Top 20 Most Difficult Video Games of All Time

[@marqz900]

Kids born in 2000s: Have you ever beaten Dark Souls? Kids born in 1980s: Have you ever beaten a video game?

[@hakanstorsater5090]

There are some fairly easy games from the 1980s, such as the original Super Mario Bros (at least using warp zones).

[@SillySnowFox]

Dark Souls is the only game on this list I HAVE beaten.

[@alphagonomegarius5068]

@@SillySnowFox same

[@lukamagicc]

@@hakanstorsater5090 I still don't know a regular person that can beat the original mario bros WITH warp zones. AND no save states. "easy" lmao

[@lukamagicc]

@Brendan Lewis Not your mom

[@jury28]

The most difficult game is Half Life 3. Even Valve hasn’t finished it.

[@ChicagoRetroGamer]

haha, too good

[@Jeremy-ql1or]

Technically the hardest game ever is the book Winds of Winter.

[@ThatRandomGuyYoutube]

World's hardest game: *ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE MYSELF*

[@justanotherguy9516]

vavle is lazzy as hell i dont think they started making it yet :/ just look what happend to tf2 they didnt update it since 2011 :'(

[@charlottesemicolon3]

@@ThatRandomGuyKZbin easy game honestly

[@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

I've heard there are Battletoads speed runners. I can only assume they are the living embodiment of ADHD in a meth pipe, or they just hate life.

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

Hi, happy new year bud

[@Aya_02571]

How about both?

[@Aya_02571]

Wait, are you 2 separate beings, NANI!??!

[@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

@@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache Happy New Year, man.

[@warmaster2508]

Interesting so no same account :0

[@sethdon1100]

How difficult do you want Geometry Dash to be? All extreme demon players: *YES*

[@mashedupola]

I was waiting for a GD comment LOL

[@NeonGoal]

10

[@convicted-x-official]

Must admit that GD and Mario Maker doesn't count on this. Every game where the levels are designed by players themselves are out of this world... Who the hell did those Geometry dash Demons, not even considering those such as a game level... ;) Those are just cactus jack right up to ass.

[@hayden6700]

But the actual Geometry Dash levels are insanely easy. The game shouldn't be on here if you make the game harder yourself by playing user made levels

[@Chr1s_1986]

how difficult do you want a char in crypt of the necrodancer to be? Coda: YES

[@deviltrigger85]

Showing footage of people sucking at the games also adds to the effect.

[@Jack_80]

yeah whoever was playing that vvvvvv game and the lost levels really sucked and kept making the same stupid mistakes repeatedly. it was probably the same person playing those 2 games.

[@sam____bruh4263]

And cuphead, he literally gets hit and then walks straight into the boss.

[@loucok]

Cuphead is hard but not as any Contra

[@scorchx3000]

It's like those damn mobile game ads that show an idiot failing to win but they make the same stupid mistake 4 times.

[@epicgamer9453]

*naah* 7:25

[@davidw789]

They completely forgot Ninja Gaiden. This list is mediocre.

[@swarth8632]

I agree! Ninja Gaiden should definitely be on the list!

[@markabraham5956]

That goddamn wind

[@msaoichan]

This list could have been populated completely by NES titles...

[@jesjr2694]

ninja gaiden 3 gave me the most trouble. i honestly may have just stoppee playing it lol

[@JTrixXx]

David Whittle I was thinking the same thing! As someone who beat All of them on master difficulty before Dark Souls was a thing, I’m biased on what I think a hard game is. Haha. I was expecting it in this list.

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

WatchMojo: Top 20 most difficult games of all time Gamers: Wait, why do I hear boss music?

[@Aya_02571]

Gamers: Oh, crap....

[@yumesakamaki8455]

Oh Sh*t 😂🤣

[@fridge9734]

I just give up, you are omnipresent

[@yumesakamaki8455]

Me: *I'm smiling but I'm angry in the inside as I Yeeted the Controller out of the Window*

[@Aya_02571]

Rayth He’s in many places but, not wherever I personally go.

[@babbisp1]

0:24 20. Gradius (1985) 1:11 19. VVVVVV (2010) 2:08 18. Ikaruga (2003) 2:51 17. Silver Surfer (1990) 3:47 16. F-Zero GX (2003) 4:40 15. Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening (2005) 5:31 14. Takeshi's Challenge (1986) 6:18 13. Mega Man 9 (2008) 7:06 12. Cuphead (2017) 7:53 11. Ghouls 'n Ghosts (1988) 8:45 10. Contra: Hard Corps (1994) 9:32 9. Super Meat Boy (2010) 10:17 8. Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! (1987) aka Punch-Out (1990) 11:07 7. Dark Souls (2011) 12:02 6. Castlevania (1986) 12:48 5. Super Mario Bros: The Lost Levels (1993) 13:40 4. Celeste (2018) 14:28 3. I Wanna Be The Guy: The Movie: The Game (2007) 15:13 2. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (2019) 16:26 1. Battletoads (1991)

[@zay2k539]

Ty

[@ИапГоревич]

Wtf, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is easy. How it is harder, than Silver Surfer and I wanna be the guy and Celeste. Very, very overrated.

[@babbisp1]

@@ИапГоревич Have you played Crash 4? I completed it (106%) and that was probably the hardest I've ever done in a videogame. I almost cried out of frustration.

[@ИапГоревич]

@@babbisp1 Sorry, I didn't. Maybe, it's hardest

[@shadysorkin9214]

@@ИапГоревич Why is there still people that think "I found it easy" = "it's easy".

[@peterfamilyguy2040]

7:25 I love how the guy dies on purpose.

