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Mountain

Existential Nature Simulation

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Developer
David OReilly
Publisher
David OReilly
Release
August 18, 2014
11 years and 352 days ago
Steam Reviews
Very Positive16,285 reviews88.2%

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About the Game

MOUNTAIN 2.0 is here!

Experience life as a Mountain in this relaxing nature simulation game.

FEATURES

- no DLC
- time moves forward
- things grow and things die
- nature expresses itself


"Welcome to an existential nightmare."
- Patrick Klepek, Giant Bomb

"The time I spend with Mountain feels slightly more real to me than anything else inside my computer."
- Leigh Alexander, Gamasutra

"Mountain upends expectations, refusing to fit into preexisting categories."
- Justin Cone, Motionographer

"I don’t like to talk emotions but this game genuinely is so uplifting."
- Alice O'Connor, Rock Paper Shotgun

"The only experience that has ever made me feel sad about a geological phenomenon."
- Andrew Webster, The Verge
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