Top 30 HARDEST Video Game Levels of All Time

[@WatchMojo]

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[@stevenkurtz2730]

#23

[@chrazychris8636]

i only played loz ocarina of time and have beaten the water temple, so that was the most dificult one i played

[@mojo3318]

The labyrinth zone act 3 from Sonic the Hedgehog.

[@himmelleviathan8959]

Play Level 8 in Lightning Force IV on Sega Genesis. This is hard ;)

[@theoldblood3804]

That God of war level made me put the controller down

[@WoFTurtle]

This video summoned the entire Geometry Dash community to remind you that Tidal Wave has 200 frame perfect inputs

[@alfvs1234]

I LIKE BRAWL STARS

[@CatkinsonGD]

I don't think you guys truly understand how absurd Tidal Wave actually is. Something like that takes years to beat, because either you have to beat a lot of other levels to get good enough to play any single part in it, or you spend that time grinding it out, only to get nowhere, either of which only a handful of people have managed to even try. It's so far ahead of just about anything else here.

[@Nuxiz-fr]

Fr

[@madasf7552]

True

[@900bpm]

true

[@TheCometTeam]

Someone already spent over 2 mil attempts on tidal wave and is only halfway there...

[@marshi7777]

I'm sorry but Tidal Wave is so much harder than everything above it, it's astonishing. Tidal Wave is so much harder than everything on this list that it shouldn't even be on it, it's a user made level so it's not a fair comparison. But putting Tidal Wave anywhere but 1st is just completely incorrect, it is significantly harder than everything on the list.

[@CatkinsonGD]

It's actually a joke how laughably harder it is than basically anything else here.

[@aidansmachines]

A Mario level being put harder than TW is the funniest thing ever

[@beggo_]

​@@TheRealCoolNoah idk if youve played geometry dash but to go from nothing to beating tidal wave would take like at least 5 years

[@marshi7777]

@@beggo_ 5 years is honestly pretty generous too lol, there are many players that have played for much longer than 5 years and are nowhere close to Tidal Wave

[@beggo_]

@marshi7777 yeah lol ive played for 7 and my hardest is unknown

[@Darkswe]

Tidal wave is harder than everything else on this list combined and it's not even close 😭

[@Jhomzz26]

watchmojo capping gd before GTA6

[@swift4593]

Watch mojo is always good at unintentionally rage baiting

[@sirbennn]

You are telling me a super mario level is harder than tidal wave 💀

[@Tms_7267]

Exactly no mario level will beat 200 frame perfects

[@900bpm]

"200 frame perfects" irrelevant ass difficulty measurement

[@MPTDog]

​@@900bpm how is fucking 200 frame perfects irrelevant?

[@KingBoo97]

Yes. Trials of Death or ver5 speedrun though, not this C-3 joke.

[@PikaXY_]

​@@Tms_7267 reminder that top players don't play on 60fps lil buddy (there isn't even close to 200 frame perfects)

[@epictoast]

as someone who hasn't beaten any of these tidal wave is the hardest here

[@jack-xn3wb]

u beat tidal wave

[@jalovec7997]

​@@jack-xn3wb what do you mean?

[@kanegd2990]

Tidal Wave should easily top the list, I dont see anybody taking over 100k attempts to beat a level from the lost levels, ninja gaiden, or battletoads, nor do I see any of those games having a level with a single frame perfect input, where Tidal wave has 200

[@Melotaku]

Tidal Wave is so far above anything in this list it's not even funny. I've beaten a few of the levels from this list and they are NOTHING compared to Tidal Wave. Heck the top 3 of this list in a row without dying is probably easier than Tidal Wave.

[@EMOJlZ]

Frame perfects is a bad way to gauge the difficulty. Youd be playing this level on either 240/360 fps or cbf, neither of which contain a single frame perfect. (The timings would still be excruciatingly difficult) that along with it not accounting for every other timing in the level. And matching them up as if they had the same skillset makes this assessment, while correct, unfair towards battle toads.

[@HyperionGD]

@@EMOJlZNot to mention the way that frame perfects work in GD make some frame perfects WAY harder than others on higher refresh rates/cbf

[@lolwut]

putting a mario level or really anything else in gaming history above Tidal Wave is wild because it takes about 5 years minimum of preparation before somebody is even able to comprehend the gameplay in tidal wave

[@roynijssen7813]

Trimming the Herbs from the original Mario Maker is harder for sure

[@beggo_]

​@@roynijssen7813 ive seen TTH and i can gaurantee it is easier than tidal wave tidal wave takes at least around 3-4 years of preperation to get ready to play it (if you are naturally good) and it could take millions of attempts even when you are ready for it. TTH is semi-niche too, much less people playing smm1 hardest level than the hardest level in Geometry Dash

[@congregationn]

@@roynijssen7813100% not

[@lukecarroll19]

lolwut opinion. must be based.

