Action · March 6, 2024

A Difficult Game About Climbing (2024)

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REACH THE PEAK Pull yourself up a treacherous mountain to reach the legendary Peak , where eternal glory and a wonderful gift awaits. This journey demands complete mastery in the legendary art of climbing. Game includes one free expansion , a completely new, bigger adventure featuring a full second chapter that’s more brutal, more ambitious, and absolutely not easier. Enjoy: No deaths or violence. Just the constant fear of falling and losing all your progress. Perhaps that is worse… Physics based climbing . Use only your mouse to control the arms of the climber. Gamepad supported. Endless suffering. The world record is under 4 minutes. You, however, will be here for hours. Possibly forever. But not: Legs... You cannot use your legs for some reason. FAILURE IS A TEACHER. EACH FALL IS A LESSON. Embark on a philosophical journey, uncover lessons of ancient wisdom and who knows... perhaps even the meaning of life itself? ETERNAL GLORY AWAITS YOU AT THE PEAK Conquer each of the 7 uniquely designed areas that make up this one colossal mountain to receive the grand prize. Expansion - Chapter 2: A completely new, bigger adventure featuring a full second chapter that’s more brutal, more ambitious, and absolutely not easier. Adds 9 completely new zones and is included with the game. “The ascent has become familiar… almost comforting. But alas, far below, within the endless water that binds earth to heaven, lies a glimmer of hope - and perhaps a deeper truth.” Note from the developer: This game is inspired by 'Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy', itself a homage to an older game made by Jazzuo. I aimed to capture the magic of GOI's intensely difficult gameplay, which becomes comically easy once you master it.

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Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Psychological Horror · 179
  • Difficult · 175
  • Adventure · 173
  • Singleplayer · 167
  • Platformer · 161
  • Precision Platformer · 146
  • Action · 146
  • Funny · 138
  • Philosophical · 136
  • Horror · 135
  • Physics · 132
  • Casual · 130
  • Dark Humor · 129
  • Replay Value · 123
  • Survival Horror · 119

Peer Action titles

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Position in Action

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume4.5k Steam reviewsTop 62% in Action
Positive rating89% positiveGenre average: 83% — this title sits in top 41%
Engagement hours4 h averageTop 81% for session depth among Action

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (6)

  • English volume_up
  • Japanese volume_up
  • Korean volume_up
  • Russian volume_up
  • Simplified Chinese volume_up
  • Spanish - Latin America volume_up

Full audio (6)

  • English
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Russian
  • Simplified Chinese
  • Spanish - Latin America

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

4h

brief (under 5 hours)

Median

3h

Typical completion time

Achievements

5

Steam unlocks available

Reception Metrics

Steam community

89%Very Positive · 4.5k reviews

4.0k positive · 500 negative

Curator recommendations

4.9k

Release & Availability

Release dateMar 6, 2024
DeveloperPontypants
Base price$6.49
PlatformsWindows, macOS
Estimated owners100k–1M
External links[email protected]

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud

Input & Comfort

  • Full controller support

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Editions & Packages

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