The Dark Climb

The Dark Climb is a resource-based, third-person stealth game set in a dark, dangerous world. You navigate a fractured environment and try to reach the shining gate at the end of everything, managing a personal light source that illuminates your immediate surroundings and also represents your in-game life. Its energy depletes over time; if it runs out, you die.

Manage your light

Giant eyes scattered throughout the world serve as safe havens where you can replenish your light. They start unlit, so you must find and use scattered lanterns to illuminate them, gradually lighting your route through the world.

Flying eyes also inhabit the map. If your light draws their attention, they attack and rapidly drain your energy. You can escape their notice only by taking temporary refuge in the shadows, so careful energy management and stealthy movement are essential.

Cross the fractured world

Darkness continually tears the environment apart, leaving fragments adrift in an endless void. You use basic abilities such as walking and jumping to cross the broken landscape.

Sound design emphasizes your fading energy supply and the world's menacing inhabitants. Activating your light freely at a safe haven offers a moment of relief amid the darkness.