[@lusenjuguese]

​​@@roynijssen7813 It doesn't matter man, there's like... only 3 people out of everyone in the world that has beaten Tidal Wave ever since it's verification in September 2023

[@RichConnerGMN]

tidal wave is harder than every other level on this list, back to back, 5 times in a row. and even then, it wouldn't be close

[@caljeet4002]

As a gd player, I don’t think this video fully describes how unbelievably difficult tidal wave is, so let me paint you a picture. Gd is a game that updates with its refresh rate. So it takes inputs every frame. This creates a concept of a frame perfect, where a player only has one frame to complete a timing. For example, 60 fps frame perfect means you have 1/60 frames to do a timing. Just one or two of these timings can give a level an insane or even extreme demon rank. So how many frame perfects does Tidal Wave have? TWO HUNDRED! I’m not sure what the 3 levels placed above tidal wave on this list are, but they have to be absolute hell if they’re considered harder.

[@EMOJlZ]

No one’s beating tidal wave on 60 fps though. And you’re also completely ignoring literally every other timing a level can have

[@Frezing]

I agree with your take, but using frame perfects to portray the difficulty of tidal wave isn’t necessarily a great choice (especially because a vast majority of top players use CBF)

[@goldenboy86gd]

why did u say "insane or extreme" cuz no insane demon has any frame perfect (but there are some clicks in harder insane demons that are close)

[@Frezing]

@ sword dance bro.

[@caljeet4002]

@@goldenboy86gd Sword Dance i think. Also its not rated, but Denounment is considered an insane demon by its victors.

[@BlueMaster256]

If this list was accurate, the entire list would be the Top 30 hardest Geometry Dash levels. Edit: mario maker players im sorry ive never played it so i didnt really know about it

[@mousepad5771]

Real facts

[@frankensteinwalkthroughs233]

Player created levels don’t count or else it would be Mario maker

[@haronka]

​@@frankensteinwalkthroughs233 Then why is Tidal Wave on?

[@frankensteinwalkthroughs233]

@@haronka because it’s the acception to that rule

[@Gooey]

@@frankensteinwalkthroughs233 why isnt it number 1 then lol

[@mousepad5771]

22:22 aint no way

[@BlueSailor19]

I’ve beaten C3 before, and it wasn’t really the hardest thing out there tbh. Tidal wave however? I cannot even get further than 1% of the level. Tidal wave is harder than everything else here combined, and it’s not even close. 3 minutes is LONG for a Geometry Dash Level, and especially for a level with that caliber of difficulty. I beat C3 on a whim. It didn’t require preparation. Tidal Wave? That requires at least 5-7 years of preparation just to be able to start practicing the level. Not beat the level, just practice it. Any level in the GD top 15 would top this list without a doubt, and by a huge margin. But Tidal Wave is so far beyond even the #2 spot that it’s not even close.

[@nicoscool2333]

I’d argue even a level as easy as Deadlocked sweeps every other entry on this list (besides tidal wave ofc and farewell from Celeste) and it’s not even close in most cases

[@TroyBoyJoy]

@@nicoscool2333 that's so cap I have beaten 5 insane demons and none of them come close to champions road

[@nicoscool2333]

@@TroyBoyJoy no offense but champions road, darker side, and perfect run are all much easier than ppl give them credit for, as they aren’t THAT hard, and unlike insane demons they aren’t the culmination of months of playtime. They’re just huge difficulty spikes for the games they’re in (besides darker side which is arguably easier than dark side). You have to remember that you’ve likely played hard gd levels for a lot longer than hard mario levels considering how easy the average Mario level is. Their difficulty comes from there being no good practice imo

[@exiled_shadegd]

⁠@@nicoscool2333I fully agree, I’ve played all of them as a kid (and I was honestly pretty bad at gaming as a kid) and they didn’t give me much trouble, especially champions road

[@funnyrockangry]

None of the top 3 are harder than tidal wave. Y'all underestimate simply how laughably hard that is. 300 FRAME PERFECTS (a timespan of 1/60th of a second being the only time you can click to make a jump) in a 3 minute level, taking the verifier of the level a total of 49,534 attempts. One. Person. C-3, or any of the other levels mentioned have been beaten hundreds, thousands or even TENS of thousands of times. None of those levels come close to anything geometry dash related.

