New Heights: Realistic Climbing and Bouldering
The ultimate climbing and bouldering simulation game. Test your skills across more than 280 routes on real world crags from the Fontainebleau boulders to Hanshelleren Cave, including the legendary route Silence. Create your own routes and compete with friends for the best sends.
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Get ready for the ultimate climbing & bouldering simulation game, with more than 280 routes across real-world European locations. Made by real climbers, New Heights allows you to experience some of the real challenges and feelings that come up when you're up there.
New Heights comes with workshop support for creating & sharing custom routes and fully custom locations.
Experience Climbing on a New Level
New Heights allows you to experience parts of the real climbing experience and technique. It features the most realistic physics-based climbing mechanics to date, taking grip, balance, body position and hold directions into account. Approach climbing and bouldering problems just like in real life. Feel the adrenaline rush as you make your way upwards, and the sense of accomplishment as you reach the top.
Explore Epic European Crags
Explore more than 280 of routes across Europe, from quick boulder sessions in Fontainebleau to 30 minute climbs at Freÿr, Belgium and old ruins of castles and chapels. Push the boundaries of what's possible in climbing and bouldering. Try out free solo climbing and bouldering from the safety of your computer and climb routes that are inaccessible in real life.
Create Custom Routes and Locations
Create locations with full creative freedom using our custom Unity-based workshop tool. Set your routes with pre-made holds, or import any 3D model to climb it in New Heights. Or design new pitches while climbing at existing crags. The workshop possibilities are vast!
Key Features
Realistic climbing gameplay: physics-based climbing mechanics that test your balance, body position and grip. Dyno's are also supported.
More than 280 real world routes: Real cliffs and structures made possible by photogrammetry and drones. New content is added regularly.
Climb the impossible: Climb in locations you might never visit, or where it's not allowed in real life. Try out free solo climbing from the safety of your computer.
Workshop support: Create and share your own routes in New Heights, and create fully custom locations with our Unity-based tool.
Leaderboards: (Optionally) compete with your friends and other players to get the fastest times on the leaderboards.
Climb when you can't: Experience that climbing feeling even if you're injured or otherwise unable to climb. Conquer fear of heights in a virtual setting, or climb your favourite route on a really rainy day.
New Heights is the ultimate climbing and bouldering game for anyone who wants to experience the thrill of climbing in the most authentic and immersive way possible. Get ready to reach new heights!
