TowerCilmb may not be very widely known, but that doesn't mean in any way that it isn't one of the best games I've played all year. This game is very good at remaining difficult throughout your journey, and it's very likely that you will die upon stepping foot in a new area (or an old area!).

Without spoiling anything, I must say that TowerClimb is extremely cpativating and interesting, leading to an amazing experience. There is a wide range of items and enemies, and even a few unique bosses. There are 4 game modes, all of which drastically change the way you play and keep you on your toes. In addition to the game, the community is super nice. Overall, I rate the game 10/10.

A very difficult game, with loads of content and a wonderful aesthetic. If you are a fan of roguelikes, Spelunky, etc. and don't mind getting severely punished for mistakes or dealing with tough RNG, then you will enjoy this game.

Also: keep in mind, you will most likely never finish this game :)

There's a lot to love about TowerClimb.

Every time I play, I feel as if I'm controlling a brave human being with opinons, a family who loves them, an identity, opinions of his or her own, and complete obedience, so when I accidentally jump into a spinning fan blade I feel the loss. Most games just churn out the same protagonist over and over. Despite a simple procedural trick, I feel much more involved with the characters and their elation when we find a pair of climbing gloves, and their fear when they fall from an almost-fatal height.

TowerClimb's visual style is a combination of dynamic lighting and crunchy pixels, and it's beautiful. The character animations are expressive, especially when the avatar pushes against a block or wall. That specific animation almost looks rotoscoped. I can imagine a backstory where the Climbers don their ceremonial one-color climbing suit. The color changes for every climber, so it feels like each avatar has a unique identity.

The controls don't make sense at first, but perservere and they become natural.

The gameplay is tight, hard but mostly fair, though the giant worm miniboss is a bit OP. Even touching its abdomen is fatal, and I think that makes it really to escape it when one is cornered.

There are lots of secrets and side-quests, so the replay value is high, though I haven't beaten the main quest yet I can imagine playing through multiple times to explore the secrets.

The music is great, and very evocative of each level's theme. The music in panic levels, like when the lava rises or the worm chases you, is pretty good at getting novice players to crack under stress and die, which is always entertaining. It takes some concentration to tune it out, but it's doable.

There's substantial support and hints on the wiki, so novice players such as myself can pick up a lot of the knowledge required for a successful run, but don't be fooled, this game is very skill-based. The game includes a playthrough log, so I can clearly see that I'm getting progressively better.

I'm glad it's not item-based, and I'm glad that nothing carries over from my previous runs. The game is very well balanced, and you will become a better Climber with experience. Good luck!

I really enjoy TowerClimb, and I think I'll play it for a long time.

♥♥♥♥ wrote this long ♥♥♥ review and accidently exited out at one point il get to the point. Recently beat the game its really good.

This game isnt hard like other "hard" platformers, almost all deaths in the game are your own fault. The game is designed so well to be difficult without being unfair.

Revive potion system makes it so you get 1 to 2 chances depending on difficulty to die before you fully die and you can refill your potions every floor if you can find the shop.

People who enjoy survival games will probably enjoy this because if you're bad at execution like me you can make up for it by being resourceful at climbing.

Music is really good and does not dissapoint an audiophile like me.

Graphics are better with depixleize off

If you dont have an iron will to keep climbing for 70 hours the new easy mode makes it less punishing if you die without reducing the difficulty of the climb itself.

You are a little climber and your task is to get to the top of the Tower. You do this by running, jumping and climbing walls and ceilings.
It's a simple concept, change the usual right-to-left platforming into an upwards climb. This actually creates many ways of progressing through even relatively simple obstacles. And oh it's executed so well!
You die in one hit and have very limited lives. TowerClimb is hard, but fair. Almost all of the obstacles and enemies are either stationary, or slow and predictable in their movements. Not only that but they also have a set up time and audio/visual cues. You have a fair amount of vision around the climber, giving you a chance to spot enemies from below and think of a way around in advance.
The level layouts are randomly generated, making this game about routing your way up in a way that preserves your resources while not dying. To change things up, there are many different parts of the tower that have enemies and tiles unique to them.
There are also items, like swords, magic wands, springs, hookshots and many more to help you get to the top.