[@dronsito]

"Look how hard it is"

[@Sparkshot99]

El Pana Sintético lol

[@vietnamgamer9490]

El Pana Sintético lol i thought so too

[@allantan3494]

Yep lol

[@borje8108]

@@thewhiterabbit133 bruh

[@PJxpanterx]

I completed dark souls, I never beat the first level on ghouls and ghosts, yeah

[@PP-iq7co]

Yeah me to

[@cains0]

You’re giving me hope for Dark Souls

[@RUTH-km6ev]

Play Tubular Worlds my friends... Its a Shmup but not a Normal + Not really a "Bullet-Hell"shmup, but its sick, 3 lives*, no continues, a stupid shield you get after collecting 100 blue orbs ! that only shrugs off 1 small bullet, bigger ones + Lasers are deadly, AND after you died you loose all weapons and start the Level from the beginning..... Have Fun ^^

[@PJxpanterx]

@@RUTH-km6ev "Shump" sounds a bit to jewish for me ;) , but I will have a look :)

[@adaalonso]

Hollow knight is also more difficult than Dark Souls. The pantheon and the path of the way

[@zamsalak]

I cried screaming 'finally' when I beat the speeder level for the first in Battletoads. And my mom was watching me like 'this kid is no good'

[@GinjaNinja77]

I used to cry and scream at the top of my lungs at the TV. I also broke controllers and put a few holes in the wall. My parents' reaction ranged from mocking me to grounding me, and I deserved it.

[@michaelf9664]

@@GinjaNinja77 Getting grounded from video games: more than fair. Mocking: never ok. Parents do it sometimes anyway, so I'm not saying your folks must have been monsters, but don't go around thinking you deserve that even if you were a terror.

[@nickfitzpatrick2152]

I use to get hella mad would yell fuck outta nowhere when I died nothing too crazy and throw the controller but always at the pillow I knew damn well if I broke it I’ll be the one buying the replacement not my parent lol

[@GinjaNinja77]

@@nickfitzpatrick2152 I stopped throwing controllers when they went cordless and over $50 haha

[@hdckighfkvhvgmk]

you beat it, then the game is like "yeah nope lmao" because EVERY LEVEL after that one is harder.

[@alanbeardsley8346]

I am so proud of my childhood self for being able to legitimately beat Battle Toads! It took a LOT of practice, and parts of it really was more difficult with one of my brothers playing with me, but it was very fun.

[@Gaze73]

I still think meat boy is harder, one of the few games I didn't finish.

[@GuyFromSomeWorld]

@@Gaze73 I feel like those games are on two different levels. Meat Boy has very precise platforming but gives the player infinite lives and the levels are really short, while Battletoads has much easier gameplay but you only get 3 continues. To me, Battletoads feels more difficult because of that, as it takes so much more time to actually get to practicing the level you're stuck on once you get far into the game and you don't have very much room for failure, whereas in Super Meat Boy, you can just take it level by level and all the levels are pretty short. I _did_ get stuck on the very final level of the main story for a long time, though, and if you count the Dark World levels in, then Super Meat Boy's infinitely harder. Still, I think if you can beat Battletoads (without cheating), you can absolutely beat Super Meat Boy as well.

[@Gaze73]

@@GuyFromSomeWorld Of course I beat the story mode of SMB, but the dark levels were insane, I think I quit in the salt world.

[@Simon0]

I beat f zero gx on very hard 😏

[@cesarflores1145]

people overestimate the difficulty of these games man… not to knock your accomplishment but battle roads isn’t even top 50 hardest games of all time

[@ARIXANDRE]

Celeste: talks about depression but playing it causes depression due to rage quit.

[@SoulOfDerp]

Then you wont be depressed. Knowing how much you have to try before you can beat it is what making you depress.

[@marqz900]

It took me about 2 days to beat Celeste. Then I got to the B-sides.......

[@captainperiwinkle]

I didn't find Celeste so hard tbh, including B-sides

[@zaneaustin22]

Shlok Kalekar same

[@ugxsan]

@@captainperiwinkle Play C-sides and Ch 9 and collect golden strawberries (included 1A dashless) then come talk to me. :B

[@BobDolelol]

The most difficult game of all time is life.

[@Jack_80]

wish you got a reset in that game because i fkd up in it majorly when i was young and stupid.

[@yordan826]

You are spot on believe it or not.

[@yordan826]

@Simon Dewitt I'm won't disagree with you that having money makes your life easier but isn't everything, even with money your life could be miserable like a failed marriage(which for a rich person is twice as hard and tasking), and if there are kids is very painful or an illness that no amount of money can heal, even a wrong comment on social media has turned celebrities's life upside down. Life is dificult with or without money if you don't know how to play the game.

[@fabiojovanovich]

@@yordan826 Yeah, but you have money.

[@piedpiped3267]

Life is not that hard. I beat 3 other players at that board game

[@Thenematicphase]

"20 hardest games of all time" *shows cuphead* OK journalist

[@lancecurry7538]

I never saw _one_ CAVE game. Where's Dodonpachi? Where's Mushihime-sama? Where's Ketsui?

[@davidmock6981]

Cuphead is fucking brutal though. It's a very hard game.

[@GEB_Rosee_PPS]

@@davidmock6981 bruh, i've beaten it in 1 Day

[@michaelpopowich5095]

@@davidmock6981 i havent played it but from what ive seen of people playing it its frustrating

[@oliverquast1232]

Cuphead is difficult on it's harder mode but still manageable

[@legends166gd7]

Kids from 1980: Have you beaten battletoads? Kids from 2020: Have you beaten an extreme demon?

[@legends166gd7]

@DreSaidSo stop wot

[@ThatBish380]

Memories

[@pleaseshutup7053]

@@legends166gd7 don’t stop please these are hilarious lol

[@jar9074]

No, no i have not

[@sameeknowsitall]

Gd?

[@toddknaperek8225]

Beating Battletoads was the 90’s equivalent of being a dragon slayer. Hell, getting past the third level was an epic achievement in its own right.

[@gargangrg2116]

Never passed this damn third level. Too bad, the animation was really nice for the Nes, with the big punches and kicks..

[@MrYerak5]

Me and a friend have decieded to finish the game before we go to sleep, we have finished it at sun rise after ~9 hours and wanted to kill someone after seing the ending

[@norlout]

I came to the last lvl :) After googling i apperently came the the second last lvl :( Still tho...

[@Radiosilenced]

I got past the snake lvl or the or the jet lvl, whatever one comes later

[@GhalidiusTrident]

Oh man turbo tunnel... The place where if your friend died, you both restart.

[@richardm9055]

The NES Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles should've been on this list.

[@TonyTheTGR]

I bet it's a top 30 contender But then... DANCE DANCE REVOLUTION A

[@Nihontopride]

My brother beat it once because I said he couldn’t do it. I’m still not sure how he pulled it off.

