Super Hexagon

super hexagon makes my head and my tummy hurt and every time I boot it up I want to just give up immediately and never play a video game again it's truly amazing what the human mind and body are capable of

Mini masterpiece. The minimalist game design philosophy Terry Cavanagh perfected in both this and VVVVVV has never really been replicated by any developer before or since. The fact something this exhilarating, rousing, and engaging exists with the use of only a few buttons really should be seen as an embarrassment to developers who think a game's goal is to have as much content stuffed into it as possible, and gamers who think a game's value comes from the total playtime they've extracted from it rather than what that playtime actually consists of, and Super Hexagon justifies literally every second of its existence through just how addictive the patterns are, the music is, and how they perfectly synthesize into a short, yes, but ultimately thrilling interactive audiovisual experience. 9/10.

Simple and fun. Excellent sound design with punchy visuals.