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Cairn’s realistic simulation allows intuitive climbing: find the best holds and place your hands and feet seamlessly with simple controls.
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About this game
REALISTIC CLIMBING SIMULATION
Cairn’s realistic simulation allows intuitive climbing: find the best holds and place your hands and feet seamlessly with simple controls. Adapt your posture, effort and balance —if you're not careful, you will fall!
THE ASCENT OF A LIFETIME
As pro climber Aava, you embark on the ascent of Mount Kami, a summit that has never been reached. Along the journey, meet unexpected companions and hear from those left on the ground. Discover the mountain's history and decide what Aava is willing to sacrifice to achieve her dream.
OPEN YOUR OWN ROUTE
You are free to climb anywhere. Explore the mountain, read the rock face from the ground and plan your route carefully to reach the top. Solve problems while on the wall to navigate difficult sections. You can climb on anything, so choose your path wisely!
CLIMBING IS A FIGHT
Climbing is challenging: each wall feels like a boss fight. A thrilling challenge for those eager to test themselves, but you can also adjust the difficulty to customise your experience.
SURVIVE THE DEADLY MOUNTAIN
Manage your resources to survive during the long ascent: pitons, chalk, finger tape... but also food, water and medicine. Set up bivouacs and explore the mountain to find resources to reach the summit.
AWARD-WINNING INDIE TEAM
An unforgettable experience from the makers of Furi and Haven, with music and sound design by the team behind Limbo, Inside, Control and Cocoon, and art and story by renowned comic-book artist Mathieu Bablet.
Game Details
- Platform:
- steam
- Release Date:
- January 29, 2026
- Developer:
- The Game Bakers
- Publisher:
- The Game Bakers
- Supported Languages:
- English
- Franchise:
- Cairn
- Link:
- Genres:
- Adventure
Exploration
Survival
Sports
Action-Adventure
Walking Simulator
Story Rich
Simulation
Action
- Play Styles:
- Singleplayer
Open World
Physics
Third Person
- Features:
- Singleplayer
Steam achievements
Full controller support
Adjustable difficulty
Playable without timed input
Save anytime
Stereo sound
Subtitle options
Surround sound
Steam cloud
Family sharing
Product Requirements
Minimum:
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: Intel Core i7-6700 (4 * 3400), AMD Ryzen 5 1500X (4 * 3500) or equivalent
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (4096 MB), Radeon RX 570 (8192 MB)
- Storage: 10 GB available space
- Additional Notes: SSD required. Controller recommended.
Recommended:
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: Intel Core i7-10700 (8 * 2900), AMD Ryzen 7 3700X (8 * 3600) or equivalent
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: Geforce RTX 2060 Super (6144 MB), Radeon RX 5700 (8192 MB)
- Storage: 10 GB available space
- Additional Notes: SSD required. Controller recommended.
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Critic Reviews
Based on 35 Critics
GameSpot
90 / 100"Cairn may have fewer mechanics than some games, but it drills down on what's there so successfully, and regularly tests the players' resolve and accomplishment of these skills,...
PC Gamer
91 / 100"A brilliant climbing adventure that siphons the rage out of navigation puzzlers like Death Stranding and Baby Steps, resulting in something prickly, but warmly approachable."
GAMINGbible
100 / 100"Cairn has now become one of my favourite games of all time. I absolutely love the game’s reactive climbing mechanics, the tough-but-fair difficulty, and its entire presentation...
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Cairn User Reviews
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Cairns climbing mechanics is ultimately what put me off after 10 hours. The start of the game feels great and really sets up the mystery of the story and the mountain, but this all starts to get shattered when you're fighting the climbing mechanic itself than fighting the environment. Two moments that caused me to drop the game was when I was mantling onto a soid platform and the character just gassed out and fell off to her death even though half her body was on solid ground, and this happened multiple times in my playthrough. The other moment was fighting the climbing controls itself, as the game recommends using the auto limb picker function, but it'll keep picking the same limb over 3 times in a row even though it's not the most correct limb, causing your character to gas out. The manual limb function isn't great either as you have to aim the arrow at the limb you want, so if you're matching a hold where one limb overlaps another, the game can't figure out which particular limb you want, which is extremely frustrating especially when you're in a section that you can't apply climbing safety and your stamina is running low.
I'd only recommend this game if your'e the type of person that is an absolute sucker for time punishment trial and error game mechanics, and have a lot of free time on your hands. But if you're like me and your time is limited, definitely don't play this game as it's won't respect your time.
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Frequently Asked Questions
There are 2 editions. They are Standard Edition and Deluxe Edition
Deluxe Edition contains:
- Base Game
- Cairn - Deluxe Upgrade Pack
Available DLCs for Cairn include Deluxe Upgrade Pack and Soundtrack
Yes, Cairn is Steam Deck Verified. Valve’s testing indicates that Cairn is Verified on Steam Deck. This game is fully functional on Steam Deck, and works great with the built-in controls and display.
- All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
- This game shows Steam Deck controller icons
- In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
- This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
Minimum:
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: Intel Core i7-6700 (4 * 3400), AMD Ryzen 5 1500X (4 * 3500) or equivalent
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (4096 MB), Radeon RX 570 (8192 MB)
- Storage: 10 GB available space
- Additional Notes: SSD required. Controller recommended.
Recommended:
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: Intel Core i7-10700 (8 * 2900), AMD Ryzen 7 3700X (8 * 3600) or equivalent
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: Geforce RTX 2060 Super (6144 MB), Radeon RX 5700 (8192 MB)
- Storage: 10 GB available space
- Additional Notes: SSD required. Controller recommended.
Yes, Cairn has broad critical consensus. 86% of critics on Metacritic recommend Cairn. The Metascore is 85 out of 100.
Cairn was released on January 29, 2026
Cairn is published by The Game Bakers
Cairn was developed by The Game Bakers
Fanatical users tagged Cairn as Adventure, Exploration, Survival, and Sports
Fanatical users tagged Cairn as Stylized, Atmospheric, Unforgiving, and Difficult
Yes. Fanatical users tagged Cairn as having Singleplayer
Yes, Fanatical users tagged Cairn as Adventure
Yes, Fanatical users tagged Cairn as Exploration
Yes, Fanatical users tagged Cairn as Survival
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