Fit check
Is Olympia Rising worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Action-platformer fans who want combat integrated into vertical movement
- Players who enjoy finding routes and collecting items during stage runs
- Players seeking boss-focused 2D action with a mythological setting
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a slow, exploration-led platformer rather than fast combat and upward movement
- Players wanting broad role-playing systems or an open-ended world instead of discrete stages and boss encounters
- Players looking for multiplayer action rather than a solo warrior's escape
Our take on Olympia Rising
Rather than treating platforming as a route across mostly horizontal stages, the game centers progression on climbing upward through Hades. Aerial attacks, route selection, coin-gated passages, and region-ending bosses shape that ascent.
What is Olympia Rising?
Play as Iola, a young warrior trying to escape Hades and reach Mount Olympus.
Olympia Rising combines 2D platforming with fast aerial combat: jump, climb, slash enemies with a blade, and burn them with magic. Each stage offers routes through dangerous Underworld regions, with movement choices shaping the climb toward the top. Enemy chains build combos that award coins, which can be used to pass Charon's gates. Treasures are scattered through the levels, while each region ends with a boss encounter, including giant crabs and cyclopes. The game includes 6 distinct Underworld environments, each with its own hazards and creatures.
How Olympia Rising plays
- 01Aerial combat
- Chain attacks while airborne, using a sword or magic to defeat creatures and build combos.
- 02Branching stage routes
- Choose paths through each area while searching for an efficient way to ascend.
- 03Boss encounters
- Underworld regions conclude with large enemies such as crabs and cyclopes.
- 04Coin collection
- Combos and level exploration provide coins and other treasures for passing through Charon's gates.
- 05Six environments
- The Underworld is divided into 6 regions with different challenges and enemy types.
Olympia Rising compared to similar games
Sundered: Eldritch Edition is also a chaotic action metroidvania, while Olympia Rising focuses on stage-based upward movement, aerial combat, coins, and 6 Underworld environments. Jusant instead centers on meditative climbing, stamina management, exploration, and uncovering the history of a tower.
Olympia Rising: platforms & release
Is Olympia Rising worth it?
It is worth it if: action-platformer fans who want combat integrated into vertical movement. Skip it if: players seeking a slow, exploration-led platformer rather than fast combat and upward movement.
Where can I download Olympia Rising?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Olympia Rising's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Olympia Rising on?
Windows and macOS.
