Safe Climbing

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Safe Climbing is a single player casual platformer game with comedy and violence themes. It was developed by Flat Cat Games and was released on June 19, 2020. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

This game is unfair. We had a game designer, but we were constantly bombarded with things like "progressive difficulty", "learning curve" or "level design", so we fired him and we simply put things that kill you scattered on the screen. Your goal is to reach the end by dodging all the deadly traps that you will encounter along the way. Are you ready? In this platform…

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70%

Audience ScoreBased on 10 reviews

humor3 positive mentions

gameplay1 negative mentions

The game has well-implemented checkpoints that provide a sense of progression even after repeated deaths, making it accessible to casual players.
Controls are generally good and responsive, giving players a feeling of responsibility for their actions despite challenging movement mechanics.
The retro look and humorous, unexpected deaths provide an entertaining and nostalgic experience, appealing to fans of troll or difficulty-based games.

The game is highly frustrating and punishing, often featuring instant deaths without warnings, leading to a repetitive cycle of trial and error.
It lacks a fair learning curve, relying heavily on memorization of hidden traps rather than tactical or skill-based gameplay elements.
Some players find the movement mechanics borderline unfair, causing deaths that feel unavoidable and contributing to an overall sense of monotony.

humor
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game's humor is praised for its frequent, amusing death sequences that add a funny and entertaining element despite the frustrating gameplay. Players find the repeated deaths hilariously memorable.
- “Frustrating but funny game where you will die and see this screen a lot.”
- “Soooo funny!”
- “You die lots of times, in some hilarious ways.”
gameplay
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The gameplay is criticized for lacking engaging elements, relying heavily on repetitive memorization of hazards, which results in a monotonous and tedious experience rather than an enjoyable game.
- “The problem with this is that there aren't any real gameplay elements to break up the tedium of rote memorisation of these hazards, which makes it not so much a game as a monotonous test of patience.”