[@marlonmontelhiggins8570]

@@Nihontopride - Man. It must take some balls to prove a statement like that wrong.

[@ashash9258]

Yes with dragon lair

[@mauriciogarcia4795]

Ita hard to believe somebody remade a level from that game on Super Mario Maker 2.

[@thetruej7872]

Simple. Ninja Gaiden. That game is hard, but I still love it.

[@cooonking5603]

@Jalen Payton thought I was the only one lol

[@Sevrion]

I still play this game religiously! Im pissed, it took me years to complete that game. I had some really awesome ninja cinimas of team missions.. and then the data got corrupted so I had to start over last month. 😭

[@thebrownbaldy]

Took me 5 years to finish it

[@unending_agony]

Yeah where was Ninja Gaiden, but I guess they could only choose two from soft games otherwise the whole list would be full of from soft games 😹

[@DarttheLegend]

@@unending_agony Ninja Gaiden is not From Soft

[@londoncalling05_47]

“Spike have never been more difficult in vvvvvv” Geometry Dash be like “That’s cute”

[@eltutel6808]

Ye

[@aflitiatorbinomoril9748]

these games r not even close compared to extreme demons thatPeople are trying to verify

[@callmedoruxisnoob]

Yeah, why isn’t GD there

[@aflitiatorbinomoril9748]

@@callmedoruxisnoob probably because they only counted the level that robtop make

[@col7004]

God this hits WAY different now that slaughterhouse and firework are verified. probably the pinnacle of modern possibilities for human standards.

[@jiroyuusha1222]

Me: Can't beat a simple game Speedrunners: Is that all?

[@kyleweir689]

"it requires pixel perfect platforming" moments later shows a kill where Mario lands way off the koopa but kills it

[@sabbathjackal]

He hit with that one pixel

[@amaneuensis]

@@sabbathjackal lol true

[@SpartanX360]

I was expecting Ninja Gaiden nes and it’s reboot.

[@XxsuperstudlyxX]

Ninja Gaiden NES without save states is fucking brutal, those eagles are insane with their knockback damage and scroll-back respawn bs

[@realhayabusa9515]

I see you too are also a man of culture

[@RobMoutrey]

I thought the same thing.. especially like Ninja Gaiden 3 The Ancient Ship of Doom on the NES.. Christ!!! I still can't believe I never beat it.

[@juancaca938]

That's right, Ninja Gaiden 1 after level 4 becomes a living hell on earth

[@TheKingOfReading]

NES versions, or even Ninja Gaiden Black...absolutely brutal

[@cmudd9788]

What about Tetris? The game that no one in the world has ever beaten

[@kingenderdragona4791]

I don’t think we count games you can’t beat

[@joyceangell6719]

Well in the gamboy version there is an end after level 8

[@oceanshrugs9235]

People have basically beaten it

[@josukehigashikata-jojolion8236]

💀

[@fannygranny9680]

@@kingenderdragona4791 It is possible to beat Tetris. There is a TAS run that reached the end. The game crashes at level 237. This crash is considered the end of the game, same as in Pacman. It is absolutely humanly impossible though. In fact, the vast majority of levels in the game are humanly impossible and haven't been reached by anyone.

[@watkinssixtysix]

Hardest games of all time -literally runs into a boss that’s standing still

[@StriderStryker]

You wanna know what’s even harder than these games on the list? _Finding a job._

[@KristianNikolla8]

Strider Stryker not really, I got my first job on the first attempt.

[@lex3800]

*finding a good job*

[@KristianNikolla8]

LEX there you go

[@Peppr67]

i'm a kid i don't have to worry about dat yet! if ur a adult den i'm out!

[@russianspysleazeball1126]

Strider Stryker I identified as a T Babe on my first and got hired that week not kidding

[@snodog00]

I mean, any game is hard when you play like in the video. Simon intentionally died to the dragon, running into easily avoidable enemies, unnecessary jumps, meatboy just ran into a buzz saw over and over again. The list also should have included Wings of Vi. That game is challenging. Way harder than Cuphead and Celest.

[@fenrir6685]

The worst part about Contra Hard Corps is that it was so hard and frustrating, it was actually addictive. I even feel like I want to play it again because of this video.

[@wagnermanin]

Replay factor is amazing, great game

[@kepabra3782]

I was expecting a Hollow Knight mention, with the gods and glory dlc, it easy surpasses games like Cuphead. Super meat boy could have been a fine addition too.

[@IskenderCaglarM41B441]

Kepabra There is super meat boy in the list

[@blackswan7098]

Its not on the list, cuz the general game isnt that hard. Its only P5 and some of them with bindings. I think they meant games that r hard to beat the regular game, thats all.

[@alextheconfuddled8983]

@@blackswan7098 its still part of the regular game, if you buy voidheart edition that wont be a problem because it comes with every dlc. And the dlcs are more like free downloadable updates

[@blackswan7098]

@@alextheconfuddled8983 true, but its a small part of the game and a huge difficulty curve. That would be like getting upset because FFXIV isnt on the list cuz savage raids r harder than most things in many games even tho its only the 1% of the game that 90% of players never experience...its not the "game" tho. Its like hyper lategame ONLY lol.

[@moiseslopez981]

@@blackswan7098 They had megaman on the list because of achievements, I think it would be fair to count a dlc as part of the game, especially considering absolute radiance is easily THE hardest boss in any videogame. That's not even taking into consideration beating the pantheon 5 on radiant. I expected hollow knight to at least be top 5 after seeing the games on the list. Also it's still a massive part of the game in terms of play time.

[@Jokers619]

"I CAN'T TOUCH THAT RED POT!?" - AVGN

[@GregoryAlanBaileygamereviews]

"God Hand" makes "Dark Souls" look like "Elmo's Letter Adventure" for the PS1.

[@Alexander-nr5tt]

And that's just on Easy mode.

[@JackHolleworth]

@@Alexander-nr5tt You’re not Alexander.

[@twikki9071]

Bit disappointed that the original Rayman didn’t make the list. Made me go crazy having to 100% just to get to the final stage and boss, good thing that for a game from 1995 it was absolutely gorgeous to look at.

