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You Have To Climb Out
A short narrative puzzle experience about a lost frog who has dug too far into the sand during a beach day. Use your trusty shovel to move blocks and create paths for you to continue upward.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.
“Pretty neat short puzzle platformer.”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.
Latest official news
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Small update #2
Hey everybody, just fixing a few bugs I've noticed from some very helpful people reaching out. The most common one is sometimes the camera not transitioning correctly when you move to a new screen. Sh
Update Notes for scrambling to fix bugs even though i thought i got them all
i did not get them all. bug fixes (small audio fix, get-stuck-between-screens-less fix)
You Have To Climb Out has released!
Hey everybody, my first game is out! if someone told me back in December that I'd be writing that sentence in a steam announcement post, I'd probably not believe them but also start building up anxiet
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.
| Genres | Indie |
| Player tags | Story Rich · 2D Platformer · Puzzle · Linear · Atmospheric · Pixel Graphics · Platformer · Puzzle-Platformer · 2D · Controller · Indie · Mystery (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Gamepad Recommended · DualShock Controller Support · DualShock Controller Support · DualSense Controller Support · DualSense Controller Support |
| Languages | English |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 3 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: 128MB Storage: 100 MB available space VR Support: None Additional Notes: None