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24 alternatives to Upward

Can you climb this mountain?

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Upward launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Celeste▲126

   Climb a mountain in this challenging 2D platformer

   2018 · celestegame.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Climb Higher▲69

   Challenging physics puzzle platformer

   2019 · orbitalnine.itch.io · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Alto's Adventure▲314

   A beautiful endless snowboarding game for iOS

   2015 · altosadventure.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Alto's Odyssey▲263

   Discover the endless desert. A beautiful game for mobile.

   2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Mountain Goat Mountain▲83

   Jump up the mountain. A lot.

   2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   The Way▲74

   A 2D puzzle platformer with a retro feel

   2016 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Almost Impossible!▲111

   A side-scrolling atmospheric puzzle platformer

   2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   jump-O▲55

   A unique fun adventure puzzle game

   2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Blocko▲68

   Simple but addictive puzzle game.

   2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Mount Fitness▲163

    Turn your workouts into epic mountain adventures

    2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Lonely Mountains: Downhill▲75

    Take your bike and find your own path down mountains.

    2017 · lonelymountains.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Hopiko▲79

    Platform jumper. Easy to play, hard to master

    2015 · laserdog.co.uk · its alternatives →

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    I'm making a spiritual successor to Ski Free that runs in a browser▲115

    BROSKI is a mountain sandbox where players discover goals, runs, races to conquer a fun filled mountain.

    2024 · broski.winterpixel.io · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Impossible Caves▲58

    Strive to survive in this downhill platform

    2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    PicRoad▲63

    A fun and addicting pixel art puzzle game.

    2018 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Tango▲124

    Your favorite career network puzzle, supercharged

    2025 · guriddo.app · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Fossil Echo▲65

    A platformer about a boy's journey to climb a giant tower

    2016 · awaceb.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Powder▲132

    Alpine simulator game for iOS

    2015 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Mountain▲66

    You are mountain, you are god

    2015 · mountain-game.com · its alternatives →

20. 20IB
    I built an iOS remake of that old windows game SkiFree▲107

    2015 · thewaterbear.com · its alternatives →

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    Match Mountain▲63

    A new genre of match puzzle games

    2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Dreamlike Worlds▲56

    A challenging puzzle platformer.

    2016 · indiedb.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Mr Jump for Android▲64

    Brutally difficult iPhone platformer now on Google Play

    2016 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    A Good Snowman is Hard to Build▲107

    A puzzle game about being a monster and making snowmen

    2015 · agoodsnowman.com · its alternatives →

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