Only Up!

***Only Up!*** is a video game by SCKR Games. The game was first on Steam on May 24, 2023. It was taken from the Steam store for not respecting copyright laws. It was removed again because the creator felt stressed.

Critics gave great opinions for the difficulty of _Only Up!_. They also said that the graphics in the game were not good. The game was similar to the video games _Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy_ and _Jump King_. _Only Up!_ was the most popular game on Twitch and Kick.

## Gameplay

The game starts in a junkyard. The main character, Jackie, must climb up obstacles. Shortcuts include beds as trampolines. There are no checkpoints. The player must complete the game without falling.

## Release

_Only Up!_<nowiki/>'s gameplay is traced back to "Jack and the Beanstalk". On June 15, 2023, SCKR Games released an update. This added camera controls. The player can now switch between first- and third-person perspectives.

### First removal from Steam

_Only Up!_ was removed from Steam on June 30, 2023. It had copyright violations. One of them was a 3D model of a statue. It was made by an artist named Aboulicious. SCKR Games released an update and removed the statue. _Only Up!_ was up to play again on July 1. SCKR Games asked Abolicious to create a new 3D model, and it was later replaced by a statue of Atlas.

### Second removal from Steam

On September 7, 2023, _Only Up!_ was permanently removed.  The creator was stressed. They said that they needed "peace of mind and healing" The developer announced their next video game, _Kith_.

### Promotions of non-fungible tokens

In October 2021, all blockchain games that buy and sell non-fungible tokens (NFTs) were not playable. Truth Labs created the Goblintown NFT series. They released it under a Creative Commons 0 license. _Only Up!_ had NFTs around the game. The NFT series later sold clothing inspired by the game.

_Only Up!_ released on May 24, 2023. Players from China, Japan, and Spain played the game. In June 2023, _Only Up!_ was the sixth most popular game. A big attraction is because of how much progress a player loses when they fall down.

## Reception and legacy

Critics say that _Only Up!_<nowiki/>'s felt tense. They compared _Only Up!_ to _Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy_. Ayuo Kawase of _Automaton Media_ commented about the tension. Writing for _TechRadar_, Elie Gould felt that _Only Up!_ was stressful when a player is in the game. Ben Lyons of _Gamereactor_, giving a score of 7/10, wrote that the game was without checkpoints. Rating the game three out of five stars, _Dexerto_<nowiki/>'s Rishabh Sabarwal summarized the "captivating" gameplay. The player could fall at any point in the journey. However, journalist Jason Cartwright of _TechAU_ said the gameplay was "very rewarding".

_Only Up!_<nowiki/>'s design was not liked by critics. _Try Hard Guides_<nowiki/>' Christian Harrison, Gould, and Lyons agreed that the design was not good. However, Cartwright praised the "beautiful" graphics when using a high-tech computer. Even though Kawase wrote that _Only Up!_ was not easy to look at, Harrison said that the setting for graphics were at their highest. A widespread opinion was that _Only Up!_ was unoriginal in gameplay.

### _OnlyUp Fortnite_

_OnlyUp Fortnite_ is a _Fortnite_ map created in Unreal Engine. This version takes _Only Up_<nowiki/>'s gameplay and adds objects from _Fortnite_. _OnlyUp Fortnite_ was more popular than the original game. 100,000 players played the game in July 2023.

## Notes

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## Other websites

- _Only Up!_ on MobyGames
- SCKR Games's full message about removing the game

## Infobox (video game)

- **title**: Only Up!
- **developer**: SCKR Games
- **publisher**: SCKR Games
- **platforms**: Microsoft Windows, Windows
- **released**: May 24, 2023
- **genre**: Platform game, Platform
- **caption**: Cover art
- **engine**: Unreal Engine 5
- **modes**: Singleplayer