Slapstick co-op climbing game Peak seemingly came out of nowhere last summer to be a smash hit, selling over 10 million copies since its June 2025 launch. Not half bad for something that started as a game jam and from the ashes of a canceled project. Co-developers Aggro Crab and Landfall have continually updated the game since, the latest being Tuesday’s “Play it your way” update that added custom runs, mini runs, chill campfires, and more. Despite those updates, a portion of Peak‘s player base simply hasn’t had its hunger satisfied.
“Yall are mad at landfall for not releasing a game, im mad at landfall for their lazy dev cycle for peak when they could be doing so much more with it considering they’re ending development of it this year,” one X user wrote in response to a discussion where fans expressed disappointment that Landfall hasn’t yet announced a new game for 2026.
“PEAK has had sooo many updates tho!” Landfall wrote back on X. “Neither us or Aggro Crab are live service studios, any update is a bonus not a right.”
The X user then asked for an update “that actually makes sense,” like more customization of runs and easier modding. Landfall replied that full customization “is a big ask” and that it had already been in touch with the modding community about what modders want in the game. “However if there are specific suggestions we’d love to hear them,” Landfall wrote.
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The back-and-forth exchange highlights just how conditioned players are to expect games to get continual — and often free — updates over time. Many single-player games even launch with “roadmaps” teasing further updates and DLC expansions.
A lot of those single-player games are $60 or $70 and come from large studios. Many live-service titles, like Helldivers 2 or Arc Raiders, have done well at a price point of $40. Peak is only $7.99 (but really five bucks) and comes from two small indie teams. As Landfall stated, neither it nor Aggro Crab are live-service studios; Peak didn’t launch with a roadmap or any plans from the developers to update it. (“We don’t have any official schedule for updates yet, but rest assured we are working hard on new content,” Aggro Crab art director Galen Drew told Polygon last July.)
Landfall did tease “at least one more” update for Peak in a separate reply. “The industry used to be no updates – just release as is. We have gone way beyond that.”
