Demonlist (Pointercrate)

The Pointercrate Demonlist (often simplified as the Demonlist or Demon List) is the most popular and oldest community-maintained list of the hardest user-made classic levels in the game. It is hosted on the website Pointercrate.

The Demonlist ranks the 150 hardest classic Demon levels in Geometry Dash, including the hardest level in the game, based on the decisions of the Demonlist Team (the staff team handling list placements) after consulting with various top Geometry Dash players. The Demonlist currently classifies GRIEF as the hardest classic level in the game. The website also maintains records of players' progress and completions on these levels and features a leaderboard that ranks players based on accumulated points from those feats.

Although influential to the game, the list is not officially handled by RobTop or by the team of Moderators he assigned in-game. However, members of the latter party have sometimes been involved with the Demonlist.

The Pointercrate website was founded by stadust and is managed, administered, and moderated as an entity independent of the Demonlist by the separate Pointercrate team, currently consisting of Aquatias, Deltablu, Patrick, and Moosh.

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History

The official list was originally a topic created in April 2015 on gdforum, a community hub for the game that was prominent during the game's early years.

The member loogiah initially prototyped the Demonlist as 'Impossible and Very hard Demons Records!'. In contrast to later iterations of the Demonlist, which are well known today, the original version did not numerically rank levels; instead, it was a general list of levels considered extremely difficult at the time. loogiah's inactivity led to several successors before the creation of the 'NEW Extreme and Insane Demons Records List'. Following Riot's verification of Bloodbath in collaboration with the player R4Z0R, this list became the first iteration of the modern Demonlist, established on the independent website Pointercrate.

The Demonlist, formerly ranked 50 Demon levels, was extended on 23 October 2017 to 100 and on 6 July 2019 to 150, when the list was divided into a Main and an Extended List, each with 75 levels.

The community's eventual shift to higher-refresh-rate monitors, the use of various mods, and better hardware in general enabled players to complete levels that were previously unfeasible due to a lack of precision.

Description

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The Demonlist is considered one of the most influential creations in Geometry Dash history, establishing a competitive scene in the game and having widespread effects on level creation, completions, and content creation, for which it has also experienced significant criticism.

The Top 150 levels are divided into two lists: the Main List, consisting of the 75 hardest Demons and player percentage records on each; and the Extended List, consisting of the next 75 hardest Demons and exclusively player completion records on each (percentage records are still listed, assuming they were added before the level was moved to the Extended List). Demons that were previously on the list but have since fallen out are in the Legacy List, which comprises players' completions up to that point.

The Demonlist features a leaderboard system called the Stats Viewer, where players who pass a certain percentage on a Main List level or complete a level on the Main or Extended List will be awarded 'list points'. The player's rank on the Stats Viewer is determined by how many points they have; currently, the Individual Stats Viewer classifies Zoink as the player with the most list points, and the Nation Stats Viewer classifies the United States as the country with the most list points.

Each section leads to the page for the respective level; these are not permanent links to the specific levels but to the ranking on the list. On a level page, the level's name, publisher, and verifier are listed at the top, followed by the level's verification video. Underneath the video, the page provides the list points awarded for completing the level and reaching the minimum record percentage (if the level is within the Main List). The following section, Position History, lists historical placements for the level, along with the reasons for any changes (e.g., the placement of new levels or the shifting of existing levels). The last section, Records, describes the threshold for progress required for record qualification if the level is within the Main List (e.g., 59% or above for Amethyst), the number of records and completions, and lists of records, including the holder, their nationality, the progress, and video proof of their record.

List

The Main List and the Extended List include subjectively ranked Demon levels, added and moved based on the average sentiment of players who complete the levels and the levels surrounding them, considering the difficulty of each level relative to the others. The Top 150 levels on the list are split into two categories. The Main List features levels ranked #1 to #75, allowing players to earn list points for meeting progress records alongside completions. The Extended List features levels ranked #76 to #150, which reward players only for getting 100% on those levels. The Legacy List contains Demons that were once on the list but were pushed off as new levels were added. The Legacy List does not follow any order and receives updates when new Demons are moved down.

Main List

1. GRIEF by icedcave
2. Society by Neomarbilan
3. Thinking Space II by CairoX
4. Amethyst by Mist
5. Flamewall by Narwall
6. Tidal Wave by OniLink
7. Green Bullet by Cherry Team
8. ORBIT by MindCap
9. Antarctic Lights by declan
10. Nullscapes by Kiba
11. Quanteuse processing by Renn241
12. BOOBAWAMBA by akunakun
13. The Bloop by murkkat
14. Every End by MindCap
15. Ashley Wave Trials by OddMod
16. Silent clubstep by Sailent
17. Ultra Paracosm by declan
18. Penumbral by Cherry Team
19. andromeda by insxne
20. KILLSTEALER by Rynoxious
21. Subsuming Vortex by Cursed
22. Anathema by nikrodox
23. Avernus by PockeWindfish
24. Acheron by ryamu
25. Spectre by xander
26. Menace by Arraegen
27. Abyss of Darkness by Exen
28. Defeated Circles by GXQ
29. FOREST OF SPIKES by bims
30. Tunnel of Despair by Exen
31. Kyouki by Demishio
32. Sacrifice by Laniakea
33. Based After Based by akunakun
34. cognitohazard by MercuryDT
35. The Lightning Rod by Lavatrex
36. Maniacal Chains by LordDivinity
37. Slaughterhouse by icedcave
38. Subterminal Point by SyQual
39. KOCMOC by Cherry Team
40. BEING HOME by Turtl123
41. Deimos by ItsHybrid
42. CHIL by McCoco
43. zorin by SnowEye
44. Prismline by ItsHarryy
45. Sakupen Circles by Diamond
46. The Salt Factory by nickname
47. Master of Puppets by TheZinkYT
48. Silentlocked by GDSkele
49. Eyes in the Water by hawkyre
50. KOSETSU by fwe
51. CONVULSION by stellar
52. Through The Gates by TeamTheDashers
53. Firework by Trick
54. Voltage by The Purgatory
55. NOMAD by ReeseVT
56. Snowbound by Amplitron
57. NervHell by ASVTeam
58. poocubed by Lisp
59. Calibrate by Bamvie
60. MINUSdry by CDMusic
61. Saul Goodman by Renn241
62. Apocalyptic Trilogy by APTeam
63. The Hallucination by SyQual
64. Pinnacle of Life by skzyl
65. COMBUSTION by Cersia
66. Haunted Ship by awesomeme360
67. Loops of Fury by Enfur
68. Deadlier Clubstep by HeroZombie80
69. BRITNEY NO SCLEARS by wabas
70. Gaggatrondra by JCMoon
71. Sevvend Clubstep by Cherry Team
72. Stellar Night by icedcave
73. Edge of Destiny by CDMusic
74. Losing Your Mind by GalaxyGaming
75. Solar Flare by Linear

