It’s a crossover episode! Like the great team-ups of the past (Scooby-Doo and Batman, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Batman), Totally Accurate Battle Simulator and Content Warning developer Landfall, and Another Crab’s Treasure developer Aggro Crab have come to make Peak. As in it’s literally called Peak, not a qualitative descriptor that’s been more widely adopted into Gen-Z slang that you have to Google because you’re not a spring chicken anymore.
Peak is an aptly named game too, as it’s all about climbing mountains. This being a game made by both Landfall and Aggro Crab, this obviously comes with a certain amount of silliness. Your virtual avatar is one that I can only describe as a “little guy”, who you can apparently customise with different outfits and accessories. It’s also playable in co-op, in fact that kind of seems to be the main selling point, but you can go solo too.
The whole goal is to get to the top of the mountain (otherwise known as the peak of the mountain, if I need to spell it out for you), in hopes of being rescued after having crash landed on a mysterious island. There’s four biomes to wade through, and along the way you’ll have to pick up food to keep yourself going. You can get injured too, so unlike the example provided in the trailer above, you probably shouldn’t punt your med kit off the side of a cliff.
Interestingly, a majority of the game was made within a one month game jam, so you shouldn’t necessarily expect infinite content or whatever it is shareholders want these days. It just looks like a silly, goofy way to hang out with some friends for a few hours. It’s also out really soon! June 16th to be precise, so you’ve only got a couple of days to wait. You can wishlist it on Steam here.