Games like Climbing Forever
Below are 31 hand-picked alternatives to Climbing Forever for fans of action, indie, adventure, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in Climbing Forever also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, cheaper alternatives, free-to-play picks, and Steam Deck–friendly options. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
About Climbing Forever: Climb in the hope of finding Forever, and fail finding it again and again, until you succeed or fall to despair. Learn from your mistakes and climb anew. You only need to find Forever once.
Players who liked Climbing Forever also play
Ranked by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries plus content overlap on genres, tags, and developers.
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Hollow Knight: Silksong
Top pick for Climbing Forever fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Climbing Forever.
Discover a vast, haunted kingdom in Hollow Knight: Silksong! Explore, fight and survive as you ascend to the peak of a land ruled by silk and song.
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Don't Starve Together
Second-strongest match for Climbing Forever fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Climbing Forever.
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
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INSIDE
Third-strongest match for Climbing Forever fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Climbing Forever.
Hunted and alone, a boy finds himself drawn into the center of a dark project. INSIDE is a dark, narrative-driven platformer combining intense action with challenging puzzles. It has been critically acclaimed for its moody art style, ambient soundtrack and unsettling atmosphere.
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Cult of the Lamb
Ranked #4 for Climbing Forever fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Climbing Forever.
Start your own cult in a land of false prophets, venturing out into diverse and mysterious regions to build a loyal community of woodland Followers and spread your Word to become the one true cult.
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Absolum
Ranked #6 for Climbing Forever fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Climbing Forever.
Fight as the outcast heroes of Talamh in a fierce battle to retake magic from Sun King Azra’s grasp in Absolum, an original roguelite beat ‘em up by Dotemu.
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ANTONBLAST
Ranked #7 for Climbing Forever fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Climbing Forever.
ANTONBLAST is a fast-paced explosive action platformer that's all about destruction. Play as the enraged Dynamite Anton (or his cranked-out coworker Annie) and use your Mighty F’n Hammer to demolish bizarre worlds, tussle with screen-filling bosses, and steal your Spirits back from Satan!
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MIO: Memories in Orbit
Ranked #8 for Climbing Forever fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Climbing Forever.
Play as android MIO in this mesmerizing metroidvania where you explore the Vessel, an enormous technological ark overgrown with machines gone rogue. Uncover its secrets, enhance MIO's abilities, and save the spaceship and its residents from oblivion.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Climbing Forever at current Steam store prices.
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POSTAL 2
Priced ~85% under Climbing Forever on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Climbing Forever.
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?
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Buckshot Roulette
Priced ~56% under Climbing Forever on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Climbing Forever.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
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GRIS
Priced ~45% under Climbing Forever on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Climbing Forever.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
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The Test
Priced ~71% under Climbing Forever on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Climbing Forever.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
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Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
Priced ~78% under Climbing Forever on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Climbing Forever.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
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Blood and Bacon
Priced ~85% under Climbing Forever on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Climbing Forever.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
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Crypt of the NecroDancer
Priced ~56% under Climbing Forever on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Climbing Forever.
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!
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A Short Hike
Priced ~41% under Climbing Forever on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Climbing Forever.
Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
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Doki Doki Literature Club!
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Climbing Forever.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
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Life is Strange - Episode 1
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Climbing Forever.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
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Ultimate Custom Night
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Climbing Forever.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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Bongo Cat
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Climbing Forever.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
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ENA: Dream BBQ
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Climbing Forever.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Climbing Forever.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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Indigo Park: Chapter 1
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Climbing Forever.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
Narrow it down
Head-to-head comparisons
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
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Hollow Knight: Silksong
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Climbing Forever.
Discover a vast, haunted kingdom in Hollow Knight: Silksong! Explore, fight and survive as you ascend to the peak of a land ruled by silk and song.
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Don't Starve Together
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Climbing Forever.
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
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INSIDE
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Climbing Forever.
Hunted and alone, a boy finds himself drawn into the center of a dark project. INSIDE is a dark, narrative-driven platformer combining intense action with challenging puzzles. It has been critically acclaimed for its moody art style, ambient soundtrack and unsettling atmosphere.
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Cult of the Lamb
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Climbing Forever.
Start your own cult in a land of false prophets, venturing out into diverse and mysterious regions to build a loyal community of woodland Followers and spread your Word to become the one true cult.
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ANTONBLAST
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Climbing Forever.
ANTONBLAST is a fast-paced explosive action platformer that's all about destruction. Play as the enraged Dynamite Anton (or his cranked-out coworker Annie) and use your Mighty F’n Hammer to demolish bizarre worlds, tussle with screen-filling bosses, and steal your Spirits back from Satan!
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MIO: Memories in Orbit
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Climbing Forever.
Play as android MIO in this mesmerizing metroidvania where you explore the Vessel, an enormous technological ark overgrown with machines gone rogue. Uncover its secrets, enhance MIO's abilities, and save the spaceship and its residents from oblivion.
Frequently asked about Climbing Forever
- How much does Climbing Forever cost?
- Climbing Forever is listed on Steam at 6.79 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Climbing Forever?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Climbing Forever are Hollow Knight: Silksong, Don't Starve Together, INSIDE.
- Who developed Climbing Forever?
- Climbing Forever was developed by MalinDream.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Climbing Forever.
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