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Peaks of Yore
Travel around The Great Gales to climb challenging peaks in this physics-based climbing adventure set in 1887. Meet like-minded mountaineers, unlock helpful climbing gear, and become a pioneer of mountaineering.
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 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
49 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“totally worth your time if you enjoy challenging climbing games. some of the later stages have me tensing up, arching my back, leaning out of my chair, and soaking my palms in sweat. seriously fun and immersive.”
“Peaks of Yore is a climbing game where you scale mountains, boulders and buildings one hold at a time, leading to you getting roped into a flow state throughout the whole level. If you don't pay attention or…”
“How can such a simple game about climbing mountains be so fun and satisfying?”
25 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“totally worth your time if you enjoy challenging climbing games. some of the later stages have me tensing up, arching my back, leaning out of my chair, and soaking my palms in sweat. seriously fun and immersive.”
“This game is AMAZING. It's my personal comfort game and my 2nd favorite game. There is just something so capturing and comforting about this game. Whether it be some of the best controls I've seen in a climbing game,…”
“If you get MOTION SICK, don't play this game. But, for everyone else this seems to be a fun but challenging climbing game that doesn't try to make you rage like Jump King or Getting Over It but is still hard to master.…”
11 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“This game is AMAZING. It's my personal comfort game and my 2nd favorite game. There is just something so capturing and comforting about this game. Whether it be some of the best controls I've seen in a climbing game,…”
“Really fun and nuanced climbing sim. The mechanics are realistic enough to be interesting but arcadey enough to be fun, and, well, actually the better you get the more you realize they really aren't very realistic at…”
“this game has the best movement ive ever felt (maybe its cuz im good with it) and thats like the only reason i played this game for more than 10 hours everything else (except cruelty, sundown, and those stupid ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥…”
7 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“Features: -Lovable characters -Scottish accents(I think) -Tweed Jackets -Horrifyingly terrible climbing puns from a 13 year old girl -beautiful graphics -option to have terrible graphics for no reason(this game is so…”
“This game is AMAZING. It's my personal comfort game and my 2nd favorite game. There is just something so capturing and comforting about this game. Whether it be some of the best controls I've seen in a climbing game,…”
“101/10 game, graphics quality is overshadowed by the landscape, you can slap birds, and teaches why you shouldn’t grip your mouse as hard”
5 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“Really fun and nuanced climbing sim. The mechanics are realistic enough to be interesting but arcadey enough to be fun, and, well, actually the better you get the more you realize they really aren't very realistic at…”
“Pros: -Incredible climbing simulator with some of the craziest peaks I've seen in gaming. -Surprisingly maintains its casual atmosphere despite its difficulty. -Lots of unique and creative holds and tools at your…”
“Lovely little game, can be a bit frustrating at times but give it some time and you will get through it. I recommend playing this game for only an hour or 2 at a time, you will enjoy it more that way. Its not a game…”
12 of the 102 reviews raise this · 12 of them still recommend the game.
“Peaks of Yore is a climbing game where you scale mountains, boulders and buildings one hold at a time, leading to you getting roped into a flow state throughout the whole level. If you don't pay attention or…”
“While i somewhat firmly believe still believe that the last level is just too ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ insane for its own good, the rest of the game before that point is a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ masterpiece. Never have I felt so many times in a game…”
“i only have 4 hours in this game and it already shaved off 4 years of my life. I now understand why this game is tagged psychological horror. Old hagger has probably aged me about 20 years.”
10 of the 102 reviews raise this · 9 of them still recommend the game.
“The early levels are quite fun but in the later levels the climbing is atrocious due to bugs. Like others said this game doesn't respect the players time since there's no checkpoints.”
“You think you like birds till you start playing this game”
“im going to kill everyone who works on this game with a m14 combat rifle this ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ boulder mechanic is the worst ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥ ive ever played and i wish ill will against anybody who enjoys it”
3 of the 102 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Peaks of Yore honestly has the best controls out of any physics based platformer game I've played, any fault you make is on yourself 99% of the time (other than the edges of the slippery rocks making your hand spaz…”
“No early access, no publisher, no jewtube advertisement, no major content updates. Impressive. The core idea had been squeezed so dry, there was nothing left to build on without adding gimmicks or repeating the same…”
Counted across 102 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 97.4% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“absolute peak, i have still yet to beat the game. thank you spiff for making a video on this wonderful game.”
— a player, Steam review · 49 hrs played“Quite possibly one of my favorite games, top 3. I'll start by saying that the difficulty feels steep early on but it's not one of those "rage" games that you might associate with the climbing genre. Yes it's fair, but rarely forgiving. The best part is the movement because the…”
— a player, Steam review · 213 hrs played“Just finished the game. It's really fun. Really satisfying. The game is not too difficult overall, but there is a very dramatic difficulty spike towards the end. There's progression in your equipment and collectibles so it's pretty fun to unlock stuff. I did have somewhat…”
— a player, Steam review · 58 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
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Latest official news
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Patch 2.1.2 - Force Zones, Invincibility Zones, and Previous Art Entries
UpdatesAdded Force Zones. You can set these to push the player when entering the zone once, or constantly while they're in the zone. For things like jump pads and whatnot, you're best off enabling the
Patch 2.1.1 - Minor QOL and Bugfixes
UpdatesAdded a Duplicate Offsets options to the Grid Snap menu to offset duplicated objects in X, Y, and Z, based on either Camera Relative or World Relative space.In Grid Snap options, Scale will now
Patch 2.1.0 - Lots of Peak Editor QOL & Bugfixes
Hey everyone.This update involves major improvements and bugfixes to the Peak Editor. Lots of user-requested features and fixes are in this patch, so be sure to give it a read. ːwalterSaluteːUpdatesAd
Patch 2.0.4 - Hotkey Updates and Bugfixes
Update to HotkeysYou now have the option to toggle the Keep Placing Objects feature, which replaces Keep Selection (Single/Multi)With this On, you'll place objects as normal where it keeps the button
Patch 2.0.3d - Crampon Hotfix, other bugfixes
Fixed a few bugs with Crampons, 6pt / 10pt Crampon Collectibles and their Removal Zones. Fixed a bug with the Generated Terrain as well as Terrain Templates not getting properly deleted.Fixed a bug wi
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Difficult · Physics · Adventure · Psychological Horror · Exploration · Platformer · Atmospheric · First-Person · Singleplayer · Historical · Philosophical · Action (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Workshop · Steam Cloud · Includes level editor · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 53 |
| Official site | https://www.peaksofyore.net/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 10 64-bit Processor: Intel Core i5-5000 or AMD RYZEN 3 3300X Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 900 Series or AMD Radeon RX 460 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 2 GB available space Sound Card: Windows Compatible Audio Device