Only Climb: Better Together (v2023.07.27)

A towering obstacle course rises from a junkyard into the clouds, turning a simple climb into a tense test of nerve and consistency. Only Climb: Better Together is a multiplayer platforming adventure built around precarious jumps, improvised routes, and the constant fear of losing everything to one bad landing. Its world mixes childhood imagination with a surprisingly harsh sense of consequence: discarded objects, strange structures, and hidden shortcuts become the path toward an uncertain summit. The mood swings between goofy discovery and genuine frustration, especially when a stumble sends you all the way back down.

Reaching higher ground means carefully reading each platform, judging momentum, and reacting when familiar-looking objects behave in unexpected ways. Players can tackle the ascent alone or bring friends along to cooperate on difficult sections, race toward the top, or simply share the inevitable disasters. There is no conventional save system to soften failure, so every successful stretch of climbing feels earned and every risky jump carries real weight. Hidden dumpsters can launch you upward and dramatically speed up a run, while lifts provide welcome access to higher parts of the map. Easter eggs and references scattered through the course give attentive players reasons to look around rather than blindly chase altitude.

What separates it from a standard platformer is its commitment to long-form, no-safety-net progression. The design belongs in the same conversation as punishing climbing games such as Getting Over It and Only Up!, but its co-op focus makes setbacks more social and often funnier than lonely. The junkyard-to-sky setting also gives the course a playful, handmade quality, even as the rules remain unforgiving. Players who enjoy mastering movement, repeating sections until they become second nature, and laughing at spectacular failures will find plenty to chase here; anyone who needs frequent checkpoints should approach with patience.