[@theseaarenaGD]

200 frame perfects, but still, miles harder than anything else

[@WhyLonk]

btw, can i just say, the verifiers attempt count is insanely low for the levels difficulty. i have more hours in the game than zoink, and a level in the top 300 range took 50k atts as well. there are multiple players with over a MILLION attempts on the level who arent close to beating it

[@mynanaysp]

​@WhyLonkYeah honestly his attempt count on the top 1 is absurd. And usually the verifier takes more attempts than others who beat the level later. Just insane..

[@WhyLonk]

@@mynanaysp zoink is an unreal human being fr

[@l0vergirll]

Zoink played on 360fps. People will not be playing Tidal Wave on 60fps, negating many of the “frame perfects”.

[@Urlastnerve]

Not one Ghost and Goblins level in this entire list is insane

[@georgemorris8565]

ghouls and goblinoids is kind of cool in my option i know hot take

[@Limegreenedragon]

That game is hard by default

[@tidepoolclipper8657]

Or heck even F-Zero GX chapter 7 on the harder difficulties, all versions of Eggman Land, and even one of the chapters from Fire Emblem: Thracia 776.

[@JakePorter-ly2to]

Fucking silver surfer was the worst as well

[@Urlastnerve]

@ true, but granted it was a very popular video. Just notoriously hard

[@lloydedwards968]

GTA: SA, the RC Plane is exponentially harder than Wrong Side of the Tracks.

[@prettifacegab3420]

True but that more so a side mission

[@8ojack]

That RC plane is the reason why I stopped playing SA and never beat it 😒

[@genius179]

@@8ojack same here. Never finished it due to that mission. It’s more annoying than the mission in Vice City where you have the mini helicopter and you have to place like the dynamites at the construction site. Then the construction workers starts hitting it too

[@8ojack]

@@genius179 And that level is the reason why I never finished VC 😅

[@lloydedwards968]

@ Same!

[@gatosapimentados2281]

Tidal wave is by far harder than everything else in this list

[@Patrick61804]

C3 above Tidal Wave is wild

[@Tomays]

Did yall rank these with random number generator? Because I dont think enough research was made if u place tidal wave like that.

[@flamingbird101]

Congratulations on summoning the entirety of GD twitter and the GDDL here! The reason why this blew up is simple: Every level in here (except for Tidal Wave from Geometry Dash) is an official level made by the developers of the game. Tidal Wave is the hardest *custom* level in Geometry Dash. It is miles harder and as of December 2024 only three people have beaten it EVER.

[@CEOofVenezuela]

im pretty sure they used a roulette to order this cuz there's no way that tidal wave isn't top 1

[@SonicGlitchmaster1]

It’s not comparable to Turbo Tunnel. I don’t care how much time and effort has to go into it. Turbo Tunnel is always going to be the top

[@CEOofVenezuela]

​@@SonicGlitchmaster1 boot up GD real quick and play tidal wave

[@goldenboy86gd]

tidal wave should be at number 1 it has 200 frame perfects including the first click

[@lukecarroll19]

also the last click is a 120fps frame perfect.

[@goldenboy86gd]

@ no since all rated levels HAVE to be theoretically possible on 60

[@lukecarroll19]

@@goldenboy86gd When was this ever stated? fyi, Nullscapes is featured, and it's impossible on 60fps.

[@goldenboy86gd]

@ i decided to play tidal wave in practice mode (even tho i used speedhack) and the last click was possible on 60 (unless i got lucky with alignments who knows)

[@lukecarroll19]

@@goldenboy86gd a click can be a frame perfect on 60 and 120. Just because it's possible on 60 doesn't exclude it from being a 120 frame perfect

[@McMiner3244]

Oh wow! You guys actually included Tidal Wave from Geometry Dash! Makes me happy, considering I've been an avid Geometry Dash player since 2018!

[@Cursify3]

tidal wave is easily number 1 by miles tho

[@TECHNOFISHYGMD]

People truly underestimate how hard tidal wave is, it could take one person months even years just to do it once, the amount of time and skill needed for Tidal Wave, better yet GD alone is insane

[@Helentar]

Tidal wave is so massively harder than pretty much anything else on the list and it’s not even 1st place here? Wth

[@jordenrl]

Sorry but Tidal Wave is the hardest thing here (coming from both a GD and super mario player)

[@bain8renn]

tbh i feel like even bloodbath would probably top this list at one, and that hasnt been in the top 150 in like 3-4 years at this point. the actual #1 gd level being at 4 here is very silly

[@captainblubber]

Whenever I see Turbo Tunnel on these lists I know nobody on their team actually finished Battletoads 🐸

