Solely Up! has been pulled from Steam, however you’ll be able to nonetheless play it in the event you had it already.

Solely Up!, the Steam recreation that emerged as one in every of a number of latest streaming sensations this yr and took off on Twitch, has now been pulled from Steam completely by the creator. In response to the developer, the sport trigger them “a number of stress,” they usually wish to put Solely Up! behind them now. The sport itself nonetheless seems to be playable right now, however solely by those that’ve already bought it prior to now because the possibility to purchase it has been completely faraway from Steam with no indication primarily based on the creator’s feedback that it is coming again anytime quickly.

As a refresher, Solely Up! is the sport that you’ve got in all probability seen on social media even when you have not performed it your self. It encompass a important character, Jackie, leaping and scrambling upwards over totally different objects and obstacles largely comprised of varied belongings positioned at totally different factors within the recreation to create a skyward impediment course. Gamers are timed on how lengthy it takes them to achieve the summit, and whereas beating the sport was one thing that gamers achieved time and again, discovering new shortcuts and the viral reactions of content material creators plummeting from nice heights had been what saved the sport so in style. It boasted common Steam stats when it comes to how many individuals had been truly taking part in it, however like different flash-in-the-pan video games, it popped off in an enormous approach on Twitch.

Solely Up! Creator’s Announcement

The developer of Solely Up! alerted gamers to the sport’s elimination from Steam by way of a “small replace” submit which actually turned out to be somewhat a big announcement. The replace included some fixes for the sport because it’s nonetheless playable, certain, however the a lot larger a part of the replace buried below the title of “Sport’s future” was that it was faraway from Steam.

The full assertion from the developer may be discovered verbatim under.

“I am a solo developer and this recreation is my first expertise in Gamedev, a recreation I did for creativity, to check myself, and the place I made a number of errors,” the creator mentioned. “The sport has saved me below a number of stress all these months. Now I wish to put the sport behind me. And sure. the sport will not be accessible within the steam retailer quickly, that is what I made a decision myself. What I would like now could be peace of thoughts and therapeutic. I plan to take a pause, and proceed my training in recreation design and additional with new expertise and data to direct my energies to my subsequent recreation with the working title ‘Kith’ – it will likely be a brand new expertise and a brand new idea with realism, a very totally different style and setting, and the emphasis is on cinematography. This time I hope the undertaking can be created by a small group. This can be a difficult undertaking on which I wish to considerably enhance my expertise in recreation design.

Can You Nonetheless Play Solely Up!?

For now, it appears like you’ll be able to nonetheless play Solely Up! on Steam in the event you had the sport beforehand. Its present Steam stats present that there are certainly folks taking part in it proper now, and it is being streamed on Twitch, however like most video games of the month similar to Solely Up!, its Twitch stats are a fraction of what they had been earlier than.

No particulars of observe have been shared on the creator’s subsequent recreation but, although it feels like Kith won’t be like Solely Up! past being made by the identical particular person.