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New iOS Climbing Game 'First Ascent' Released

Authore: GeorgeUpdate:Oct 17,2025

- The First Ascent delivers a unique mountaineering puzzle experience

- Scale towering cliffs while overcoming environmental challenges

- Design your own adventurer or choose from specialized unlockable climbers

Ever dreamt of conquering mountains? Well, anyone with acrophobia might disagree - but for aspiring virtual mountaineers, The First Ascent offers a thrilling new climbing adventure exclusively on iOS.

In this vertical adventure, you'll craft your ideal climber or select from unique unlockable characters, each with distinct skills, as you scale a treacherous vertical face toward the summit. Your ascent will test your skills against crumbling ledges, freezing storms, and relentless gales.

The game adopts a minimalist visual approach, featuring low-poly characters and environments that keep attention focused on your climber and their vertical challenge. Those seeking photorealistic mountain vistas might need to adjust their expectations.

A low-poly climber ascending a shadowed mountain face at night

Reaching New Heights

For mobile gamers craving a fast-paced climbing puzzle with mountain exploration elements, The First Ascent delivers perfectly. Each level introduces fresh hazards, letting you race against time or climb at your preferred pace.

This inventive twist on puzzle-platforming transports players through diverse landscapes - from overgrown jungle cliffs to volcanic caverns - promising both excitement and genuinely gripping (sometimes fingertip-gripping) gameplay moments.

Speaking of upward journeys, ascending challenges remain among gaming's most engaging mechanics. If you enjoy this vertical challenge, explore our curated selection of best platformers available on iOS and Android devices.