[@coffeebean_tamer]

😂😂😂

[@shigshug8581]

30. Wrong Side of the Tracks "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" (2004) 29. Can't Wait To Be King "The Lion King" (1994) 28. Path of Hades "God of War" (2005) 27. Perilous Passage "Donkey Kong Country Returns" (2010) 26. Angel Slayer "Bayonetta" (2009) 25. Blighttown "Dark Souls" (2011) 24. The Guy! "Super Meat Boy" (2010) 23. Champion's Road "Super Mario 3D World (2013) 22. The Impossible Lair "Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair" (2019) 21. Death Mountain "Zelda II: The Adventure of Link" (1988) 20. Tubular "Super Mario World" (1991) 19. Welcome to the Machine "Ecco the Dolphin" (1992) 18. Water Temple "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" (1998) 17. Parking Garage Tutorial "Driver" (1999) 16. Path of Pain "Hollow Knight" (2017) 15. Mile High Club On Veteran "Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare" (2007) 14. Slippery Climb "Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy" (2017) 13. Flying Machine "Shovel Knight" (2014) 12. Through the Fire and Flames "Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock" (2007) 11. Assault "Hotline Miami" (2012) 10. Dark Side of the Moon "Super Mario Odyssey" (2017) 9. Ringed City "Dark Souls III" (2016) 8. Farewell "Celeste" (2018) 7. The Perfect Run "Super Mario Galaxy 2" (2010) 6. Dr. Willy's Castle "Mega Man 9" (2008) 5. Water Dam "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" (1989) 4. Tidal Wave "Geometry Dash" (2013) 3. C-3 "Super Mario Bros. The Lost Levels" (1986) 2. Stage 6-2 "Ninja Gaiden" (1988) 1. Turbo Tunnel "Battletoads" (1991)

[@Spectre1301]

Thank you kind user! You're the real MVP! 👍

[@coffeebean_tamer]

17 Driver dear gawd i just up 😂

[@brandiecopeland2937]

The amount of times I rage quitted Lion King because of that level istfg

[@Madridiq8e]

THANK YOU ! if i can give you a 1000 likes i would !

[@qbking3]

congrats you've summoned the entire geometry dash community to tell you that tidal wave is by far the hardest level on the list and it's not even remotely close

[@gordoGD]

Seeing a geometry dash level on this list had me stoked!

[@Cursify3]

yeah but its easily number 1 by miles

[@prittdestroyer]

Man WatchMojo has been cranking out bangers lately.

[@CertifiedMVP]

What bangers? I'm seeing a lot of repetition across all genres.

[@jclkaytwo]

5 different mario levels? including tubular and darker side, which aren't even that difficult? nah, not a banger

[@mountbennis]

⁠@@jclkaytwoi just beat saw II a few days ago, game has some of the most batshit insane mathematician minigames that need beat within a short time limit with plenty of distractions, and i still wouldn’t even put that on this list there are plenty of hard games that all the hipsters such as watchmojo will never beat that should be on this list, i’m surprised beating minecraft on normal difficulty wasn’t on this list seems like something these hipsters would find hard

[@justmasterjustred3509]

I can understand these games are hard as well but compared to Geometry Dash, there like a hill vs mount everest.

[@firstnamelastname7990]

I've noticed newer games aren't as difficult anymore

[@Maxjuliann]

They make them mickey or else this new gen of kids will cry

[@CG_0121]

Yup i had the same thought playing Majora's Mask the other day. So much harder than BOTW or TOTK

[@d43m0n412]

It's because these older games were designed for game cabinets... and just ported to consoles later... they were designed to make money off paying for continues

[@Welverin]

@@d43m0n412 Let's not forget the outright bad game design many of them had as well. When they weren't infested with deliberate bullshit, they had inadvertent bullshit. Either way, they were full of bullshit.

[@jclkaytwo]

@@d43m0n412 that is just factually untrue lol. none of the games on this list originated in arcades.

[@Scoreman8626]

I've beaten the perfect run and all of battletoads, and looking at tidal wave, I'd say that the amount of motion blur, obatacle overload, and split nanosecond reaction timing gives it true number 1 earnings. And also, the only reason turbo tunnel is always on these lists is because hardly anyone ever makes it past it. The rest of the game is even worse.

