Crux: The Great Outdoors

Mindgames Studios

About this game

Climbing is about carefully planning your route and flawless execution. In Crux you move your hands or feet to a new hold - but each hold will only let you hang on for so long. Find the sequence of moves that get you to the top and execute them! And when you've reached all the tops - beat the highscores by finishing each climb in the fewest possible moves.

TouchArcade Game of the Week (Apr 22nd):
"The whole thing is incredibly enjoyable both from a thematic aspect and as a really solid puzzle game.”

Droid Gamers: “A sequel to possibly the finest climbing puzzler ever created.”

Pocket Gamer: “Oh the joy of victory. It’s still a delight.”

Accolades for Crux: A Climbing Game:
- iOS AppStore 'Game of the Day' (Nov 13 '20)
- PocketGamer #1 'Game of the Week' (Sep 10 '20)

"Crux gives me some of the mental joys of climbing, if not the physical and social joy of doing it myself. In these times, that’s a pretty great thing." Riley McLeod - Kotaku (Sep 11 '20):

Ratings and reviews

This is the best climbing game I have ever played! The game is well set up with plenty of introductory levels and lots of additional gameplay features that unlock as the game progresses. By the end, it feels like you're reading the beta for a real bouldering route, then you have to go an execute the moves! Such a sense of accomplishment when you finally send it! This game is well worth the price, there's some replayability in the levels to get 3 stars too (some are tricky but it's really fun!)

Calming climbing game. Simple gameplay but hard to master. Good sense of accomplishment when you get the route. Dynos add new dimension to gameplay. Would like to see user-created maps in the future, but well worth the price.

In the top middle screen it shows buttons that go away after the first few routes, but they can prevent you from seeing the rest of the route. Otherwise I love the sounds and atmosphere of the game.

What's new

- 3 brand new areas!
- 20 new levels!
- New graphics level for high-end phones!
- Bug fixes