Summary

• PlayStation 5 is the new standard with exclusive games like Spider-Man 2 and Final Fantasy 7.
• Tough games require patience, talent, and perseverance, making PlayStation a top choice.
• Some PS5 games are challenging, like Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2's co-op missions and Trials Rising's Ninja tracks.

It’s hard to believe that the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:PlayStation 5 is now the standard as a current-gen system. For a while, games were still released on the PS4, but with more exclusives only coming to PS5, like 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Spider-Man 2 and 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, it's finally time to move on.

There's already a good selection of games for the console that cover several genres. However, when it comes to tough games that require equal parts patience, talent, and tenacity — PlayStation has some of the most tried and true entries in recent gaming history (in no particular order).

These are hard games in general, not the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:toughest games to get a platinum in. Games like 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Red Dead Redemption 2 have a pretty challenging platinum, but the game itself isn't hard, so it won't be included.

Updated March 17, 2024, by Dominic Allen: The PlayStation 5, like virtually all other consoles, has some incredibly difficulty games, but there is one element that makes PlayStation stand out. Two Soulsborne titles are exclusive to the platform, making PlayStation the preferred console for playing FromSoftware's games. There's a plethora of wildly hard third-party titles as well, and with so much material, this list was ripe for further expansion.

15 🎶 Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2

Quite Different From Vanilla Ninja Gaiden 2, But Not In Its Challenge

No matter if you're playing 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Ninja Gaiden 2 on Xbox 360 or Sigma 2 on PlayStation, you'll have a tough time. Interestingly, they're difficult in different ways. Vanilla NG2 has brutal encounters with a vast amount of enemies, and damage is high, while Sigma 2 has the total enemies cut down a peg.

Unfortunately, the damage has significantly increased, especially with grabs. No joke, on Master Ninja, most 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:grabs will kill you in one hit, even with a maxed-out health bar. That's just cheap, and to add insult to injury, there's the co-op missions. Some of these missions are the hardest tasks in the entire franchise, with or without a co-op partner.

14 🍨 Trials Rising

Difficult For Any Newcomer Or Veteran

One of the most underrated gaming series of all time has to be Trials. Its simplicity but infinite depth is pure genius. However, it can be rough for a newcomer. Trials Rising, thankfully, has some great beginner learning tools in the University of Trials that'll help you a lot, but it still takes time to get good.

Even for veterans, Rising can be difficult to get used to because the bikes handle differently from Trials Fusion. It's a tough game on its own, but if you want to beat everything, including the Ninja tracks, Rising's probably the hardest title on the system. To put things in perspective, only around 250 people have completed Black Belt, the hardest track in the game. You have to be an elite-level player to finish them all.

13 ꧟ Mo💙rtal Shell

A Great Starter Soulslike

Soulslike games are known — and praised — for their difficulty. But, it can be tricky knowing where to 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:start with the challenging sub-genre. A solid suggestion would be 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Mortal Shell. Its gameplay, atmosphere, and level design are straight out of the Dark Souls playbook, but it has enough mechanics to stand up to the best in the sub-genre. Mortal Shell's defensive mechanics is where Souls veterans will struggle.

Instead of a shield, your character uses a hardening mechanic. It effectively turns your character into stone to deflect attacks. Getting the timing down can take some getting used to, but rewarding when it all starts to click. This Souls clone provides a worthy challenge for fans, and if you own a PS5, you'll benefit from haptic feedback, enhanced visuals, and a smooth framerate.

12 ꦓ Steelrising 💖

Harder Than You'd Think

The developer Spiders has become known for making good games that take inspiration from other sources. The well-received RPG 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Greedfall plays and feels like a 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Dragon Age game, and now the studio has created a Soulslike in 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Steelrising. Lik✅e Greedfall, Steelrising has enough there to make it a good game in its own right.

Unlike most Souls-style games, Steelrising caters to beginners with its assist mode features. While this makes it more accessible for a beginner new to the genre, it would be a misꦗtake to underestimate the challenge that awaits. Timing your attacks takes practice and is vital to success. Your enemies are super aggressive, so playing defensively with dodges is pacier than Dark Souls. ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚAlways staying on the move and being aware of attack patterns will take several tries.

