Climber Reviews

Cool game! Thick atmosphere and interesting mechanics, quite hard gameplay. There is even a small plot that reminds me of P.T. The graphics are simple but atmospheric. Not very convenient controls, but climbing rocks is great. I recommend playing!

Well! This was a short and interesting game, made by developers with more heart than technical skill. It's quite janky, but also has some really nice and unexpected systems and plot twists. Really though, this sort of first person spelunking adventure is something I've been wanting for a long time and I'm glad I stumbled on this one.

The axe climbing (which is pretty much all there is to the gameplay) never quite feels natural, though you do get used to its quirks in the 1.5 hours you'll spend with the game. It's its own thing, not quite realism (no feet, tire very quickly) and too punishing to be arcadey. About half of my time was spent retrying bits that felt very trial and error. I had a decent time with it - the mechanics are the focus but there is a morsel of a story to bookend things. If you're reading this, I'll assume something about the concept really grabbed you, in which case I'll give a mild recommendation for this game. Otherwise, stay away.