The Best Unforgiving Games

Update : Kick\'n Hell added at rank #15.
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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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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

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Exophobia (2024)

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Xbox One Xbox Series X Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch 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.


  • first-person
  • shooter
  • unforgiving
  • metroidvania
  • fps
  • boomer
  • action-adventure
  • combat
  • retro
  • reflexes
  • aliens
  • stylized
  • pixel
  • space
  • colourful

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Sockventure (2021)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows

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
  • fast-paced
  • comedy
  • replay-value
  • retro
  • book
  • controller-support
  • funny

5

The Grappler (2025)

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early access PC Windows

Grapple or Fall. Inspired by brutally challenging platformers like Jump King and Getting Over It, this 2D adventure will push you to your limits, one frustratingly rewarding grapple at a time.

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  • unforgiving
  • 2d
  • souls
  • parkour
  • platform
  • logic
  • arts
  • physics
  • pixel
  • martial
  • difficult
  • action-adventure
  • linear

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FallNation Lost Stories (2024)

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early access PC Windows

FallNation: Lost Stories is a procedurally generated first-person roguelike filled with handcrafted locations, powerful upgrades, and an evolving storyline. Discover deeper questions about the fate of humanity in the cosmos, dive into the adventure and discover what lies beyond!

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  • rogue-like
  • unforgiving
  • time-management
  • first-person
  • immersive
  • underground
  • dungeon-crawler
  • horror
  • shooter
  • fps
  • post-apocalyptic
  • action-adventure
  • procedural
  • exploration
  • psychological

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Fish Hero (2024)

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PC Windows

A physics, parkour adventure! Launch yourself up a collection of biomes to reach the summit. Compete against friends by pushing them off platforms to throw them off course. Explore a unique world as a fish out of water.

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  • unforgiving
  • awkward
  • intentionally
  • controls
  • precision
  • platform
  • psychological
  • 3d
  • physics
  • horror
  • cooperative
  • multiplayer
  • difficult
  • third-person
  • exploration

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Bunches For Bart! (2024)

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PC Windows

Hike your way up an expansive African mountain, one grab at a time, in this gamepad controlled 'Foddian' platformer -- where any one bad fall could send you tumbling back down to the bottom.

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  • intentionally
  • awkward
  • unforgiving
  • controls
  • precision
  • parkour
  • platform
  • local
  • psychological
  • physics
  • narration
  • horror
  • funny
  • family-friendly

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Trackline Express (2024)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows Mac OS Linux

Embark on a thrilling journey through an unforgiving desert. You'll need to gather scarce resources and utilize your strategic and management skills to build a little train capable of overcoming attacks and fires.

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  • unforgiving
  • trains
  • resource-management
  • cartoony
  • hand-drawn
  • scroller
  • rogue-like
  • colourful
  • survival
  • cooperative
  • funny
  • crafting
  • strategy
  • casual
  • action

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The Fight: Aftermath (2024)

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Embark on a thrilling odyssey through a world torn apart by catastrophe. As a lone survivor, navigate treacherous terrain, scavenge for essentials, and confront the horrors of the apocalypse. Will you overcome adversity and rebuild civilization, or succumb to the chaos of the wasteland?

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  • base-building
  • tps
  • unforgiving
  • survival-horror
  • voxel
  • shoot-em-up
  • zombies
  • open-world
  • action-adventure
  • post-apocalyptic
  • survival
  • crafting
  • 3d
  • violent
  • exploration

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