Extended List

76. The Catacombs by Cersia
77. LIMBO by MindCap
78. Make Paul Dance by Bemq
79. Belladonna by Cherry Team
80. Codependence by TCTeam
81. Collapse by Nexel
82. Mayhem by LordVadercraft
83. CHROMACAVE by HappyMoby
84. The Plunge by Dolabill
85. Fracture by Arrowgazi
86. Wavterminal by Skyavoxii
87. walter white by Renn241
88. Infinite Chaos by CairoX
89. Operation Evolution by Halzion
90. Damascus by Dzeser
91. Decks Dark by Madison Yuko
92. SARYYX NEVER CLEAR by artos
93. The Yangire by Dorami
94. Climax by HushLC
95. ORDINARY by Vit12
96. Sinister Silence by Wahffle
97. THE JET ENGINE by Billzer
98. Coalescence by Amplitron
99. Trickshot by vonic
100. Midnight by Madison Yuko
101. Doppler by At242
102. Cimmerian Shade by SrGuillester
103. PSYCHOPATH by DeniPol
104. TrakineS by Laranjoo
105. arcturus by maxfs
106. Diabolic Clubstep by Sevant
107. BEELINE by Waffl3x
108. DreamStep by Blaster1337
109. Sonic Wave Infinity by APTeam
110. Tartarus by Dolphy
111. Waterfall by Cherry Team
112. Jigsaw by Nekon
113. Delta by Drakosa
114. Between Duality by rnexel
115. BPATA MPAKA by Inex
116. Natural Disaster by iIiLaseriIi
117. The Wonder of You by HangerLord
118. Dualist by Synchroned
119. Sanctity by Amplitron
120. The Golden by Bo
121. Oblivion by dice88
122. Viprin UFO by hawkyre
123. NETWORK by Agat3
124. ATOMIC CANNON Mk III by LIEB
125. Terminal Rampancy by Xyriak
126. Verdant Landscape by Nisha
127. Levigo by Swib
128. Checked Steam by gruzy
129. Heavenly Sakupen by Youknowwho
130. UNKNOWN by NineDice
131. SPIRIT OVERCLOCK by X Future
132. Shukketsu by Madison Yuko
133. Breakcore by by ⁨WoofelGD
134. idontknowwhatthisis by YeldA
135. Critical Heat by Zeniux
136. adjunto adnominal by soumpiexe
137. WOBBLING MACHINE by Smarted
138. Crystal Crusher by Zeniux
139. limbo but uwu ig idk by akunakun
140. Graceful by robotchief
141. paranoia by Amplitron
142. Starlit Stroll by Enfur
143. The Paroxysm of Rage by Zacanii
144. Blood Echo by Farva
145. Aerial Gleam by EndLevel
146. DISCONNECT by MCres
147. VOID by nikoberry
148. Henken by PLoLek
149. Starlight Summit by pongo
150. Trueffet by SyQual

