The Best Unforgiving Games - Page 3

Update : The Goblin Game added at rank #21.
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The Goblin Game (2025)

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This isn’t a game. It’s a vertical meltdown disguised as one. Climb as a gripless goblin in the most unforgiving platformer of the decade.

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  • unforgiving
  • precision
  • 3d
  • platform
  • parkour
  • lore
  • third-person
  • magic
  • exploration
  • stylized
  • funny

22

Septic (2025)

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Septic is a gripping precision platformer where you navigate an underground sewer, mastering challenging jumps and dealing with significant setbacks. Test your skills and perseverance in this intense escape adventure.

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  • unforgiving
  • platform
  • precision
  • 3d
  • parkour
  • linear
  • exploration
  • first-person
  • pixel

23

The Grappler (2025)

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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
  • logic
  • platform
  • physics
  • pixel
  • action-adventure
  • linear

24

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

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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

26

Grave Gunner (2024)

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PC Windows

A fast-paced gothic arena FPS focusing on stellar game feel. Survive as a gunslinger against waves of monsters, utilising smooth and expressive movement, sliding, rocket jumping, and formidable duel handguns.

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  • boomer
  • shooter
  • gothic
  • unforgiving
  • dark
  • arena
  • lovecraftian
  • first-person
  • fast-paced
  • bullet-hell
  • fps
  • stylized
  • survival
  • horror

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Trap Tower Trials (2024)

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PC Windows

Trap Tower Trials is a 3D single-player platformer that will test your dexterity with various traps and obstacles. This game is designed to be a challenge; therefore, we are not responsible for any peripherals broken in anger. Do you think you'll be able to climb the tower?

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  • unforgiving
  • precision
  • platform
  • 3d
  • parkour
  • linear
  • third-person
  • magic
  • medieval

28

REDO! (2019)

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PC Windows

REDO! is a game about a girl trying to find another human in a dystopian world overrun by biomachines. It's a lonely and evocative game about exploring the unknown and overcoming obstacles to see what is left.

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  • metroidvania
  • unforgiving
  • post-apocalyptic
  • nonlinear
  • dark
  • pixel
  • immersive
  • atmospheric
  • 2d
  • sci-fi
  • dystopian
  • adventure
  • exploration
  • action

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Dark Ascent (2024)

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PC Windows

Dark Ascent is designed to be a test of skill, patience, and perseverance. Every decision counts, and you must learn from your mistakes to climb higher.

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  • platform
  • unforgiving
  • precision
  • 2d
  • open-world
  • exploration
  • controller-support
  • difficult

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Ingression: Platforming with Portals (2024)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows

Ingression is an unforgiving & mind-bending precision platformer where you'll think and platform with seamless portals. Travel to the future to save the past from a tremendous time paradox.

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  • platform
  • unforgiving
  • precision
  • travel
  • 2d
  • cyberpunk
  • time
  • fast-paced
  • space
  • pixel
  • story
  • sci-fi
  • controller-support
  • atmospheric

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