[@wadebox7920]

Yea..Me sad

[@leafydreamsbwu]

bruh rayman is easy af i beat the whole game when i was like 8 lol

[@leafydreamsbwu]

i swear if i see 1 hate comment

[@twikki9071]

Your opinion, maybe you’re just naturally better at platformers than most others, including me.

[@Darskul]

"..What about Ghosts 'n Goblins?" *Everyone in the room gasps* "Son... we don't talk about Ghosts 'n Goblins..."

[@delvincalixbustillo5379]

They too forgot super gouls n' ghosts for SNES, it was the sequel, and its very difficult. I beated the game on professional mode recently.

[@Darskul]

@@delvincalixbustillo5379 Ghosts 'n Goblins is harder.

[@delvincalixbustillo5379]

@@Darskul I had never played Ghosts n Goblins, but I want to. If I beated Super gouls n ghosts on professional mode I think I can beat that one.

[@Darskul]

@@delvincalixbustillo5379 Let me re-iterate, it's 100x harder.

[@delvincalixbustillo5379]

@@Darskul OMG, if you say so... I will play beacuse I love hard games. Thanks for the recomendations.

[@jbizzle8491]

Honorable Mention on behalf of AVGN: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

[@kirabate]

That game isn't hard, it is just a programming and disigne nightmare

[@darkstar1417]

The reason I think games like GD and Osu don't make these lists is probably that their difficulty is derived from community content and not the base game, but that you also get a choice in what difficulty of levels/charts you play at all times. With Games like Osu and GD, the top levels/charts are completely nuts and easily trump these games. But these games are pretty hard throughout and you can't really do anything about it, whereas GD and Osu have easy stuff as well as hard stuff, you get a lot of choice in how hard you want the game to be by choosing what you play. I do feel music/rhythm games just get overlooked for these kinds of lists in general anyway tho, but I digress. If GD did throw you straight into top extreme demons (as official levels) and nothing else, then it would easily place 1st on this list by miles.

[@Burst644]

This exactly! Same with celeste mods too, they wipe the main game completely out the picture when it comes to sheer difficulty it's insane

[@milanek1527]

We count beating the game. And according to top players "beating the game" is to beat atleast some of the hardest levels and finish all of the main game stuff.

[@milanek1527]

And isnt that a good thing that it has a difficulty chart? The moment we count are the hardest moments in the game. For example you can play on easy mode for cuphead. We dont count that. We count the expert difficulty as its difficulty because we choose the hardest parts of the game to determine the difficulty.

[@milanek1527]

And its beating levels. Its like on cuphead but you can choose from all levels. Cuphead's earlier levels are easy.

[@Jheody]

very late but as someone who has beaten the first and last dark souls game as well as sekiro, beating only the main levels without playing any online levels and "completing" the game is harder than all of them.

[@gamerhours2815]

The Spelunky games should definetely be included in a hardest of all time list

[@danielpound1519]

I totally agree, both are great games by the way.

[@anasiunika]

Indeed

[@f15_eagle_pilot3]

Geometry dash extreme demons: Am I a joke to you Lol thank you for all the likes Its the most ive ever had

[@whatocallmyself5614]

Someone knows

[@lewisdodds1088]

Yea I Can't Even Beat One Extreme Demon

[@paul_s2188]

Tartarus

[@0verand0ver14]

VSC

[@KillingMachineMechanic]

No cap, but like .01% of players beat the top 10

[@vencelfoldi8236]

We should know the difference between "hard games" and "rage games".

[@Drakorre]

Yeah rage games shouldn't count

[@duhsty5877]

Agreed.

[@Littlefighter1911]

"Getting Over It" for example is not hard and definetly not a rage game. You can't talk about difference if streamers greatly influence the way you think about a game.

[@gu3z185]

@@Littlefighter1911 Getting over it is not a rage game? What's the definition of a rage game then?

[@Ryanisthere]

what does halo 2 legendary count as

[@huvarda]

Geometry Dash should have been on the list. Extreme demons are freaking insane!

[@stevejohnson4637]

Geometry Dash is really easy in itself, although some there are some very difficult community made levels.

[@losgatossonmuychidos]

Steve Johnson yep

[@hitster2441]

Yes

[@notan_alien881]

Steve Johnson the first few stages you should be able to beat in like five tries but the harder once just feel impossible

[@whatocallmyself5614]

I agree

[@VessanvsTheWorld-re7ve]

"Cuphead boss fights are the hardest " Metal Slug: Am I a joke to you?

[@Cale-dl7sr]

Celeste is so good though it’s in my top 10 favorite games of all time the music characters and storyline is absolute perfection

[@brehisvdnd1289]

Celeste fucking sucked. The gameplay mostly

[@slash6814]

@@brehisvdnd1289 mm9 was actually good

[@mazokuwolf1279]

I honestly don’t understand what people like so much about Celeste. It had a cookie cutter story of “overcoming and acknowledging you weakness to become a better person”. What is so great about the game that it distinguishes itself so much?

[@uwnbaw]

@@brehisvdnd1289 sounds like someone has a small truck and smaller hands

[@KwassaKwassa_]

@@brehisvdnd1289 yes hello i would like ur opinion please

[@golodupiku9109]

This list: made up mostly of good, well thought out games What this list should’ve been: any pay to win mobile game in existence

[@sunsfssb7699]

and Mario Maker.

[@alvargd6771]

Actually, the top one would in fact be a mobile Game: GEOMETRY DASH When you get yo the hardest levels (aka the Extreme Demons) like Astral Divinity or Bloodlust you see how fucking hard that Game is.

[@Betaster3000]

Alvar GD i cant even beat stereo madness

[@genieinthepot2455]

@@alvargd6771 Those are only the levels made by the community. That shouldn't really be counted in the difficulty of the game itself.

[@alvargd6771]

@@genieinthepot2455 1) featured levels are choosed by the creator itself 2) featured levels are over 99.9% of levels, Every single one choosed by RobTop. 3) They have a difficulty robtop itself added into the game, "extreme demon" 4) the community Would be dead by now if RobTop didn't make featured levels a thing. 5) the featured levels give secreto coins, stars and orbs as well as RobTop's levels (apart from the custom levels he made that were tutoriales, memes and an animación of a "snake" 6) I played for like 2 years, so stop talking about shit you little noob

[@whenandy1959]

"Here we have a list of 15 retro games we suck at, and then a few other games."

