Developer of Solely Up! Removes the Sport From Steam Completely Attributable to “Too A lot Stress”

Solely Up! launched in Might 2023, providing a third-person platforming expertise akin to the title Getting Over It with Bennet Foddy. The sport’s recognition didn’t peak till properly after its launch, because the indie closely relied on phrase of mouth to succeed in its viewers.

Because of its difficult nature, Solely Up! received its huge break when Twitch streamers like IShowSpeed, identified for enjoying high-difficulty video games began noticing it, finally resulting in a viral gross sales interval. The parkour sport hit over 90,000 viewers on Twitch and 10,000 concurrency gamers in June. Nevertheless, Solely Up’s recognition declined considerably following its peak in July.

Solely Up! had a ‘Largely Optimistic’ evaluate rating after getting 12,000 consumer critiques, with some gamers praising its capricious 3D platforming. Nonetheless, a substantial chunk of detrimental critiques critiqued its glitchy physics and hasty designs. Contemplating that Solely Up! was faraway from Steam for allegedly stealing belongings from different video games beforehand, the title additionally gained notoriety for being a sport that appeared prefer it was put collectively by slapping already-existing belongings collectively. Let’s not overlook that it marketed NFTs, too, with photographs of Goblintown tokens showing on sure ranges.

Indiesolodev, the brains behind Solely Up!, wrote within the sport’s Steam group that the title has stored him beneath quite a lot of stress for the previous few months since Solely Up! was launched, and now they need to put the sport behind them. He additionally acknowledged that what he wants now’s “pealing of thoughts and therapeutic,” and he plans to take a pause to additional his schooling on sport design.

With new data and experiences, Indiesolodev is prioritizing his sophomore venture, “Kith.” He describes it as a very completely different sport from Solely Up!, highlighting cinematography. We’re not totally positive what which means till we see extra footage. Nonetheless, Indiesolodev needs it to be created by a small group somewhat than being a solo factor once more to forestall the stress of operating as a solo operator.

Gamers are already mourning the lack of the sport’s surprising disappearance. At present, Solely Up! has already been delisted from Steam, however its consumer critiques stay. Regardless of its controversy, although, Solely Up! was a large success. It was priced at $6, and through its comparatively brief time on the largest gaming storefront for PC platforms, it raked in round $2.6 million in gross income alone.

For people who have purchased Solely Up! Earlier than the Steam itemizing has been torn down, there’s no want to stress—you received’t lose your buy of it since there’s no indication of Steam possession being rescinded. Solely Up! will solely be unavailable for individuals who don’t have or need to purchase the sport proper now. Gamers will outdated purchases of Solely Up! and can proceed to have it of their libraries, out there to play and obtain anytime.