Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy

Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy is, in its creator's own words, a game built for a particular sort of person, built to hurt them. It is a brutally hard climbing game, made in tribute to Jazzuo's 2002 B-game cult title, Sexy Hiking. A single hammer, steered with the mouse, is the entirety of the controls; with practice you learn to jump, swing, climb and even fly.

The aim is to haul yourself up a vast mountain equipped with only a hammer and a pot, while Foddy himself offers philosophical observations on the problem at hand. Expect anywhere from two to infinite hours of agonizing play, the median finishing time among playtesters was five hours, but the mean was far closer to infinity, and expect to watch all your progress vanish, again and again, discovering new kinds of frustration along the way.

A magical reward is there for the few who claw their way to the summit. The game also carries an epilepsy warning, since it contains some surprising elements.