An Amazing VR Climbing Game - Crowbar Climber

When I first shelled out 6.99$ for Crowbar Climber in the Meta Quest store I wasn’t prepared to be so impressed by the game, but I was very intrigued by the concept of a VR Climbing Game using crowbars.

It’s one of those ideas that is so simply straightforward and seems obvious when looking back at it. It really brings the hit indie game Getting Over It With Bennett Foddy to mind.

Oh, and if you want to see some video of this game check it out on Youtube.

What’s So Fun In Crowbar Climber?

You can even wave at yourself in Crowbar Climber.

Alright here’s the game put quickly and simply. You’re a little guy in a pot and your hands are crowbars. You climb upwards and try not to fall back downwards.

Boom, bam, that’s it. That’s the game, and it is a lot of fun for such a simple concept for a Virtual Reality Climbing Game. Instead of just putting your hand over a grabbable thing and holding grip down you actually have to concentrate on how you are hanging on to something with the hooked end of a crowbar.

The stages get progressively harder in this VR Climbing Game.

Let’s face it we’ve seen that old “raise hand and hold grip” climbing system in so many VR games from adventure titles like Skydance’s Behemoth to dedicated games like The Climb 2 that it’s just so old and tired by now. It was never a particularly interesting way to simulate climbing in the first place.

Well Crowbar Climber might not be a simulator for real life climbing, but it sure is fun and interesting. The more obstacles you manage to climb past the harder they get. From hooking your way from ledge to ledge to swinging and jumping off of small handholds. After a while the platforms move as well, adding an element of timing.

Things get sort of hectic in Crowbar Climber as you keep going, and it offers a fantastic VR Climbing challenge.

If you fall down you can lose quite a bit of progress, and the feeling of playing Crowbar Climber is a lot like that of playing Getting Over It With Bennett Foddy. It can be so frustrating to miss and fall down, but it just makes you want to climb higher even more.

The only downsides are that the visuals are very basic and the clanging of the crowbar can get a little annoying. It could use a little music. Still, I never thought I would have so much fun pulling myself up a hill with a pair of crowbars in VR.

Crowbar Climber is a fantastic use of VR hand controls to create a unique and fun VR Climbing Game. I highly recommend it if you want a Virtual Reality climbing experience that feels fresh and unique, is easy to get into, and it’s reasonably priced.