$8.49 (−15%)Icy Tower Climb Higher, Fall Harder
Jump up an endless tower, chain combos and chase a score you will immediately want to beat.
Is Icy Tower worth it?
Icy Tower is worth it if…
- you like short runs that turn into "one more attempt" for an hour
- you enjoy score chasing and squeezing value out of every single jump
- you want a game that is easy to start but hard to put down
- you have fond memories of jumping games from the early 2000s
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One jump, endless depth
The idea fits on a napkin: jump up a tower as high as you can. The depth is in what you do with that jump. Chain combo jumps to build massive scores, bounce off walls to keep momentum, and push a little further than is sensible, because one mistake drops you back to the bottom and the run is over.
That pick-up-and-play simplicity is the whole appeal. A run takes moments to start and seconds to ruin, which is exactly why the next attempt is always tempting. The difficulty ramps up as you climb, pushing your timing, precision and nerves harder the higher you get. Mastering the jump is easy. Perfecting it is the part that takes a lifetime.
A tower worth climbing
The climb itself is the scenery. The tower runs through many colorful biomes, from ancient temples to libraries and roaring volcanoes, so the view changes as you rise and the goal of reaching the next stretch keeps pulling you upward.
It is all drawn in crisp, pixel-perfect, handcrafted graphics, and the music is live-recorded, giving each run a bit of rhythm to move to. There is a colorful cast to pick from too, each character with their own looks and sounds, so your climb can look and feel like yours. A new version of a game that entertained millions since 2001, built from the ground up by the original creators.
What else should you know?
Can you play it solo?
Yes, it is a singleplayer game through and through. The competition comes from the Steam leaderboards, where you can compare your tower records against the world, and from watching replays of friends and top players to see how they climb. You play alone, but you are rarely climbing without company.
Is there anything to do beyond climbing for a high score?
There is. Daily Challenges add quirky gameplay modifiers that shake up the usual climb, so each day gives you a new twist on the tower. The game also lets you customize the difficulty to fit your skill level, whether you want a gentler ascent or the full test of your nerves.
