
A game that doesn’t believe in you — it tests your patience, stubbornness, and whether you can climb to the top. Think you can?
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About
Welcome to a game that won’t go easy on you.
You’re a bald guy with a pogo stick and a set of questionable life choices.
Armed with stubbornness and optimism that fades faster than your progress.
This is a climb where every mistake is a ticket back down.
And if you fall — don’t worry, the mountain isn’t going anywhere.
It patiently waits to greet you at the bottom again.
🖱 Control
• Fully mouse-based.
• It’s convenient until the moment you realize the mouse is your biggest enemy.
• Wrong angle — you fall.
• Hand twitched — you fall.
• Thought about food — still fall.
⚙ Features
• 🧠 Skill growth — the game doesn’t get easier; you just get used to the suffering.
• ⛰ A route full of surprises — sometimes pleasant, usually not.
• 😤 Physics that work perfectly… until they start working against you.
• 🎢 Emotional rollercoaster — every climb is triumph, every fall is philosophy.
🧑🤝🧑 Multiplayer (even worse)
If you want to feel true disappointment in humanity — invite your friends.
👥 Up to 4 players, each guaranteed to ruin your jump.
🌀 Two skills:
• Pull — drag a friend closer so you both fall together.
• Push — launch your buddy into orbit so he can rethink his life mid-air.
The multiplayer atmosphere is always friendly.
Well… in theory.
🎯 Goal
Your goal is simple: climb.
🔥 Main Question
Will you reach the top?
Stats
All-time low is the lowest price we've recorded for this game since we started tracking it.
Languages: English, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Russian, Japanese, French, German, Portuguese - Brazil
Engagement
Hours played at review time, across 23 reviews with recorded playtime.
Reviews
This is a very niche kind of game, for a very specific kind of gamer. I fully expect most people will not enjoy it, but if you're into frustration tests or a little masochism, you might get something out of it. --- Functionally it's a one trick pony. You jump with a pogo stick, you can lean left, you can lean right and… that's it. Two minutes into the game you've experienced the entire concept in full. Everything beyond that is a pure test of patience and ludicrous precision skill. The timing and angle of the jump is everything, and there's no margin for error other than trying again. If you're playing games to "have fun" or "enjoy a story" or literally any other reason than the pure challenge of trying to accomplish a tedious task with precision, this isn't a game for you. I don't know if I can adequately write anything more accurate about the game than the store page provides for you, so I'll quote it again here: "About This Game Bounce, suffer, and try again. Pogo-Stick: Ultimate Challenge — a brutally difficult physics-based platformer where one wrong bounce sends you back to the beginning. Control your pogo with only your mouse. Left click to compress the spring. Find the perfect angle. Jump. Miss. Fall. Climb again. There are no checkpoints. There is no mercy. Only your skill and pain tolerance. ⚠️ WARNING: This game is not for everyone. You will slip. You will scream. You might uninstall. If you’re looking for a relaxing experience — this is not it. But if you enjoy rage games, brutal challenges, and testing your patience… welcome. Master the pogo-stick: 🌲 Jump through forests, cliffs, and absurd obstacles 💀 Expect to fall. A lot. 🏆 Reach the top... if you can" Need something to compare it to? It's in the same direction as: https://store.steampowered.com/app/240720/Getting_Over_It_with_Bennett_Foddy/ Which I've written about before: [url=https://steamcommunity.com/id/kunovega/recommended/240720?snr=1_5_9__402]Click Here To Read[/url] A quote from that games store page: A game I made for a certain kind of person. To hurt them. ~ Could apply to Pogo-Stick: Ultimate Challenge just as easily. If you're still reading this and wondering if the game is for you, it probably isn't. There are some games I would slam for being so single minded, but this isn't hiding what it is. The store page is honest and the price is low. --- Bottom line: This is a test of skill and patience; you either want that for yourself or you should avoid. --- [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/38232109/]While you are here, would you consider following my curator page?[/url] [url=https://steamcommunity.com/id/kunovega/recommended/]Want to read all of my reviews and not just the curated ones?[/url]
It’s The Witcher of the platformer world.
Эта игра не для слабонервных. Если вы любите вызовы, где каждый прыжок имеет значение, а ошибка может вернуть прогресс к началу — добро пожаловать в адский, но справедливый мир Pogo Stick: Ultimate Challenge ✔ Идеальная сложность — никакого фальшивого «казуала». Только чистое мастерство, точность и терпение. ✔ Отзывчивое управление — персонаж слушается каждого нажатия, поэтому промах, это только ваша ошибка ✔ Чувство прогресса — пройти сложный уровень здесь кажется настоящим достижением. ✔ Минималистичный стиль Жестокий, но честный платформер, который вознаграждает упорство. Игра настоящий способ проверить свои навыки !
Amazing game! Every jump feels like an Olympic event because if you mess up you go tumbling down. It’s the kind of chaos that makes you scream, laugh, and realize that life can be even harder than you'd expect. There's nothing quite like the moment when I finally stick a perfect jump and move on. Visually, the game is charming with its pixel-art style, and the eerie atmosphere adds to the tension. Absolute madness. The game is challenging enough as it is, and suddenly, every mistake feels ten times worse. Final Verdict: 10/10
this game will appeal to fans of such games as only up and getting over it. i really liked the segment with the waterfall, the game has many things that have not been in games of this genre before. i like the game design and how the obstacles are built, i think i will play this game more than once. I would also like to add that the game works perfectly on my steam deck giving 60 fps at 8 tdp. I use trackpads for a better experience
best game eva made
跟着仙人吃准没错
This game is a foddian game with mouse controls only where you move the mouse left or right for the angle of your character and click to jump. In the multiplayer, you can enable a rope to pull someone with right click. The map is well design and most area have a pre-designed fall that aren't too punishing if taken safe but can get punishing if you panic and spam jump. As mentioned is has multiplayer that worked pretty well, you have an option to have collision too but it seems awfull so it's cool that you can disable it. The lobby host also save the non host player location for next time which is really nice. Overall a fun and challenging foddian game
我不知道为什么要打开这款游戏,30多个小时中我反复思考游玩这款游戏的动机,但是我没有得到答案,全成就以后,还是觉得这款游戏还是挺不错的,很多地方能感受到制作人的善意,小失误的时候还有机会继续尝试,因为有绳子牵引功能多人游玩远比单人游玩欢乐得多,强大的朋友可以牵着你通关,你也可以偷偷扯朋友让他掉下去,但是不建议你这么做,除非你也有不会破防的兄弟
逆流河上万仙退 一直赤石有点累
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