[@starcluster2593]

the first 3 people who beat it took this many attempts to beat it 1, 49,534 2, 70000~ 3, And one which i couldnt find an attempt count for but probably around the same oh yeah those are the only 3 who have beat it even though the level was beaten first in september 2023 and that takes months not even including the years you need to even get to a point where you could maybe attempt to beat it

[@matthewharris517]

Back in the arcade days devs made games difficult on purpose, so more money would be spent to continue Most games now are more forgiving

[@brandonrobinson529]

“all we have to do is follow the damn train! CJ” 💀💀💀💀😂😂😂😂

[@BarksyBoy1827]

Honourable mention to some of the levels in Rayman - that game was the bane of my childhood

[@shadow-scope-fsm7165]

Space Mama's Crater would be my pick for the toughest level in that game.

[@zachtheobald3802]

Mile High Club was an absolute nightmare. I did it both on the original and remastered games. I did it quicker on remastered because of the experience. It took me only three days to get all the achievements for the remastered.

[@foxymetroid]

The worst part is, on the highest difficulty, you have to take out the last guy with a headshot. And you aren't told this until you make the mistake of shooting him anywhere else.

[@onlinedevil1432]

Stormy Ascent, the level which was cut from the original Crash Bandicoot game is 'a lot' harder than Slippery Climb.

[@Henklansen]

Thanky you! Completing the time trial on stormy ascent is still one of my greatest gaming achievements ever 😅

[@beepduck]

tidal wave is unfathomably far above anything on this list. there are people who are attempting to beat it who would seem to have godlike abilities at geometry dash to the average person who have spend close to 2 million attempts on this level and still not even got halfway through

[@exiled_shadegd]

ngl I bet the rest of the top 10 would make this list too

[@krogdog]

Honorable mention goes to escaping the Death Star at the end of Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (SNES)

[@toddtbrannon]

We don't speak of those things.

[@brianhatcher2799]

That was BRUTAL!!

[@aic8326]

ALL them star wars games on SNES should be on this list!

[@andrewseeley3614]

I cant tell you how many attempts it took me to finally beat the Perfect Run in SMG2. Probably hundreds. Maybe even thousands. And I had to take a ton of breaks, sometimes days or weeks at a time, to keep some level of sanity before beating it. But the satisfaction from beating a level like that is indescribable.

[@goldenboy86gd]

ok great now try beating tidal wave 😁

[@blueaxolotl6302]

Just a few that come to mind -Running Hell from Cave Story -stage 5/6 from Touhou LoLk (especially at high difficulty) -Several of the levels from Super Ghouls and Ghosts

[@daisyvivar1350]

I would include the rechart to Afterlife DX (Beatstar)

[@fluggy20033]

Trial of Acrhimedes from GoW Ascension and "The Ripsnorter" level from Sackboy were first to spring to mind for me.

[@wellno7179]

The race from Mafia should be on this list.

[@PikaSmasha]

Tidal Wave should've been #1, it has over 200 frame perfects and took the verifier, the best player we've ever seen touch the game (At least at that point), who has access to some extreme tools like FPS Bypass and has extreme skill that has been gathered over several YEARS, 50,000 attempts to beat it just once.

[@meyeboy2]

the blood level in Max payne still gives me nightmares with that baby cry

[@michaelcamp4990]

another "Hardest Levels" WatchMojo video, and another Battletoads Turbo Tunnel #1 entry. it's deja vu all over again!

[@d43m0n412]

I mean... they're not wrong though... I feel like if there is to ever be a level harder then that... we are all in trouble... cause remember this was a game designed for arcades and that meant to get people to spend money to play it... so yeah... this mission generated a lot of money by itself 😂😂😂

[@GarthTheDestroyer]

@@d43m0n412 It was an NES game.

[@benjaminpeterson455]

@@d43m0n412Two words, Clinger Winger

[@citiz19n]

There are harder levels in battletoads, the one with the wheel chasing you is one of those, the rat race

[@xyan07]

They find mario levels "hard". Such a Joke

[@jonmacleod7137]

SMB: THE LOST LEVELS isn't a game. It's an unholy curse from The Beast we call The Desolate One.😈

[@Shojogurlp]

I'm surprised that neither the Pachinko Game level or Secret of the Village Underside from Super Mario Sunshine didn't make it onto this list. The Pachinko Game level was incredibly frustrating because of an invisible force pushing Mario right until he reaches the center of the board, which makes landing in the left holes much more difficult.

[@kingbowser6991]

OMG Watchmojo you unlocked a core memory, i remember playing that Driver tutorial at my cousins house over xmas break, i remember thinking wtf why is this tutorial so insanely hard.

[@DonkeyKongGD]

to whoever made this list, try to get 2% on tidal wave.

[@BurrritoYT]

get 1 full click and release in vsc

[@DonkeyKongGD]

@@BurrritoYT lol

[@ag4-z4z]

Cortana from Halo 3 on legendary was very difficult and frustrating!

