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New Heights: Realistic Climbing and Bouldering

New Heights: Realistic Climbing and Bouldering

The ultimate climbing and bouldering simulation game. Test your skills across more than 280 routes on real world crags from the Fontainebleau boulders to Hanshelleren Cave, including the legendary route Silence. Create your own routes and compete with friends for the best sends.

Released Feb 26, 2026 Developer Wikkl Works Publisher Wikkl Works, WhisperGames Platforms Windows Early AccessSimulationSportsTutorialParkour
View on Steam ↗ $21.99 (US · as of 2026-09-25)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-19.

90.3%positive268 reviews
Recommended · 12 found this helpful

“Wanted more after a free solo run in Cairn. Feel like this is exactly what I was looking for”

— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs played
Recommended · 13 found this helpful

“Great Game. If you like climbing or simulator games you should definitely get this. The Good: * Very fun climbing system, this came out before Cairn, but if you're familiar with Cairn's manual mod using the bumpers/triggers, this is similar. * A ton of real-world routes, at real…”

— a player, Steam review · 44 hrs played
Recommended · 7 found this helpful

“This team really knows about and loves climbing, which is clear in every aspect of the game. Wonderful natural routes, with even Hanshelleren to be climbed! This really adds to the climbing experience. I found the instructions on how to move an grip nicely done, with nice…”

— a player, Steam review · 39 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.

46all-time peak
0 10 20 2024 2025 2026 No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period 17 avg · Jul 2023

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-19.

53achievements
2.8%median completion
0.0%rarest: Create your own workshop location
90.6% of players 84.9% of players 81.1% of players 66.1% of players 62.7% of players 60.2% of players 54.6% of players 37.5% of players 37.2% of players 26.5% of players 18.2% of players 17.9% of players 17.9% of players 15.2% of players 12.5% of players 10.9% of players 10.2% of players 8.4% of players 7.4% of players 5.7% of players 4.4% of players 3.7% of players 3.2% of players 3.2% of players 3.2% of players 2.9% of players 2.8% of players 2.6% of players 2.5% of players 1.8% of players 1.7% of players 1.6% of players 1.4% of players 1.3% of players 1.3% of players 1.1% of players 1.1% of players 1.0% of players 1.0% of players 1.0% of players 1.0% of players 0.6% of players 0.6% of players 0.5% of players 0.4% of players 0.4% of players 0.3% of players 0.2% of players 0.2% of players 0.1% of players 0.0% of players 0.0% of players 0.0% of players 90.6% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
90.6%I can climb! — Finish the controls tutorial
84.9%Ready for more — Finish the technique tutorial
81.1%Intermediate climber — Reach the intermediate division
Rarest badges of honor
0.0%Create your own workshop location — Create your own workshop location
0.0%Master of Hanshelleren — Earn 108 stars on Hanshelleren
0.0%Intermediate of Hanshelleren — Earn 72 stars on Hanshelleren

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-08-12. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$21.99current · sampled 2026-09-25 21:36 UTC
$21.99lowest since tracking began2026-08-12
US21.99 USD
EU21.99 EUR
UK18.99 GBP
Australia32.12 AUD
Canada28.99 CAD
Japan2,464 JPY
Brazil65.11 BRL
China80.99 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$12 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$25

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-25). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 08-12 08-21 08-30 09-08 09-16 09-25

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Jul 01, 2026
Achievements & Workshop Location Tool Patched / Fixed

Hello everyone! It's been a while. Today I've fixed the star achievements, and the workshop tool. Development is going to be slower than when we were in Early Access, but not completely halted. Of cou

Apr 29, 2026
Climbing System Blog - How we created our climber - Part 3

We added a new part of our 'How we created our climber' blog, with insights how we handled the physics and game design of the climbing system in New Heights. For people who like to know the challenges

Apr 29, 2026
Patch with fixes for reported issues

We released a fixes-patch today! It covers a lot of fixes for reports from both the Discord and Steam forum. Mostly route fixes about checkpoints, star times and geometry fixes on Al Legne, Hansheller

Feb 28, 2026
Small UI / localization fixes patch

We fixed a few UI & localization issues with this patch. The Dyno tutorial showed the wrong buttons. The workshop menu didn't localize well for non-latin characters. And some other minor things.

Feb 26, 2026
Full Release! New Heights out of Early Access

New Heights is now officially out of early access! It comes with a gigantic update that has cost us 19 months to develop. This update reworks the climbing system completely, optimizes a lot, includes

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-19.

GenresIndie, Simulation, Sports
Player tagsEarly Access · Simulation · Sports · Tutorial · Parkour · Realistic · Adventure · Family Friendly · 3D · Atmospheric · Physics · Third Person (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Stats · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , Dutch, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese *
ControllerFull support
Achievements53
Official sitehttps://newheightsgame.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 or later Processor: i3 or Ryzen 3 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GTX 950 or Radeon HD 7970 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 15 GB available space