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Roll the boulder to the top.

The Game of Sisyphus is a difficult, action and psychological horror game developed and published by cream.
Released on April 11th 2024 is available only on Windows in 17 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Spanish - Latin America, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Polish, Korean, Russian, Vietnamese, Indonesian and Thai.

It has received 713 reviews of which 567 were positive and 146 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.5 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 6.89€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified The Game of Sisyphus into these genres:

Difficult Action Psychological Horror Funny Physics Adventure 3D Platformer Platformer Third Person Mythology Philosophical Choices Matter Linear Singleplayer Dark Humor Intentionally Awkward Controls Indie Replay Value Precision Platformer

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System requirements

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Windows
  • OS *: windows/7/8/10
  • Processor: Intel Core i5-10400 @ 2.90GHz
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060
  • Storage: 8 GB available space
  • Sound Card: Realtek
  • Additional Notes: HD 60FPS

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Jan. 2025
Fun little game, however the last 30-40% of the climb was a bit too easy and not frustrating enough
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Nov. 2024
So for the most part this game is incredibly fair, and it's clear that when the player messes up they could have prevented it. That makes it very calming and satisfying. Except for one small area, the bloody ice section. This area is the end of all, and I always wind up back here. It feels like I've spent hours in this one small area and it's kind of unfun, the ice is just a bit too slippery to be fair to the player, and at this point close to half of my play time is in this one section. It's kind of killing it for me, I won't lie. Outside of the ice area, this is a good game if you're the kind of person who enjoys these games. Odds are, if you're reading this, you'll enjoy it.
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May 2024
I pride myself in completing all these sorts of test of will/masochism games. Something about losing progress that took you 20 minutes, or 30 minutes or sometimes hours, taken away from you because of a split second mistake. Something about that feeling calls to me. The developer and the game seems to want me to quit, to get angry and stop trying, but there's a strange sense of power I feel picking myself back up and trying again despite knowing I will fall again. And as you pick yourself up over and over and over, in most of these games you can feel your skill increase incrementally, until you're at the end of the game, and your abilities are almost unrecognisable from where they were at the start of the game. All of those highs I chase by buying and completing these painful experiences. This game however is lacking in a lot of what makes other games of the genre so good. There is very minimal increase in skill from start to finish. You will get better at handling the boulder sure, but it doesn't take much to master. This game isn't about getting incrementally better until you overcome all the obstacles, it's more of a very large test of patience. The game is so boring at times that you will make mistakes simply because you are so painfully bored of staring at the rock that you stop to scratch your nose. You could view these faults as fundamental to the game's experience. And in a way I would agree with you, but at the end of the day I hope anyone who buys this and attempts the challenge knows that you are getting yourself into 5-12 hours of a boring grind. Sure the excitement of summiting the mountain feels sweet as it does with all these games, but the journey is far from entertaining. I will however still recommend this game to any who are fans of the masochistic Getting Over It inspired genre. It may not be very fun, but it does do what it seeks to do, and that is to create a painful experience that most will fail to complete.
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May 2024
A normal run from start to end without failing once will take you around 4 hrs. Do with that what you will.
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May 2024
Wow, what a game. The premise is simple, but there is such a profound feeling from playing it. Pushing the boulder puts you in a certain state of mind. I thought to myself, who is Sisyphus? Did anyone ever love him? Does anyone still think about him while he pushes the boulder for eternity? The real Sisyphus had to push the boulder while crows ate his insides. I think that is probably the worst job that no one in the world would probably want to do. I found the best way to play this game wasn't to lock in, but rather achieve a certain meditative state. I thought about a lot of things that happened in my life. I thought about friends I'd made and great accomplishments I would never have thought I could achieve. By being in this state of mind, let me tell you, I pushed the boulder quite far. Even in the face of failure, I think there was beauty to be found. In a way, I think all of us are Sisyphus and we are pushing our own boulders. As long as we stay positive and never give up, I think the human spirit can truly be indomitable. I hope everyone can gain some insight into life with this game too.
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Frequently Asked Questions

The Game of Sisyphus is currently priced at 6.89€ on Steam.

The Game of Sisyphus is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 6.89€ on Steam.

The Game of Sisyphus received 567 positive votes out of a total of 713 achieving a rating of 7.54.
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The Game of Sisyphus was developed and published by cream.

The Game of Sisyphus is playable and fully supported on Windows.

The Game of Sisyphus is not playable on MacOS.

The Game of Sisyphus is not playable on Linux.

The Game of Sisyphus is a single-player game.

The Game of Sisyphus does not currently offer any DLC.

The Game of Sisyphus does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

The Game of Sisyphus does not support Steam Remote Play.

The Game of Sisyphus 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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The Game of Sisyphus
6.89€
7.5
567
146
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Release 11 Apr 2024
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