Legacy List

• azure blast by AlbinoSnail
• Kenos by npesta
• Fragile by EndLevel
• chrome hearts by Roadbose
• Esfera by SyQual
• Silent Lunch by DreamTide
• Destruction 19 by bosjoker
• in this by enciGD
• NEUTRA by Jenkins GD
• ROCKBOTTOM by bims
• Dark Dimension by The Purgatory
• Swing Swing by Kaza
• Guideless Goobering by Enfur
• Hard Machine by Komp
• DISSONANCE by ivyteal
• Crackhead Circles by AlrexX
• Time Lapse by HappyMoby
• Zodiac by Bianox
• Lotus Flower by StarkyTheSalad
• Scream Machine by TMco
• Goober Rage Stage by bonscarrot
• Axinie by SaturMan
• GLUNGUS ADVENTURES by bims
• Judgement Knights by HangerLord
• BLITZ by Chloe
• Widestep by Demishio
• Lithium by L4tezk
• Keres by ItsHybrid
• IRIS by Kaza
• Galeforce by OniLink
• Cold Sweat by para
• Frost Spirit by Quavbus
• Ascent by Rimexon
• Promethean by EndLevel
• Thinking Space by Atomic
• Dry Out Copyable 2 by tenzk
• Calculator Core by Walroose
• Renevant by nikrodox
• ConClusion by DreamZoneGD
• We Are Not The Same by mbed
• Trotil by Cherry Team
• Disconnected Descent by TheSkeletonGMD
• Instinct by Krazyman50
• Sky Shredder by Dorvict
• shimmer by Amplitron
• Crimson Planet by TrueOmega
• DIRECTIONS by wokecat
• ATOMIC CANNON Mk II by LIEB
• Axiom Asterism by Filqh
• Indivine by MercuryDT
• Cognition by EndLevel
• Neon Skyline by recillia
• CORRODERE by Moosh
• Cosmic Cyclone by APTeam
• qoUEO by GhostVandalf
• SARY NEVER CLEAR by KugelBlitZ
• Gloxinia by Aeidux
• ta1LSD0ll by ta1lsd0ll
• Rigel by Dan2D
• Scrubbabingo force by akunakun
• Call Me Maybe by ⁨hawkyre
• RUST by neigefeu
• SAND SAILOR by Custi
• Akashic Records by VoTcHi
• meow hard by meowdead
• Lucid Nightmares by CairoX
• RUTHLESS by Surjaco
• Coral Cave by awesomeme360
• Launchpad Labyrinth by Moffe
• SUPERHATEMEWORLD by icedcave
• obsession by jbooster
• Shardscapes by Kiba
• Omega Interface by Platnuu
• Amalgam by XLSpiral
• Tenkai by HidekiX
• Sides Of My Mind by MaxxoRMeN
• Horros by Shrc
• Cobwebs by NineDice
• Ykds1479ymdppr by Kapycta999
• Ragnarok by knobbelboy
• me when machine gang by akunakun
• Pandemonium by Cersia
• The Art of the Blade by mbed
• Descent Into Exile by GrenadeofTacos
• Deep Bass by Wesp
• FARBIDI THEORY by TMco
• The Rupture by Ka1ns
• Jupiter My Favourite by akunakun
• Silent Club by Luqualizer
• Escape Room by SleyGD
• Kappa by Armadeus
• no jokes by TheParadoxTeam
• LD50 by StarkytheSalad
• Nabil Let Go by Nab
• Asterios by Exen
• Bloodlust by knobbelboy
• PROTON LAUNCHER by MultiverseGD
• TORN by Kyhros
• Jesse Pinkman by Renn241
• Terminux by VulgarisAerae
• BarbarosFinaleFinale by awesomeme360
• Twilight by Madison Yuko
• CITRA by Varse
• Awedsy by sink
• Excruciation Chamber by spcreat
• Fog by notesxd
• Gracefully by DTDom
• Deimos by EndLevel
• Sazerix by Zeptrus
• Congregation by Presta
• Sigma by MindCap
• Atmos by Marwec
• MewneI by LightiNovel
• Aronia by Exen
• untitled unmastered by para
• Pagoda by Seturan
• Moving Forward by Crohn44
• DsinK by stanstanmansan
• Pootis Engage XTREME by AAAAAlex
• IthacropoliX by BIGMAC77
• ATOMIC CANNON by LIEB
• Knights of Thunder by HangerLord
• Cicatrize by Wintter
• Ploink by goobfrudla
• Violet Illusions by Enfur
• Nhelv by SrGuillester
• Gustavo Fring by Renn241
• FRIDAY by Metalface221
• Farthest Outpost by Jghost217
• Ouroboros by Viprin
• CONNECT by Mcres
• Ourwa by Demishio
• XRAY by GDSkele
• kowareta by Gablor
• Dump by GiggsRH
• Visible Ray by KrampuX
• Th3Dev0n by Zeptoz
• The Yandere by Dorami
• Arctic Lights by Metalface221
• Plasma Pulse Finale by Smokes
• Frozen Cave by TheParadoxTeam
• WORSTBRAINMAP by bims
• Fragmented by Cersia
• Dust Bowl by Iconic
• SZYSLAK by Zeniux
• REPENTLESS by Renn241
• CHROMA FINALE by Renn241
• Calamity by Awedsy
• AKIRA by Eridani
• Hardry by KuraiYonaka
• EGO KILLING by exactteam
• RAM by James
• Spectrum Cyclone by Temp
• FusionDynamix by TwisterDude161
• nevermore by EidamGD
• Kjdf8314jlfssf by Kapycta999
• CRIDIUM by 4yoet
• Fever Dream by icedcave
• Aquatic Auroras by EndLevel
• Storming Summit by Nimbus
• Shutdown by OliSW
• Requiem by Zylenox
• ConTroller by DreamZoneGD
• Mirrored Calamity by Nimbus
• Obscura by Eridani
• Sparkling by MzeroGD
• Eternal Moment by Rainstorm
• RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY by Acute144
• Beyond Hell by fakeblast
• Omega by MindCap
• Gamma by MindCap
• Dance of the Violins by DrayTM
• network by VanDerVals
• Power Grid by Zyraa
• Spacial Rend by Eclipsed
• Hyper Paracosm by ViRuZ
• of Ambrosia by Renn241
• Collect All Pets by Rynoxious
• the wiener by Rynoxious
• Dedohexdragon by royen
• Ryft by Dreamlight
• Cybernetic Crescent by Viprin
• Wasureta by HelpegasuS
• Macabre by ZephiroX
• Edge of the World by L4tezk
• Sink by Awedsy
• Golden Club by Zenmuron
• Molten Core by Janucha
