A Difficult Game About Climbing

Adventure· Platformer· Difficult· Psychological Horror

Released Mar 2024

This is a difficult game about climbing.

87% positive · 5,626 reviews

Done

All announced content has been released

High confidence

Done

All announced content has been released

High confidence

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Steam Updated 12 Oct 2026 $6.49 $9.99 −35%

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Evaluation

A Difficult Game About Climbing launched on March 6, 2024 and received a major free expansion on August 25, 2025 — a completely new second map, similar in size to the original, delivered as a free update to all owners with no DLC purchase required. The store description confirms this expansion is included with the base game. Following the expansion's release, the developer (Pontypants, a solo developer) published a public roadmap on August 30, 2025 outlining several planned quality-of-life improvements: better menus and stats, optimization, localization, the ability to equip/unequip unlocked items, and rebindable buttons. Over the next three months, every item on that roadmap was completed and shipped: localization arrived on September 1, 2025; optimization and UI improvements landed on October 23, 2025; the statistics screen and equip/unequip feature shipped on November 7, 2025; and rebindable keys — explicitly noted as the "final major feature" — were delivered on November 30, 2025. The November 7, 2025 patch notes explicitly labeled rebindable buttons as the "final major feature in progress," and the November 30, 2025 patch delivered it. With every roadmap item now marked complete and the developer having described the last feature as the final one, the game appears to have reached a finished state. The developer has made no announcements of additional content since November 30, 2025, and there are no unreleased DLC listings on the store.

Evidence

Rebindable keys delivered in patch v1.2.65 — the final item on the developer's public roadmap

news post · Nov 30, 2025 source development ending

high

Developer describes rebindable buttons as the 'final major feature in progress,' with localization, improved menu, optimization, and equip/unequip all marked complete

news post · Nov 7, 2025 source development ending

high

Media

Details

Developer

Pontypants

Publisher

Pontypants

Achievements

Platform

Windows, macOS

Controller

full support

Steam Deck

Playable

Players

Single-player

Difficult Psychological Horror Adventure Platformer Precision Platformer Action Funny Philosophical Physics Horror Casual Dark Humor Replay Value Third Person Survival Horror

About this game

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.