A Difficult Game About Climbing

Overview
This is a difficult game about climbing.
SteamVery Positive (87%)
3,327 Steam user reviewsMetacriticNot rated
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About the game
- Developer
- Pontypants
- Publisher
- Pontypants
- Released
- Mar 6, 2024
Description & review sources
- This is a difficult game about climbing.
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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.
- Developer
- Pontypants
- Publisher
- Pontypants
- Released
- Mar 6, 2024
Ratings & review sources
SteamVery Positive (87%)
3,327 Steam user reviewsMetacriticNot rated
System requirements
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Windows
Minimum
Minimum:- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows 7 (SP1+)
- Processor: 2 GHz Dual Core CPU
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000 or better
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 1 GB available space
Recommended
Recommended:- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: 2.5 GHz Dual Core CPU
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Geforce GTX 970/Radeon RX470 or better
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 1 GB available space
macOS
Minimum
Minimum:- OS: MacOS Big Sur
- Processor: 2 GHz Dual Core CPU
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000 or better
- Storage: 1 GB available space
Recommended
Recommended:- OS: Latest
- Processor: 2.5 GHz Dual Core CPU
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Geforce GTX 970/Radeon RX470 or better
- Storage: 1 GB available space
Linux — not supported
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Features & game information
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Play modes
- Single-player
Steam features
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Cloud
- Family Sharing
Controller & mod support
- Controller support
- full
- Mod support
- Not specified
Game details
- Genres
- Action
- Adventure
- Developer
- Pontypants
- Publisher
- Pontypants
- Released
- Mar 6, 2024
- Content type
- game
- Operating systems
- windows
- mac
- Achievements
- 5
All community tags
Community tag votes
- Psychological Horror179
- Difficult175
- Adventure173
- Singleplayer167
- Platformer161
- Precision Platformer146
- Action146
- Funny138
- Philosophical136
- Horror135
- Physics132
- Casual130
- Dark Humor129
- Replay Value123
- Survival Horror119
- Comedy115
- Surreal115
- Third Person110
- 2D108
- 2.5D107
Languages & audio
- English*
- Japanese*
- Korean*
- Russian*
- Simplified Chinese*
- Spanish - Latin America*
*languages with full audio support
Related editions & add-ons
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Sources, updates & publisher notice
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