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A Difficult Game About Climbing

87% positive · 5,615 Steam reviews · released Mar 6, 2024 · by Pontypants

Psychological HorrorDifficultAdventureSingleplayerPlatformerPrecision PlatformerActionFunny

What it likely sold — estimate, stated as a range on purpose

Lifetime units: ~213,089 (P10–P90: 85,236 – 468,796)

Gross revenue: ~$1,745,582 ($698,236 – $3,840,283)

Estimate, method v1.0 — before Steam's ~30% share, refunds and VAT. The band means: we'd be surprised if the truth sat outside it. How we estimate

Player voice — measured shares of Steam thumbs, never a model

Last 90 days: 79% positive across 86 stored reviews. Action games with 100+ reviews typically sit around 84% (median of 3353 games).

Gameplay & mechanics88% positive · 16 mentions
“"A Difficult Game About Climbing" is a "Foddian Game" (Game designed so that you must reach the top of a surface following difficult controls, major setbacks, and lots of raging, ideal games to stream on twitch or youtube) in the truest…”Recommended · Steam review · Dec 2025 · 23 h played
Price & value93% positive · 14 mentions
“this game i mean .... wow .... ill just say this, whether its on sale for £5.52 or full price for £8.50 i would still rather clamp my balls in a vice and let someone twist it shut until they physically couldnt then of never bought this gem…”Recommended · Steam review · Jul 2026 · 32 h played
Difficulty & balance85% positive · 13 mentions
“Very nice game, a bit easy for my liking. Probably needs another DLC with an upgrade in the difficulty. Game is worth it, hopefully didn't cause too much damage for players. Congrats to the Dev!”Recommended · Steam review · May 2026 · 34 h played

298 recent English reviews stored · topics keyword-matched · topics under 12 mentions stay hidden · methodology

Game DNA — store facts, community tag votes, labeled AI inference

Perspective

Third-person

Technology

2D

Mood & themes

HorrorFunny

How you play together

Single-player

Platform features

AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Cloud

Business model

Buy to play

Sources: Valve store fields · community tag votes · AI-inferred values are marked and drawn from a fixed vocabulary.

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