New Heights: Realistic Rock Climbing and Bouldering Demo Out Now

In a world where games like Only Up or Getting Over It catch on and become hits, it’s always struck me that bouldering/rock climbing games should be more of a thing. Perhaps the absurdity of the setting is what helps other absurdist platformers/climbing games make it, or maybe having climbing only be one part of the experience — like in a Tears of the Kingdom or Assassin’s Creed — is a better way to go about things. Still, we haven’t had many attempts at realistic climbing games, which is why it’s nice to see New Heights: Realistic Rock Climbing and Bouldering on Steam right now for Next Fest.

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You can play it right now for free. It also has a release date of July 6, so the full release is right around the corner. I’m not sure if this will be the game that finally brings us a new sub-genre in sports video games, but I do hope developers like Wikki Works take more swings at this because it does seem like climbing mechanics remain very popular with a wide range of folks.

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Chase has written at Operation Sports for over 10 years, and he's been playing sports games way longer than that. He loves just about any good sports game but gravitates to ones that coincide with the ongoing real seasons of the NBA, NHL, MLB, NFL, and so on. As of now, he's gearing up for EA Sports College Football 25 and what should be a wild summer while still dabbling in the latest Top Spin and MLB The Show.