Fair challenge with replay and speedrun appeal
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Now I've gotten over it 54 times and my fastest run is 4 minutes and 54 seconds”
Steam review · 36.3 h played ↗
Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 83%Very Positive · 83%Bennett Foddy2017Psychological Horror · Horror · Platformer
The verdict
A brutally punishing one-hammer mountain climb with philosophical narration. Deeply rewarding for patient masochists, but skip it if frustration or finicky physics make you quit.
Great for
Patient players who enjoy hard challenges, speedrunning and Foddy's philosophical narration
Main risk
Losing huge progress to finicky, inconsistent physics makes it miserable if you're easily frustrated
What changed in the last 30 days
117 recent reviews
Steam's numbers show recent reviews at 75% positive versus 82% all-time. Recent negatives mostly cite clunky physics, rage and a broken post-ending reward, but no single clear cause stands out.
117 recent reviews
What players love
Philosophical narration and message
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“The game also has an interesting philosophical side to it.”
Steam review · 152.8 h played ↗
Relaxing once you learn it
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“Only rage inducing for the first or second playthrough, after that Bennett is talking the whole time and playing smooth jazz and it's super relaxing.”
Steam review · 30.3 h played ↗
Huge satisfaction after beating it
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 positive reviews
“But beating it is one of the best feelings I've ever had in a video game.”
Steam review · 42.2 h played ↗
Cheap and memorable experience
Mentioned in ~1 in 50 positive reviews
“a worth-it experience for such a low cost.”
Steam review · 2.4 h played ↗
What players complain about
Clunky, inconsistent controls and physics
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“I literally could not tell why my character made progress, or was randomly flung backwards.”
Steam review · 0.5 h played ↗
Extreme frustration and huge progress loss
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews
“it kills motivation when your more than half way to the top but fall to the beginning”
Steam review · 1.6 h played ↗
Annoying narration and pretentiousness
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 negative reviews
“it insists upon itself”
Steam review · 7.9 h played ↗
Bugs and broken features
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 negative reviews
“lists controller support, but it doesnt actually support them.”
Steam review · 0.3 h played ↗
Short and not worth full price
Mentioned in ~1 in 21 negative reviews
“don't buy it at it's full price”
Steam review · 1.8 h played ↗
Repetitive and boring
Mentioned in ~1 in 30 negative reviews
“at first it was fun but after repeating the same tiny segment, it slowly became anoying”
Steam review · 25.7 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Verified2 GB
Minimum
OSWindows Vista
Processor2 GHz Dual Core CPU
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsIntel HD Graphics 4000 or better
Storage2 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10
Processor2.5 GHz Dual Core CPU
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsGeforce GTX 970/Radeon RX470 or better
Storage2 GB available space
OSWindows Vista
Processor2 GHz Dual Core CPU
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsIntel HD Graphics 4000 or better
Storage2 GB available space
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