Publisher DreadXP and developer Dark Machine Games have announced an early access release date for White Knuckle, their first-person roguelite climbing survival game.

White Knuckle is set to launch via early access on Windows PC (via Steam) on April 17th. A playable demo is available now, giving prospective gamers a chance to see the game’s frenetic survival and climbing mechanics.

Here’s a rundown on the game, plus a new trailer:

White Knuckle is a first person roguelite speed-climbing game. Use momentum-based movement mechanics with precision, deploy a variety of tools and resources, and ascend as fast as you can. Just don’t lose your grip, there’s eternity below you.

Inventory Management

Manage your inventory or become encumbered and fall to your death. Failure to grab what you need from your bag in time can spell disaster.

Progressions and Perks

Through run-based meta-progression, you’ll discover and unlock varied augmentations. Bolster your will to ascend.

Climb. Run. Survive.

You’re not alone down here. Strange life flourishes far underground, and darker things haunt these halls. Something oozes from the depths– following you, growing angrier… and it won’t let up.

Travel through different regions with unique threats and gameplay challenges during your attempted escape of the underground megastructure. 

The deep dry storage of the Silos, the putrid sewers of the Pipeworks, the haunted piers of Habitation. Each area will require adaptation to new obstacles and denizens.