Hard Games
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1. Castlevania (I) (1986 Video Game)
E | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
In the late 15th century, vampire slayer Simon Belmont must destroy Count Dracula by infiltrating his sanctuary, Castlevania.
Director: Hitoshi Akamatsu
Votes: 1,405
2. Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels (1986 Video Game)
E | Action, Adventure, Family
A Japan-only sequel to Super Mario Bros. (1985) where Mario and Luigi must once again save Princess Toadstool and the Mushroom Kingdom from Bowser's clutches.
Directors: Shigeru Miyamoto, Takashi Tezuka
Votes: 1,546
3. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (2019 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Set in a reimagining of 1500s Sengoku era Japan. An unnamed shinobi, tasked with protecting a young lord of mystical lineage, who is left for dead when a powerful samurai attacks and chops off his arm.
Directors: Hidetaka Miyazaki, Kazuhiro Hamatani | Stars: Daisuke Namikawa, Miyuki Satô, Jin Urayama, Risa Shimizu
Votes: 4,689
4. Elden Ring (2022 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
In a dark fantasy world created by Hidetaka Miyazaki (Dark Souls) and George R. R. Martin (A Song of Ice and Fire), the player is a Tarnished who is called back to the Lands Between to restore the Elden Ring and become the Elden Lord.
Directors: Hidetaka Miyazaki, Yui Tanimura | Stars: Martha Mackintosh, Anthony Howell, Con O'Neill, Ramon Tikaram
Votes: 10,104
5. Bloodborne (2015 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A hunter awakens in the plagued lands of Yharnam, where the denizens have succumb to beast hood, in an attempt to learn the truth and how to end the plague, unbeknownst of the true horror lurking within the city.
Director: Hidetaka Miyazaki | Stars: Daniel Fine, Joe Sims, William Vanderpuye, Andrew Tiernan
Votes: 7,556
6. Dark Souls (2011 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
After narrowly escaping a doomed fate in an asylum, an undead warrior fights his way through the desolate remains of Lordran, once a sprawling utopia lead by the gods, to seek his purpose and fulfill a centuries old prophecy.
Director: Hidetaka Miyazaki | Stars: Adam Sopp, Andy Gathergood, Blake Ritson, Charlie Cameron
Votes: 6,119
7. Dark Souls II (2014 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A cursed warrior travels to Drangleic, the forgotten land of a once-great king, hoping to find a cure before going insane.
Director: Yui Tanimura | Stars: Amy Nolan, Andrew Tiernan, Andy Beckwith, Andy Gathergood
Votes: 3,841
8. Dark Souls III (2016 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
The fire is fading. Darkness creeps across the land. The Lords of Cinder charged with watching over the First Flame have abandoned their thrones. The Champion of Ash, an undead is chosen to return them to their thrones.
Directors: Hidetaka Miyazaki, Yajuan Cheng, Jun'ya Morita, Isamu Okano, Yui Tanimura | Stars: Pik Sen Lim, Olivia Mace, Roger Ringrose, Carolyn Pickles
Votes: 5,940
9. Demon's Souls (2009 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
The great kingdom of Boletaria has fallen into disparity. King Allant has aroused the Old One from its long slumber, and a great fog descends upon the land, bringing forth great soul-devouring demons.
Director: Hidetaka Miyazaki | Stars: Aditi Tanna, Christopher Fairbank, Clare Corbett, Evetta Muradasilova
Votes: 1,664
10. Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (1987 Video Game)
E | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A direct sequel to the original Legend of Zelda, it follows Link as he is on a quest to break the sleeping curse placed upon Princess Zelda.
Directors: Tadashi Sugiyama, Yoichi Yamada
Votes: 1,847
11. Hollow Knight (2017 Video Game)
E10+ | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
In a world of insects, a diminutive knight descends into an ancient and crazed kingdom to restore its fallen king's order.
Votes: 3,316
12. Cuphead (2017 Video Game)
E | Action, Adventure, Comedy
An anthropomorphic cup embarks on a journey and fights a series of bosses to repay a debt to the devil.
