Persevere and your efforts will be rewarded! All the games below are super challenging, but also fair. Anybody can make something difficult it's getting you to return and try-try-try again which sets apart genius game design from trolling.

Our only criteria beyond asking a lot from players was that the games must be good, nay, great. In the list below we've rounded up just some of the greatest challenges on the console - the most difficult Switch games available. Throw in a bunch of unforgiving classics from third parties and indies, and the Switch boasts some of gaming's toughest challenges, yours to conquer on the bus or the bog (or, you know, on the telly). Obviously, this doesn't apply to everything, but for a company known for its multi-coloured hardware offerings and cutesy, cuddly character design, it certainly knows how to up the ante in the difficulty department when appropriate.

Despite Nintendo's family-friendly image, anyone who's played much the company's output can tell you that, while Nintendo games might start out all fluffy and colourful and welcoming, you'll need all the hugs and fluff you can get as you enter the endgame, with the challenge ramping up considerably in the last quarter, especially if you're hunting down every last secret.

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