# Only Up!

> A climbing game reached 11,135 concurrent Steam players, then left the store.

- Owner: SCKR Games / Indiesolodev
- Kind: Game
- Sector: Gaming
- Seed date: 2023-05-24
- Peak date: 2023-06-19
- Spread Score: 44 (Notable, provisional), v1.2
- Mechanics: Creator relay, Platform jump, Press loop, Controversy, Dupe economy

## Summary

Only Up! spread through Chinese speedruns, French Twitch streams and Japanese VTubers. Falls supplied reaction clips, and a Fortnite adaptation followed. The developer withdrew the original from Steam in September, citing stress.

## Timeline

- 2023-05-24 — SCKR Games (Open web) — SCKR Games released Only Up! on Steam.
- 2023-05-31 — 为颜绎而生 (Xiaohongshu) — A Chinese player posted a 30-minute speedrun on Bilibili.
- 2023-05-31 — SCKR Games (Open web) — A May 31 update added Japanese support, according to AUTOMATON’s June 14 report.

The full timeline, metrics and sources are on the case page, or via the Pro API (https://howitspread.com/developers).

Canonical URL: https://howitspread.com/cases/only-up

Cite as: How It Spread (2026). “Only Up!.” Case HIS-00960. Spread Score v1.2: 44/100. Updated 2026-10-15. https://howitspread.com/id/HIS-00960