15 Most Brutally Hard Video Games Of The Generation (So Far)

7. Rogue Legacy

One of the finest roguelikes in gaming, Rogue Legacy gives you access to an entire bloodline of knights - all with different abilities - as they attempt to thwart a randomly-generated castle of obstacles and enemies.

Precisely because the game requires copious amounts of death so you can restart with points invested in things like better equipment and dash abilities, you're not meant to survive or succeed for a good 50+ tries. Even after you re-approach the castle, larger sword in-tow with an invisibility state on-hand, the bosses are something else.

Channeling old-school bullet hell shooters, you're routinely tasked with surviving entire screens full of projectiles and enemies that'll do damage if you so much as touch them. Factor in that you might already be ailing from a lack of HP when you first come across such a duel, and surviving long enough to recognise a pattern or weak spot is a challenge in itself.