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
Arcade light-gun shooters
Time Crisis · Virtua Cop 2 · The House of the Dead 2 · Lethal Enforcers
medium
Developed by Q Entertainment
Lumines · Child of Eden · Meteos · Every Extend Extra
hard
The settlement survives only if you out-plan the environment
Frostpunk · Against the Storm · Banished · Timberborn
Each game turns settlement management into a fight against conditions that do not care about your plans. Cold, drought, endless rain, or plain scarcity keep pressing on the colony until every build order feels like triage.
tricky
The scoring system rewards swagger
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2 · OlliOlli World · Rollerdrome · Bulletstorm
The joke is that clearing the level is not enough for these games. They want nerve, flow, invention, and a little vanity, then they put numbers on it.