The Climb is an adventure developed by Crytek, released 21 April 2016 on Meta Quest 2, Oculus Quest, Oculus Rift and Oculus VR.
What The Climb is
The Climb is an adventure game developed by Crytek and released in 2016. It is available on Meta Quest 2, Oculus Quest, Oculus Rift, Oculus VR and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on CryEngine.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The Climb brings alive the excitement and thrill of rock climbing in incredible virtual reality. Players will scale new heights and explore stunning environments in a new gaming experience developed exclusively for VR. The Climb invites thrill-seekers to experience the ultimate in extreme sports by going beyond the point of no return and scaling deadly cliff faces unaided. The game boasts hyper-realistic climbing locations from around the world, and players will discover the freedom of gaming as they soak up their awe-inspiring surroundings.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
The Climb holds a critic score of 64 out of 100. That places it above 23% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 4 points below the year average.
What it launched against
The Climb launched on 21 April 2016, within three weeks of Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, Doom, DOOM (2016) and Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, Doom, DOOM (2016), Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition.
Official trailer
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Screenshots
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Dlc
Quick answers
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