Warning: The following may not be suitable for minors who are living completely happy lives. Do not, under any circumstances, attempt to play this game if you have any other plans for the rest of your night, or if you or your family has a history of depression or rage induced blackouts. Destructoid is not responsible for any injuries or harm you or others around you receive while playing this game, but we are required to inform you that by playing this game you run the risk of epilepsy, self-inflicted bruises, mild to severe computer and accessories damage, cancer, and in some extreme cases, even death. Do not attempt to play this game at all if you are pregnant, operating heavy equipment, or are within reach of sharp objects. Good luck!

Today was a great day. Then I played this game. Don't be fooled by the amazingly upbeat and enjoyable music -- if you turn your volume down low you can hear Edward Norton's voice warning you that this game is Marla Singer, and that it will ruin *everything* good in your day. What he should be telling you is do not click on the menu button after you've started your game, because it will reset you back to level one, and there are no progress passwords. Also, ads refresh every few minutes and ensure that you lag and die. Also, I dare you to beat this game and share your screenshot in the comments.

The picture above is from a screenshot of when I finally needed to take a break from playing this game after about an hour of repeated failure and self-esteem evisceration. You'll notice I only beat a third of the game before hitting my boiling point, and that 9 successes came at the price of over 400 defeats. But before you go and do the math to predict what kind of torture ratio this game involves, you should know that I only had around 150 deaths when I started level 10. And I'm still not done with level 10. This game is exponential evil.

Also, you might die in seven days. Good luck!

The World's Hardest Game via AddictingGames, via Nickeloden, via Viacom. Q.E.D. Proof that Viacom is evil.

Legacy Comments (will be imported soon)

PabloDsZ

Do I really need to mention this doesn't hold a candle to I Wanna Be The Guy?

father33

that's the level where i had to just walk away as well. every time i scroll thru my apps i pause at this game and think "that game is fun and challenging! i think i'll pl...>remembers the rage/frustration<... fuck that game."
i'm still determined to play it, just... when i don't want to have any fun.

Tom Fronczak

@PabloDsZ: Nope! You don't!
http://www.destructoid.com/i-wanna-be-the-guy-one-of-the-hardest-games-you-ll-ever-play-63840.phtml

This one is at least very playable and appearing to be within our reach, which makes it even more frustrating to continually fail so much.

Monodi

I remember everyone was playing this on high school last summer.

moreno

i thought donkey kong was worlds hardest game?

alexvola

Fuck it. Gave up on level 2.

GEMPadre036

I've always been oddly good at this game. I suppose I'm just randomly good with timing.

cornagandarub

Agreed with PabloDsZ, I wanna Be the Guy is probably THE most difficult game out there, I remember playing the game above a couple years ago, it's alot easier then it could be.

Jechxior

Call it, lvl 5 is now officially the final level now.

Words

Hate that game. Tried it got to level 8 then quit. NEVER AGAIN.

father33

@GEMPadre036
fail. if you had good timing you would have had the third post....

Jared Ari

LOL! Loving the disclaimer. And in PabloDsZ's footsteps, I also wish to comment that I Wanna Be The Guy remains king of difficult games.

Forcepath

Fronz, great pick! One of the few flash games that I've actually beaten! I guess I'm hardcore.

Forcepath

*actually beaten once upon a time, I don't have a whole day to beat it again ;)

Chris Carter

I made it to the second to last level a few years back, then had to go to class.

D Sane

got to level 9, 233 deaths, gave up....it's pretty hard

eternalplayer2345

got to lvl ten with 116 deaths

Chase Strickland

I was under the impression that Moon Master was the hardest game!

I should know, i killed the Gorgetron and everything.

Starrynight

fuck that game!

fetusmilk

got to level 7 ,50 deaths.

loki d20

Got to level 7 with about 100 deaths. The thing that is messing me up the most is the music. Wish there was a mute button.