[@taariqumair7240]

This comment section is full of gd players💀 i agree tho, tidal wave is harder than any of these on this list

[@taariqumair7240]

There's only 3 people on the whole world that beat tidal wave, u can't be comparing it with others

[@exiled_shadegd]

dude watchmojo messed UP

[@treiden]

I really don't get why people think Can't Wait To Be King is difficult. It is literal pattern recognition, that is all. I remember finishing this level when I was 6

[@Chiater]

Yeah I totally disagree with that one. I had way bigger problems with that second to last level in that game, that was the maze. And then the last fight solely because it required you to throw scar, a mechanic you were never taught before! I kept button mashing to try to get him to do it and sometimes it just didn't happen

[@WilliamJester-sd7rh]

I completed The Perfect Run, 2 years ago, and I swear I CANNOT describe how stressed I was at the part with the hammer bros, and I felt SO relieved after I finally got past it.

[@LakeFX]

Never beat it, even after 3 years of trying. I feel like my life is incomplete.

[@WilliamJester-sd7rh]

@ listen to Shia LaBeouf, seriously, he has a motivational video where he tells you to “JUST, DO IT!”

[@ghostdemon4079]

Ever tried p-ranking P-2 from ultrakill ?

[@thegame-t5x]

I was gonna say the exact same thing

[@aaronedson8188]

I could never land that stupid jet on the aircraft carrier in Nintendo’s Top Gun.

[@chuckobscure5622]

*Konami’s Top Gun

[@aaronedson8188]

@ Just referring to the console which I played it on only

[@starcluster2593]

i cant even get past the 1st click in tidal wave

[@e11aguru]

Turbo Tunnel isn't even in the top 5 hardest levels in Battletoads.

[@Limegreenedragon]

Nah, it's hard af.

[@e11aguru]

@@Limegreenedragon It's still one of the easier stages in the game. It's not even the hardest vehicle stage.

[@georgkeller3225]

Wtf are you talking? Thats where most of all people stopped to play this game​@@e11aguru

[@8ojack]

Battletoads was such a fun semi difficult game right up until the turbo tunnel… then it gets turned up to insane! It’s like one of the programmers wanted to punish all of the gamers for getting dumped right before they designed this level 😅

[@wormspeaker]

It's even harder when playing co-op. Both players need to finish the level perfectly. Either one failing causes both to fail. My buddy and I back in the day managed to beat it but it took literally 12+ hours.

[@Limegreenedragon]

​@@wormspeakerClinger Winger is the worst offender as it has a game-breaking bug where player two can't do the level

[@biggiebear4451]

The water temples are supposed to be a challenge using water. I found it quite simple.

[@mattiasolsson1523]

Underrated hard level, labyrinth zone from Sonic the Hedgehog.

[@tidepoolclipper8657]

Worst Sonic water level ever. Also don't forget about Eggman Land in all versions of Unleashed.

[@lloydedwards968]

@@mattiasolsson1523 The music still gives me anxiety!

[@SapienzPlays]

Best music tho...

[@mojo3318]

That's the one I just mentioned!

[@Exasoul]

If you think Labyrinth Zone is bad, you have not played Blue Marine Zone from Sonic Blast (specifically Act 2). it basically adds water physics to a game thats really slow already and its basically a maze

[@WOOKMEISTA]

Nice list! Glad I’ve finished at least under half of these titles. Including Ninja Gaiden NES 👌👌❤️

[@Chrisy45054]

This is true what I'm about to tell you all about #1. There is a speedrunner named TheMexicanRunner and he managed to deathless beat Turbo Tunnel... *_BLINDFOLDED!!!_*

[@8ojack]

That’s disgusting 😟

[@54raynor]

It’s not difficult. The pattern is exactly the same every single time and not particularly long. I used to be able to do it just from memory and the musical cues.

[@ImFireyBFDI]

tidal wave deserves #1. only THREE PEOPLE beat the level (Zoink the verifier, Trick and Popoff). Theres no way a mario level is harder than this

[@abubakarsadeeq3572]

I just started watching this video, if GTA vice city, demolition man mission isn’t ranked highly, i will be soooo mad

[@E-Clippz]

I remember the donkey Kong and Mario levels like it was yesterday, Im already having flashbacks 💀😮‍💨

[@scuba419]

You forgot trying to do Turbo Tunnel with 2 players. You want to finish a life long friendship? Have 2 friends try and make it through without breaking a controller over the others head

[@Limegreenedragon]

@@scuba419 Clinger Winger is worse. It has a game-breaking bug where player two can't do the level

[@TheJManOrRiot]

