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Once Up

Join Cliff Hanger, the elephant with the unique ability to latch on and become weightless! Use drawings from an old fairy tale book to create your own climbing paths, conquer tricky sections, and collect…

12 August 2025

Once Up is an indie, released 12 August 2025 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Once Up is

Once Up was released in 2025. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Construct 3.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The game revolves around an elephant named Cliff Hanger who gets separated from his family. The goal is to help him climb back up the mountain – in a style similar to Getting Over It. The journey is split into 19 levels, each inspired by a different fairy tale theme, ranging from Hansel and Gretel to Rapunzel. Once Cliff latches onto a surface, he becomes weightless and can float freely within a fixed radius.
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How it plays

Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Once Up launched on 12 August 2025, within three weeks of Mafia: The Old Country, Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, Wuchang: Fallen Feathers and Shinobi: Art of Vengeance.

Released around the same time: Mafia: The Old Country, Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, Wuchang: Fallen Feathers, Shinobi: Art of Vengeance.

Official trailer

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When did Once Up come out?
Once Up was released on 12 August 2025 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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