Games like Meaningless Suffering
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Ascent
One mountain; Zero checkpoints
Minimalist, Surreal, Scary
93% of 89 Steam reviews are positive$4.99Pushing It! With Sisyphus
A game about a very happy guy and his boulder. (Warning: As an accurate representation of the ancient Myth of Sisyphus, this is likely the most difficult and punishing game you will ever play.)
Dark, Surreal, Scary
65% of 92 Steam reviews are positive$3.99A Difficult Game About Climbing
A physics climber where your two arms and a mouse are all that stands between you and the legendary Peak. Every grab is yours, every fall is yours, and losing forty minutes of progress to one slipped hand is part of the deal. Brutal, absurd, and strangely meditative once your hands learn the mountain.
Dark, Surreal, Scary
87% of 5,475 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 25$9.99SISYPHE
Join a lonely square on it's journey to renew itself along the route to the top of the mountain. Chip off parts off the square to slowly turn it into a new self. Embark on a slow and soft journey through seven beautiful, visually distinct areas.
Minimalist, Surreal, Atmospheric
100% of 3 Steam reviews are positive$4.99Climbing Is Hard
Brutal. Relentless. Unforgiving. The mountain mocks your every move. You will fall. You will fail. You will wonder why you dared to climb at all.
Dark, Atmospheric
100% of 3 Steam reviews are positive$4.99Yet Another Climbing Game
For the few who reach the top, something curious awaits.
Minimalist, Dark, Surreal
100% of 17 Steam reviews are positive$4.99Heavy Burden
How does Sisyphus feel as he climbs to the top of the mountain? Tired from the weight of the stone, the scorching sun, and the steep climbs, he nevertheless continues on his way up. What awaits him there?
Minimalist, Dark, Surreal
85% of 395 Steam reviews are positive$11.99The Sisyphus journey
To push a stone upwards for eternity. Such is your punishment. What awaits you at the top? Can you change this world? Or only yourself?
Minimalist, Dark, Surreal
100% of 6 Steam reviews are positive$3.99The Game of Sisyphus
Roll the boulder to the top.
Dark, Surreal
79% of 755 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$6.993000m to Whatever’s Up There
Jump. There must be something up there.
Minimalist, Dark, Surreal
100% of 5 Steam reviews are positive$7.99PAIN
Climb. Fall. Climb even higher. The pain from failing will be meaningless once the top is reached.
Surreal
96% of 24 Steam reviews are positive$4.99Sisyphos
Sisyphos is a cruel game inspired by the Greek myth, the Albert Camus’ book “The Myth of Sisyphus”. It pays homage to “Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy”. All you have is a hand, a rock, and the slope of a mountain. With practice, you’ll roll the rock uphill to the...
Minimalist, Dark, Surreal
100% of 1 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
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Pushing It! With Sisyphus
A game about a very happy guy and his boulder. (Warning: As an accurate representation of the ancient Myth of Sisyphus, this is likely the most…
65% of 92 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
SISYPHE
Join a lonely square on it's journey to renew itself along the route to the top of the mountain.
100% of 3 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Climbing Is Hard
Brutal. Relentless. Unforgiving. The mountain mocks your every move. You will fall. You will fail. You will wonder why you dared to climb at all.
100% of 3 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Yet Another Climbing Game
For the few who reach the top, something curious awaits.
100% of 17 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
The Sisyphus journey
To push a stone upwards for eternity. Such is your punishment. What awaits you at the top? Can you change this world? Or only yourself?
100% of 6 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
PAIN
Climb. Fall. Climb even higher. The pain from failing will be meaningless once the top is reached.
96% of 24 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
But Why?
An atmospheric climbing experience for solo players or up to 4 in co-op.
89% of 193 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Sisyphos
Sisyphos is a cruel game inspired by the Greek myth, the Albert Camus’ book “The Myth of Sisyphus”.
100% of 1 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Mountain
Float in space as a mountain, catch the weather, let the seasons turn, and let time pass without lifting a finger.
88% of 12,930 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 64$0.99
TRUDGE
A slow, minimalist psychological pixel experience about living the same empty routine in a silent city. Wake up. Work. Eat. Sleep.
92% of 12 Steam reviews are positive$5.99
What's Up There?
A simple journey but which requires enormous concentration. Will you be able to reach the Light above or will you stay forever below?
100% of 4 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
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But Why?
An atmospheric climbing experience for solo players or up to 4 in co-op.
89% of 193 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Fallosophy
Use just two buttons to climb a colossal pinball table spanning the history of western philosophy.
85% of 104 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Heavy Burden
How does Sisyphus feel as he climbs to the top of the mountain?
85% of 395 Steam reviews are positive$11.99
The Game of Sisyphus
Roll the boulder to the top.
79% of 755 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$6.99
A Difficult Game About Climbing
Climb a huge mountain with nothing but your arms, one handhold at a time, knowing a single slip can drop you all the way back down.
87% of 5,475 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 25$9.99
SISYPHUS
After an eternity of toiling away at meaningless divine punishment, Sisyphus has finally snapped.
94% of 160 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Way To Yaatra
Get aboard on a thrilling voyage in search of the truth after the desolation of your village, using spears to climb a huge mountain while you walk…
94% of 157 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Eternal Cave Escape
You find yourself stuck in a cave with nothing but your wit... and a pickaxe! As you climb your way out you'll find this is no ordinary cave.
82% of 147 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Bouncy Goat Climb
A highly punishing 3D precision platformer about a goat bouncing up a beautiful mountain to save its scared baby goat.
78% of 335 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Boxman's Struggle
What's better than climbing mountain in a cardboard box? Getting deep frustration every time you fall from it.
84% of 271 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Joyspring
ASCEND the peak in search of the Joyspring. Explore every cavern and cave, crevasse and chasm. Hear the wind sing. Keep dashing and find the spring.
77% of 158 Steam reviews are positiveFree
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Fallosophy
Use just two buttons to climb a colossal pinball table spanning the history of western philosophy.
85% of 104 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
TRUDGE
A slow, minimalist psychological pixel experience about living the same empty routine in a silent city. Wake up. Work. Eat. Sleep.
92% of 12 Steam reviews are positive$5.99
Experiment 00
A vertical platformer about making careful jumps, falling a lot, and deciding whether to give up or keep going.
100% of 2 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Go Up Frog
Falling isn’t the end. In this 2D precision platformer, you must keep climbing upward.
81% of 36 Steam reviews are positiveFree
But Why?
An atmospheric climbing experience for solo players or up to 4 in co-op.
89% of 193 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Climbing Is Hard
Brutal. Relentless. Unforgiving. The mountain mocks your every move. You will fall. You will fail. You will wonder why you dared to climb at all.
100% of 3 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Vaulting Over It
You have a branch and you must climb. You will fall and it will be only your fault. At the top, everything changes...
70% of 10 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
3000m to Whatever’s Up There
Jump. There must be something up there.
100% of 5 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
The Beautiful World
You are a cube. A mysterious voice wakes you up and promises a beautiful world above. The only way to see it is by climbing.
100% of 4 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
FOR GOD'S SAKE, HELP HIM!
FOR GOD'S SAKE, HELP HIM! is a tiny, surreal first-person art "game" about what it's like. your goal is singular and simple: try to help him…
95% of 64 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Stick With It
A hard game about climbing with nothing but your pogo stick. Simple controls, endless falls, and no mercy.
100% of 3 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Baby Steps
Guide Nate up a misty mountain one wobbly, self-placed step at a time, falling often and laughing more.
90% of 2,414 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 24$19.99