Love the epic music playing the background throughout the video

[@JaDangerz]

Does the Rugged Ridge from Cuphead count? I can't count all the number of deaths it finally took for me to finally beat that level. 😣

[@RK-fh4bp]

I hated the level with the bouncing roly-poly bugs and those damn wasps. Then the level ends with a mini boss while you stand on flies that keep dropping. Seemed like I could never get to the mini boss with more than 1 HP haha

[@coffeebean_tamer]

That whole game counts 😂

[@goldenboy86gd]

nope since tidal wave is harder than doing that 1000 times in a row with no deaths

[@realbup]

I can probably pick up C-3 and beat in in a week with no experience but tidal wave you need to give me a few years

[@lookas170]

most likely you wouldn't be even close to beating tidal wave even with many many years there's many average players who have put a lot of effort into tidal wave and barely made any progress it's a level that requires a lot of talent, skill and experience with the game, which is why only 3 top players have beaten it

[@asiureops6913]

Turbo tunnel is a breeze compared to clinger winger towards the end of the game

[@FireChuchu]

25:54 "there is no room for error" not a single frame perfect, while in tidal wave theres over 300???

[@DonkeyKongGD]

*200

[@braethenerd5109]

How tf did we enjoy the old school games like TMNT as kids? Lol

[@eatYoself]

Cause it was the only option at the time

[@extrashifty578]

As kids we don't understand videogame concepts, Everything sounds fun. My dumbass thought Superman 64 was fun.

[@draconusfrigidus]

Timesplitters 2: Atom Smasher, on Hard difficulty. The game already gives you a hint with having only one or two checkpoints per level and no way to replenish your health (save for the preceding level of Neo-Tokyo...and only if you know where to find the secret character who can heal you). Atom Smasher ramps up the pain by not only forcing you to find bombs under a very strict time limit, but also having to do multiple mini-escorts as you can't defuse the bombs yourself and instead have to find and escort scientists to do it for you...and on top of that, the level throws another twist with one bomb that requires you to play a crane game to pick it up and drop it in a garbage disposal all while the clock keeps ticking down. If that wasn't enough, you also have to contend with enemies popping out of every object that's big enough to contain a body, find fire extinguishers to put out fires blocking your path (and make sure you don't accidentally shoot them while trying to gun down enemies), and at the end of all that, you face a tough boss battle that's accompanied by endlessly spawning waves of timesplitters, and once the boss is down, the timesplitters will keep spawning in while you try to complete the final two objectives required for the level to at last end.

[@kenderstone1231]

Not just Tidal Wave, but Geometry Dash’s top 50 levels are GOD DAMM DIFFICULT that even take MONTHS or even A WHOLE YEAR (considering playing a few hours a day) to beat JUST ONE level. That’s just for the VERIFIED levels, the unverified ones (or what GD players call “Impossible levels”) are so difficult that players CANT get through just 1% of it regardless of their skills. Geometry Dash may seem easy, but in fact, it is REALLY DIFFICULT

[@kenderstone1231]

So if this list IS correct, all 30 of them are top 30 hardest GD levels. I am not glazing the game, I just wanna say the TRUTH

[@goldenboy86gd]

@@kenderstone1231i agree but WHY are u TYPING like THIS

[@kenderstone1231]

@@goldenboy86gd I want to emphasize those WORDs

[@Phobozothebozo]

if we're counting user generated content then there are probably other games which compare

[@thenitro9667]

Tidal wave at #4? What did they use to rank these, a random number generator?

[@Xxatanaz]

1:15 Disney doing something predatory? 😮

[@rngtango810]

"The Phoenix" from NotITG is the pinnacle of community rhythm game modcharts. It's essentially a boss rush gauntlet containing some of the hardest sight reading gimmicks cranked up to an even higher degree of difficulty. Similar to Tidal Wave, the visual effects and speed tests the human limit of observation and short term memory. For those who are familiar with DDR, if something's given a difficulty rating of 20, you know you're in for a treat.

[@goldenboy86gd]

but on everybodys soul tidal wave is MILES harder (scratch miles actually its LIGHTYEARS harder)

[@rngtango810]

Oh for sure. Rhythm games are silly.

[@Shiawase813]

22:23 The hell?

[@ethereal41]

every aspect of your profile checks out lol

[@michaelsea1524]

I'm glad to see Ringed City on the list. Midir was the first boss I couldn't beat up until that point in the series. Only to realize a lot later that there were more tough fights after Midir in that dlc 😂

[@pancakespanckaespancakes]

Tidal wave is number 1. No other discussion 😂

[@Wobbly4873]

Hey tidal wave is the hardest thing here by an enormous margin

[@Nny2005]

Turbo tunnels is number one?? I do that one easily now, lets talk about everything AFTER that.. it gets much much worse. Tunnels is a cake walk compared to the rest of the game.

