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Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy

201780/100
PlatformSimulatorAdventureIndie

Challenging · Comedy · Horror · Story Rich

This physics-based climbing game strips away all pretense, tasking you with ascending a mountain using only a hammer. The controls are deliberately awkward, designed to frustrate as much as they reward; every slip sends you tumbling back down, testing your patience. Its ingenious design lies in this masochistic loop, transforming failure into the core gameplay experience and making eventual progress feel earned.

About Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy

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Climb up an enormous mountain with nothing but a hammer and a pot.

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Embrace the QWOP-like controls and punishing physics of Getting Over It, but in a vertical world of perilous climbs, where every movement is a struggle and every fall a comedic tragedy.

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  • The core mechanic of climbing using awkward physics-based controls mirrors Getting Over It's unique gameplay.
  • Criteria — Adventure gameplay where players must overcome the challenges of a vertical world.
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