I really like this game; the moment-to-moment gameplay that requires critical thinking and ability to execute difficult maneuvers, fact that almost every death is caused by the player misplaying instead of random ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥t, many things to master.. It's so good.

The amount of buttons (they will take up every button of your controller) and weird way of how the button for running is also used for grabbing and throwing items will take a bit to get used to, but other than that I see no reason to NOT BUY THIS GAME RIGHT NOW ITS AND EMBARK ON THE JOURNEY TO COLLECT EVERY DEATH CARD AND KICK SOME TRASHBAG WIZARD ♥♥♥ IT IS PURE JOY TO PLAY

I'm a big fan of any game with procedural/random elements, and Towerclimb is one of my favorite procedurally-generated roguelikes on Steam. I got this game the day it came out, and a year later, I'm still discovering new things about this game. That's mostly due in part to the fact that this game is rather difficult. It's not overbearingly hard, but the game will impede your progress at many, many points.

If you think you're up for a challenge that's different every time, Towerclimb will not disappoint you.

Towerclimb is the best game I've ever played. That's what I still think after playing it for more than 2 years. I've never played a game as challenging and rewarding as towerclimb. When I first starting playing, I thought I'd never beat chapter 1, but when I finally did, I was ecstatic. I thought I was a pro, who has conquered towerclimb and all the challenges it has to offer. Then the centurial trials appeared. 100 floors of pure insanity... I knew I'd never beat it. "That's just for fun, right? People aren't actually expected to beat this." Hundreds of deaths and hundreds of hours later, I finally reached floor 101. I beat the trials. It was the most amazing gaming experience I've ever had. Being on floor 90 and knowing that I can lose it all with one tiny misstep is the most scary feeling I've experienced in any game. Not even a game like dead space could keep me continuously on-edge like that.

Towerclimb is an emotional rollercoaster that can bring you intense feelings of fear, frustration, happiness, excitement, etc., and the music is a big part of that. The music fits the atmosphere and scenarios perfectly. In the plant-controlled observatory, the music feels as if it's alive, and creeping up on you. In the cold, icey ruins, you can hear just how frigid it is, and you can almost feel the pain from the cold air brushing against you. In the volcanic heart, you can feel the magma boiling beneath your feet, ready to burst any minute. The industrial segmentation plant makes you feel like you're surrounded by technology and traps that are prepared to kill you whenever you get near. Giant worm fights are backed with intense music that really make you feel helpless. But once you defeat it, you are rewarded with absolute silence to contemplate the victory you have earned.

Discovery is another big point of towerclimb. The game starts with no tutorial, and at first I thought it was a simple game, but I soon started to uncover the layers of complexity by just... playing. I didn't need to look at a wiki or anything like that. Some items took me a long time to find a use for them. I used to think the golden greaves were useless because they made me so fast that it was impossible to control. But eventually, after getting used them, I realized they are the most useful item in the game.

When I first found the ♥♥♥♥♥bane, and the game told me a quest has started, I knew I was going on an adventure, in real life. Anytime I wasn't playing towerclimb, I'd try to think about what the next step could be so I could try it out when I got home. For months, I didn't know what to do, until I discovered you can use the ♥♥♥♥♥bane to kill a giant worm to get the next sword in the quest. Then use that sword to get another sword. And finally get the last one, the Ascender. Keep in mind, at this point I already thought I had known everything that was in this game. Now here's 3 new items. I started getting more handy with their own individual uses, and eventually brought the ascender to the 101st floor to fully complete the quest.

2 years later, I still have one more quest to complete, and I try at least once a week to beat it. My experience with towerclimb still hasn't ended...

I have a ton of hours in the beta, and the Steam release more than doubles the content of that. Great game then, and now it's even better. Very challenging, lots of secrets and discovery, and there's nothing quite like it. TowerClimb is easily one of the best of its genre, and a must have if you're into roguelike platformers such as Spelunky. I usually don't speak in superlatives like this, but this is truly a platforming masterpiece.

EDIT: The game got a HUGE accessibility update. Full tutorial, control tweaking and options, an easy mode, and even some additional content. If you were worried about the brutal difficulty and barrier to entry, it's been way lessened. You won't regret it!

This game is just like actual rock climbing, right up to and including the hornets, feral dogs, and giant man eating maggots.

It took nearly as long to be released as it will take the average person to complete it.

