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Cloud Climber

Two Star Games · 2021-01-14

Steam

AdventureCasualIndieFree To Play

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 11, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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

0
playing now
92%
positive of 4.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
58/100
IGDB user rating (19 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 UTC (census sample)

A thousand years ago it stopped raining, and all Earth's water evaporated into the clouds. For over a hundred years people have been building towers to attempt to reach the clouds, so they can get the water they need to survive. And for over a hundred years they've failed. It's been a long time, but you're not done building yet.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 77 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~10/week).
  • · Review velocity down 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,506 reviews).
  • · Top 14% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.4k1.4k20212026Week of 2021-01-01: 1,389 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 117 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 369 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 251 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-08-11 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing1 DLC

Player tags

3DCasualPuzzleRelaxingStylizedAdventureHand-drawnStory RichAtmosphericExploration

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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