• Loochiverse by Nerhy
• ELLIPSISM by Swib
• LUMINA by hechie
• Sonic Wave Rebirth by Serponge
• Sonic Wave by Sunix
• Infinite Iniquity by Flukester
• Molten Gear by knobbelboy
• Shmarley Ville by Renn241
• GONER by Nightning
• Sephiroth by Rainstorm
• Necromancer by TGI
• Iris of a Puppeteer by Eternaswip
• Yatagarasu by TrusTa
• Rage by nSwish
• X0 by Mulpan
• Edge of the Blade by Eiruni
• Silentium Clavas by Xolarzz
• The Hell Nutz by TheLasaga
• Cersia Difficult by Cersia
• xo by KrmaL
• Generic Wave by Pennutoh
• Titan Complex by TCTeam
• Nunri by Szilu
• Icotact by icedcave
• Quantum Theory by HeroZombie80
• memories by ivyteal
• rosedynamix by rose;
• BRKMGB8GJCZ by robotchief
• Cersia Madness by Cersia
• MISFIRE by Galaxxyss
• Kuzureta by Teno
• Erebus by BoldStep
• Delebit Oblivio by TeamSmokeWeed
• Retention Rush by TheBlackHell
• The Reaper by Kyhros
• Nightshade by YakobNugget
• Sunset Sandstorm by crohn44
• Altered Ascent by Prism
• reeses potentially by SubStra
• Dark Flare by KeiAs
• Chromatic Haze by Cirtrax
• Ddiamond by Lfritz
• DubKore X by loogiah
• Celestial Force by MindCap
• Tapwreck by MrLorenzo
• RELENTLESS by Surjaco
• ameliorate by maxis044
• Devil Vortex by Rustam
• Timor by Colorbolt
• super probably level by Alkali
• WOW by TrusTa
• ConFusion by DreamZoneGD
• Framework by Agat3
• Catalyze by ZephiroX
• Raisins by Airzyy
• Dreams by Kapycta999
• Lucid Chaos by CairoX
• Stygian Machinery by TeamE12
• Paroxysm by Lemons
• Freedom08 by Pennutoh
• Jamboree by JustJohn
• Photovoltaic II by Mazl
• The Moon Below by Onvil
• Lateral Myst by Bedrock
• Friday Vortex by Cersia
• IMAPHONE by Azuvy
• Apollo 11 by nasgubb
• inanimate INSANITY by Orange GD
• Bitcrusher by SleyGD
• Digital Descent by Viprin
• Stalemate Redux by GDTheTactiq
• TheCinnyBun by Cinny
• Cadrega City by Pennutoh
• ZAPHKIEL by Darwin
• Factory Realm X by HelpegasuS
• Springtime by VigorousGard3n
• Dole Damos by Jeyzor
• RGB by SleyGD
• Delta Interface by Platnuu
• Killbot by BoldStep
• Omicron by Proxima
• Tempered Steel by ItsHybrid
• vaenstep by vaen
• Step To Hell by LaZye
• Auroral Darkness by ViRuZ
• Solarion by ZephiroX
• Demonicat by f3lixsram
• Black Flag by Nekon
• Fabrication by KeiAs
• Ethereal Artifice by Zeroya
• Artificial Ascent by Viprin
• Effect II by MrSupremeGD
• Quantum Dynamix by GrenadeofTacos
• Future Chaos by neoraptor
• Luxtra by TheGalaxyCat
• Occult Outcry by Havok
• Aesthetic by SyQual
• Yuh by Lfritz
• Polygonal Paradox by Hypno
• Missing Benefits by TGI
• Mind Control by Deadlox
• Night Rider by LmAnubis
• The Hell Field by Stormfly
• Quantum Processing by Riot
• lodin da fish washer by KoKo43
• BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB by RoiMousti
• The Hell Zone by Stormfly
• Belloq by Sminx
• Glowy by Rob Buck
• Crystal by Zeronium
• Boogie by Digitalzero
• Quaoar by Flosia
• Rate Demon by RoiMousti
• Void Wave by Cherry Team
• Bausha Vortex by Pennutoh
• Spectrum Rave by Ryder
• Never Beat It by Metalface221
• Balengu Vortex by Temp
• Bass Cave by Bloodshot
• distraught by Alkali
• Sinister Incision by ItsHybrid
• Static Ignition by Magmeta
• Berserk by TrusTa
• Black Blizzard by KrmaL
• Auditory Breaker by LazerBlitz
• Ziroikabi by RoiMousti
• Pandemonium by Yakimaru
• SECTOR 19 by Sillow
• Hatred by AZuLer4
• Furious Flames by Failure444
• The Hell Inferno by Stormfly
• ErebuS by Platnuu
• Cadrega Mode by TCTeam
• Hyper Paradox by ItsHybrid
• CHROMA II by Renn241
• BuTiTi III by JonathanGD
• Ziroikapi by Kapinapi
• DMG CTRL by GhostVandalf
• Surge of Memories by TMNGaming
• Carcano by Asuith
• Astral Divinity by knobbelboy
• Surge of the Shield by Geo
• 2 1 1 by SrGuillester
• Dolos by Enzeux
• Glitched Memories by TCTeam
• Audio Expulsion by GoodSmile
• MONSTROSITY by Snarlax523
• Anoxysm by Lemons
• SubSonic by Viprin
• ikaros by Pavlaxan
• Mujigae by YGYoshI
• Betrayal of Destiny by Splash
• Shock Therapy by Arb
• i hate you by AlrexX
• SINGULARITY by Bianox
• Breakout Redux by Waivve
• The Hell World by Stormfly
• Low Death by KrmaL
• Athanatos by Exenity
• Anahita by Madison Yuko
• Adrenaline by Wapon77
• Galactic Shift by TeamSmokeWeed
• SPEEDRUN by Kaito
• Kinetic Bypass by Sminx
• Shock Breaker by Spectex
• Endless Dream by DreamTide
• Infernal Abyss by swithi
• Fabricated Thoughts by MaxiKD
• RASH by Loltad
• Ithacropolis by BIGMAC77
• OPSM1 by VARSE
• Disentombed by YakobNugget
• TeaM Z by 99Percent
• MadMansion by GunnerBones
• Mystic by EndLevel
• SHATTER by efext
• The Hell Origin by Stormfly
• DARKENED by Bianox
• Advanced AirStream by Zekke
• EnvY by DanZmeN
• Carnage Mode by Findexi
• Removed Submission by WHErwin
• Asmodeus by Vexion
• Tenth Circle by DeniPol
• Fusion Z by PlebKingdom
• Untitled by iiLuna
• Falcon16 by LIEB
• Alpha Baa X by Failure444
