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The Hardest Puzzle Games of All Time, Ranked by Player Votes

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Find the most difficult, or the easiest, games as rated by players. Games must have at least 5 difficulty ratings to be ranked.

Game	Release Year	Rating	Weighted Rating	Number of Ratings

The Hardest Games of 2014

The hardest games released in 2014, ranked by community difficulty votes. 25 titles have enough ratings to qualify, led by Dustforce DX at 8.8/10, ahead of DROD: The Second Sky and 1001 Spikes. Scores are averaged from player votes, with a five-rating minimum to appear.

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Game	Release Year	Rating	Weighted Rating	Number of Ratings
Dustforce DX	2014	8.8	8.6	10
DROD: The Second Sky	2014	8.8	8.6	13
1001 Spikes	2014	8.8	8.6	10
Wings of Vi	2014	8.5	8.2	12
A Dance of Fire and Ice	2014	8.4	8.2	31
Legend of Grimrock 2	2014	8.1	7.8	16
Dark Souls II	2014	7.9	7.7	48
The Evil Within	2014	7.9	7.6	12
Sokobond	2014	7.5	7.3	15
The Talos Principle	2014	7.4	7.2	27
Shovel Knight	2014	7.2	7.0	20
Hexcells Infinite	2014	7.1	6.8	17
Shattered Pixel Dungeon	2014	6.5	6.3	14
Xeodrifter	2014	6.5	6.2	10
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze	2014	6.2	6.0	5
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker	2014	5.8	5.6	26
Monument Valley	2014	5.7	5.4	28
Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call	2014	5.4	5.2	28
Assassin's Creed Unity	2014	5.3	5.2	6
Assassin's Creed Rogue	2014	5.0	4.8	6
Far Cry 4	2014	4.9	4.7	11
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare	2014	4.5	4.3	20
Pokémon Omega Ruby	2014	4.1	3.9	11
Pokémon Alpha Sapphire	2014	4.0	3.8	10
SingStar	2014	3.3	3.1	9