Is Barony Hard? Difficulty Rating 6.6/10

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Barony

Full Release (2015)

DIFFICULTY

6.6/10

Difficult

(13 ratings)

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Difficulty Summary

Players rate Barony as clearly challenging, with mechanics and encounters that demand patience and consistency.

Why Players Find It Difficult

Players often find this game difficult because of several demanding mechanics:

Punishing enemy and boss encounters that require pattern recognition
High penalty for mistakes, often resetting significant progress
Combat demands precision timing rather than raw stat power
Failed runs reset progress and require starting over

Who Will Find It Difficult

Barony will push beginners and may still frustrate experienced players in certain sections. Players comfortable with similarly demanding games will have the best time here. Players who rated games like Frequency, Cytus II, and Blue Prince at a similar challenge level may find Barony broadly comparable in difficulty.

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13 ratings

avg: 6.6

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Based on 13 ratings on Normal/Default difficulty, the average score is 6.6/10. Most players rated this game between 7 and 8.

Developer(s)

Turning Wheel LLC

Publisher(s)

Turning Wheel LLC

Genre(s)

Fighting, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie

Platform(s)

PC (Microsoft Windows), Linux, Mac, Nintendo Switch

Keywords

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About Barony

Barony is a 3D, first-person roguelike that brings back the cryptic and intricate designs of classic roguelikes such as Nethack and melds them with RPGs like Ultima Underworld, System Shock, and Daggerfall. Challenge is the calling card of this hard-boiled dungeon-crawler.

Users also rated

Players who rated Barony also rated the games shown below, with Frequency (6.6), Cytus II (6.5), and Blue Prince (6.7) being most similar in difficulty!

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