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Insurmountable

ByteRockers' Games · Daedalic Entertainment · 2021-04-29

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AdventureIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Apr 29, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 24, 2024 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 24, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Apr 24, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S), Apr 24, 2024 (Xbox One), Apr 24, 2024 (PlayStation 4)

Confront various terrains as a lonely mountaineer and endure the countless dangers of climbing! Many tough decisions await you in a risky environment. Make your way up and down the mountain, overcoming insurmountable heights!

Insurmountable is an Adventure, Indie, Simulation and Strategy game released in 2021, priced at $24.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and Mostly Positive (79% of 982 reviews) sentiment.

2
playing now
79%
positive of 982 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (13 ratings)
3.33★
PlayStation Store rating (114 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Insurmountable is an adventure roguelike with permadeath, in which the player has to overcome huge mountains. Thanks to the procedurally created environment, no two climbs are the same. Make sure that your climber stays alive by always making sure that your vital values don't get into the critical range. This task is made more difficult by a dynamic weather system, day/night changes and a multitude of randomly generated events, where you never know in advance how they will end. Your decisions matter....every single one. Because anyone could be your last.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 54 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity up 42% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (180 reviews).
  • · Top 14% of 28,808 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 20k–44k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 982 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Fanatical$1.99-92%
GOG$2.49-90%
Steam$2.49-90%
GOG$2.49-90%
GamersGate$2.50-90%
GreenManGaming$2.50-90%
Microsoft Store$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.94 at WinGameStore (2026-07-15) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 161 of 200 observed days · $0.05 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
15915920212026Week of 2021-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

602026-09-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 4 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 6 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 3 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
722May 2021Jul 2026May 2021 — avg 72 · peak 194Jul 2021 — avg 10 · peak 39Sep 2021 — avg 5 · peak 16Nov 2021 — avg 4 · peak 26Jan 2022 — avg 3 · peak 10Mar 2022 — avg 3 · peak 11May 2022 — avg 20 · peak 220Jul 2022 — avg 8 · peak 26Sep 2022 — avg 7 · peak 22Nov 2022 — avg 7 · peak 19Jan 2023 — avg 7 · peak 36Mar 2023 — avg 11 · peak 40May 2023 — avg 4 · peak 12Jul 2023 — avg 4 · peak 13Sep 2023 — avg 3 · peak 153Nov 2023 — avg 5 · peak 15Jan 2024 — avg 12 · peak 50Mar 2024 — avg 7 · peak 21May 2024 — avg 4 · peak 11Jul 2024 — avg 4 · peak 17Sep 2024 — avg 3 · peak 14Nov 2024 — avg 3 · peak 8Jan 2025 — avg 8 · peak 31Mar 2025 — avg 4 · peak 10Jun 2025 — avg 4 · peak 15Aug 2025 — avg 3 · peak 13Oct 2025 — avg 3 · peak 11Dec 2025 — avg 4 · peak 12Feb 2026 — avg 3 · peak 11Apr 2026 — avg 3 · peak 11Jul 2026 — avg 3 · peak 11
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$1.962021-04-292026-10-142021-04-29 — best price $17.992022-05-09 — best price $13.822022-06-20 — best price $7.742022-08-11 — best price $9.292022-10-06 — best price $9.292022-11-29 — best price $9.992023-02-02 — best price $9.992023-04-10 — best price $24.992023-05-26 — best price $19.882023-07-31 — best price $6.242023-10-09 — best price $24.992023-12-04 — best price $4.652024-01-25 — best price $3.152024-03-20 — best price $4.492024-04-30 — best price $4.992024-06-10 — best price $24.992024-08-03 — best price $18.362024-09-29 — best price $3.942024-10-31 — best price $3.142024-12-02 — best price $24.992025-03-11 — best price $3.992025-04-26 — best price $18.362025-06-23 — best price $3.492025-08-12 — best price $3.442025-09-15 — best price $3.992025-11-16 — best price $24.992026-01-06 — best price $3.492026-02-23 — best price $24.992026-04-14 — best price $2.492026-06-04 — best price $2.492026-07-30 — best price $24.992026-09-02 — best price $2.492026-09-26 — best price $2.492026-10-14 — best price $2.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

29
achievements tracked
93.8%
earned "First Steps"
7.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

10 supported languages: English, German, French, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2022-04-14 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,8451%29
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)530%29
PS5 (PlayStation)510%30
PS5 (PlayStation)300%30
PS4 (PlayStation)140%30
Switch (Nintendo)30%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

IndieNatureStrategySurvivalTacticalAdventureManagementRogue-likeAtmosphericPerma Death

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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