[@whenandy1959]

@waylon lewin wait what? Are they actually turning Celeste into a Netflix show? Dear God please no.

[@Gapthrosnir]

@waylon lewin Celeste is easy though, there's so many harder games, it's not even the hardest platformer

[@twilightprincess3886]

@Will Riley I agree. I didn't think Celeste was that hard. It did have some frustrating moments, but besides that not really. Also why is Hollow Knight not on this list!?!

[@GEB_Rosee_PPS]

@@twilightprincess3886 w/o Godmaster HK is easy though.

[@panerasfuneral2918]

G_E_B yeah but god master exists

[@MichaelJordan-uo2ke]

I loved battletoads. I still have it. Seriously the on some levels, you win by loosing so many times you finally win by muscle memory.

[@landismithCOJ]

I see the Silver Surfer and Battletoads descriptions and my first thought is AVGN.

[@SlothyVlogs]

Yep 😂

[@artstrutzenberg7197]

as soon as I heard Battletoads and Cup Head, my first thought was "The Mexican Runner" LOL (he has some amazing speed runs of both titles)

[@Xhoven]

The hardest things I have ever beaten in a video game: 4. Trial of the Sword, Final Trials - Breath of the Wild 3. C-Sides - Celeste 2. Dark Levels - Super Meat Boy (only one on this list I haven't finished) 1. Pantheon of Hallownest - Hollow Knight

[@ThePikeOfDestiny]

The hardest things I have ever beaten out of a video game: 4. m 3. y 2. w 1. i 0. f -1. e

[@vitocoppola6082]

@@ThePikeOfDestiny I *Shot* *My* _Wife_

[@prestongriffiths8257]

Maaaaaan the pantheon tho

[@ApathyTea]

Pantheon of Hallownest is just too much lmao, I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy.

[@herman7550]

good luck beating the D-sides

[@kapakala1000]

Didn't know that super mario is harder than dark souls. Intresting indeed

[@ToshiroSquad10]

Lost Levels not the Original.

[@evil3drummer]

I was surprised to see that one on this list. It's hard but not that hard.

[@sansdeltarune7510]

evil3drummer You have to beat the game 9 times to unlock the final worlds

[@iwoomy752]

@@evil3drummer SMB The Lost Levels is a brutally hard game. You'd know if you'd played it.

[@evil3drummer]

@@iwoomy752 Beat it several times lol

[@twentyyears4788]

My friend loves to play older videogames, and he recently beat battletoads. When he did he put a screenshot of this video listing it as the hardest video game, to prove his point to people

[@jackattack9977]

Geometry dash harder

[@gedu7653]

Watched this just for fun, but when F-Zero GX came on I jumped. I cleared that game 100% and it was freaking exploding when I did. I love that game.

[@jillgrimwater3726]

The list that makes me miss the days of Game Genie, Gameshark, and Action Replay

[@Itchy681]

I love Celeste, it’s even my favourite game of the decade but 4th hardest game of all time? Nah. I once heard someone say this but it perfectly sums it up: ‘Celeste is the hardest game anyone can beat’ It’s difficult but anyone can do it, the game movement is perfect enough for anyone to get the hand of it to finish the game

[@TgfkaTrichter]

You are right Celeste is not that hard, at least as long as you avoid the b-sides and the other extra content. The standard game is challenging, but doable. The game is still fantastic though.

[@Itzxkazer]

I disagree that game was insanely difficult, the reason anyone can beat it is because you instantly respawn with no repercussions in contrast to say darksouls where you lose your stuff and have a loading screen and everything respawns everytime

[@MurphShoots]

agreed. it's tough but nothing crazy

[@robsmith5434]

The B sides and C Sides are ridiculous.

[@theutubepower1243]

Chapter 9 Have fun wasting hours of your life only to realize you aren’t even close to finishing

[@Andrei-nz3ek]

Cuphead is actually pretty easy because when walking through the game you become a Master.

[@RomanTorchic]

Except Dr Khal’s Robot

[@masonclark2102]

In the game I got hit hard multiple times and I die over a thousand times

[@bonoxgamer]

So true lol

[@thegoatarmy6699]

The point of that game. You die so much that you come back stronger

[@doubleedge6656]

@@RomanTorchic I didn’t find that one that hard honestly

[@DAZWDocMiller]

Mojo: mega man nine is the hardest Megaman and bass: *confused screaming*

[@Naglfar94]

Oh god..I shudder at the thought of Mega Man & Bass I had to freaking cheat codes to even finish that one. that game was tough as nails even as Bass the classic equivalent of Zero from the X games.

[@aidanpina1182]

But could you beat airman

[@disneyvillainsfan1666]

Weapon breaks in Legend Of Zelda Breath Of The Wild Patrick Star: WHAT KIND OF PLACE IS THIS?!?!

[@mafuu432]

DisneyVillains Fan16 bro i can’t find any of the memories and when i think I’m close, this giant giant purple thing start one shotting me with lasers

[@Void_Echoes]

Mafuu Buildz Those damn Guardians. Until I got to a point in the game where I started getting better gear, I had my Sheikah sensor set to track Guardian Stalkers (The Decayed Guardians aren’t too problematic because they can’t move) and I’d stay the hell away from them. Every time I saw one in the distance I’d just go the other direction.

[@Void_Echoes]

The Guardian on the way to Zora’s Domain didn’t help very much because I’m pretty sure there’s no other way to get to Zora’s Domain for the first time without going through that area. Correct me if I’m wrong.

[@alfie_4767]

I’m stuck on the first divine beast...

[@cillirpepper6454]

@@alfie_4767 Just wait to the DLC...

[@ologames1185]

Geometry dash has entered the chat

[@Reneryx]

It took me 1.5 years to beat one of the levels

[@OvidiusL]

​@@Reneryx one of the first levels

[@thorwhoisacat]

I can’t beat level 1...

[@maxwellmegagamer8535]

Ben Amiibo Then learn how to play n00b

[@sparky4771]

It took me 1 day to beat the first 10 levels with less then 2000 attempts

[@adriandelta]

Touhou: *Lunatic Laugh*

[@bendysans1077]

Finally someone recognized it

[@dinosaur9406]

Indeed

[@vmrrobotic7069]

Touhou: am I a joke to you?