Developer: Davioware and Quazi
Publisher: Davioware and Quazi
Release Date: September 22nd, 2015

I eyed this game for so long. I wasn’t sure if I should pick it up or not for what it is.
I do love plattformers. I do love the roguelike genre so I figured I can’t do wrong.
Yup I was right. The game’s incredibly fun. I can honestly see myself playing it whenever I just want to take my mind off of things.

There’s no real story as far as I know.
All that I know is that you’re one weak human with an iron will and one goal: to reach the top of the tower.

Keyboard or Controller. Pick your poison. I’ve tried both and I’m just more comfortable with a controller as of now but that might change.
The controls are rather simple. You’re able to walk or run, jump and climb walls.
In order to climb up or down you have to cling to it first. That my friends is crucial. That means that you have to press the key/stick against the wall, hold the jump button and hold it while climbing either up or down. As soon as you let go or if you’re not paying enough attention to it you let go and, in most cases, fall to your death. Thankfully there’s an option called invert climb. Basically you don’t have to hold the jump button in order to cling to a wall just press your key/stick against the well.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=591178339
The same goes for running. You can choose between holding a set key/button in order to run or if you run by default.
Let’s talk about jumping. There are two forms of jumps. Jumps while running and while you’re standing still. While running you’ll jump further and while standing you’ll jump higher. So you’ll see you’ll have to make some precise jumps if you don’t want to take a bath in some h a w t lava.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=591177508
Now onto the potions. You start off with four kind of potions.
Three blues, three reds, one green and one revive potion.
The blue ones allow you to perform one double jump. The red ones allow you kill enemies and to break blocks. More importantly if you throw such a potion down while jumping it’ll give you small boost which you can use to get higher or further. The last one is a revive potion which will revive you once most of the times. I say most of the times but it depends how you die. If you fall down in lava for example that’s it. If you try to impale yourself on some spikes it’ll revive you.

Next stop: items.
There are different kind of items. So far I’ve found a sword, a boomerang, crates and so on. I’m pretty sure there’s a ton I haven’t found yet. To make it short: You’ll use most of the items to give you a boost in mid air. So it’s best to experiment what the items do and how you can use and abuse them. The witch sells you some items if you have enough berries for her potion of youth. Or whatever she uses those for.

Berries! No need to drool we won’t be eating those.
So far I’ve seen three different kind of berries. Blue, red and yellow.
The blue and red ones work the same as the potions. Yellow on the other hand speeds you up while climbing which is pretty neat.
Then there are golden berries. Those are pretty much the currency in the game and with those you can buy various things from the witch as I said earlier like the potions which you’ll really need if you want to reach the top.

Level design is next up.
Depending on the RNG, and how far you come, you’ll find yourself in different kind of levels.
I’ve had the pleasure to get a lava stage three times in a row. Basically lava will slowly rise and fill up the level so you’re under some pressure to find and reach the exit. The music isn’t any help to not stress you out.
Another level I’ve successfully died in I had to control some kind of balloons and maneuver one through a bunch of razor sharp fans.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=592024535
My favorite one so far is the water level. Basically you’re able to swim through the stage which is a nice change. You just have to watch out so that no worms or fishes try to eat your face. Fun times.

That’s pretty much it as of now. There might be a lot more but that’s all I’ve seen as of now.

Deactivate depixelize. Please do me that favor even if you hate pixels. The game looks so much better without that option. The game looks gorgeous. It maybe could be a bit more defined here and there and might be a bit rough around the edges but overall I’m more than pleased with the looks of it. The combination of the look, controls and the music … For some reason I enjoy every death.

The music in the game’s just good.
It gives you a sense of mystery while playing, is relaxing in some instances and then it pressures you whenever you’re trying to not bath in some lava.
I especially like the sound effects of the enemies My favorite sound must the hound even though it looks like a dog(e).

The Tower wants you dead. Keep that in mind. Not to mention the RNG can be a real pain in the ♥♥♥ but we’re all used to it by now. Well I know that I am and that I don’t mind so called unfair RNG.
TowerClimb is a really fun game that you can play every now and then either in short bursts or for the whole day. It’s challenging but at the same time rewarding. Just making it to the exit of a level is pure joy … just to find out that the tower decided that you’re not worthy of him and gets you killed in one way or another.
Overall it's a lot of fun.