Cairn revolutionizes bragging rights, lets you print a shirt showing your playthrough ascent from an in-game menu You'll be the talk of the town. PC Gamer · May 20
Cairn developers 'couldn't be happier' as they celebrate 200,000 copies sold: 'We hope you feel the passion we baked into the mountain' What goes up, keeps going up, apparently. PC Gamer · Feb 2
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 devs shout out fellow French studio's climbing sim launching on Steam and PS5 with clever nod to their J'RPG: "Expedition 69's favorite game is out!!" Montpellier studios are sticking together GamesRadar · Jan 30
‘Why do they climb mountains? Why do they sacrifice everything and take so many risks just to climb a rock – nobody asked them to?’ — Cairn’s creative director unpacks the studio's survival-climber We sat down with The Game Bakers' Creative Director, Emeric Thoa, and got granular about the studio’s survival-climbing experience, Cairn. TechRadar · Jan 30
Cairn's complete dedication to its arduous climb may turn off many, but I found it to be a fulfilling, gratifying, and thoughtful adventure With its complete dedication to replicating the mechanics, drive, and satisfaction of climbing, The Game Bakers have cooked up a tough but hugely rewarding adventure game that means I can easily look past its few annoyances. TechRadar · Jan 29
"We wanted to explore that longing for absolute freedom": Cairn is a survival climbing game about human will, endurance, and sacrifice Big in 2026 | We speak to The Game Bakers about sacrifice and survival in tactical climbing sim Cairn GamesRadar · Jan 7
'Survival-climber' Cairn is delayed into 2026, but the demo on Steam is getting a cool new feature in October The Game Bakers want a little more time to ensure Cairn is truly memorable. PC Gamer · Sep 30, 2025
Survival climber Cairn is getting a free-solo mode, letting you channel your inner Alex Honnold when it launches in November No strings attached. PC Gamer · Aug 23, 2025
A rising Peak lifts all boats as climbing sim Cairn breaks 500k demo downloads after endorsement from mountaineering megahit Peak's devs One of those actual feel-good stories. PC Gamer · Jun 29, 2025
A criminally underrated action game with a soundtrack I'm still listening to 9 years later is on sale for just 2 bucks on Steam, and I already bought it again God, I should replay Furi. PC Gamer · Jun 22, 2025
"Climbing is in itself a game, with rules everybody knows": Cairn's tense, strategic ascents are making our palms sweat Big in 2025 | Going hands-on, and very carefully too, with this year's most compelling and dizzying climb 'em up, we speak to The Game Bakers about putting a piton in it GamesRadar · Jan 12, 2025
Cairn might be the best climbing game I've ever played, and I wish it was released already Do sweat the technique. PC Gamer · Sep 2, 2024
I've never seen a survival game like this mountain climbing sim from the developers of Furi, one of my favorite boss rush games of all time Cairn is a "survival-climber" with a few bits of Resident Evil under the hood GamesRadar · Aug 26, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Jul 19, 2024 The Dark Souls of climbing games: Cairn leans into the challenge of mountaineering A deceptively simple control system underpins this alpinist adventure set on a single deadly massif
GamesRadar · Jun 7, 2024 This hardcore mountain climbing sim from the studio behind hidden gem Furi looks like it’ll take survival games to new heights Indie studio The Game Bakers plan to release Cairn in 2025
GamesRadar · Dec 4, 2023 Furi, one of the best action games of all time, got a free demake last week as a "gift" to fans The 2016 shoot 'em up is taking Steam players back to the '90s
PC Gamer · Dec 4, 2023 Furi's creators dropped a free demake of the first boss fight as a thanks to fans A throwback freebie that feels like a bit of time travel.