# Games like 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.

## Similar games, ranked

The full ranked list, 24 games, best match first (the HTML page shows the top 8 as cards).

1. [Egging On](https://imho.run/games/2897610/egging-on) — Shares environmental hazards and physics based movement with A Difficult Game About Climbing. 284 Steam reviews, 81% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2897610/)
2. [Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy](https://imho.run/games/240720/getting-over-it-with-bennett-foddy) — Also Philosophical and Dark Humor, like A Difficult Game About Climbing. 40,946 Steam reviews, 85% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/240720/)
3. [White Knuckle](https://imho.run/games/3195790/white-knuckle) — Shares physics based movement and skill progression with A Difficult Game About Climbing. 6,859 Steam reviews, 98% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3195790/)
4. [Driving Is Hard](https://imho.run/games/3175860/driving-is-hard) — Shares physics based movement and precision platforming with A Difficult Game About Climbing. 111 Steam reviews, 84% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3175860/)
5. [The Game of Sisyphus](https://imho.run/games/2904890/the-game-of-sisyphus) — A frequent pick in A Difficult Game About Climbing players' libraries, and another Action. 197 Steam reviews, 75% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2904890/)
6. [Jump King](https://imho.run/games/1061090/jump-king) — Shares environmental hazards with A Difficult Game About Climbing. 5,049 Steam reviews, 91% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1061090/)
7. [not available](https://imho.run/games/2381590/not-available) — A frequent pick in A Difficult Game About Climbing players' libraries, and another Indie. 5,490 Steam reviews, 74% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2381590/)
8. [Get To Work](https://imho.run/games/2706170/get-to-work) — Shares precision platforming and checkpoint based progression with A Difficult Game About Climbing. 1,997 Steam reviews, 92% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2706170/)
9. [Peaks of Yore](https://imho.run/games/2236070/peaks-of-yore) — Shares procedural generation with A Difficult Game About Climbing. 3,182 Steam reviews, 98% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2236070/)
10. [Boxman's Struggle](https://imho.run/games/1228560/boxman-s-struggle) — Also Dark Humor, like A Difficult Game About Climbing. 72 Steam reviews, 79% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1228560/)
11. [Hans](https://imho.run/games/2616420/hans) — Also Precision Platformer and Dark Humor, like A Difficult Game About Climbing. 52 Steam reviews, 87% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2616420/)
12. [The End Is Nigh](https://imho.run/games/583470/the-end-is-nigh) — Shares precision platforming with A Difficult Game About Climbing. 1,896 Steam reviews, 93% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/583470/)
13. [Celeste](https://imho.run/games/504230/celeste) — Shares level design with A Difficult Game About Climbing. 58,812 Steam reviews, 97% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/504230/)
14. [PEAK](https://imho.run/games/3527290/peak) — Shares environmental hazards and physics based movement with A Difficult Game About Climbing. 125,499 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3527290/)
15. [BETON BRUTAL](https://imho.run/games/2330500/beton-brutal) — Also Precision Platformer, like A Difficult Game About Climbing. 598 Steam reviews, 94% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2330500/)
16. [That Flipping Mountain](https://imho.run/games/1072750/that-flipping-mountain) — Also Philosophical and Precision Platformer, like A Difficult Game About Climbing. 87 Steam reviews, 93% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1072750/)
17. [Bat to the Heavens](https://imho.run/games/3044100/bat-to-the-heavens) — Shares physics based movement and skill progression with A Difficult Game About Climbing. 291 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3044100/)
18. [Spelunky 2](https://imho.run/games/418530/spelunky-2) — Shares physics based movement and procedural generation with A Difficult Game About Climbing. 13,985 Steam reviews, 93% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/418530/)
19. [Only Up: With Friends](https://imho.run/games/2522520/only-up-with-friends) — Shares environmental hazards and physics based movement with A Difficult Game About Climbing. 158 Steam reviews, 61% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2522520/)
20. [Only Climb: Better Together](https://imho.run/games/2500750/only-climb-better-together) — Shares physics based movement and precision platforming with A Difficult Game About Climbing. 259 Steam reviews, 52% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2500750/)
21. [Chained Together](https://imho.run/games/2567870/chained-together) — Shares precision platforming and checkpoint based progression with A Difficult Game About Climbing. 19,650 Steam reviews, 91% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2567870/)
22. [Clustertruck](https://imho.run/games/397950/clustertruck) — Shares procedural generation with A Difficult Game About Climbing. 9,679 Steam reviews, 94% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/397950/)
23. [Golfing Over It with Alva Majo](https://imho.run/games/817510/golfing-over-it-with-alva-majo) — Also Precision Platformer, like A Difficult Game About Climbing. 390 Steam reviews, 69% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/817510/)
24. [Heavenly Bodies](https://imho.run/games/1138850/heavenly-bodies) — Shares procedural generation with A Difficult Game About Climbing. 2,155 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1138850/)

## Machine-readable

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- Top 20: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=2497920&n=20
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- Facts about this game: https://imho.run/api/agent/game-facts?q=2497920
- This page as markdown: https://imho.run/md/game/2497920
- API docs: https://imho.run/developers (OpenAPI: https://imho.run/openapi.json, MCP: https://imho.run/mcp)

## About A Difficult Game About Climbing

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.

## Game info

- **AppID:** 2497920
- **Developer:** Pontypants
- **Publisher:** Pontypants
- **Genres:** Action, Adventure
- **Categories:** Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud, Full controller support, Family Sharing
- **Released:** Mar 6, 2024
- **Free to play:** no
- **Platforms:** windows, mac

## Links

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