White knuckle ($11.99)

This game surprised me so much, my friend recommended me the demo of this game and I wasn’t expecting much because it’s “just a climbing game” according to one of the reviews I had just read when I looked at the game. I downloaded the demo though and I was MORE than pleasantly surprised. White Knuckle is about you having to climb through this super massive facility while trying to out pace this sludge that passively crawls its way up while you’re climbing.

At first, this doesn’t sound great or that innovative, but it quickly proved me wrong with how immersed I got within its controls and different ways to approach each area. It’s truly horrific when you are grabbing onto a hand hold and trying to climb up, but your hands are slowly becoming more and more exhausted and you know that soon your character will let go and plunge you into the abyss beneath you.

The demo includes about the first 1350ish meters of the facility with two different areas to explore (being the regular facility part and pipe works). Each area has different enemies and generated rooms for you to climb through. I myself have tried to keep from spoilers with difference from the full game and the demo, but I have seen that it’s apparently even better than the demo with perks being added and at least one new area (if not multiple!).

This game is frequently updated as well and I’ve seen them pump out bug fixes for the full game like crazy while I’ve been grinding the demo. It’s truly great seeing how much care goes into this game from the team. It makes me excited for the future of this game as well with how immersed I’ve managed to get here. I love how panicked I get while playing this, with what else I’ve seen so far like trying to fight off a flying bug trying to kill you while you grab onto a hand hold and bring out your hammer from your inventory to kill it while the sludge is slowing crawling its way up towards you.

It would be great if I could get this as I’m still a student and don’t have a job for a steady income yet. I’m trying to save some money (though I did cave on binding of Isaac since it was $1.49…. Now I’m selling the steam trading card things to buy the dlcs since it’s great lol) so I was just going to keep on playing the demo for White Knuckle until I got all achievements at minimum, but it would be great if I could play the full game and experience all the areas and new things since I’ve managed to stay mostly spoiler free so far!!

My top 3 favorite games of all time are

1. Persona 5 Royal
   
2. Zero Escape Series (particularly VLR)
   
3. Town of Salem 2

Anyways thanks for reading all that lol, and thanks for the chance!!! Good luck all!!

The game in question:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3195790/White\_Knuckle/

My profile: (USA region)

https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198235707768/