Higher Ground

Higher Ground is a 3D racing-like adventure game. You play as Hoffman, a genius scientist stranded on a polluted Earth who is trying to escape to Mars. With Swimmy, his one-person spaceship, you navigate abandoned cities toward higher ground while fleeing a Megaquake and harsh conditions including floods, blizzards and strong magnetic flux.

Navigate above the ground

Swimmy can fly and jump over buildings using its speed and propulsion. You travel across rooftops and avoid touching the surface, which is unstable because of the strong geomagnetic flux. The ocean is unsafe too, as Swimmy will sink if it lands there. You need to move farther and faster to stay alive and reach the extraction point.

Escape the Megaquake

You must leave each city before the Megaquake's destructive L-wave catches you. Buildings collapse along your route and can be destroyed unpredictably, leaving fewer places to land as you travel.

Use Swimmy's modules

Swimmy carries high-tech modules designed for space travel that can also help you cross the ruined cities. They draw on Hoffman's three academic majors: Graviton Mechanics, Material Transmission and Time Distortion. You unlock modules and use them to navigate toward higher ground.

Game modes

The game has campaign and challenge modes. In challenge mode, the map and weather change each time, with preset difficulty. Campaign mode uses fixed random seeds, letting you practise your navigation skills.