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A Difficult Game About Climbing

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2024

Should you play it?

This is a difficult game about climbing.

What works

  • Challenging and rewarding gameplay
  • Intuitive yet deep climbing mechanics
  • Fair checkpoint system reduces frustration
  • Engaging physics-based movement
  • Good value for price

Things to keep in mind

  • Lack of narration or music reduces atmosphere
  • Can cause hand and wrist strain
  • Some difficulty spikes and inconsistent controls reported
  • Limited content and replayability
  • No social or multiplayer features

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Boxman's Struggle

  • Stilt Fella

  • Golfing Over It with Alva Majo

  • Hans

  • Jumps

  • Egging On

More fantastical

Games that feels like A Difficult Game About Climbing but with more imaginative fiction

  • Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom

  • A Story About My Uncle

  • Driven Out

  • Windlands

  • Solar Ash

  • Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams

More story-driven

Games that feels like A Difficult Game About Climbing but with deeper narrative immersion

  • Sephonie

  • Celeste

  • Cairn

  • Shio

  • Baby Steps

  • The Cub

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A Difficult Game About Climbing: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Story, Fantasy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Fantasy, Competition, Status.

Last update: 21/08/2026