[@JMANTHEGERMAN]

Yes I think so

[@duhsty5877]

@Prado I feel like it would depend on if weather or not we including the fan games that stick its original bullet hell formula. Also would it be against the rules to bring in the RNG patch of touhou. Or does it not count with how it mods the game.

[@flamedarkflare]

@Prado cave.

[@jupitermonkey5687]

they put a harder one so we can let it pass. It's not like they can fill the entire list with bullet hells

[@FictionalFanatic]

@Prado any game that's a bullet hell in general is much harder than dark souls, Japanese games with there 8 different difficulties scare me.... Your not human if you complete games like those.

[@Xboxcampking334]

That battletoads gave me nightmares as a kid that car stage LORD

[@SpeedStar-cq5qy]

I still remember the moment I beat Battletoads. It was painful and tough but endured to make it to the end.

[@chrisdevore4648]

Legend says that no one has beat Battletoads.

[@thewitheredstriker]

@SpeedStar1007: You are a god.

[@oa7554]

No one ever finished Battletoads. You Sir are a lier

[@saysoun752]

I've never met anyone that has beaten Battletoads, without cheating. I've never beaten it and I've beaten several of the games that's on this list including Contra (w/o using the Konami code), Ghouls and Ghost (although only twice), Castlevania and F-Zero GX just to have a few. If you're truly beaten it than congratulations but if you cheated, then it doesn't count.

[@tungdil_1458]

Man i completed the fourth most difficult game ever? I feel kinda proud now

[@TheLambdaTeam]

Try Stalin Subway 2 then! Compared to that game, Dark Souls and Devil May Cry 3 are lemonade.

[@dfw4866]

Congrats bro

[@DJMrWaiter]

Right? Took me 3000+ deaths to beat farewell wbu?

[@tungdil_1458]

@@DJMrWaiter I don't know but propably even more, I spent hours on end on that.

[@DJMrWaiter]

@@tungdil_1458 mad props lol

[@brandonprater4613]

The "friendly fire" aspect of Battletoads was MOST infuriating... I almost broke the rental!

[@brandonprater4613]

@Chloe Potter Yeah. Every weekend was a begging contest, with my mother as judge.

[@saysoun752]

That's what made it so hard as two player mode was even harder than single player because of the friendly fire. Not only could you hit your partner, the game made it so that close combat was the norm so there was plenty of friendly fire. It's the hardest game I've ever played and it makes most games look easy. One of the very few games I've never managed to beat. Second was Ghouls and Ghost and Super Ghouls and Ghost as it only took two hits to get killed and there's very little health options. I did managed to beat both games once. Third for me was the Contra series as if it wasn't for the Konami code, those games were hard.

[@brandonprater4613]

@@saysoun752 For me, that was only half of the problem. The other half was my brother being OBSESSED with the aspect, to the point of ignoring, avoiding & even HELPING the enemy beat me up. If it wasn't for KZbin, I wouldn't know anything after level 2. But for what it's worth, it did allow me to discover a few details the creators threw in that most players didn't/don't know about.

[@maevearnold6598]

Celeste has to be one of the most beautiful games in this world.

[@nikolaikolev8252]

Trolling

[@godofdeath8785]

Agreed Celeste beautiful game

[@mr.lantern1111]

The fool didn't even factor in farewell. That would have easily put Celeste at #1.

[@kurtisschwartz9870]

@@mr.lantern1111 Play Battletoads and say that. Not just the one on the list either, the 1993 game battletoads in battlemaniacs is the hardest game ive ever played in my life and yes I own Celeste.

[@will_stevens]

I just beat it, one of my favourite video games ever

[@artchic528]

Damn you Battletoads! You sucked up precious hours of my childhood I can never get back! All of them on the speeder bike levels.

[@MichaelJordan-uo2ke]

key to speeder bike level, loose so many times you win only due to muscle memory

[@difubit4435]

Top hardest games: 1. Geometry dash (1. the third variant, 2. VSC, 3. abyss of darkness) 2. Jamestown (all on judgement) 3. Battletoads 4. Super Mario maker (top online challenges) Pretty much if you beat the third variant then ur a god, and you can argue with me all you want but theres nothing harder.

[@kdave9754]

Castlevania 3 was much harder than the original.

[@Murf_Workshop]

exactly what I thought as well. I beat the first one on my Dads NES, but I was never able to beat Castlevania III, and I hear that game is longer than the first as well

[@EazySCT]

My five minutes of fame is having my name printed in Nintendo Power for finishing it. My kids haaaaaate it when I remind them of it.

[@kdave9754]

@@Murf_Workshop Part 3 is definitely longer and twice as hard. I beat the original as well, and I actually made it to Dracula in 3 but I was never able to beat him.

[@CDRW24]

Specifically the international version. For some absurd reason, enemies deal more damage during the last stages compared to the Japanese release.

[@scifyry]

I use Sypha for most of it.

[@mightymosdef613]

WM: Sekiro is the hardest of the Souls games. Me, an intellectual: *Laughs in Bloodborne DLC and lower Chalice Dungeons*

[@Captain_Orphiel]

I no-lifed Bloodborne, and I still struggled to hell and back with Sekiro. Though NG+7 Orphan and Ludwig scarred me for life, and we don't talk about the lower Chalice Dungeons ;_;

[@strangething7379]

the Orphan of Kos was the hardest thing I've experienced in a video game. I really think Bloodborne should have been top 5 on this list just for that boss

[@davedude4947]

I agree but they probably don’t consider that because it’s optional content. Even though they show demon of hatred gameplay :/

[@miracsandikci5307]

Tomb of giants still the hardest for me

[@GenyaArikado]

Is it mostly because of the final boss that it is considered the hardest? I have friends who didn't beat the last boss and probably never will...

[@butter-i4687]

World’s Hardest Game from Coolmath: am I a joke to you?

[@oliveralvarez439]

You are a joke

[@connorhancock2096]

Butter I my exact thought as watching this video

[@icosahedrohn]

That game is easy!

[@hdckighfkvhvgmk]

but it's... not that hard. You get a feel for it after some practice because most of the game is just the same patterns and timing garbage.

