Rage games, ranked by how much they hurt

A rage game is built to make you lose progress in a way that feels like your own fault. That is why it hurts, and why you press retry. Here are the classics and newer ones ranked by pain, why they work, and how to make one so hard your friends quit.

Rage games ranked, least to most painful

7. Level Devil. A web troll platformer where the floor moves the second you trust it. Funny more than cruel.
6. Chained Together. A 2024 co-op climb where you are chained to friends. The rage is shared, which helps.
5. Only Up! A 2023 climb into the sky with long falls and no checkpoints.
4. Baby Steps. Released September 23, 2025, co-created by Bennett Foddy. You control each leg of a man learning to walk up a mountain.
3. Jump King. Nexile's 2019 game. Charge a jump, land wrong, fall three screens.
2. Pogostuck: Rage With Your Friends. A 2019 pogo-stick climb with other players climbing the same map beside you.
1. Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy. The 2017 hammer-in-a-pot climb. One bad swing can undo an hour. On PC and iPhone.

Why rage games work

The controls are simple and fair, so every fall is your fault. Progress is physical: you can see how high you got and how far you fell. And there is no luck, so the run where it finally works feels earned.

Rage games also make great clips. A long fall is funnier to watch than a win, which is why streamers keep coming back to them.

Make a rage game your friends will quit

Roam is a free iPhone app with rage games and a way to make your own. Try Pogo Up (one skeleton, one pogo stick, eleven areas up), Arms Too Long (one very long arm, one very tall tower), Throw Your Soul (hold on, let go, fly) and Roll Don't Fall (stay on the track, beat the other balls).

To make your own, describe one hard control and one long fall. Then tune it by talking: remove a checkpoint, make the wind stronger, add a friend who can push you off.

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Make your own rage game with Roam

Write the climb and the one control that makes it hard. Roam makes it playable on your iPhone, and friends can race the same fall.

Try: "rage climb up a stack of school chairs, you only control a mop, one slip drops you to the floor, no checkpoints, friends race up next to me"

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Questions people ask

What is the hardest rage game?

Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy is usually called the hardest, with Pogostuck and Jump King close behind.

Are there rage games on phones?

Yes. Getting Over It is on iPhone, and Roam has rage games like Pogo Up and Arms Too Long.

What is Baby Steps?

A 2025 game co-created by Bennett Foddy where you move each leg of a man walking up a mountain. Falling is easy, progress is slow.

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