White Knuckle

98% positive of 14,040 Steam reviews

Main story: Unknown
Everything: Unknown
Released: 2025
Steam Deck: Playable
Known on: Steam

Made by Dark Machine Games. Published by DreadXP.

About the game

White Knuckle is a first-person roguelite speed-climbing game. Ascend through the guts of SUB-STRUCTURE 17 using precision movement mechanics. Sharp reflexes and resource management will bring you out from under ten thousand meters of concrete and decay.

What sets it apart

Parkour
Underground
Precision Platformer
3D Platformer
Roguelike
Perma Death
Survival Horror
Score Attack
Old School
Horror
Dark
First-Person

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White Knuckle

98% positive of 14,040 Steam reviews

See it on Steam

Main story: Unknown
Everything: Unknown
Released: 2025
Steam Deck: Playable
Known on: Steam

Made by Dark Machine Games. Published by DreadXP.

About the game

What sets it apart

Parkour
Underground
Precision Platformer
3D Platformer
Roguelike
Perma Death
Survival Horror
Score Attack
Old School
Horror
Dark
First-Person

What players say

Recommended
white knuckle is a game that will make you say "i thought this was a climbing game" while being in the most fucked up situation you've ever been in. white knuckle is a game that will trick you into speedrunning it because god it feels good to do a campaign that takes 1-2 hours in under 20 minutes. white knuckle is a game with a full scale superstructure with no loading screens. white knuckle is a game with so much…
352 h played when written. 100 found it helpful.
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Recommended
probably the most stressful and least enjoyable time you could possibly have playing a video game. it's the worst thing ever
3 h played when written. 27 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
The main loop of the game revolves entirely around you jumping into a handhold that you should be able to make, somehow missing it, and plummeting to either your death, or to your near death, followed by your death shortly after, which sends you all the way back to the start. Rooms and sections also start repeating after just a few deaths as well, which only adds to the frustration. Along the many reviews…
1.6 h played when written. 2 found it helpful.
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