Climbing Games Are Fun Because They're Not Fun
Adam Millard - The Architect of Games
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Support the Channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ArchitectofGames Follow the channel on Bluesky!: https://bsky.app/profile/architectofgames.bsky.social There sure are a lot of climbing games coming out recently, aren't there? Up until a few years ago, this genre barely existed - and now it's one of the fastest growing and most highly regarded genres of indie games out there - what happened? And what is it that makes climbing games so uniquely compelling? It wasn't until The Architect had scaled every PEAK they could find, and fallen off of most of them too that they finally found the answer. Climbing games are fun, not because they're empowering or affirming or even particularly enjoyable, we can't stop playing them because they're not afraid to be a little bit hostile. https://www.stopkillinggames.com/ Mastercard support email: [email protected] Visa support email: [email protected] https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/722903?reveal_response=yes You Saw: Cairn - Not Out Yet Valley Peaks - 2021 White Knuckle - Not Out Yet Jusant - 2023 Peaks of Yore - 2023 Shadow of the Colossus - 2005 Getting Over It - 2017 PEAK - 2025 Only Up - 2023 GRIP - 2018 Surmount - 2024 Baby Steps - Not Out Yet Horizon: Forbidden West - 2022 Get To Work - 2024 Lorn's Lure - 2024 Death Stranding - 2019 Chained Together - 2024 A Difficult Game About Climbing - 2024 Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance - 2013 Portal - 2007 The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - 2017 Jump King - 2019 Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate - 2015 Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception - 2011 Dying Light 2 - 2022 Tomb Raider - 2013 Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth - 2025 Indiana Jones and the Great Circle - 2024 Grow Home - 2015 Darkest Dungeon - 2016 RimWorld - 2018 Abiotic Factor - 2025 Dark Souls 3 - 2016 Inscryption - 2021 Papers, Please - 2013 Dark Souls - 2011 Death Stranding 2 - 2025 Uncle Chop's Rocket Shop - 2024 I Wanna Be The Guy - 2007 Resident Evil 4 - 2005 (Remake - 2023) Amnesia: The Bunker - 2023 The Game of Sisyphus - 2024 Darkest Dungeon 2 - 2023 Pacific Drive - 2024 The Forever Winter - 2025 Rogue Light Deck Builder - 2025 Returnal - 2021 Risk of Rain 2 - 2020 Dead Cells - 2018 Noita - 2019 FTL: Faster than Light - 2012 Tales of Maj'eyl - 2013 Caves of Qud - 2024 Dungeons of Dredmor - 2011 Rogue Legacy 2 - 2022 Hades - 2020 Hellskate - 2023 Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders - 2025 Into the Breach - 2018 Spelunky 2 - 2020 The Climb 2 - 2021 Super Mario Brothers - 1985 Content Warning - 2023 Outer Wilds - 2019 Lisa: The Painful - 2014 Rain World - 2017 XCOM 2 - 2016 Super Mario 3D World - 2013 The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim - 2011 Super Metroid - 1994 Hardspace: Shipbreaker - 2020 Clover Pit - Not Out Yet This War of Mine - 2014 The Alters - 2023 The Cycle: Frontier - 2022 Escape From Tarkov - 2017 (Early Access) Helldivers 2 - 2023 Elden Ring - 2022 Subnautica - 2018 The Long Dark - 2017 Minecraft - 2011 Grounded! - 2022 Darkwood - 2017 Pathologic 2 - 2019 Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach - 2021 Trap Adventure 2 - 2016 Cult of the Lamb - 2022 Honkai Star Rail - 2023 Marvel Rivals - 2023 Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor - 2023 Uma Musume Pretty Derby - 2025 FUMES - Not Out Yet
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