Few games get our fingers moving (and our hearts racing) like Geometry Dash. Nearly a decade after this musical platformer raced onto the App Store, it continues to be relentlessly challenging.

Hopping between pillars? Sliding beneath spikes? That’s just a warm-up. Soon you’re bounding off the ceiling and steering a ship through tight passages—all to the beat of a surging soundtrack. If you love a wild ride, you’ll have a blast tackling this goal.

Your challenge: Survive Hexagon Force, one of the game’s toughest gauntlets, where you’ll face sloping platforms and dual portals that give you two cubes to guide simultaneously. Up your odds of reaching the end with these tips:

1. Train wisely
Practice mode can help you master a level, but be sure to disable auto-checkpoints. Instead, manually place checkpoints just before the trickiest sequences so you can work on them until you’ve nailed them.

2. Lose the tunes
We love the thumping rhythm, but if you keep failing, try turning the music off (either in the game’s settings or by muting your device). Because the action doesn’t always match the beat, you may find that concentrating is easier without it.

3. Be persistent
Still only 20 percent of the way through after dozens of tries? Don’t lose hope! Even seasoned Geometry Dash players need hundreds of tries to beat the hardest levels. Practice and patience are your biggest allies!