This 2D game is so frustrating it'll hurt your eyes just to watch someone else playing

Please make it stop.
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Sam Haysom
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There are some games out that are so mind-numbingly rage-inducing that just the simple act of watching another human playing them is enough to bring on a cold sweat.

On Thursday, journalist Steve Noah discovered one of those games.

Here's the footage, in all its nightmarish glory:

It's like if Mario had been designed by a sadist, isn't it?

Plenty of people had a similar reaction.

Still, if fiendish puzzles are your jam, it wasn't long before the game itself had been tracked down:

"Caution!!! This may be the most hardest, irritating, frustrating game EVER..." reads the description.

They clearly aren't lying.

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Sam Haysom

Sam Haysom is the Deputy UK Editor for Mashable. He covers entertainment and online culture, and writes horror fiction in his spare time.

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