[@viggothysinistertoaster2696]

The Binding of Isaac played on a phone. Might not be one of the 50th hardest games but it deserves a mention.

[@acidwizard6528]

BattleToads is probably the hardest game I've ever played. The first few levels are alright, but you get to the "Turbo Tunnel" and things escalate very quickly.

[@andrewpappas9311]

It doesn’t surprise me that Battletoads is number one, like, Jesus Christ

[@MegaNerfHerder1]

Demon Souls before Dark Souls. Everyone seems to forget that.

[@ManEaterBrainBug]

Both are hard. To me DS2 is probably the hardest.

[@chaoskiller6084]

@@ManEaterBrainBug We all have opinions, but I disagree with what you said. DS2 is much more restricted in its world and level design. DS1 lets you wander into several hard areas like Blighttown or the Catacombs from the very start. DS2 tends to guide you along a few paths at a time. Majula only connects to 2 areas at the start: Tower of Flame and the Forest of Giants. The enemy placement and behaviour is much more tame; ranged attacks are very broken and having enemies walk back to their starting point if you lead them far away is an effective form of crowd control. The bosses tended to be similar in their mibesets as well, so you don't have to constantly adapt to a new set of moves, so the repetition is just training you for nearly every boss. DS1 doesn't have these most of the time and thus, it's a lot harder

[@ManEaterBrainBug]

@@chaoskiller6084 I find DS2 the hardest because it's gameplay is the weakest. It plays very slow and clunky, giving you fewer opportunity windows to react wich can become a nightmare in certain areas. In Iron Keep for instance (SotfS version) you get ganked into oblivion by Alonne Knights wich are simply much faster than you and you barely can even react to them. Also DS2 throws unbalanced bs at you like the Ancient Dragon boss fight.

[@chaoskiller6084]

@@ManEaterBrainBug Fair points, but the Iron Keep is a pain, but with range and good positioning along with a few secret walls, it's still possible to handle. Bosses that are unbalanced are usually avoidable, like Ancient Dragon and Gank Squad. I've never really noticed the clunky movement at all. This can be because of the difference in total playtime or our difference in preferability in controls.

[@Jack_80]

demon's souls is the hardest for me, only one i haven't beaten. after that i would say sotfs is my hardest, especially if you count the dlcs. ds1 got really easy with the remastered version because lag was a large part of the challenge in ds1.

[@angelusumbrae]

I LOVED Ikaruga! Yes it's a hard game, and yes I didn't get very far. But it was a lot of fun for me. It's an intense game, not just in difficulty but in the visuals. And the bosses are epic. Addendum DMC3 was hella fun too. The special edition that let you use Virgil was even better. Loved that game too... One thing though... That recycled and remixed theme song was obnoxious.

[@thedragonauthority]

As someone who's played every Dark Souls game from beginning to end I can say, without question, that Bloodborne is harder then any of them.

[@rockduck2210]

and shadows die twice

[@domikarus5237]

I would say that DS3 is the hardest of them all. Simply because the Bosses are sometimes too fast for your possible movement. But thats just my opinion My list from hardest to easiest would be: 1.Dark Souls 3 2.Dark Souls 2 3.Bloodborne 4.Dark Souls 1 Sekiro is in a hole other dimension and I never played Demons Souls

[@Captain_Orphiel]

@@domikarus5237 Dark Souls 2 was the easiest game. And I actually blasted through Dark Souls 3 because I no-lifed Bloodborne haha but that was just my personal experience

[@domikarus5237]

@@Captain_Orphiel did you count the dlc's too? They are pretty fkd up :D

[@pauloviegas7957]

@@domikarus5237 I've beaten Darksouls I with no great effort, as for demon souls... f**k it, I simply can't, it's too damn hard. or... it's just me!

[@israelinkete8698]

Surprised to not see Hollow knight tbh... (Obviously including all the DLC's) Screw you absolute radiance.

[@toddbarnett3355]

I can't tell if you're joking.

[@baumbaumastast3823]

Maybe with pantheon of hallownest all bindings

[@CyanicG]

@@toddbarnett3355 why would he be joking, have you 112% the game?

[@adaalonso]

@@toddbarnett3355 joke? A lot of people who has played Dark Souls said that Hollow knight was more difficult. The platform is really difficult. And the pantheon too.

[@deadclawh3851]

Jump King is so hard too

[@raht9578]

Describe Battletoads in one word. *Me:* FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

[@dsguy7375]

I can't be the only person that was mad seeing dark souls so high on the list. Yeah it's difficult but it's not nearly as bad as most of the other games they mentioned

[@thatminecraftplayer8767]

Also undertale nutral is pretty hard

[@imperialhollow5902]

@@thatminecraftplayer8767 lmao how

[@thatminecraftplayer8767]

@@imperialhollow5902 im terrible at any game thats not minecraft

[@SlayerRunefrost]

What makes Silver Surfer even more frustrating is that it makes no sense. He's one of the most powerful beings in the Marvel Universe, and ONE hit takes him out?😵

[@jfdrac]

But they are hits from you know...rocks and plants...and you know how those smart

[@criznittle968]

Silver Surfer is definitely more difficult than Battletoads

[@SlayerRunefrost]

@@criznittle968 nah, I feel like I COULD beat Silver Surfer given enough practice but I resigned myself to the fact that there is no way in hell I could ever beat that damn turbo tunnel.

[@criznittle968]

@@SlayerRunefrost i've beaten the turbo tunnel, and on multiplayer. it's rough, but with some memorization and practice - no problem. it's the rest of the game that ruins your life. that said, Silver Surfer is still impossible. I'd pay to see you beat it.

[@SlayerRunefrost]

@@criznittle968 like I said I need a lot of practice. But if you'd like to see it beaten, go check out Bootsy and Mike over on Cinemassicare. I think they both have streams of themselves beating it.

[@beautifuldancer]

Surprised that Getting Over It wasn't on this list.

[@KristianNikolla8]

beautifuldancer cause a lot of people beat it eventually. took time but it must have taken em shorter than the games on this list.

