  • hardcore
  • controller-support

3

Sunblaze (2021)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows Nintendo Switch

Lead Josie, aka. Sunblaze into a superhero training simulator built by her dad, a retired protagonist fighting the evils of our universe. Sunblaze is a brain-twisting precision platformer with hundreds of challenging levels, an awesome story, a superb soundtrack, and a beautiful game design.


  • platform
  • superhero
  • unforgiving
  • precision
  • 2d
  • puzzle
  • training
  • stylized
  • scroller
  • controller-support
  • cartoony
  • cute
  • pixel
  • story
  • robots

4

FLASHOUT 3 (2022)

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Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch Linux Mac OS PC Windows

FLASHOUT IS BACK! Where high speed meets high stakes. Where unforgiving combat, loud electronic music and addictive boosts of adrenaline mix up to separate winners from losers. Where gravitation is nothing more than an empty word. Take part in an exciting, head-to-head fight to the finish!


  • racing
  • unforgiving
  • auto
  • cyberpunk
  • tutorial
  • 3d
  • immersive
  • bullet-hell
  • simulation
  • split-screen
  • flight
  • driving
  • vr

5

Help Will Come Tomorrow (2020)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Xbox One Linux

In an uninhabitable Siberian wilderness, in a wake of October Revolution, a group of passengers survives the mysterious catastrophe of Trans-Siberian railway train. They must endure in a harsh ice-clad climate until rescue arrives. Facing many dangers, their own weaknesses and, their own prejudice.


  • survival
  • unforgiving
  • rogue-like
  • resource-management
  • immersive
  • choices
  • narration
  • simulation
  • political
  • historical
  • atmospheric
  • management
  • strategy
  • crafting
  • story

6

Exophobia (2023)

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PC Windows

Explore and fight your way through a crashed human spaceship infested with relentless hordes of aliens as you become more powerful with exciting weapon upgrades and powerups in this retro inspired first-person shooter.


  • unforgiving
  • metroidvania
  • first-person
  • shooter
  • action-adventure
  • fps
  • space
  • stylized
  • colourful
  • pixel

7

NERVE (2021)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows

Hurtle through beautiful unforgiving worlds, where every frame is enthralling, every moment is exhilarating, every death is deserved, and every success is earned. RACE | DODGE | DIE | REPEAT


  • unforgiving
  • runner
  • abstract
  • soundtrack
  • racing
  • rhythm
  • psychedelic
  • arcade
  • fast-paced
  • third-person
  • difficult
  • surreal

8

Climber: Sky is the Limit (2022)

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Xbox One PC Windows

Climber: Sky is the Limit is a mountain walking simulator game where you become a winter climber. To succeed you need to plan the trip, prepare appropriate equipment, face extreme weather conditions and survive. Only the sky is the limit!


  • immersive
  • unforgiving
  • experience
  • snow
  • survival
  • management
  • simulation
  • nature
  • resource-management
  • choices
  • walking-simulator
  • inventory
  • sport
  • replay-value
  • atmospheric

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Cracked (2022)

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PC Windows Xbox One

Cracked is a difficult 2D Platformer. Dominate the leaderboards by completing the maps as fast as possible. Explore the abandoned Factory, the desert Pyramid and the jungle Temple.

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  • unforgiving
  • attack
  • platform
  • precision
  • time
  • 2d
  • character
  • linear
  • historical
  • customization
  • cartoony
  • score
  • minimalist
  • funny

10

Jumpfox: Always Running (2024)

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PC Windows

Jumpfox: Always Running is an intense precision platformer where control is key - but not over running. Jump and dash through rigorous courses, as you automatically run and change direction at walls. Ideal for both challenging solo play and exciting local multiplayer.

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  • unforgiving
  • local
  • precision
  • platform
  • 2d
  • cooperative
  • 4-player
  • nature
  • split-screen
  • scroller
  • multiplayer
  • pixel
  • psychological
  • controller-support

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