A Difficult Game About Climbing

Buy87%

Very Positive · 6k player reviews · High confidence

Yes, worth buying.

Pontypants · Difficult · Mar 6, 2024

Player review score
87%
Very Positive
Price
$9.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
5
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
6
Full audio6 of 6
Subtitles6 of 6

Should I buy A Difficult Game About Climbing?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 35 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Difficulty: 25 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews

Based on 6k player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
50% of themes are praise50% are divided0% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
35 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
A Difficult Game About Climbing, developed and published by Pontypants, is an exercise in precision, patience, and persistence, distilling the act of climbing into one of the most challenging and deliberate gameplay experiences in recent memory.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
25 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The physics system is unforgiving yet fair, giving you full agency over every movement while ensuring that every mistake is your own.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Gameplay35 reviews
Difficulty25 reviews
Divided opinion
Controls
75% still recommend
Graphics
33% still recommend
Players complain

No recurring complaints in this sample.

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

  • Full controller support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud

Platforms

  • Windows
  • macOS

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachineVerified

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$9.99

The lowest we've tracked is $4.99.

5 points recordedtoday · $9.99

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