BalloonFighter

Yah thats where I got too Fronz. Pretty F-ING hard game I must say. I'd hate to see level 30.

Drowning Rabbit

After playing for too long, I checked the leaderboard for giggles and saw the top 25 is filled with people with 0 deaths.

I just decided to go to bed.

reruns

Eh, IWBTG is harder than this. Battletoads is harder than that. Many shmups are harder than that.

Strandli

IWBTG is MUCH MUCH harder than this, this game isn't that hard when you know the tricks and gets the thing down to your fingertips.
I had a addicting (not healthy) competition with my friend, we managed to beat the game in less than 40 deaths.
Although I guess I won't have any credibility since the lack of screenshots, since it happened over 1 year ago.

pentimento

I agree, IWBTG is much harder and a lot more fun.

ley

this is HARD
level 10 with 101 deaths.
Thats a night for me

Danzflor

The Music is Cool. That's it.

CelicaCrazed

My boredom:

The bacon and beer are starting to wear off so I may just end it here. So close but I stopped caring a while ago haha.

Janxer

As someone who has finished IWBTG twice - once on normal, once on hard, I'd say this wouldn't be THAT hard if I took the time to play through it.
But I won't because it's one of the most repetetive games I've ever played.

rockydil

I made it to level 8 with 42 deaths. GOD.

Quisling

I got to 8 and I really don't want to try to figure out the pattern, so you win this week Fronz :D

Quisling

Also, go to the site, view their ads and get them money, then use this link: http://www.addictinggames.com/D78AQSAKQLQWI9/4707.swf to play the game without lag.

:D

Tom Fronczak

Just to be clear, the name of the game is "The World's Hardest Game" -- I'm not declaring it to be the toughest in existence :)

And yeah, now that I'm back at my computer again, I would totally love to pick it back up and try to beat it . . . but when I'm forced to start all over again . . . no thanks.

Glad to see everyone is participating and joining us in our miseries!

Skorp

This is old. I've played this a long time ago and I'm sure I got to lvl 12 or 15 but not sure about the deaths. I should try again.

Skorp

The first nine are easy, got past them with 44 deaths. Level 10 is a pain in the ass though. Got past it with 197 deaths. In lvl 15 my concentration has gone and I gave up with 303 deaths.

OWENR22

Gave up on level 6 with 79 deaths. Level 5 was relatively easy though.

Mr mew

Yeah, what CelicaCrazed said. Got to level 26 with around 400 deaths. That stage was just too demanding on nanosecond reflexes.

draycott

I beat this game about a year ago with 70 something deaths. I'll do it again and screen shot this time.

Holyetheline

My job is stressful enough, I don't need this shit making work any harder. I quit on level 6... Only played for a couple minutes, this thing isn't my jive right now.

Archwright

This game proves that there is no god.

DeusPayne

I can definitely get there. But no way in hell am I sitting through the same 30 second music loop until I do. Seriously... all it needs is a mute and it'd be absolutely tolerable. But the shitty ass loop added in with the frustrating difficulty makes me just want to stab myself in the ears.

FreakinSatch

30 Deaths by lvl 5, and decided to retain my sanity.

silvain

Played and beat this game a long long time ago. I had forgotten about it. I'd like that few hours of my life back.

Generic Purple Turtle

this is way old, and i've completed it, n00bs ^^

epidemico616

i've seen people mention it, but i thought i would leave the link. this is a real challenge. for true game god-dom dont use save states.

http://kayin.pyoko.org/iwbtg/

Lokyar

Lvl15 with 201 deaths.....and Im done. Beat 9 with 40 deaths, 10 with 105 deaths( >_< ).

Tom Fronczak

for those complaining about the music -- if you have Vista you can mute single windows that are open, like Firefox, while still playing music in another window.

KyleGamgee

14/30 261 Deaths

buttholerocker

yeah, pain in the ass almost just to be a pain in the ass. got to 15, didnt feel like wasting any more time with it.