• VendetTa by CFteamgd
• Dimension Breaker by Bianox
• Phobos by KrmaL
• Shibui by Xanii
• Sakupen Hell by TrusTa
• Dimensional Breaking by Dalfa
• Ancestral Calamity by MrSpaghetti
• Silentium Gradas by Stormfly
• Blade of Justice by Manix648
• Libertas by WOOGI1411
• Betrayal of Fate by weoweoteo
• Biohazard by Artu
• Artifice by f3lixsram
• Epsilon by Proxima
• Atmosphere by VoidSquad
• Bloodbath by Riot
• Monstercat by f3lixsram
• Glacial Torrent by Nell
• ElectroLux by Zafkiel
• Molten Mercury by ItsHybrid
• Under lavaland by N R G
• Hateful Reflection by Iris
• Ecstasy by SleyGD
• ATMarbl by Pennutoh
• Azure Fiesta by Dorami
• The Hell Bird by Havok
• Down Bass by Spectra
• Idols by Zafkiel
• Just DANCE by Texic
• Inflective by Mojitoz
• Conical Depression by KrmaL
• phosphorescent by LimeTime313
• Prismatic Haze by Cirtrax
• Tempest Tornado by Colorbolt
• Aurora by TheKris
• Arctic Arena by Eclipsed
• Artificial Ideology by Team N2
• A Bizarre Phantasm by Team N2
• The Hell Factory by Team N2
• Annihilation Nation by Zylenox
• Mirage by Golden
• Sigma Interface by Platnuu
• Extinction by Chom
• Esencia by Zafkiel
• WaveBreaker by Lemons
• Penultimate Phase by nwolc
• aftermath by Exenity
• INNARDS by Kaito
• GridLocked by Eclipsed
• Plasma Pulse III by Smokes
• Novalis by Gryllex
• Maybe Possibly Thing by iNubble
• N0 by Metalface221
• The Hell Dignity by Stormfly
• Triple Six by Zylenox
• Niflheim by Vismuth
• PanaSonic by TheShadowRealm
• A2Marbl by Golden
• limitless by Konsi
• The Antimatter by Bianox
• Marathon by weoweoteo
• Audio Extraction by GoodSmile
• Elite Z Rebirth by KrmaL
• Twisted Tranquility by Flukester
• Unearthed by YakobNugget
• Breakout by Surv
• Grill Kill by RoiMousti
• Concaved Memories by CairoX
• Elliptic Curve by Mulpan
• Heat Wave by Nico99
• Heartbeat by KrmaL
• Deception Dive by Rustam
• Skrrah by VirtualCrack
• The Flawless by IIIRyanIII
• Fexty by SkyJax
• Digital Disarray by Giron
• NecropoliX by Namtar
• Retention by WOOGI1411
• CholeriX by Shaggy23
• Alcatraz by Asuith
• Insaction by ByBoy 11
• Killerzone by Dorami
• Artificial Dream by ViRuZ
• Glide by crohn44
• Red World Rebirth by Riot
• Violently X by Dorami
• Incipient by Jenkins GD
• Cromulent by RelayX
• Exotic Energy by Ellisha
• Volume by Metalface221
• AcropoliX by SoulsTRK
• Matilda the Machine by Jeyzor
• SUBVERSIVE by Snowr33de
• Tech Manifestation by Pleoslim
• CYCLONE by Bianox
• The Lost Existence by JonathanGD
• UltraSans by PlebKingdom
• Raindance by Milos482
• Duelo Maestro by Nacho21
• Polish Alphabet by Patchimator
• Pumped Up Kicks by Quiken
• Zettabyte by Jenkins GD
• Sky tech by Giron
• Uprise by Blad3M
• Awakening Horus by Juhou
• Gammaray by stardust1971
• Allegiance by nikrodox
• night party by Rlol
• Instant Execution by Plexidit
• HyperSonic by Viprin
• Cataclysm by Ggb0y
• Cosmorush 21 by Pennutoh
• Underground by Keyblade
• Falling Up by KrmaL
• 8o X by f3lixsram
• Penombre by ZephiroX
• Grimoire Heart by CFteamgd
• Dark Rivalry by Flex
• Frizzantino Vibes by UserMatt18
• Electrosonic by CastriX
• Cosmic Calamity by SrGuillester
• Excessive Compliment by Pennutoh
• Superstrike by Lemons
• Doop by WormFodder
• Torrential Storm by xKstrol
• Arcadelocked by Tongii
• Es Dilar Nos by Mulpan
• The Ultimate Phase by Andromeda
• Destruction of God by RelayX
• AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA by RoiMousti
• Photovoltaic by Mazl
• After Catabath by Boy of the Cones
• Final Epilogue by Pennutoh
• Astronomical Alchemy by iSparki
• Dark RainBow Rebirth by knobbelboy
• ICE Carbon Diablo X by Roadbose
• Hydraulic Overdrive by Xyriak
• NecroDynamix by HelpegasuS
• Galaxy Breaker by Bianox
• Kurumi City by Rabbitical
• Galatic Fragility by TeamSmokeWeed
• New Supersonic by CronosCrl
• Creeper Force by CreeperMILK
• Abandoned Kingdom by Sunix
• Future Circles by KeiAs
• Quest For Perfection by LazerBlitz
• Cyber Chaos by Hinds
• Temple of Destiny by DrakeGhast
• Clubstep Reborn by Boy of the Cones
• Spectral Tentation by DiscJoker
• Crimson Clutter by RedUniverse
• Demonic Bass by Miniman2098
• Asymmetry by WOOGI1411
• Rewind by Awzer
• Plasma Pulse II by Giron
• Elements X by Eiken
• Wander of Thought by Noriega
• Hate War by Stormfly
• The Secret Box by Metalface221
• Lunatic Doom Machine by SrGuillester
• Valor by KrmaL
• Night Terrors by Hinds
• Hyperio Technia by ML500
• Subterranean Animism by EricVanWilderman
• Pursuit by Shocksidian
• Ultraviolet by Viprin
• Wolfstep by Rlol
• Light Years by Smokes
• Geminorum by Feko9
• X Adventure by Pasiblitz
• Sparklic Ocean by Koreaqwer
• DeltaNova by RyanAB
• Necropolis by Neptune
• The JanuS Miracle by Megadere
• Catastrophic by TheOne21
• Sadism by Nox
• DoomsDay by ElectricBass
• lezicuv by Step4enko
• Entwined Room by MidNight

