If you’ve played the hitindiegamePeakwith friends, it’s unlikely you’ll believe just how fast solo players can beat it.The indie title is a climbing coop game that allows you to join up to three allies and start making your way up a mountain with various biomes as you attempt to survive and reach the top. Much like thehighly acclaimed horror gameREPOearlier this year,Peakhas become a viral sensation among players thanks to its potential to offer hilarious moments with friends as you try to reach new heights.
The game is centered around a stamina mechanic, which is drained as you climb. Your maximum stamina is subject to being reduced thanks to hunger and health mechanics, for example, which requires you to manage the resources you collect on your climb.Because of how the game works, combined with its proximity chat, it can provide funny moments: you can watch your friends miscalculate their stamina and fall to their deaths, for example. Aside from the entertainment you can obtain from it, its low price is also another factor whyPeakis a popular gameat the moment.
Speedrunners Can Complete A Peak Playthrough In Under 30 Minutes
The Map Of The Game Changes Daily
According toPeak’s page onSpeedrun, players have already been able to clear a playthrough in under 30 minutes. As seen in the latest data,speedrunner KennyShield was able to complete a playthrough of the game in 25 minutes, 29 seconds, and 433 milliseconds. It’s worth noting that, because of the daily seed refresh in the title, the game’s map is different each day, and therefore, the paths that can be taken to the top of the mountain are also altered. KennyShield’s speedrun record is referent to June 25, specifically.
As seen in their record,the speedrunner completed thePeakplaythrough in solo mode, without exploiting any glitches that could potentially advance their progress outside of ordinary gameplay. This means that KennyShield ran a playthrough in the way most players experience the game, though with a completely different goal, and without any coop companions. The cooperative aspect ofPeakis what makes it stand out as one of thebest coop games on PCat the moment, but being able to run it solo, at this speed, is extremely impressive.
Playing With Friends Extends Peak’s Playthrough Durations Significantly
Coop Can See You Lose Time Helping Friends
When playing with friends, a regular playthrough ofPeakcan last significantly longer than 25 minutes. In fact, you can take up to around two hours or, perhaps, even more, depending on how you tackle the climbing journey with your friends.There is a lot to do and interact with beyond the main goal, so you may see yourself lose some time trying to make your friends slip on banana peels you throw in front of them, for example. Alternatively, in coop, players can also take longer to complete a playthrough because they are actively helping their friends.
As you climb, it’s common courtesy to extend a helping hand to pull up friends who are climbing the same path as you. This simple yet core mechanic can impede them from falling to their deaths when their stamina is at the brink of exhaustion, for instance. Because a large portion of the game also revolves around managing survival resources, such as food to improve your stamina bar, some players may become heavier than others, and with it, have less stamina. Helping the backpackers or using special items for others to take advantage of can also extendPeak’s playthrough time.
If you, like me, have only played the game with your friends and have seen that it can take around two hours to complete a run, depending on the specific day’s map, the path you take, and how focused your team is, a record of 25 minutes for completion sounds nearly unreasonable. Because of the randomness of the map, it’s expected that times will vary every day, but even so, the current record shows just how agile players can be inPeak, especially if they take on its solo mode.
