Hilarious chaotic co-op with friends
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 positive reviews
“The chaos with friends is what makes this game so good.”
Steam review · 86.3 h played ↗
PEAK
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Very Positive · 95%Very Positive · 95%Team PEAK2025Action Roguelike · Adventure · Action
The verdict
PEAK is a chaotic, funny co-op climbing game that is cheap, replayable and fine solo. Skip it if you lack friends to play with, can't commit to long unsaved runs, or hate punishing difficulty.
Great for
Friend groups who enjoy chaotic, difficult co-op and daily-changing maps, plus solo climbers who like a challenge
Main risk
No matchmaking or saves, plus Photon disconnects and bugs, can make it frustrating if you lack a regular group
What changed in the last 30 days
156 recent reviews
Many recent negatives cite Photon timeouts, failing lobbies (notably for Russian-region players), missing campfire bugs and performance drops after the final update. Fairly consistent across recent reviews.
156 recent reviews
What players love
Rewarding challenge, badges and teamwork
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“Most of the time failure also feels earned and feels like YOU did something wrong”
Steam review · 132.7 h played ↗
Fun solo too
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“this is one "friend slop" you don't need the friend part to still have fun.”
Steam review · 31.2 h played ↗
Daily-changing map and high replayability
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“the new map seeds every 24hrs and biome rotations keep things feeling fresh and exciting”
Steam review · 185.4 h played ↗
Beautiful visuals, music and design
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews
“the beautiful soundtrack and biome designs have you fully immersed throughout your journey”
Steam review · 185.4 h played ↗
Very cheap for the content
Mentioned in ~1 in 25 positive reviews
“A non-live service game that received multiple updates in the past and the game remains at $7.99. What a steal.”
Steam review · 21.6 h played ↗
What players complain about
Photon disconnects and server errors
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Disconnected from PHOTON, reason: ClientTimeOut.”
Steam review · translated from Russian · 13.9 h played ↗
Repetitive, boring or too punishing
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“the gameplay gets kinda repetitive pretty fast and after a few runs it feels like you already saw everything that the game has to offer”
Steam review · 8.7 h played ↗
Bugs and glitches ruin runs
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“buggy, with the bugs sometimes being so bad it makes finishing the climb impossible with things like the campfire being missing.”
Steam review · 10.1 h played ↗
Roots biome difficulty spike
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“it's a Souls like level of difficulty that does not need to be this hard, especially that early in the game.”
Steam review · 21 h played ↗
No public lobbies or matchmaking
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“No server browser or matchmaking. Unacceptable.”
Steam review · 1.4 h played ↗
No save or checkpoint resume
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“Starting over every time I have to leave the game midway became so exhausting that I stopped playing it.”
Steam review · 11.4 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support4 GB
Minimum
OSWin 10
ProcessorIntel Core i5 @ 2.5 GHz or equivalent
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsGTX 1060 or RX 6600 XT
Storage4 GB available space
Recommended
OSWin 11
ProcessorIntel Core i5 @ 3.0 GHz or AMD Ryzen 5 or equivalent
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsRTX 2060 or RX 7600xt or equivalent
Storage6 GB available space
OSWin 10
ProcessorIntel Core i5 @ 2.5 GHz or equivalent
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsGTX 1060 or RX 6600 XT
Storage4 GB available space
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