Pending levels

• Artemis 13 by mvngo (Main List, Places on 18 October)
• BLAZEIT by rollthedice666 (Main/Extended List, Places on 11 November)

Staff

The Demonlist is led by a team of people referred to as list editors (Moderators and Leaders) and helpers. They have a public Discord server that includes the most up-to-date list changelog, announcements for guideline changes, list team application forms, support for player profile requests, roles which can be synced to player profiles, and various channels for discussing the Demonlist or among others who are interested and involved with the Demonlist.

LeadersModeratorsHelpers

• Arkane
• CaveMelv
• DENNIS3465
• paqoe (zoe)
• Ranian
• vonic

• Bosonic
• chaz
• festry
• FoodyNooby
• KirbyX152
• Latko
• lola
• LordVadercraft
• s3batr0nic
• skzyl
• SpectreNoodle
• TGM05
• tripodvevo
• unek
• zof

• alyn (madi)
• Chloe
• cln
• emi
• Foxdee
• rosedash
• sphericle
• TreblePKGD

Submissions

For Demons and their completions to be added to the Demonlist, they must meet the criteria below.

Demon rules

• Demons need to be rated to be included on this list.
• If a Demon was hacked to change the difficulty, the Demon will be moved to the bottom of the Legacy List as a punishment. Notable examples are Zodiac, Arctic Arena, and Furious Flames.
  • If a Demon receives a hacked update before being list-worthy, it will not be added.
  • If a Demon has a secret way, it will not be added.
  • A Demon whose original verification was hacked will still be added to the list, provided it is list-worthy, rated, and has at least one legitimate victor. Notable examples are ZAPHKIEL, Athanatos, Zodiac, and Slaughterhouse.
  • A Demon removed from the servers or unrated will be moved to the bottom of the Legacy List. Notable examples include Astral Divinity (formerly known as God Eater), Wasureta, and kowareta.
• 2-player Demons verified by two or more people will not be added to the list, meaning levels like Bang Gang will not be added to the list, despite both being verified legitimately and being difficult enough to place on the Main/Extended List. A 2-player Demon level will only be added if verified with one person controlling each player separately, such as in Elite Z Rebirth, CholeriX, and Codependence.

Submission rules

• Records must be legitimate and uploaded to a video-sharing platform (e.g., YouTube) with a minimum of 30 frames per second (FPS).
• All records require raw footage, being the unaltered original recording of the completion or progress, to be uploaded to a file-sharing platform (e.g., Google Drive) and made shareable to be submitted to the Demonlist. Additionally, raw footage requires that all recordings feature at least one audio track containing only recorded clicks, excluding mobile completions. Commonly, this is referred to as 2TA, or 2 Track Audio, as popular recording software, such as Nvidia App or OBS, allows users to record gameplay with one track for desktop/game audio, and another for clicks.
• Records must be made on the latest version of the level or an appropriate bug-fixed/low-detail copy.
• The record holder must meet the percentage requirement of a level for their record to be added to the list.
• Records containing recordings found to be illegitimate will result in either the deletion of the record, rejection of the record, or both a rejection and a ban on submitting, as well as the removal of profile points on the site. For more information, please read the Demonlist Guidelines.
• If a level receives a buff update and is subsequently moved up the list, all records previously added will be removed. It does not apply if the purpose of an update is to nerf. No new records will be added if the changes are drastic enough to warrant moving the level to the Legacy List.

Verifications

• Verifications are not shown in the records section of a level, but they still award points and are featured in a section on a player's Stats Viewer profile.

Bug-fix and LDM guidelines

• Records using a level's built-in LDM are always eligible.
• Records on appropriate LDM copies of levels are eligible. Generally speaking, an LDM copy should not remove decorations that obstruct the player's vision, blind transitions, flashes, or boss fights. If unsure whether a copy is allowed, either contact a list staff member or use the official copy tracker to check the status of a specific copy.

Leaderboards

Top 20 players

Note: This leaderboard is not intended to represent the best players in the game and does not include every player due to a lack of profiles on Pointercrate.

Last updated: 28 September 2026

Rank	Player	Clan	Demonlist Score
1	Zoink	[67]	7,468.35
2	wPopoff	[WBT]	5,373.53
3	zLevii	[MEALY]	3,875.38
4	Trick	[TCD]	3,848.62
5	Netermind	[SARK]	3,686.91
6	Sharkified	[OG]	2,587.34
7	kloone	[OG B]	2,430.95
8	Thnnder	[THNDR]	2,402.30
9	eastshark	N/A	2,369.03
10	pizi	[UCH]	2,136.18
11	rediio	N/A	2,101.45
12	Slaughter	[OG]	2,060.07
13	Cookie	[BHO]	1,968.63
14	xmercurylamp	N/A	1,954.52
15	Taiago	[WBT]	1,890.07
16	weyolll3	[HOLA]	1,877.66
17	Laysah	[OG B]	1,759.74
18	dovv1n	[UFA]	1,710.71
19	LAMINGTON	[MEALY]	1,674.36
20	Whizkid05	[IQB7]	1,657.01

Top 10 nations

Last updated: 28 September 2026

Rank	Nation	Demonlist Score
1	United States	8,893.52
2	South Korea	6,420.42
3	Spain	5,715.26
4	Russia	5,271.29
5	Poland	5,014.10
6	Canada	4,681.80
7	United Kingdom	4,657.75
8	Australia	4,099.08
9	New Zealand	4,083.02
10	France	3,911.07

Reception

Though the Pointercrate website's interface and feature suite were met with general praise, since moving to Pointercrate, the Demonlist has received significant criticism, including by Riot.

