Rank 01Games like A Difficult Game About Climbing
- 22 games
- Updated May 4, 2026
Players who liked A Difficult Game About Climbing also play
The closest matches to A Difficult Game About Climbing: Egging On, Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy, White Knuckle, Driving Is Hard, and The Game of Sisyphus. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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Rank 02Why this
Also Philosophical and Dark Humor, like A Difficult Game About Climbing.
- $1.99 (Price checked Oct 19)
- Deck Verified
- 2017
Rank 03Why this
Shares physics based movement and skill progression with A Difficult Game About Climbing.
- $16.99 (Price checked Oct 19)
- Deck Playable
- 2025
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Driving Is Hard
Why this: Shares physics based movement and precision platforming with A Difficult Game About Climbing.
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Jump King
Why this: Shares environmental hazards with A Difficult Game About Climbing.
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Get To Work
Why this: Shares precision platforming and checkpoint based progression with A Difficult Game About Climbing.
The full ranked list: top 24 games like A Difficult Game About Climbing
Best match first, as plain text. The same list for AI assistants:
- 1Egging On
Shares environmental hazards and physics based movement with A Difficult Game About Climbing.
- 81% of 284 reviews
- 2Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy
Also Philosophical and Dark Humor, like A Difficult Game About Climbing.
- 85% of 40,946 reviews
- 3White Knuckle
Shares physics based movement and skill progression with A Difficult Game About Climbing.
- 98% of 6,859 reviews
- 4Driving Is Hard
Shares physics based movement and precision platforming with A Difficult Game About Climbing.
- 84% of 111 reviews
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- 8Get To Work
Shares precision platforming and checkpoint based progression with A Difficult Game About Climbing.
- 92% of 1,997 reviews
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- 11Hans
Also Precision Platformer and Dark Humor, like A Difficult Game About Climbing.
- 87% of 52 reviews
- 12The End Is Nigh
Shares precision platforming with A Difficult Game About Climbing.
- 93% of 1,896 reviews
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- 16That Flipping Mountain
Also Philosophical and Precision Platformer, like A Difficult Game About Climbing.
- 93% of 87 reviews
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- 18Spelunky 2
Shares physics based movement and procedural generation with A Difficult Game About Climbing.
- 93% of 13,985 reviews
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- Released: 2024
- Developer: Pontypants
- Price: $9.99checked Oct 19
- Steam Deck: Deck Playable
- 88% of 3,211 reviews
- Genres: Action, Adventure
- Platforms: Windows, macOS
Players highlight
- Clever level design that rewards patience
- Clever obstacle design
- Immaculate sound effects
- Brutal
- Challenging
- Dark
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Why this: Same punishing mood as A Difficult Game About Climbing.
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Why this: Shares physics based movement and precision platforming with A Difficult Game About Climbing.
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Why this: Shares level design with A Difficult Game About Climbing.
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Why this: Shares environmental hazards and physics based movement with A Difficult Game About Climbing.
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Why this: Shares precision platforming and checkpoint based progression with A Difficult Game About Climbing.
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Why this: Shares procedural generation with A Difficult Game About Climbing.
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Why this: Shares procedural generation with A Difficult Game About Climbing.
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Why this: Also Dark Humor and Survival Horror, like A Difficult Game About Climbing.
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Why this: Shares precision platforming and replayability with A Difficult Game About Climbing.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Egging On
Why this: Shares environmental hazards and physics based movement with A Difficult Game About Climbing.
Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy
Why this: Also Philosophical and Dark Humor, like A Difficult Game About Climbing.
Jump King
Why this: Shares environmental hazards with A Difficult Game About Climbing.
About A Difficult Game About Climbing
The closest matches to A Difficult Game About Climbing: Egging On, Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy, White Knuckle, Driving Is Hard, and The Game of Sisyphus. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If A Difficult Game About Climbing is your kind of game, the closest matches are Egging On, Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy and White Knuckle — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as brutal, challenging and dark, and single out its achievement grind and achievement hunting. 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.
A Difficult Game About Climbing is a 2024 physics-based precision platformer developed and published by Pontypants. Players navigate treacherous vertical environments through environmental puzzle-solving and environmental hazards while mastering checkpoint-based progression. The game features level design that incorporates achievement-hunting and achievement-grinding mechanics. Players describe the experience as brutal, challenging, dark, funny, and intense, with reviewers highlighting clever obstacle design that rewards patience and mastery-based progression that defines success by skill. The immersive ASMR-quality sound design has been noted for its immaculate sound effects. The experience is solo-only with a long session shape designed for focused sit-down play, and it runs playably on Steam Deck. Priced at $6.49, the game holds an 88% positive rating from 3211 Steam reviews.
About A Difficult Game About Climbing: This is a difficult game about climbing.
Is A Difficult Game About Climbing worth buying?
Players recommend it
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 88% of 3,211 Steam reviews are positive.
- Last 30 days: 84% positive across 50 new reviews, in line with its all-time score.
- Price: $9.99 (checked Oct 21).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 14 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics had played a median of 11 h before their negative review.
- Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Clever level design that rewards patience
- Clever obstacle design
- Immaculate sound effects
- Immersive asmr quality sound design
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“I really do not appreciate the 50 times finishing update in both endings. There was no need to. It looks like devs are trying really hard to make it similar to Getting Over It. At first I really liked the concept and physics in the game…”
“Thanks for bloating the game with 2 unnecessary achievements... +100 playthroughs for basically nothing, RIP my 100%. This isn't as iconic as GOI, there's no need for a shameless ripoff of GOI's So Over It achievement (which i have)…”
People who play it also play: Egging On, Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy, White Knuckle
Frequently asked about A Difficult Game About Climbing
Can I run it?
Does A Difficult Game About Climbing run on Steam Deck?
A Difficult Game About Climbing is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does A Difficult Game About Climbing cost?
A Difficult Game About Climbing is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to A Difficult Game About Climbing?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside A Difficult Game About Climbing are Egging On, Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy, White Knuckle.
Who developed A Difficult Game About Climbing?
A Difficult Game About Climbing was developed by Pontypants.