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The Last Anchor

The mountain does not care if you are ready.

The Last Anchor is an immersive Himalayan mountaineering survival game about preparing, climbing, and surviving an expedition from the valleys below to the highest reaches of the mountain.

Your journey begins far beneath the summit. Trek through villages and forests, organize supplies, hire support, establish camps, watch the weather, and slowly push your expedition higher.

Every decision matters once turning around becomes harder than continuing.

BUILD YOUR EXPEDITION

A successful climb starts long before the summit.

Manage:

Carry too much and you move slowly. Carry too little and you may discover the mistake thousands of meters above safety.

CLIMB YOUR OWN WAY

There is no glowing path to the summit.

Read the terrain and choose how to move through it.

Cross rocky valleys, glaciers, steep snow, exposed ridges, crevasses and technical climbing sections while deciding where to rest, where to establish camps and when conditions are too dangerous to continue.

The mountain itself is the challenge.

SURVIVE THE ALTITUDE

Cold is only one part of the problem.

Your expedition is affected by:

Conditions change as you climb, and small problems at low altitude can become life-threatening higher on the mountain.

A LIVING HIMALAYAN WORLD

Travel from lush mountain valleys into an increasingly extreme alpine environment.

Forests and villages slowly disappear.

Grass becomes rock.

Rock becomes snow.

Snow becomes ice.

Eventually there is almost nothing left except the mountain, the weather, and your expedition.

Dynamic lighting, changing weather, wind, snowfall, clouds and altitude-dependent environments make the journey feel different every time you move higher.

THE SUMMIT IS ONLY HALF THE JOURNEY

Reaching the top does not end the expedition.

You still have to get back down.

Supplies are depleted. Weather can deteriorate. Your character is exhausted. Darkness may be approaching.

Some of the most dangerous decisions happen after the summit is already behind you.

Plan carefully. Climb patiently. Know when to turn around.

Then try to stand on top of the world.