[@youmumyon1880]

its just frustrating, not hard

[@GenyaArikado]

Maybe it's not as famous yet

[@icosahedrohn]

Getting over it is only hard because of the progress loss

[@GenyaArikado]

@@icosahedrohn It is still a hard game but once you master the controls i believe you will not think that it is that difficult anymore...

[@Hevihenkka]

Wings of Vi, Darkest Dungeon, Getting Over it, Devil Daggers, Ninja Gaiden didn't even get honorable mentions?

[@Oukkeri]

The only reason Wings of Vi eludes most hard game lists is because of people not knowing about it.

[@richardwieder885]

Agree with you on Ninja Gaiden. Some of those jumps you have to make can be brutal.

[@shyl9311]

That's watchmojo for you

[@clownmagma]

Yeah but Getting Over It is a rage game

[@lorddorogoth]

glad Celeste got on there. Wasn't expecting it up there, but thinking back the only reason I thought it was easier than it was was because it's so fair.

[@nianderwallace4776]

More like "Joystick Breaker Award" nomination.

[@sargesagara]

Touhou Project is probably sitting in the background going: Guess you never heard of our Lunatic mode. Touhou Project, Getting Over it, and Dreamcast/PS1 racing game Vanishing Point are my picks though.

[@mirrors809]

They aren’t cultured enough to about touhou they just vapid normie games

[@phantomluffy9476]

Welcome to this video's comment section where we have "Just some guy with a moustache" and " Just some guy without a moustache" The brothers are finally in the same place

[@Peppr67]

or there da same person dat made two accounts

[@sol4361]

"Dark Souls is unfair" lol alright

[@Bloodreign1]

Gradius III arcade literally takes the unfair title. I've not seen a ton of people ever beat the game without tool assisting, and the ones who have beat it legit have never done so on one life. These Watch Mojo guys would cry and cower in fear over Gradius 3 arcade.

[@NatetheNintendofan]

@@Bloodreign1 try Hardcore Minecraft oh my f****** God that's like death mode from Doom cuz you only get one respond unless you're you're a freaking little cheater

[@arkonez6730]

@@NatetheNintendofan nah man dark souls is harder

[@diegeza7100]

More unfair is Forbidden Siren.

[@doubleedge6656]

@@NatetheNintendofan lol you call that hard?

[@dreadkingrathalos9213]

2:19 i remember playing a game on wii like that, it was a bullet hell game where you had to change from blue to red to protect yourself against the projectiles

[@DESTRAKON]

Fun fact: the fighter from Gradius returns as a boss in Zone Of The Enders 2 by the same name- Vic Viper

[@aaronmontague2891]

Geometry Dash extreme demons: *am I a joke to you*

[@felicity6385]

The comment you copied is right above your comment. lmao

[@dylanzaraspe9364]

@@felicity6385 rip

[@kylescheffler8483]

Due to the extremely high speed of the vehicles, the risk of falling off the course, and using boost for an extensive period of time before the energy meter reaches zero, it's possible that F-Zero has been on a very long hiatus.

[@Epic_C]

5:45 Grilled Mormons. What? 😂

[@lancecurry7538]

Better check the Bro-ble.

[@mrhobs]

I saw that too! What the crap!? lol yikes

[@gr8gmr]

I'm surprised there's no mention of the Ninja Gaiden series.

[@NDRWCHNNL]

True, specially ninja gaiden 2.

[@carlw.8671]

The hardest game I have ever played was festers quest, for Nes... born in 1982 long live the 80s and 90s games

[@gabriel3903]

The avgn is here

[@spine--damaged]

Me: Hey Einstein, wanna play a video game? Einstein: Yeah, sure, what are we playing dude? Me: Champioship Lode Runner. Einstein quickly flees from the room.

[@pauloviegas7957]

I really think that "Chakan: The Forever Man" on the Genesis should have been on this list, that was a crazy hard game.

[@edwardgaines6561]

That game didn't look sexy enough. It was just gloomy Goth game filled with grey and black, compared to the bright, slick Sonic the Hedgehog.

[@danmakuman]

@@edwardgaines6561 Love Chakan, I even managed to beat it on hard mode. with enough practice of course.

[@nohomers100]

That game is basically broken not hard. The games on this list are at least playable

[@RetroMatter]

More like "Top 20 Most Difficult games known by most people"

[@osmarfreitas8646]

people*

[@sIacktivist]

Ever played dwarf fortress?

[@lightscameronaction3539]

I don't think too many people know about Takeshi's Challenge

[@drsoe08]

I agree, try playing an old Paradox Interactive game like Hearts of Iron III or Victoria II, and you'll know what true difficulty is lol

[@genericyoutubecommentchann7418]

It seems like Megaman 9 is only on here for its achievements.

[@ozmega]

it isnt

[@Peter_1986]

3:21 "Literally anything in this game can kill you in one hit." So basically, MOST scrolling shooters.

[@electronicembers7762]

“A Boy and His Blob” on the NES should be on here for not knowing what to do, and actually getting through it.

[@stevenclark5173]

That's more of a puzzle platformer and it's not terribly hard to figure out what to do.

[@caletoews8003]

@@stevenclark5173 Said Captain Aspergers to the rest of functional society

[@chadsworth0524]

30 years later and I still don't know what to do

[@baigandinel7956]

Well then Simon's Quest is harder.

[@akivaforrester2837]

I think extreme demons in geometry dash and hardest SMM2 levels should be on the list.

[@Reneryx]

Yes

[@catpoisonlover]

Smm2 hard levels have nothing on geometry dash demons

[@flapjack2330]

@@catpoisonlover I mean, all you have to do in geometry dash is tap the screen. It gets super hard, but none of that can compare to doing a triple shell jump or a panga level

[@catpoisonlover]

@@flapjack2330 are we talking about main levels. User created levels or "impossible" ones Triple shell jump looks incredible difficult but i wouldent consider it being harder than tartarus or the golden Or ballistic wistfully littearly nobody can even beat it in practice mode

[@flapjack2330]

@@catpoisonlover Well, user created levels aren't exactly part of the vanilla game, so I don't think they're really qualified. Then again, I never got past electromsn adventures, so I can't say much

[@sanstheskeleton3047]

Hollow knight : am I a joke to you

[@a..27stephenson]

It’s not that bad

[@pointlessfeather5830]

@@hordan0 You're a joke. :)