Impact

Players

The creation of a centralized Demonlist paved the way for a new era of competition, achievement, and drive for most of the community, whether players were trying to claim the top spot on the points leaderboard or create the hardest levels. The rise of 'list grinders' created abundant friendly competition in the community. The points system allowed players to improve the goalposts they could strive towards. The phrases 'hardest Demons' or 'top X Demon' became much more impactful due to streamlining the categorization of the hardest levels. The creation of the Demonlist led to an increase in content focused on challenging levels, and much of the community began tuning in to watch the skill ceiling pushed ever higher. In addition, the guidelines imposed by the Demonlist are effectively treated as empirical in the modern community, and gameplay that violates them is dismissed as illegitimate. The rise of mods has created a consistent base for what is and is not considered cheating.

Level creation

One of the most widespread criticisms of the Demonlist is a perceived oversaturation of ranked levels. Between Updates 2.1 and 2.2, nearly 500 new levels were placed on the Demonlist at an increasing rate per year; around 100 of these levels after 2020 were placed approximately in between Zodiac and Plasma Pulse Finale, respectively #1 and #12 at the time. Numerous Demons are accused of being created with the primary intent of receiving placement on the Demonlist, including Avernus.

Towards the end of Update 2.1, players began to note the ever-escalating difficulty of the Demonlist; Main List level difficulty officially began to exceed that of popular formerly impossible levels, starting with the placement of Silent Club at #15. With prohibitively difficult gameplay elements such as frame-perfects and extreme straight-flying becoming more prevalent in List levels, players began to question the accessibility of the Demonlist. During the release of Update 2.2, the four top Demons, Avernus, Acheron, Silent clubstep and Abyss of Darkness, received significant criticism from victors for their lack of enjoyment.

FPS bypass

The invention of the mod FPS bypass, which allowed users to play at any frame rate (during Update 2.1, where on vanilla, higher frame rates than 60 were only achievable by having a high refresh-rate monitor and using VSync), sparked a three-year controversy in which players debated whether the tool should be considered illegitimate. Some time before it was allowed on the Demonlist, the player PoweredByPie created a method to trick the game into thinking a player was using a higher refresh rate, allowing higher frame rates with VSync. This method was known as 'piepass'. However, despite technically still allowing behaviour not possible in vanilla (specifically, eliminating the need for VSync increased precision, as VSync adds an extra frame of delay), FPS bypass was deemed visually indistinguishable.

The Demonlist's guideline against FPS bypass was finally lifted on 25 November 2020, permitting its use up to and including 300FPS. On 11 April 2021, the maximum allowed frame rate was increased from 300 to 360, and it remained at 360 for the rest of Update 2.1. The cap on FPS was due to a variety of factors, including that it was not too unreasonable for players to be able to run, 360Hz monitors started being sold to consumers, and because 360FPS was a friendly value on many common refresh rates (i.e, 360 is evenly divisible by 60, 120, and 180).

Unlike Update 2.1, Update 2.2 locked the physics rate to 240TPS, rather than a physics rate which scaled with the frame rate (specifically, 4 physics calculations per frame on Update 2.1), and includes its own version of an FPS unlocker, so for any record achieved in Update 2.2, any FPS is permitted.

Click Between Frames

On 8 April 2024, community member syzzi released a mod titled Click Between Frames (CBF), following an earlier mod, Zero Delay, created for Update 2.1, which removed the extra frame of delay caused by a vanilla bug affecting discrete graphics cards, which has since been fixed as of Update 2.2. CBF was created in response to the drastic changes in how inputs and physics work introduced by Update 2.2. To put it into perspective, as described in a previous section, the physics calculation rate in Update 2.1 scaled with the frame rate, resulting in four physics calculations per frame. As the physics rate increased, the unusual gameplay behaviour became more pronounced. One primary example of this is the ship, which was considered incredibly 'floaty' at higher frame rates because rotation was much slower. At a certain threshold in Update 2.1, roughly 1,000FPS, the ship and wave game-modes would even stop rotating entirely (which is why many 'Impossible Levels' feature the bug during their showcases). On top of this strange behaviour with physics, the player's input rate also scaled proportionally with the frame rate. In the later years of Update 2.1, the top-playing community was set on using 360FPS due to the rules of the Demonlist. This implementation meant that for those records, the player's input rate would be 360TPS, and the physics rate would be 1,440Hz.

Once Update 2.2 was released, RobTop decided to lock both the input and physics rates to 240TPS/240Hz. This decision set the top-playing community back because it led players to discover that the game felt both less precise in terms of input and harder to control in terms of physics. Specifically, the 240Hz physics rate in Update 2.2 mirrors the 60FPS physics rate in Update 2.1. The clear downgrade prompted the Demonlist to address these issues quickly, and on 23 December 2023, physics bypass was permitted for usage up to 360 physics ticks per second. This decision, however, was incredibly controversial because, first, it ignored the deliberate reasoning RobTop had for locking the physics rate to 240Hz, and second, it did not work as 360FPS did in Update 2.1, since the physics rate only ran at 360Hz, not 1440Hz. Even internally, the Demonlist team was not entirely comfortable with the physics bypass, and it was seen more as a band-aid fix for a fundamental problem that would persist.

Once syzzi had created CBF, it was recognized as a brilliant solution to bridging the gap between Update 2.1 and Update 2.2. The way CBF works is by recording the precise time of an input, determining where between the previous and current next full physics step the click occurred, and when the next physics step runs, it applies the click with a small deltatime offset in the physics calculations, allowing the game to run at the same physics rate as vanilla, with essentially uncapped precision (depending on the player's device's polling rate), and with the same precision no matter the frame rate. The release of the mod prompted discussion within the community about its legitimacy, particularly regarding existing Demonlist guidelines (such as the allowance for physics bypass). The list team conducted a poll to gather community consensus, and the mod was ultimately permitted for all records in June of the same year and subsequently disallowed physics bypass, as CBF provided equal or greater benefits without physics-related bugs. A further explanation of the team's reasoning can be found here.