11 Nioh

Ninja Gaiden Meets Dark Souls

Next to Souls, the Nioh series from Team Ninja is arguably the most successful Soulslike. It combines elements from Ninja Gaiden and Dark Souls to create a brutally challenging title with a grind as satisfying to play. 🐎The combat system is faster and requires a lot of skill and timing from you to master its combat.

The fluid action and speed make it one of 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:the best sword-fighting games on the PS4 and PS5. However, even though the protagonist, William, is fast, so are his enemies. Even the lowest can catch you off-guard and kill you with a single blow. Shrines that act like Dark Souls bonfires are few and far between, so the unforgiving nature of Nioh can put you back significantly if a boss battle has the better of yo🦹u.

10 Elden Rin♍g

It's Saying Something That This Is The Easiest Soulsborne Game

There was a time when the niche Soulsborne series was deemed an acquired taste. But now, with 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Elden Ring's huge success on♈ PlayStation, the games have experienced a resurgence. Although Elden Ring is not "impossible" by most gaming standards, it is punishing for several reasons.

First, it's near impossible to pause the game. There are naturally save points, albeit very spread out, which means if you quit before getting to the next save, you have to start that section over. Secondly, there is no handholding in Elden Ring, and the combat system takes time to open up. There are so many styles and skills to get to grips with that you will spend hours finding a style that suits you. Sure, Elden Ring's easier than other 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:FromSoftware titles, but if you start with it, that won't matter much.

9 Returnal

A Brutal Third-Person Roguelike

For years, fans have been clamoring for a more challenging sci-fi survival game in the vein of space horror titles like 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Dead Space or 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Alien Isolation. Needless to say, there are 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:games in that genre to pick from but not too many, especially near the beginning of the PlayStation 5’s launch. So, Returnal was a game that caught the eye of many fans.

You play as Selene, a space pilot who, while on a solo mission, crash lands on the planet Atropos and has to fare with its ver❀y inhospitable for🍃ces. It is equal parts survival sci-fi horror and third-person roguelike, so suffice it to say it is a challenge. However, the lack of a traditional save mechanic meant that Returnal was among one of the least-finished titles of 2021.

8 🍸 Devil May Cry 5

Dante Must Die Is No Joke

In what can only be described as a departure from the preceding 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Devil May Cry game, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Devil May Cry 5 is a challenge far and wide. The game's normal difficulty mode is about what you'd expect, but the two higher levels, especially Dante Must Die, are crushing.

At that point, the steep learning curve really comes into play, and you must learn all the ins and outs of the combat to succeed. With the ridiculously high damage output the enemies have, you can't mess around here. Many will likely drop the game at this point, but if you conquer every difficulty mode, that is a big accomplishment.

7 Demon&ꦅrsquo;s Souls (Remake) ๊

About As Hard As It Is Gorgeous

The FromSoftware title that started it all, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Demon's Souls, saw something of a resurgence as one of the PS5's original launch titles. The hit remake saw BluePoint Games acquired by PlayStation. However, maybe the years have made FromSoftware more understanding, and thus this is where the developer has taken pity on newer beginners.

As in games like Elden Ring and Bloodborne, you can leave tips and hints to help others avoid certain death, especially when it comes to more tricky parts. B🍬ut more than that♕, if you find yourself vastly under-leveled and under-equipped, you will quickly find that taking the time to level up your skills and arsenal will pay you back tenfold — making the endgame much more manageable.

6 Sifu

A Short But Hard As Nails Campaign

The indie martial arts hit Sifu has been regularly praised since its initial launch in February 2022.𝓀 While the game does showcase martial arts influence derived from recent movies like the Raid, Old Boy, The Matrix, and the recent reboot of Mortal Kombat, it is challenging to master.

Specifically from the second level and on, Sifu requires you to understand how to fight i✨nstead of just button mashing (commonplace for many beat-em-up games). Fortunately, you can utilize the environmental surroundings to your ꦆadvantage. Alternatively, although the combat is uncompromising, the game only has five levels — assuming you micromanage your energy, stamina, and health meters and stay alive.