Spoilers ahead: for the puzzle and the movies/games
This page reveals all categories and answers for this puzzle. It also discusses plot details, story endings, and other spoilers for some of the movies/games shown.
easy
Published by Devolver Digital
Hotline Miami · Gris · Enter the Gungeon · Death's Door
medium
Developed by Obsidian Entertainment
Fallout: New Vegas · Pillars of Eternity · The Outer Worlds · Pentiment
hard
Rhythm or music timing is central to play
Sayonara Wild Hearts · Thumper · Hi-Fi Rush · Crypt of the NecroDancer
These games are not simply musical in presentation. Their play rules are built around hitting inputs, movement, attacks, or reactions in time with music or a beat grid.
tricky
Games primarily set in a hotel
Hotel Dusk: Room 215 · Luigi's Mansion 3 · Rusty Lake Hotel · At Dead Of Night
The unifying link is the central setting: each game spends the bulk of its story and exploration inside a hotel or hotel-like lodging rather than merely visiting one for a scene or mission.