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Existential Nature Simulation

Mountain is a simulation, indie and casual game developed and published by David OReilly.
Released on August 18th 2014 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 3 languages: English, Japanese and Simplified Chinese.

It has received 16,243 reviews of which 14,320 were positive and 1,923 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.6 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 0.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for less on K4G.

The Steam community has classified Mountain into these genres:

Simulation Indie Casual Relaxing Singleplayer Great Soundtrack God Game Experimental Beautiful Nature Space Procedural Generation Music Ambient Idler Realistic Philosophical Funny Difficult RPG

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • OS *: Windows XP/Vista/Windows 7/Windows 8
  • Processor: 1.7+ GHz or better
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Radeon HD5450 or better; 256 MB or higher
  • DirectX: Version 9.0c
  • Storage: 200 MB available space
  • Sound Card: 100% DirectX9.0c compatible sound card and drivers
MacOS
  • OS: Lion (OSX 10.7.X)
  • Processor: 2.0 GHz Intel
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: 256 MB NVidia or ATI graphics card
  • Storage: 200 MB available space
  • Additional Notes: Not recommended for Intel GMA Graphics or Mac Minis or early-generation MacBooks
Linux
  • Processor: 1.7+ GHz or better
  • Graphics: Radeon HD5450 or better; 256 MB or higher
  • Storage: 200 MB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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Sept. 2025
Mountain is technically a game. Or an experience. Or a screensaver. Or a passive-aggressive commentary on the futility of existence. I don’t even know anymore. It’s original. It’s innovative. And after thirty minutes of watching clouds drift past a rock with trees, I wanted to scream into the void. Yes, it’s beautiful in its own quiet way. Yes, it’s unique. But also: nothing happens. You don’t climb the mountain. You don’t protect it. You don’t explore it. You just watch it float through space. Sometimes it says something cryptic like “Do plants think of us too?” and you wonder if you’ve just achieved enlightenment or lost brain cells. And yet I can’t say it’s bad. It’s just so deliberately pointless that it loops back around to being kind of brilliant. I hated every minute. I respect the hell out of it. Recommended only if you’re ready to question your life choices.
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June 2025
Despite being sold as a game, Mountain is not one in the traditional sense. It’s more accurately described as a passive simulation — one where you are the mountain. And as you can probably guess, mountains don’t really do much. That’s the whole point. You won’t find any gameplay loops here. No objectives, no challenges, no interactivity beyond some brief input. The mountain simply exists, floats through space, and slowly changes with time. Objects occasionally crash into it, weather shifts, and the mountain might murmur a philosophical thought now and then. That’s about it. It could make for a pretty ambient background — especially on a large screen TV or as a kind of dynamic wallpaper. Visually, it’s serene, and the atmospheric music is pleasant. But if you're hoping for something engaging or interactive, you’re going to be disappointed. The biggest drawback, though, is the absurd grind for 100% completion. The final achievement requires the simulation to run for 1000 hours — that’s over 41 days of real time. Unless you’re willing to leave your device on and forget about it for weeks, this feels excessive and unnecessary. Mountain might appeal to those looking for a minimalist, contemplative experience or an artistic screensaver. But if you're looking for a game — you won't find one here.
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March 2025
This review for the low-priced casual game Mountain covers two periods of play, with a year's gap between them... I first played Mountain over a year ago, and I thought it was a clever and wonderfully imaginative casual game, with its pithy thoughts, the changing weather, the passing days & seasons, the array of unlikely objects falling from space, and the even more unlikely range of cosmic threats to Mountain's existence! Within three days I had all of the achievements except for the two duration-related ones: "You are Mountain" and the even longer "You are God". At that time both of these were related to the number of in-game "days" that Mountain had continuously lived for (so protecting it from cosmic destruction was imperative), but no-one knew how the game decided the "days" targets for each player, which seemed to vary wildly. In my case I obtained "You are Mountain" when my Mountain reached about 44,000 "days" old (which seemed to be much higher than most players reported). Then I waited for "You are God" to trigger - and waited - well, you get the point. When my Mountain got to 600,000 "days" of age, I gave up and uninstalled the game, Skip a year, and I accidentally came across Mountain again. I looked at the game's discussions and found that the developer had changed the criteria for "You are God" from in-game "days" to 987 actual playtime hours. More than that, the hours were cumulative across multiple mountains - losing a mountain no longer reset the counter. So I started to play again and, after a total of 987 hours of play (creating new mountains as old ones were destroyed), I got the final achievement at last; note that 160 hours of my original playtime didn't count towards the new criteria. The change to the "You are God" achievement was welcome and made it more friendly and predictable, but it couldn't quite remove the frustration of all of that wasted game-play a year before, and has left me permanently wary of any "long playtime duration" achievements!
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Feb. 2025
Basically animated wallpaper. It doesn’t do much. Just watch it rotate forever and ever… Just leave it spinning there while focusing on something else
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Jan. 2025
Its a bit boring at the first 400h or so .. but them.. Oh.. man an gal for that matter.. its staring to be fun and afte 600+ is f u ing insane so good game i cant live whitout it now!!!
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Frequently Asked Questions

Mountain is currently priced at 0.99€ on Steam.

Mountain is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 0.99€ on Steam.

Mountain received 14,320 positive votes out of a total of 16,243 achieving a rating of 8.61.
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Mountain was developed and published by David OReilly.

Mountain is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Mountain is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

Mountain is playable and fully supported on Linux.

Mountain is a single-player game.

Mountain does not currently offer any DLC.

Mountain does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Mountain does not support Steam Remote Play.

Mountain is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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