Directors: Chad Moldenhauer, Jared Moldenhauer | Stars: Luke de Ayora, Denise Hatton, Alana Bridgewater, Luke Hatton
Votes: 3,777
13. Celeste (2018 Video Game)
E10+ | Action, Adventure, Comedy
While scaling a supernatural mountain in an attempt to salvage her self-respect, a depressed young woman is confronted by a doppelganger manifesting her doubts and fears.
Director: Maddy Thorson
Votes: 1,532
14. Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening (2005 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A young Dante is opening up his Merc Agency when he receives a challenge from his twin brother Vergil. The following events exponentially shape his future and make for one hell of a party.
Director: Hideaki Itsuno | Stars: Adam D. Clark, Reuben Langdon, Larry Leong, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn
Votes: 3,332
15. Ninja Gaiden (2004 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Master ninja Ryu Hayabusa goes on a quest to recover a stolen sword and avenge the slaughter of his clan.
Directors: Tomonobu Itagaki, Hiroaki Matsui | Stars: Justin Gross, Tara Strong, Janice Kawaye, Charles Dennis
Votes: 756
16. Viewtiful Joe (2004–2005)
TV-Y7 | 25 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The premise of the game is inspired by, if not directly derived from, the movie Last Action Hero. However, it draws a huge amount of inspiration from the old Japanese "Henshin" superhero TV... See full summary »
Stars: Jason Palmer, Katie Leigh, Jamieson Price, Wendee Lee
Votes: 184
17. Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (1995 Video Game)
K-A | Action, Adventure
Kaptain K. Rool kidnaps Donkey Kong and imprisons him high atop Crocodile Isle. Diddy Kong and his friend Dixie Kong must brave pirate ships, volcanoes, swamps, demented theme parks and deep, dark forests to rescue the gormless gorilla.
Director: Tim Stamper
Votes: 1,945
18. Mega Man X (1993 Video Game)
E | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
In the year 21XX, a century-old capsule is unearthed containing the first Reploid: Mega Man X - a robot able to think for himself. But after a new age of Reploids begins, the powerful Sigma goes Maverick and forms an army of evil Reploids.
Stars: Stephen Chang, Megumi Ogata
Votes: 935
19. Super Meat Boy (2010 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Meat Boy goes to rescue his girlfriend Bandage Girl, who's been kidnapped by the evil Dr. Fetus.
Directors: Edmund McMillen, Tommy Refenes
Votes: 1,494
20. Mega Man Zero (2002 Video Game)
E | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A century after the Maverick wars, a strangely tyrannical Mega Man X governs Neo Arcadia and has cornered a Resistance faction he's labeled Mavericks, when their leader, the human scientist Ciel, finally locates the resting place of Zero.
Directors: Ryoto Ito, Yoshinori Kawano | Stars: Yuto Kazama, Rie Tanaka, Megumi Ogata, Kazuya Nakai
Votes: 152
21. The Binding of Isaac (2011 Video Game)
16+ | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A young boy has to travel through his basement in order to escape his mom.
Directors: Florian Himsl, Edmund McMillen | Stars: Matthias Bossi, Carla Kihlstedt
Votes: 668
22. Hades (2018 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Hades is a rogue-like dungeon crawler from the creators of Bastion and Transistor, in which you defy the god of death as you hack and slash your way out of the Underworld of Greek myth.
Stars: Logan Cunningham, Darren Korb, Avalon Penrose, Christopher Saphire
Votes: 2,550
23. FTL: Faster Than Light (2012 Video Game)
E10+ | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
The Federation sends you out in a spaceship full of valuable data, and you have to deliver this information to their headquarters as the pursuing Rebel fleet approaches.
Votes: 320
24. Hotline Miami (2012 Video Game)
M | Action, Crime, Horror
A surrealist video game that dives into the mind of an assassin living within the neon gloss of the late 1980s of Miami.
Directors: Jonatan Söderström, Dennis Wedin
Votes: 2,383
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