About the Game
REACH THE PEAK
Pull yourself up a treacherous mountain to reach the legendary Peak, where eternal glory and a wonderful gift awaits. This journey demands complete mastery in the legendary art of climbing.
Game includes one free expansion, a completely new, bigger adventure featuring a full second chapter that’s more brutal, more ambitious, and absolutely not easier.
Enjoy:
No deaths or violence.
Just the constant fear of falling and losing all your progress. Perhaps that is worse…
Physics based climbing.
Use only your mouse to control the arms of the climber. Gamepad supported.
Endless suffering.
The world record is under 4 minutes. You, however, will be here for hours. Possibly forever.
But not:
Legs... You cannot use your legs for some reason.
FAILURE IS A TEACHER. EACH FALL IS A LESSON.
Embark on a philosophical journey, uncover lessons of ancient wisdom and who knows... perhaps even the meaning of life itself?
ETERNAL GLORY AWAITS YOU AT THE PEAK
Conquer each of the 7 uniquely designed areas that make up this one colossal mountain to receive the grand prize.
Expansion - Chapter 2:
A completely new, bigger adventure featuring a full second chapter that’s more brutal, more ambitious, and absolutely not easier. Adds 9 completely new zones and is included with the game.
“The ascent has become familiar… almost comforting. But alas, far below, within the endless water that binds earth to heaven, lies a glimmer of hope - and perhaps a deeper truth.”
Note from the developer:
This game is inspired by "Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy", itself a homage to an older game made by Jazzuo. I aimed to capture the magic of GOI's intensely difficult gameplay, which becomes comically easy once you master it.
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Version Information
Steam Patch Notes
Official update history
Patch Notes v 1.2.65
- Added full mouse-and-keyboard key-remapping (accessible from the pause menu).
- Smoother, cleaner menu navigation for gamepad users.
- Finally added menu sound effects :)
- Polished various menu elements for a more cohesive, tidy look.
Happy climbing! :)
- Added options to hide the crown and cape.
- Added a Statistics screen showing PB times and clears for both maps.
- Improved localization across all languages.
- Fixed minor sound playback issues.
Roadmap:
Rebindable Buttons: Final major feature in progress, targeted for next patch.
Optimization: 90% complete.
Localization: Complete.
Ability to equip/unequip unlocked items: Complete.
Improved Menu: Complete.
If you have any feedback or bug reports, feel free to join the Discord or reach out on Twitter — both links can be found in the game’s pause menu. :)
Happy climbing all!
- Improved localization: Some of the translations were a bit off, these should hopefully be corrected now. It's hard for me to be sure since I don't speak any of the translated languages :| If you have suggestions I am all ears!
- Improved optimization: The new map should overall be a lot more performant, especially the Mines, Lava area and the Junkyard which were pretty bad in prior versions.
- Save System update: Some players reported an issue after the intro text, the game would not load any further and got stuck on a black screen. This was a bug with the save system which should now be completely fixed. Please report if this is still happening for you!!
- Minor UI bug fixes.
There are still a lot of things on my to do list! Stay tuned for future updates in the coming days! Cheers!
/Ponty
Patch Notes v1.2.5:
To not spam out patch notes - here are all the patch notes since the release of the new expansion:
- Added 2 new achievements
- Difficulty balancing in several sections.
- Gift boxes now have notes to indicate whether more gifts are available or not.
- Quick restart in the 2nd level is enabled once you have completed it at least once (ctrl+R to quick restart)
- Intro text is now skippable
- Fixed some broken colliders which allowed the player to fall through the world.
- Small bugfixes
Roadmap for future updates:
- Quick Reset in new map (COMPLETED)
- Improved Menu, better overview of stats (In Progress)
- Improved optimization (In Progress)
- Localization for major Languages (In Progress)
- Ability to equip/unequip unlocked items
- Rebindable buttons
If you have any suggestions for improvements to the game, feel free to join our Discord or simply tweet @Pontypants and let me know what you want!
Happy climbing everyone!
Ponty
- Added a button to reset your personal best time.
- Further improved the save system to minimize corrupted save files.
- Improved menu experience when using a gamepad.
- In Game Timer becomes visible (if turned off) for a brief period when finishing the game to assist with speedrun verification. (This only happens on runs AFTER you've completed the game at least once).
- Fixed some bad colliders. (Cloud colliders and extended blocking Ice on the right to prevent players from falling into the abyss on the last section.)
- Pendulum in the cogwheel tower has a more predictable pattern so no more "bad cycles".
- Clothes line should be less "crazy" when you reach it very quickly.
- Turned up physics calculations a little bit so that there are fewer "errors" in the physics engine which should lead to more predictable gameplay behaviour.
- Tweaked some friction values for certain objects (very minor changes).
- The "Pull Up" feature is being affected by the "Mouse Sensitivity" slider - this was actually unintentional, but since Speedrunners are likely going to want a more aggressive pull from their "Pull Up" command than casual players, and since speedrunners also tend to run their game on a higher sensitivity - this actually makes sense :)
There was however a bug where if you reduce your sensitivity to the lowest - the "Pull Up" feature no longer worked, this has been fixed! - Fixed small issue where the hand would "detach" from a surface if you push into it extremely hard.
If your hands were pulling in one direction constantly - please update to the latest version and try again as this has now been fixed :)
- Having a Steering Wheel/Flight Sim rig or similar plugged in should no longer cause the player's arms to pull in one direction continuously.
- Big overhaul to Gamepad controls - Tweaked for better playability and added sensitivity option in the menu.
- You can now choose target frame rate (FPS) in the options menu.
Other small tweaks include:
- Red balls in park are now frame rate independent.
- Added some particles when you grab the mushrooms :)
- Secret super gift should no longer trigger every time you finish the game.
- There were some issues when grabbing rocks under water - these issues have been fixed.
- Pausing during fade to black / fade from black was causing issues so pausing during those moments have been disabled.
Cheers everyone! Please keep reporting any issues with the game and I will do my best to fix them :)
- Bug where initiating Quickrestart (CTRL + R) during pause screen would break the game has been fixed.
- Slight tweaks to the Quickrestart system which should fix other small issues.
- In Game Timer added! (You must start a new game for the timer to show up as time was not previously tracked.)
- Clear counter added! (Counts the number of times you've beaten the game).
- CTRL + R Now triggers a quick restart (only available after beating the game at least once).
- Added link to the speedrun.com scoreboard from the pause menu.
- Slightly altered the behavior of "Pull Up" command (W or Spacebar). Slightly stronger and now framerate independent.
- 🎁Giftbox might have been restocked for persistent climbers...👀
- RIP Bug: In some cases players would launch into the game and encounter a strange sign which said "...RIP". This has been fixed.
- Menu bug: When completing the game, the menu became unusable. Fixed!
- New Game: When pressing new game the player would sometimes spawn at an off angle. Fixed!
- Fixed some soft lock locations where the player would get stuck.
+ other small things :)
Current Release
Build 20993968
Uploaded Jul 09, 2026
System Requirements
How to Install
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Troubleshooting tips
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• Add folder to Windows Defender exclusions
• Run as administrator
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