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Life & fun · February 12, 2018

Alto's Odyssey

Discover the endless desert. A beautiful game for mobile.

Alto's Odyssey launched on February 12, 2018 with 263 votes, #71 of 2,635 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 8 years on.

In plain words

Alto's Odyssey is a mobile platformer where players join Alto and friends on an endless sandboarding adventure through a desert landscape. The game features dynamic environments including windswept dunes, canyons, and hidden temples, with gameplay mechanics like grinding on vines, bouncing off hot air balloons, and riding rock walls while avoiding lemurs. Available on iOS and iPad, it emphasizes visual beauty and exploration as core elements of the experience.

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From the sources

Join Alto and his friends and set off on an endless sandboarding journey to discover its secrets. Soar above windswept dunes, traverse thrilling canyons, and explore long-hidden temples in a fantastical place far from home. You’ll grind across vines, bounce atop hot air balloons, ride towering rock walls, and escape mischievous lemurs.

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I would like to start off by saying that I am reviewing this based on Alto’s Adventure, not on any other game on the App Store. First, I would like to say that you guys are on the forefront of phone gaming, like seriously (to all other developers) if you’re gonna make a game that’s visually stunning on 4x2 inch smart phone screen, you do it like this. The game play is as phenomenal as the last and it’s just so feel good that the game actually makes me want to travel to the desert and just embark on a journey with nothing but a board and the sunset... that being said I am going to say the only thing I didn’t like about the game and that’s the lack of the feeling of civilization. What I loved…from apps.apple.com

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