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ActionAdventureIndieMultiplayerOnline Co-OpCo-opPhysicsExploration

7,415 playing

Peak in the last 24 hours: 18,183

Peak in the last 7 days: 21,730

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Game description

PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

Basic info

DeveloperTeam PEAK
PublisherAggro Crab, Evil Landfall?
PlatformsWindows
Steam DeckVerified
Release dateJun 16, 2025
Price

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Minimum specs

OSWin 10
ProcessorIntel Core i5 @ 2.5 GHz or equivalent
Memory8 GB
GraphicsGTX 1060 or RX 6600 XT
Storage16 GB
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Review Analysis Score

Based on 397 reviews from the past 1 year

88.5/ 100
Top 20%

Steam rating: Very Positive (94%)

Review analysis summary (Reviewed Oct 11, 2026)

Built for groups, the climbing game PEAK reaches 88.5 from 383,692 Steam reviews, top 20% of games we analyzed.

👍 Strengths

Multiplayer ranks 56th of 642 and comes up in 78% of analyzed reviews. 185 reviews praise playing with friends, and the most upvoted found new friends through it and now gets regular invites. 84 say they enjoy the climb, some even solo. 16 praise the difficulty, some calling it challenging but fair. Content Volume ranks 141st of 1351, and players say every run plays out differently, with a distinct look for each biome. Pricing & Fairness ranks 102nd of 1399 and Tech & Support 169th of 1399.

👎 Where it falls short

Difficulty cuts both ways. 41 reviews find the difficulty unfair at times, some saying the map design is harsh on new players, and 27 say it loses much of its appeal without friends to play with. 18 report server and connection problems, some in China asking for regional servers. Others report persistent texture and backpack bugs and want more maps.

Representative reviews Original reviews ↗

“found friends through Discord and now receives 5-10 game invites daily” · 185 reviews
“loved grinding to peak despite playing solo” · 84 reviews
“every run different, unwritten novel experience with emergent gameplay” · 16 reviews

How it holds up

−50+5

Controls, difficulty, progression and depth
Mentioned in 50% of reviews · Top 30% of the games we've analyzed

Difficulty +1.58 · How hard it is, how the challenge ramps, and whether it feels fair
Positive “challenging but fair difficulty that felt rewarding to overcome” · 16 reviews
Negative “difficulty spikes unfairly, especially map design punishes new players harshly” · 41 reviews

Progression 9% · Onboarding 10% · Freedom 5% · Strategy 9% · Controls & feel 6%

Plot, characters and the world
Mentioned in 19% of reviews · Top 30% of the games we've analyzed

World +3.51 · Lore, atmosphere, and how immersive the setting is
Positive “atmosphere and sense of pushing forward create personal, immersive experience” · 8 reviews
Negative “narrative and immersion fade over time, exposing repetitive routine” · 1 review

Story 3% · Characters 2%

How much there is to do, variety and replay value
Mentioned in 32% of reviews · Top 20% of the games we've analyzed

Replayability +3.49 · Reasons to play again — runs, randomness, New Game+
Positive “every run different, unwritten novel experience with emergent gameplay” · 16 reviews
Negative “low replayability, only a few runs before getting tired” · 5 reviews

Volume 12% · Variety 13%

Graphics, art style, music and sound
Mentioned in 15% of reviews · Top 50% of the games we've analyzed

Visuals +3.20 · Graphics, art style, and animation
Positive “adorable aesthetic with distinct visual style per biome” · 15 reviews

Audio 5%

Playing with others, the community and servers
Mentioned in 78% of reviews · Top 10% of the games we've analyzed

Playing together +3.69 · Fun of playing with friends, teammates, or rivals
Positive “found friends through Discord and now receives 5-10 game invites daily” · 185 reviews
Negative “no friends to play with limits the experience” · 27 reviews

Community 3% · Servers & Connection 7%

Pricing, cheaters, balance and matchmaking
Mentioned in 12% of reviews · Top 10% of the games we've analyzed

Pricing +0.28 · Whether the price, DLC and microtransactions are reasonable, and how much paying gives you an edge
Positive “non-live service with continued updates while maintaining fair $7.99 price” · 3 reviews
Negative “not worth full price, wait for sale” · 1 review

Anti-cheat 0% · Balance 4% · Matchmaking 1%

Bugs, performance and developer support
Mentioned in 25% of reviews · Top 20% of the games we've analyzed

Developer support +0.24 · Updates, patches, and how devs respond to players
Positive “devs keep supporting the game after it became a surprise hit” · 8 reviews
Negative “developers respond with sarcasm and condescension to paying customers” · 5 reviews

Stability 9% · Performance 5%

Grey means too few reviews mention it to trust. — means almost no reviews mention it.

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