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A Difficult Game About Climbing
This is a difficult game about climbing.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-04 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
59 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“peak. *didnt finish it and i deleted the game not out of fit of rage, but i deleted the game because i needed more space.* 10/10 would pay and delete”
“It's a fun rage game and you can jerk off”
44 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“For a rage game this is actually not that bad... The second map however is HELL”
“I have currently been playing A Difficult Game About Climbing but have been stuck on the Cave section right before the last section of the main mountain. I would recommend this game to any people interested in rage or…”
“A wonderfully made, spiritual successor to Getting Over It With Bennet Foddy. It is clear the developer prioritized fun mechanics, and good level design over the frustration. The obstacles are clever, the movement is…”
3 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“If you like to challenging games, this is for you . The first map has a good difficulty progression (starts easy and gets harder) and the second map starts Hard and becomes VERY Hard. The physics are also very fun and…”
14 of the 102 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“This is a pretty cool game! It makes me mad, sure, but climbing is really fun and satisfying in this game. That jump towards the begining, it's too long. Also the pool in the jungle isn't wide enough; i keep falling…”
“i hate this game who made it f*ck off”
“Bad game dont buy it sucks ass”
8 of the 102 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Stupid developer thinks playing with mouse and keyboard is a better way to play this. It's not. Don't do it. Get a controller.”
“Imagine getting over it but with hand cramps.”
“The only reason why I decided to leave a negative review it is because I'm getting hand strain. That's it. Never really had it before except for cookie clicker, and at least it isn't mandatory to really strain your…”
7 of the 102 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“For a rage game this is actually not that bad... The second map however is HELL”
“Very nice game, a bit easy for my liking. Probably needs another DLC with an upgrade in the difficulty. Game is worth it, hopefully didn't cause too much damage for players. Congrats to the Dev!”
“Ez. beat it with my ears, and a KIWITATA 2X Classic SNES USB Controller”
Counted across 102 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 87.2% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“The game is Difficult and it is about Climbing”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“I just waisted 50 hours of my life climbing a fictional mountain and looking at a bald guys butt. no regrets”
— a player, Steam review · 51 hrs played“I highly recommend this game if you're into games that challenges you and where progress is define by your actual skill progression. the physics and gameplay mechanic are really fun to interact with. 10 out of 10, I just completed all the achievements, chefs kiss.”
— a player, Steam review · 63 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-04). Relative comparison only.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Key Rebinding Update - Patch Notes v1.2.65
With this update, you can finally rebind keys to your liking. This is exclusive to keyboard/mouse as the controls for gamepad wouldn't really work in any other configuration. Enjoy! Patch Notes v 1.2.
UI Update - Patch Notes v1.2.64
Patch Notes v1.2.64 Added options to hide the crown and cape. Added a Statistics screen showing PB times and clears for both maps. Improved localization across all languages. Fixed minor sound playbac
Improved localization, optimization and more - Patch Notes
v1.2.63 Patch Notes: Improved localization: Some of the translations were a bit off, these should hopefully be corrected now. It's hard for me to be sure since I don't speak any of the translated lang
Localization is here!
A Difficult Game About Climbing has now been translated into Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, Russian and Korean!All UI elements, intro texts and credits (at the end of map 2) have been fully localized.Sti
Roadmap & Patch Notes
Patch Notes v1.2.5: To not spam out patch notes - here are all the patch notes since the release of the new expansion: Added 2 new achievements Difficulty balancing in several sections. Gift boxes now
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Action, Adventure |
| Player tags | Psychological Horror · Difficult · Adventure · Singleplayer · Platformer · Precision Platformer · Action · Funny · Philosophical · Horror · Physics · Casual (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , Japanese * , Korean * , Russian * , Simplified Chinese * , Spanish - Latin America * * |
| Controller | Full support |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
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