Gaming trends come and go, but some ideas are so popular that they become genres of their own. A good example of this is the falling game, in which the challenge is to get as high as possible without tumbling back down to the bottom. These notoriously goofy games often take off on streaming or social media — likely because there’s something irresistible about watching someone struggle before ultimately tumbling back into the abyss.

There is a rich variety of falling games out there now, some with more staying power than others. The 2016 physics-based platformer Human: Fall Flat has a sequel in development. Getting Over It With Bennett Foddy, released in 2017, is an absurd game starring a man in a cauldron trying to climb impossible heights with a sledgehammer and a limitless source of gumption.

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