The co-op climbing game Peak has been a massive success recently, but it’s not the only recent game to tackle the challenge and joy of scaling a mountain. One of the best games of 2023 takes a very different approach from the chaotic tone of Peak for its climbing adventure, and it’s available for free this July to PlayStation Plus subscribers.
As opposed to Peak, Jusant is a (mostly) solitary experience. It’s about scaling the side of a gigantic mountain with no one except the strange creature living in your backpack for company. Exactly what you expect to find at the top is a mystery at first, but you do know what you want to accomplish by getting there. The world of Jusant is dry and barren, with rains that used to fill entire oceans having long since ceased and entire civilizations gone missing alongside them. With the help of your strange companion, you hope to restore rain to the world, if you can just make it to the peak together.
