$7.99Climbey Grab, Swing, Race
A VR-only climbing game where you grab, swing and jump your way to the finish as fast as you can. Race up to ten friends online, build your own levels with the editor, and try very hard not to fall. Simple to pick up, genuinely hard to put down.
Is Climbey worth it?
Climbey is worth it if…
- you have a VR headset and friends who do too
- you like short, repeatable sessions where the clock is the opponent
- you enjoy physics controls that reward practice
- you want to build and share your own climbing levels
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Climbing is better with company
Online multiplayer takes up to ten people at once, and workshop levels work in multiplayer too. So you and your friends can pick any level from the community, pile into one lobby and race the same wall together. Someone takes the clean line, someone else tries a shortcut that clearly is not one, and the race to the finish turns into a mess of grabbing arms and near misses. Sessions are easy to run: join a lobby, pick a level, climb. Competitive players get real rivalry out of it, since the clock does not lie and neither does the person who beat you by two seconds.
Physics you feel in your arms
Climbing and jumping run on physics, and the controls are easy to grasp but hard to master. You reach, you grab, you pull yourself up, and your jumps depend on how you swing your arms. That makes every hold feel earned: the first time you chain a clean sequence of grabs and leaps without slipping, it is because your hands actually did the work. It also means your body is the controller, so a sloppy swing sends you sliding back down the wall. Fifteen built-in intro levels teach you the ropes before the real climbs start asking for precision.
Build your own walls
You can build your own climbing courses, throw obstacles where they will hurt most, and share them for anyone to try. It also means the game keeps giving: new workshop levels are a fresh run every time, and the short sessions make "one more level" a hard sentence to argue with. If you would rather climb than build, the workshop is still where the variety lives.
What else should you know?
Can you play it without a VR headset?
No. Climbey is VR-only, so you need a headset to play it at all. The upside is that it runs light: it asks very little of your machine, so almost any VR setup can handle it, and it is quick to jump into for a few climbs between other things.
Does it work if you get motion sick in VR?
It has optional comfort settings built in: floor dots, field of view reduction, a spherical cage and more. If fast movement in VR usually turns your stomach, those options are there to soften it, and you can turn them on or off as you like.
Can you change how the game looks?
Yes, custom skyboxes are supported. You can set the sky behind your climb to whatever you like, which is a nice touch when you are staring upward for the hundredth attempt at the same wall.
Is it good solo or only with friends?
Both work. The built-in levels and workshop courses are fully playable on your own, and racing the clock is a real challenge by itself. Multiplayer is where the chaos and the bragging rights live, but nothing stops you from climbing alone at midnight.
