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White Knuckle

About this game

White Knuckle is a first person roguelite speed-climbing game.

Use momentum-based movement mechanics with precision, deploy a variety of tools and resources, and ascend as fast as you can. 

Just don't lose your grip, there’s eternity below you.

Manage your inventory or become encumbered and fall to your death. Failure to grab what you need from your bag in time can spell disaster.

Through run-based meta-progression, you’ll discover and unlock varied augmentations. 

Bolster your will to ascend.

You're not alone down here. Strange life flourishes far underground, and darker things haunt these halls. Something oozes from the depths– following you, growing angrier… and it won't let up.

Travel through different regions with unique threats and gameplay challenges during your attempted escape of the underground megastructure. 

The deep dry storage of the Silos, the putrid sewers of the Pipeworks, the haunted piers of Habitation. Each area will require adaptation to new obstacles and denizens.

Achievements

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Olympic Grade

Olympic Grade

3.0%

Achieve 5 Platinum Medals in Challenges

Gold Source

Gold Source

3.3%

Achieve 5 Gold+ Medals in Challenges

Probably Not Possible

Probably Not Possible

3.9%

Climb 10 Kilometers in a run.

Dont Forget Me

Dont Forget Me

4.5%

Love once lost, lives again?

Endangered

Endangered

5.1%

Commit 50 crimes.

White Knuckle

White Knuckle is a first-person roguelite speed-climbing game. Ascend through the guts of SUB-STRUCTURE 17 using precision movement mechanics. Sharp reflexes and resource management will bring you out from under ten thousand meters of concrete and decay.

Developer

Dark Machine Games

Publisher

DreadXP

Release Date

17 April, 2025

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