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Not “something hard” — something that leans on the axes you want leant on and stays out of the way everywhere else. Demanding on strategy, forgiving on execution, under twenty hours. Everything below is scored through your own calibration, so “demanding” means demanding for you.

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The same shape with the volume down, for when that one took it out of you.

PowerWash Simulator

2022 · FuturLab · ~25h

2.8GENTLE

The difficulty is purely attentional — nothing in the game threatens you except the square inch of grime you keep walking past.

UnratedGRD 4.5OBS 1.3CRV 1.0
EXE 0.6REA 0.2STR 0.8PUZ 0.9PUN 0.2CRV 1.0OBS 1.3GRD 4.5 — you asked for forgiving

Super Mario Bros. Wonder

2023 · Nintendo EPD Production Group No. 10 · ~15h

2.4GENTLE

Badges let you paper over whichever skill you lack. The special world at the end is the only place it stops being polite about that.

UnratedEXE 2.9REA 2.8OBS 2.5Not on your platforms
EXE 2.9REA 2.8STR 1.2PUZ 2.0GRD 1.9PUN 1.1CRV 1.8OBS 2.5

Super Mario Odyssey

2017 · Nintendo EPD · ~20h

2.7GENTLE

The main path is generous and the last stretch of Moons is not — the hard version of this game is entirely opt-in and clearly signposted.

UnratedEXE 3.5REA 2.9GRD 2.6Not on your platforms
EXE 3.5REA 2.9STR 0.8PUZ 2.2GRD 2.6PUN 0.9CRV 1.6OBS 2.1

Astro Bot

2024 · Team Asobi · ~12h

2.6GENTLE

Generous by design and confident enough not to pretend otherwise. The optional speedrun levels at the end are the only place it bares its teeth.

UnratedREA 3.5EXE 3.3OBS 1.9Not on your platforms
EXE 3.3REA 3.5STR 1.0PUZ 1.5GRD 1.1PUN 1.3CRV 1.8OBS 1.9