The Best Unforgiving Games

Update : The Grappler added at rank #1.
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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

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FallNation Lost Stories (2024)

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early access PC Windows

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

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

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Bunches For Bart! (2024)

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

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

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HIDDEN CATS 2: Crafts (2024)

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All professions are important, all professions are needed! Explore a world of crafts, each with a place for cats. Find them and the world will be colored!

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  • hidden-object
  • cats
  • casual
  • hand-drawn
  • unforgiving
  • 2d
  • family-friendly
  • colourful
  • family
  • puzzle
  • relaxing

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The Fight: Aftermath (2024)

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

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

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The Last Plague: Blight (2024)

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early access PC Windows Mac OS Linux

The Last Plague: Blight is an authentic survival experience rooted in realism and immersion. Endure the hazards of a brutal open world and uncover the origins of a mysterious disease. You are humanity’s final hope in ending the Blight

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  • survival
  • unforgiving
  • crafting
  • resource-management
  • immersive
  • open-world
  • base-building
  • medieval
  • building
  • post-apocalyptic
  • dark
  • realistic
  • top-down
  • non-story

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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

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Fish Hero (2024)

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PC Windows

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

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

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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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Exophobia (2024)

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Explore and fight your way through a crashed human spaceship infested with relentless hordes of aliens as you become more powerful with exciting weapon upgrades and powerups in this retro inspired first-person shooter.


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

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