10 Most Difficult Video Games Of The Decade
5. The Witness
Depending on your skills with puzzle solving, and your ability to look at things differently, The Witness could potentially be the hardest, or the easiest game ever.
A puzzle game based around noticing patterns emerging in the world around you, Jonathan Blow's The Witness is truly a test of patience, critical thinking, and problem-solving.
The problem is, the solutions are never obvious, and you can frequently stumble upon the solution by complete accident, meaning that you learn nothing from it. The game features over 500 line puzzles, with zero hints on how to complete any of them.
Areas in the game are split up into sections, and each section has a theme around the puzzles that you will have to master in order to take that knowledge with you going forwards. You start to see the puzzles as more than just the lines, as they start to appear within the world structure itself.
Patience is the key here; eventually, you'll totally understand the language to game has been quietly teaching you. And before long, you'll be seeing the lines and dots wherever you look, in real life.