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Peak dev would rather you pirate Peak than play a ‘microtransaction Roblox slop ripoff’

Peak was a surprise viral hit when it released for PC in June, and it’s still consistently in the top 15 most-played Steam games. Like other contemporary indie breakthroughs such as R.E.P.O., Phasmophobia and Abiotic Factor, it kinda came out of nowhere. And also like those previous hits, its success has led to some flagrant clones on Roblox, which is seemingly the go-to place if you want to play a shittier version of almost any commercial game you could name in 2025.

A good example is a Roblox game called Cliff, which is “a challenging climbing game where even the smallest mistake can be your downfall”, according to its description. At the time of writing it has over 7,000 active users and 59,173 “favorites” (which are basically bookmarks for Roblox users, and can therefore serve as a proxy for popularity). It’s the work of Roblox developer PewStudio, who cites Peak and another game called Mountain Climbing as inspiration. “Special thanks to those amazing creators!” the Cliff description reads.

It could be taken as a nice little tribute, were it not for how flagrant the copying is. I mean, this is the key art for Cliff:

Key art for Cliff, a Roblox game similar to Peak

(Image credit: PewStudio | Roblox)

…and this is the key art for Peak:

Key art for Peak showing four figures climbing a hill

(Image credit: Team Peak)

Aggro Crab Games—who together with Landfall comprise the joint effort behind Peak—has caught wind of Cliff, and the message is pretty clear. “tbh would rather you pirate our game than play this microtransaction-riddled @Roblox slop ripoff,” the account tweeted.



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