The Hardest Game Ever

The Hardest Game Ever

AIAdev · September 14, 2023 · Difficult, Precision Platformer, Adventure, 2D, Parkour

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About The Hardest Game Ever

Pot ventured deep underground to find the most exotic flower he could, but now he's lost and needs to find the way out. Help Pot find his way through this precision platformer by conquering jumps and puzzles.
  • Hours of difficult precision platforming & puzzles
  • 3 different biomes
  • Beautiful art with immersive sounds and soundtrack
  • Mushrooms

The game features unique abilities that are used in unique ways and can be mastered over time: jumping, coyote time, and wall climbing.
Find phoenix feathers to guard your progress and set your respawn point.
Find keys to unlock doors, take shortcuts, and explore new paths.

The Hardest Game Ever — game info

Platforms
Windows
Steam Deck
Playable
Player modes
Single-player
Controller
Partial controller support
PC Game Pass
Not included

DLC & expansions

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Not recommended Aug 13, 2026
it would be positive, but the most difficult part of the game (as many other people already said) are the garbage controls and movement. not exactly fun.
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Recommended Sep 11, 2026
=======《 [b]Graphics[/b] 》======= ☐ Feels like real life ☑ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Not great ☐ Better not stare too long ☐ MS-DOS =======《 [b]Gameplay[/b] 》======= ☐ Really good ☑ Good ☐ It's gameplay, I guess ☐ Meh ☐ I'd rather watch paint dry ☐ Don't even try =======《 [b]Audio[/b] 》======= ☐ My ears are happy ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ Okay ☐ Bad ☐ RIP my ears =======《 [b]Audience[/b] 》======= ☐ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandpa =======《 [b]PC Requirements[/b] 》======= ☐ Runs on a calculator ☑ Potato PC ☐ Decent ☐ Pretty fast ☐ You'd better have a good PC ☐ Ask NASA for a computer =======《 [b]Game Size[/b] 》======= ☐ Fits on a floppy disk ☑ Small ☐ Manageable ☐ Pretty big ☐ Goodbye, 1 TB of storage ☐ Needs its own hard drive ☐ Time to buy a black hole =======《 [b]Difficulty[/b] 》======= ☐ Press W and win ☐ Easy ☐ Easy to learn, hard to master ☑ Needs some brain power ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls level =======《 [b]Grind[/b] 》======= ☑ Basically no grind ☐ Only for rankings ☐ Optional grind ☐ Average ☐ Too much grinding ☐ Prepare to lose your life =======《 [b]Story[/b] 》======= ☑ What story? ☐ Some lore ☐ Average ☐ Good ☐ Really nice ☐ This game is my life now =======《 [b]Game Tim…
Recommended Sep 6, 2026
I love this evil game lol
Recommended Aug 29, 2026
its hard but fun for me but most people would hate it
Recommended Jul 17, 2026
would appreciate a FREE practice mode but fine. very tedious tho make sure you have a TON of endurance if you wanna play this game
Recommended Jul 14, 2026
Inherently, the game isn't all that hard, and although the platforming is fun and I would love to dump hours into it and reach the end, I just can't see to it. The controls are a bit weird for how much you accelerate, and some hitboxes feel off, which makes for a bit of a boring gameplay loop when accidental mistakes happen. The good thing is that it doesn't take long to get back to where you were, so the real question is how many hours are you willing to go back and forth? Overall, I did enjoy the little time I spent playing. If I were to recommend a HARD platformer, I'd say go play Celeste.

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