Top 20 HARDEST Video Game Puzzles Ever

We all love good brain teases in our video games, but these puzzles were way too hard! For this list, we’ll be looking at obtuse, challenging, and occasionally illogical puzzles in video games. Our countdown includes The Black Monolith from "Fez" (2012), Chamber 18 from "Portal" (2007), Hatching the Owl from “Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake” (1990), Myahm Agana Apparatus from “The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild” (2017), and more! Which of these puzzles did you find the toughest? Let us know in the comments below!

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[WatchMojo]

Which of these puzzles did you find the toughest? Let us know in the comments below!

[snoozy]

20. LT. Surge's Power Switches - Pokemon Red and Blue (1998)
19. Naga Sadow's Tomb - Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (2003)
18. Rotating Road Sign - Grim Fandango (1998)
17. Myahm Agana Apparatus - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017)
16. Hypnotize the Monkey - Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge (1991)
15. Chapter 10 - Hotel Dusk: Room 215 (2007)
14. Hatching the owl - Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake (1990)
13. Selenitic Age - Myst (1993)
12. Sealing off the smell - Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box (2009)
11. The challenge - The Witness (2016)
10. The Cigar Wrapper - Ripley's Believe it or Not!: The Riddle of Master Lu (1995)
9. Shakespeare's Stanzas - Silent Hill 3 (2003)
8. Goat Puzzle - Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars (1996)
7. The babel fish puzzle - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1984)
6. Chamber 18 - Portal (2007)
5. The Water Sample - Resident Evil 3: Nemesis (1999)
4. The Rubber Ducky Puzzle - The Longest Journey (2000)
3. The black monolith - Fez (2012)
2. The Mustache - Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned (1999)
1. Name that Gnome - King's Quest (1984)

[nikeairjordanfly]

props to all the people that figured out the puzzles before the internet

[alexiasrevenge]

I played RE 3 when I was 13 and did this puzzle with no notes no cheats, no internet and I remember feeling so happy when finally doing it

[danyoung]

The Resident Evil puzzle becomes a lot easier when the player reads a note from a facility worker, hidden to the character's left when entering the room, on a notice board in a corner which one has no other reason to go into. It reads, "Experiment-related notes. "Watch for the portion with no wave when adjusting the data."" This made it easier for me at least, as it reminds to look closer and align not only the blocks but the gaps between them, making it a quicker process to eliminate incorrect solutions that look as though they should work.

[johnnymartinjohansen]

The canned food puzzle in The 7th Guest should have been here too. Getting a whole sentense right, where Y is the only vowel, that's was insanely hard, at least for me.

[roseflo]

I almost got emotional at the longest journey at number 4 because that is such an underrated game I played with my mom and loved in my childhood and never thought it would ever be mentioned on this channel.

[jinratgeist]

I'm proud of myself solving that piano puzzle on my own in the first Silent Hill. 😆

[sin_pyro]

The puzzle in Naga Sadow's Tomb is a Tower of Hanoi puzzle. I used to love these when I was a kid. So seeing it in KOTOR was a minor squee moment for me.

[wheelermusician]

I love seeing Professor Layton in anything, its seems like a rare sight.

[Bobsk]

Awesome to see all those classic adventure games! Aaaah, the good ol’ times! ❤️

[HelpTheWretched]

The Microscope puzzle from The 7th Guest was pretty infamous in its day. At the time the game was released, the designer had not even beat it!

[Nelkhael]

I was thinking about that puzzle from The Longest Journey all through the video and, THERE IT IS!

[SpicyMarcoBB]

Me and my brother got stuck for days on the water puzzle on RE3 until one of my classmates explained the solution to us. Fun days

[wowbobwow]

The bloody tower from Nemesis. Seeing brought back the trauma. Mad props also for mentioning the Babel Fish from the OLD school Hitchhikers.

[neilblanckenberg]

The most difficult puzzle game I ever played was Riven the sequel to Myst. Surprised no puzzle from Riven is this list though Myst did make it.

[Wingedlight-nnhl]

To me the Shakespeare puzzle from Silent Hill 3 is the hardest cuz it actually requires you to know Shakespeare in order to solve it especially on the hardest difficulty.

[gorgha]

I've done those ring/tower puzzles so many times in so many games by now they're almost second nature to me. Always annoying, but never that hard anymore.

[emmafrost]

That water puzzle in re3 always hindered me from finishing the game. I remember replaying the game the moment i reached that level. It turns out it was just about stacking those lines and also one of my biggest accomplishment was finding that out on my own. 😂😂😂

[robertbouley]

That thumbnail is pretty funny - Jill’s expression is too good.