Updated on June 2022
“You want to play the Hardest game, but don’t know which one to choose?
Luckily Allkeyshop is here to help you with this top 15 of the Best Hardest Games!”
By Daniel
PS5 / PS4 / Xbox One / Xbox Series X
Elden Ring is a dark fantasy action game by FromSoftware and George R. R. Martin. After the Elden Ring is shattered, demigods claim the different pieces that trigger a brutal and endless war. As you journey through the world, you will travel through swamps, mountains, and castles, and fight challenging foes using magical abilities and various weapons.
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PS4 / Xbox One / Xbox Series X / Switch
Jump back into the action with the return of Risk of Rain and play as classic and new survivors. Play solo, or team up and fight your way through randomized stages, enemies, and challenging bosses. Unlock loot, discover new items, and learn your enemy’s movements to find a way to escape the planet.
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Dread Hunger is a survival co-op game about eight explorers attempting to navigate the dangers of the Arctic. Dread Hunger puts you in control of a 19th-century warship, tasking you with finding resources, hunting for food, and defending against predators. How far will you go to survive?
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PS4 / Xbox One / Xbox Series X / Switch
Repay your debt to the Devil in this run and gun action game inspired by 1930s cartoons, full of hand-drawn animations, watercolor backgrounds, and original jazz recordings. Unlock powerful weapons, learn super moves, discover secrets in solo mode or co-op as Cuphead and Mugman, and fight through levels that culminate in boss fights.
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PS5 / PS4 / Xbox One / Xbox Series X
Take on the role of a hunter and, with your ever-reliable Palico, battle gigantic monsters in the new world – all in the name of research. Wield and master any of the 14 weapons at your disposal, each with its own unique characteristics and attacks. Use your Scoutflies to track monsters using their footprints and gashes. Gather more information on the monster as your Scoutflies remember scents and guide you to further tracks. Fight alongside your Palico, your ever-reliable comrade that is specialized in a variety of offensive, defensive, and support abilities.
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PS5 / PS4 / Xbox One / Xbox Series X
Jump into a colorful and massive 3D tower defense game that promises endless hours of strategy fun. Craft and perfect your defense across 37 original maps, with Vibrant new monkey animations and upgrade skins. There are now 21 powerful monkey towers, each with three upgrade paths and over 100 meta-upgrades that buff monkey towers or monkey groups. Play anywhere with a single-player offline mode or play co-op in new modes that are added to the difficulties such as Restricted Monkeys, Double Health, and the Brutal CHIMPS rules.
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Survive in one of three game modes, Survival, Endless, and Wilderness. Play alone or with others and gather resources, fight off predators, and attempt to survive. The game features four worlds, five characters, discoverable items and recipes, and fearless mobs.
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PS4 / Xbox One / Xbox Series X / Switch
The award-winning masterpiece returns bigger, darker, and more challenging than ever. Beautifully remastered, you can now return to Lordran and experience 60 FPS, learn to master the weapons, enjoy rewarding gameplay, and compete in intense PvP combat, all in stunning HD for the first time.
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PS4 / Xbox One / Xbox Series X
Fight massive bosses and collect their souls as you push through tough enemies in a brutal world. Answer the ringing of the bell and fight to maintain the Age of Fire by defeating the resurrected Lords of Cinder. The gameplay is non-linear, death is a learning experience, and combat is unforgiving.
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PS5 / PS4 / Xbox One / Xbox Series X / Switch
Recruit new resistance fighters and fight the alien invaders from your new mobile headquarters. Research, develop, and upgrade weapons, items, and your bases. Compete against others in online multiplayer and fight head-to-head on randomly-generated maps.
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Explore a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes and discover twisted caverns and battle-tainted creatures in the beautifully hand-drawn Hollow Knight. The game is a 2D Metroidvania souls-like game in the world of Hallownest, consisting of large, inter-connected areas with unique themes. The game continues to be updated, adding extra content, including harder versions of bosses and more possible endings.
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PS4 / Xbox One / Xbox Series X / Switch
Enter the depths of Dead Cells, a roguelike-Metroidvania game developed and published by Motion Twin. The game features tough but fair combat, more than fifty weapons and spells with unique gameplay, and of course, the emergency panic roll to get you out of trouble. Once unlocked, special permanent abilities allow you to access new paths to reach your objective. Opt for the path that suits your current build, your play style, or just your mood.
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Jump into a hardcore four-player cooperative first-person PvE shooter with a focus on team play and atmosphere. Plan your expedition, equip and operate tools, combine your firepower, communicate, and coordinate as a team. Search the complex for information and resources to solve the objectives and make it back alive.
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The game puts you in control of the silent Diogenes, who resides in a large metal cauldron and wields a Yosemite Hammer to grip objects and move. Developed by Bennet Foddy, the game also features voice-over commentary by Bennet as he discusses various philosophical topics and even provides quotes relating to disappointment when progress is lost by the player. There are no checkpoints in the game with the game, putting the player at constant risk of losing all of their progress. Once reaching the top, the game concludes by asking the player if they are recording the gameplay; if the player indicates they are not, they are provided with access to a chatroom with other players who have completed the game.
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PS4 / Xbox One / Xbox Series X
Take command of a mercenary group and complete contracts across a randomly generated map. Every character has a unique background and traits, and every enemy has unique weapons and equipment. Once a character dies, they remain dead unless they take the side of the undead.
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In the most demanding games, every action has a consequence, with trial and error often the only way forward.
The most challenging video games offer very little guidance, forcing players to choose their path and learn from their mistakes.
This is where Tags come in.
Hardest Games are available at incredible prices, but with so many to choose from, we want to help you pick the game that’s right for you.
At Allkeyshop, we believe in quality over quantity. Because of this, we compare data and reviews from our users with Steam users to give you the most detailed ranking system available anywhere.
We focus on the real ratings, real opinions, and recommendations of those who played the game.
We analyze the data from Metacritic, Steam, and your ratings on Allkeyshop to ensure the most accurate ranking system possible.
We keep it simple and only display the top 15 games to give you the best available at the time.
This list will be updated monthly to reflect the market and player experience.
Allkeyshop does not influence the ratings; we only analyze the data and present the results.
We are a price comparison website and remain impartial. We display prices from all platforms, including Steam, Origin, and Epic Games.
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