A Difficult Game About Climbing
Physics-based climbing platformer where falls can undo hard-won progress
Pontypants · Released Mar 6, 2024
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 87% of 5,694
- Recent reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 76% of 38 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 19
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- 9 months ago
- Nov 30, 2025
What is A Difficult Game About Climbing?
This single-player climbing platformer has you control a climber’s arms to pull him up a mountain, grip surfaces, and make jumps. You cross seven areas on the way to a peak and a promised prize. An included second chapter adds nine more zones, and a fall can send you far back.
For you if...
- +you enjoy mastering physics-based movement through practice
- +you like difficult jumps that demand precise timing
Not for you if...
- −you dislike losing substantial progress after a mistake
- −you want a gentle difficulty curve or frequent safe spots
What players say
87% of 5,694 reviews are positive · 76% of 38 in the last 30 days
Players praise the climbing mechanic and the sense of getting better with practice. Common complaints are sharp difficulty spikes and punishing falls, particularly in later sections. Some players also find the mouse controls imprecise or tiring to use.
Screenshots and trailer
A Difficult Game About Climbing system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 7 (SP1+)
- Processor
- 2 GHz Dual Core CPU
- Graphics
- Intel HD Graphics 4000 or better
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM
- Storage
- 1 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 10
- Processor
- 2.5 GHz Dual Core CPU
- Graphics
- Geforce GTX 970/Radeon RX470 or better
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 1 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS
- Achievements
- 5
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Steam Deck: Playable
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Shows Steam Deck controller icons
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Full audio: English, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America.
Tags
- Difficult
- Psychological Horror
- Adventure
- Singleplayer
- Platformer
- Precision Platformer
- Action
- Funny
- Physics
- Philosophical
- Horror
- Casual
- Dark Humor
- Replay Value
- Third Person
- Survival Horror
Recent updates
- Nov 30, 2025 · Key Rebinding Update - Patch Notes v1.2.65
- Nov 7, 2025 · UI Update - Patch Notes v1.2.64
- Oct 23, 2025 · Improved localization, optimization and more - Patch Notes
- Aug 30, 2025 · Roadmap & Patch Notes
- Aug 20, 2025 · New Map Trailer is Live - Free Update Coming Aug 25!
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