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Climb King

Climb. Fall. Repeat. A high-stakes pixel-art climbing game with grab-and-jump movement, harsh drops, and “safe points” that aren’t as safe as you’d like.

Coming soon 2026

By Athyr Games

Windows
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Climb King - Athyr Games. Popular. Released 2026
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Overview

About this game

Become the King

You won the championship. The crown is basically yours.
So of course you wake up underground, chained up, and only one arm.

Climb King is a 2D pixel-art precision climbing platformer about earning height the hard way: one grab, one jump, one mistake at a time. There are no enemies. The level is the enemy. And gravity is the final boss.

You’ll climb from an underground prison near the sewers toward the kingdom that should already be celebrating you. Along the way you’ll meet strange NPCs, do questionable favors, and earn upgrades that expand how you climb. But the main rule stays the same:

If you fall, you pay for it.

Climb First, Complain Later

This game is built around climbing. Grab ledges, beams, platforms, anything that looks like it can hold you (most of the time). Simple controls. High pressure. Control your nerves and keep climbing.

Progress comes in “rounds.” Some sections act like relief points… until the next crucial jump decides you belong lower. A small slip might drop you to the last safe area. A bigger mistake might send you all the way back to the start. It depends on where you mess up, and how hard.

Key Features

  • Precision climbing gameplay: grab + jump, with tight control and long falls.

  • Upgrades that expand your climbing options (without turning it into an easy game).

  • No combat, no enemies: the challenge is traversal and execution.

  • Unique encounters: NPCs might ask you for some favors in exchange for something else, but of course, these favors would derail you from the main path.

Climb through the regions of the Kingdom until you reach the top and claim what is yours.

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