In the same spirit

Games like The World's Hardest Game: what to play next?

18 games in the spirit of The World's Hardest Game (2008): same vibe, same mechanics, picked by critics and players.

In the same spirit as The World's Hardest Game (18)

Void Stranger Adventure by System Erasure (2023) ★ 4.48 Hollow Knight: Silksong Adventure by Team Cherry (2025) · ≈ 52h Metacritic 90★ 4.38 Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice Adventure by FromSoftware (2019) · ≈ 42h Metacritic 88★ 4.49 Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition Adventure by Moon Studios (2016) · ≈ 13h Metacritic 88★ 4.42 Devil May Cry 5 Adventure by Capcom Development Division 1 (2019) · ≈ 9h Metacritic 89★ 4.32 Ori and the Blind Forest Adventure by Moon Studios (2015) · ≈ 9h Metacritic 88★ 4.37 Sanabi Adventure by WONDER POTION (2023) ★ 4.38 Return Of The Obra Dinn Adventure by Lucas Pope (2018) · ≈ 10h Metacritic 88★ 4.33 Nine Sols Adventure by RedCandleGames (2024) · ≈ 26h Critics 88/100★ 4.3 Library of Ruina RPG by Project Moon (2021) · ≈ 122h ★ 4.36 Blasphemous II Adventure by The Game Kitchen (2023) · ≈ 30h Critics 89/100★ 4.22 Black Myth: Wu Kong RPG by Game Science (2024) · ≈ 44h Critics 88/100★ 4.27 Monster Hunter: World RPG by Capcom (2018) · ≈ 198h Metacritic 89★ 4 Rogue Legacy 2 RPG by Cellar Door Games (2022) · ≈ 6h Metacritic 88★ 4.01 The Talos Principle Adventure by Devolver Digital (2014) · ≈ 20h Metacritic 85★ 4.16 Tiny Rogues RPG by Ruby Dev (2022) ★ 4.2 Grime RPG by Clover Bite (2021) · ≈ 17h Metacritic 81★ 4.37 Hyper Light Drifter RPG by Heart Machine (2016) · ≈ 8h Metacritic 84★ 4.14