[@aic8326]

Try it co-op though....

[@Nny2005]

@aic8326 oh I know, no one else can get through it with me lol. It's hard but pretty much evening else after that is much worse. It's only on this list because most don't get further. It's burned in my brain now though, I can get it first try ezpz

[@aic8326]

@@Nny2005 haha yep.. whenever I played with my cousin, we barely ever made it the tunnels cuz I would always beat him up in the game haha and it would be game over... And it was only level 3 as I recall... I found the hardest level that I never got the hang of was that one where you're being chased on that unicycle thingy.. HATED that, could never figure it out. The rest weren't too bad.. maybe the water level lol

[@Nny2005]

@aic8326 yeah, getting through the shaft with my cousin was terrible. Always accidentally wrecking balling each other

[@noctumdraco]

I remember Chapter 2 of Too Human being a nightmare to play through. That has several areas with long stretches of open area in which enemies with hitscan laser beams were posted up and away and were able to snipe you from afar. If any of them had armor break as a modifier, it was more or less a guaranteed one shot no matter how well geared you were and you had little to no warning it was coming so unless you were already dodging when they shot at you, you were dead.

[@ItsArch._.]

I’m sorry but tidal wave is 20x harder than everything on this list combined. It takes months to beat that level at least. And that’s the hardest RATED level. Go search up levels like VSC and it’s even jarder

[@superdreamsgames4587]

VSC is not harder than tidal wave

[@ethereal41]

VSC is not harder than tidal wave. yes in terms of raw diffifculty it is harder but if for whatever reason it was placed on pointercrate it would bee at like #5, because it's that short.

[@ItsArch._.]

@@superdreamsgames4587 ok my bad. A level like cycoloc (however u spell it) or god forbid the new gens parodies ton 618

[@lookas170]

it takes months IF you're very talented and experienced with the game, which is why only 3 top players have been able to beat it if not, you just can't beat it basically

[@exiled_shadegd]

VSC is nothing compared to Tidal Wave lmao, extend it to the max length of 30 seconds from 18 and then we’ll see

[@tylerjburkhart]

I’m surprised none of the Death Wish levels from A Hat in Time made the list. Especially if you’re counting challenges. Cruisin’ For A Bruisin’ is nothing to sneeze at!

[@birdbonanza9407]

The best geometry dash players pulling off several often frame perfect inputs in quick succession when they have to do a couple blind trampoline jumps in Super Mario Bros: 🥺

[@Teodor-u5k]

You chose the wrong moment of the wrong God of War game.

[@WakenerOne]

Yes. Trials of Archimedes!

[@NathanBroughton35]

Even I, a Geometry Dash player, don’t understand how hard Tidal Wave is. I just know that it requires 200 60fps frame perfects to beat it.

[@Cursify3]

its easily number 1 by miles, watchmojo is mentally challenged to even consider putting it below number 2

[@nicoscool2333]

Sorry but what crackhead put an smb2 level above tidal wave any of the lost levels stages are laughably easy compared to even easy demons in geometry dash

[@Phillyjoe2]

I saw that they put the driving test level from Driver on here, but did not mention the final level of the game: the Presidents Run. That level was INSANELY difficult! Good video though

[@tarum4153]

ohh Battletoads I remember. The true endboss was your coop partner

[@boomchick2216]

ha ha ha! So true.

[@dyedyeding]

x) puting tidal wave number 4 is prime example of not knowing the insane pixel perfect timing on every jump in the lvl tidal wave is and i guarantee you impossible for prob 99.8% of the ppl reading this comment rn

[@goldenboy86gd]

*frame perfect (cuz a pixel perfect belongs more in a game like mario)

[@robynwolph3836]

Animal Antics from DKC2? No? Okay

[@Chiater]

Its toxic tower for me

[@Deuteromis]

Those spinning pillars in God of War drove my crazy. I think it took me close to two hours to finally get past that level. Years later I learned why it was insanely hard. Turns out the developers didn't think the game was going to be a huge seller so they didn't do proper beta testing on that level.

[@bizquit05]

GD IS NOT A RHYTHM GAME

[@Yoshikage-Bowie]

Rhythm based

[@limezillaofficial]

Where's my boy "P-2" from ULTRAKILL? Also I'm just confused on how a Mario level from 1986 is harder than a Geometry Dash level with hundreds of FRAME PERFECT TIMINGS.