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Oftentimes, devs are practically the only person who can. Especially small hobbyist devs. They'll spend hundreds, if not thousands, of hours playing their own game as they build it and forget they have to then circle back and tune it for people who haven't.
Potentially my hottest take, but this is my biggest criticism of Silksong. Even as someone who likes difficult games, I bounced off it. I'll get back to it eventually, I know I'll love it once I crack it, but it was taking a lot of effort I just can't devote to it right now.
I wouldn't necessarily say that it's too difficult or that the difficulty level is bad, but it's overtuned. The devs spent 7 years developing it, playing it, replaying it, adding, tweaking. I believe they made exactly the thing they wanted, but that makes it very dense and intricate and you gotta be on just the absolutely correct wavelength to get there ...