Despite CBF being a seamless solution on the surface, that did not stop the mod from having one of the largest running controversies in the modern game. The primary issue that prevented the unanimous adoption of CBF was that RobTop refused to rate levels verified while using it. This stance created an unfair system within top play, where verifiers would be stuck using, all things considered, a much worse input system than the players who were completing such 2.2 levels for list points. As a result, many Extreme Demons during this time featured 'CBF Blockers', which were mechanisms created with triggers that took advantage of CBF inputs not occurring on the physics steps, which would either block the usage of CBF while completing the level, like with Nullscapes, or significantly buff the level for people using CBF, such as with KOSETSU. These CBF Blockers were both understandable for creating an even playing field between verifiers and normal players, and also very distasteful for forcing players to ignore the progress made to properly continue the flow of top play after the setbacks caused by Update 2.2.

These tensions following the allowance of CBF on the Demonlist would pervade the top playing community, and this eventually pushed the Demonlist to attempt their own solution, under the assumption that CBF would not be allowed for use during rated verifications. Following a poll on 25 May 2025, the Demonlist officially began moving forward with Rated+, a separate tab in Pointercrate's Demonlist and Stats Viewer intended to allow unrated levels to be placed and completed. The primary goal with Rated+ was to standardize the usage of CBF across all players, as to remove the tension in the community surrounding it, but that was not its only goal, as the separation from RobTop's rating system had been a long-discussed topic in the past usually concerning instances where top levels take unreasonably long to be rated after their verification, such as Crimson Planet and WcropoliX, and instances where presumably rate-worthy levels just are not rated in general. Rated+ started active development a couple of months after its announcement and was essentially finished sometime between October and November in the same year. For the months after it was ready to be deployed to the site, it sat in stasis because the site owner, stadust, was increasingly busy, and it could have been released at any time.

On 19 January 2026, RobTop updated Geometry Dash to Update 2.208, which featured his own personal implementation of CBF, known as Click Between Steps (CBS). The initial version of CBS featured several stark differences from syzzi's CBF, such as each click creating a brand-new physics step, which ran counter to his philosophy of a locked physics rate in Update 2.2. It also shifted the alignment while playing levels, meaning the input system still ran on the same thread as the game. This version was met with harsh criticism, as players compiled extensive evidence of its various bugs. Just one day later, on 20 January 2026, RobTop released Update 2.2081, which seemingly addressed most concerns and intended to change CBS to feel more like CBF. After extensive player investigation and confirmation from a lead developer of the widely popular mod loader Geode, it was discovered that the updated version of CBS, while running on a separate thread, similar to CBF, and maintaining the constant 240Hz physics rate, caps precision at 480 input ticks per second. Although this version of CBS is still worse than syzzi's CBF, it seems that RobTop intended to add the feature to justify his future decisions regarding CBF.

On 29 January 2026, following the rating of many important unrated Extreme Demons such as Through The Gates and Khorne, RobTop decided to rate Ashley Wave Trials, which was the first Extreme Demon to be rated as having only been completed using CBF during verification by Zoink.

Rated+ abandonment and comeback

The combination of both addressing the most pervasive problem in top play (the unfairness with CBF) and the decision to rate a large number of important unrated levels meant that Rated+ had lost a significant portion of its incentive to be deployed as a feature of the Pointercrate Demonlist. On 31 January 2026, Rated+ was temporarily retired. Click Between Frames now, comfortably, stands as the primary input method for top play. On 14 May, the Demonlist team revisited the Rated+ project, running a poll on whether unrated levels should be eligible for the list and how to implement it: adding unrated levels directly to the current list, adding them to a separate Rated+ tab, adding cosmetic unrated levels, etc. Most people agree that unrated levels should be included on the list and that a Rated+ tab should be implemented for both rated and unrated levels. That was also confirmed in the poll, in which 50.2% of players were keen on adding the Rated+ tab. This change to the Pointercrate Demonlist will be one of the first in a very long time.

Most members of the community agree with this decision, as the Rated+ tab will be useful for players and maybe even for RobTop, who could check Pointercrate to see which list-worthy levels remain unrated.

Trivia

• The Demonlist has been acknowledged by RobTop himself, as in the Geometry Dash 10th Anniversary video, he congratulates Acheron for being the hardest level in the game.
• On April Fools' Day, Pointercrate may sometimes select a random date to use in the Time Machine, allowing users to view the list at a specific point in history.
  • Other times involve moving levels around as a joke or adding joke levels to the list. It includes the addition of The Helicopter on 1 April 2026.
• For some changelog messages in the Demonlist public Discord server, primarily for well-known levels being lowered from the Main List to the Extended List, or the Extended List to the Legacy List, additional messages from creators or verifiers will follow.
  • One primary example of this is when Bloodbath fell off the list; after the announcement of the change, Riot himself left a message.
  • Members of the server can also like or dislike changes to the list, though doing so does not affect anything. The most liked change is the placement of GRIEF at #1 on 5 October 2026, with 6,100 likes. The most disliked change is the placement of Acheron at #2 on 22 September 2022, with 2,427 dislikes.
• There are many derivatives of the Pointercrate Demonlist created to suit different niches, such as the Challenge List and the All Rated Extreme Demons List.
• If a level was hack verified, it will show as 'Verified by -', with Slaughterhouse being the only exception.
• Only two players have completed the Top 75 on the Demonlist, being nSwish and Zoink.
• There are a few levels on the Legacy List that are easier than Extreme Demon. Almost all of them are Insane Demons, but DoomsDay by ElectricBass is the only Hard Demon on the Legacy List. However, DoomsDay was originally an Extreme Demon before being nerfed and subsequently moved to the Legacy List.