Games like Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy
If Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy is your kind of game, the closest matches are A Difficult Game About Climbing, THE DARUMA CHALLENGE and Space Kettle — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its obtuse controls feel intentional, contemplative and hypnotic. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy is a 2017 action game by Bennett Foddy that tasks players with climbing out of a deep pit using only a hammer and their wits. The obtuse controls and physics-based mechanics create a challenging experience that reviewers describe as contemplative and hypnotic despite the stressful difficulty. Players report that mastering the movement becomes a meditative exercise where frustration transforms into flow, and the philosophical narrative commentary woven throughout adds emotional weight to the ascent. The game supports speedrunning with time-based scoring, and it has been verified for Steam Deck play. The title holds an 85% positive rating from over 40,000 Steam reviews.
About Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy: A game I made for a certain kind of person. To hurt them.
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A Difficult Game About Climbing
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Shares a stressful mood with Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy.
Top pick for Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy.
This is a difficult game about climbing.
THE DARUMA CHALLENGE
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Second-strongest match for Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy.
A brutal bouncing challenge. No shortcuts, no mercy—just you vs. gravity. How far will you climb before it all comes crashing down?
Space Kettle
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Third-strongest match for Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy.
Have you ever played a game as a Flying Kettle? No? It’s time to fix this. In this game, your main goal is to reach the top of the unyielding surreal mountain at any cost, going through the test of inevitable falls, constant loss of progress, and deep frustration.
My Type of Goblin: A Climbing ASDFenture
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Ranked #4 for Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy.
Use the whole keyboard to climb, slingshot, and slide your way up a mountain. Collect bizarre accessories on your quest to become the most gorgeous Goblin. But one mistake can send you tumbling back down.
Hop to It!
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Ranked #5 for Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy.
Hop your way through a colorful level filled with various challenges and obstacles, master the state-of-the-art pogo stick controls, and try not to fall...
Clamb
WHY THIS
Shares a stressful mood with Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy.
Ranked #6 for Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy.
A punishing VR climbing game. Climb a surreal mountain with nothing but a hammer.
Ropeman
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Ranked #7 for Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy.
A two dimensional platformer where you throw a knife into a wall, attach your rope to it, and swing like a pendulum. With only your rope swing skill, you must keep climbing upward until you finally reach the moon.
Climbing Back to the Mothership
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Ranked #8 for Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy.
I've spent a lot of time making new friends. Now it's time for them to pay the price.
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Titanfall® 2
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Priced ~44% under Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy on Steam right now. Shares Action with Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy.
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POSTAL 2
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Priced ~88% under Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy on Steam right now. Shares Action with Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
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Priced ~63% under Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy on Steam right now. Shares Action with Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
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Priced ~88% under Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy on Steam right now. Shares Action with Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy.
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Crypt of the NecroDancer
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Priced ~63% under Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy on Steam right now. Shares Action with Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
Super Hexagon
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Priced ~63% under Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy on Steam right now. Shares Action with Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy.
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STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
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Priced ~69% under Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy on Steam right now. Shares Action with Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy.
You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.
Streets of Rogue
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Priced ~50% under Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy on Steam right now. Shares Action with Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy.
Fight, sneak, and hack your way through randomly generated cities. It's like Nuclear Throne meets Deus Ex, mixed with the anarchy of GTA. Rogue-lite meets immersive sim, and goes completely insane.
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Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Frequently asked about Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy
- Is Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy cost?
- Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy is listed on Steam at 7.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy are A Difficult Game About Climbing, THE DARUMA CHALLENGE, Space Kettle.
- Who developed Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy?
- Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy was developed by Bennett Foddy.
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