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Cloud Climber

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2021

Should you play it?

A surreal first person walking sim about the end of humanity. Explore magnificent sky-bound ruins, and learn why they were built.

What works

  • Beautiful and unique art style
  • Relaxing and atmospheric experience
  • Intriguing and thought-provoking story
  • Short and accessible gameplay
  • Free to play

Things to keep in mind

  • Extremely short playtime
  • Minimal gameplay and interaction
  • Low replay value
  • Limited exploration and mechanics
  • Some technical issues reported (e.g. performance heating)

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Deer Man

  • MANDAGON

  • Dear Esther: Landmark Edition

  • Project Hailstorm

  • Gomo

  • Aurora: A Child's Journey

More intimate

Games that feels like Cloud Climber but with more focus on close relationships

  • The Unluckiest Man

  • A Memoir Blue

  • Sea of Solitude

  • INMOST

  • Caravan SandWitch

  • Port of Call

More strategic

Games that feels like Cloud Climber but with more strategic problem-solving

  • A New Beginning - Final Cut

  • Myst

  • Lumino City

  • Monolight

  • Deliver Us The Moon

  • Amerzone: The Explorer’s Legacy (1999)

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Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Cloud Climber: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Strategy, Competence, Experimenting, Survival. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Exploration. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Intimacy, Idle.

Last update: 03/08/2026