ActionFit check
Is Struggling worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Pairs who want a co-op platformer built around communication
- Physics-platformer fans seeking unconventional movement
- Players who enjoy grotesque settings and absurd hazards
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players who prefer precise, predictable platforming over physics-driven movement
- Solo players or groups looking for independent character control rather than shared coordination
- Players seeking a conventional or restrained setting instead of grotesque environments
Our take on Struggling
The strange setting and comic hazards are prominent, but the core activity is repeated coordination of two independently controlled arms. The main test is managing awkward shared movement, rather than following conventional platforming routes.
What is Struggling?
Struggling is a physics-based co-op platformer centered on controlling the arms of a soft-bodied creature.
Each player operates one arm while the pair moves through a strange world filled with hazards and unusual obstacles. Progress involves crawling, swinging, climbing, and sliding, with the arms attaching to objects such as levers and hanging eyeballs. The game includes encounters with hungry rats, a dirt-bike ride, and pools of waste. Movement requires coordination because even walking depends on both arms working together. Failed attempts can tear the creature’s arms off, after which they grow back. Communication between partners forms the main structure of the platforming challenges.
How Struggling plays
- 01Shared arm control
- Co-op play assigns one of the creature’s arms to each participant.
- 02Physics-based movement
- Players navigate by crawling, swinging, climbing, and sliding through physical obstacles.
- 03Environmental grabbing
- The arms can latch onto objects including levers and dangling eyeballs.
- 04Regrowing limbs
- Arms return after hazards tear them away.
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Struggling: platforms & release
Is Struggling worth it?
It is worth it if: pairs who want a co-op platformer built around communication. Skip it if: players who prefer precise, predictable platforming over physics-driven movement.
Where can I download Struggling?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Struggling's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Struggling on?
Windows only.
