In this adventure game, players control a family of gibbons to navigate through a dangerous jungle environment using acrobatic moves and swinging mechanics. Includes story and liberation modes, environmental education content, and leaderboard challenges.
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AppRecs rating 4.9. Trustworthiness 71 out of 100. Review manipulation risk 32 out of 100. Based on a review sample analyzed.
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4 star
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3 star
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2 star
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1 star
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91% of sampled ratings are 5 stars
About Gibbon: Beyond the Trees
Apple Design Award Winner 2022
A beautiful new adventure by multiple award winning developers of Old Man’s Journey and ELOH, in which a family of gibbons finds themselves lost in a dangerous world beyond their understanding.
- Experience free-flowing dynamic movement based on brachiation, the way real gibbons swing through the trees
- Master acrobatic moves, including launching from another gibbon’s hands in mid air
- A touching adventure of a family of gibbons trying to survive amid an encroaching human threat.
- Play through an hourlong adventure in story mode, or race to freedom through a procedurally generated jungle in liberation mode.
- Compete in the leaderboards and see how far you can swing, backflip and slide in Daily Run mode!
- Stunning 2D hand painted visuals that breathe life into a rapidly vanishing world.
- Explore varied environments, from the wild jungles of Southeast Asia to the hectic human world beyond.
- Collect all encyclopedia entries and find out more about gibbons and their habitat.
- Gibbon: Beyond the Trees deals with challenging but acute environmental topics, including deforestation, poaching and climate change.
Accolades:
- BAFTA Games Awards: Game Beyond Entertainment nominee 2023, UK
- D.I.C.E Awards: Mobile Game of the Year nominee, 2023, USA
- Apple Design Award: Social Impact winner 2022, USA
- Bitsummit: International Award winner 2022, Japan
- Sense of Wonder Night: Pocky Award winner 2022, Tokyo Game Show, Japan
- IndieCade: Visual Design nominee 2022, USA
- Japan Prize: Digital Media Division first runner-up, 2022, Japan
- D&AD Awards: Digital Design, Illustration, Shortlist, 2022, UK
- Pedagogic Media Award: Winner 2022, Germany
A beautiful new adventure by multiple award winning developers of Old Man’s Journey and ELOH, in which a family of gibbons finds themselves lost in a dangerous world beyond their understanding.
- Experience free-flowing dynamic movement based on brachiation, the way real gibbons swing through the trees
- Master acrobatic moves, including launching from another gibbon’s hands in mid air
- A touching adventure of a family of gibbons trying to survive amid an encroaching human threat.
- Play through an hourlong adventure in story mode, or race to freedom through a procedurally generated jungle in liberation mode.
- Compete in the leaderboards and see how far you can swing, backflip and slide in Daily Run mode!
- Stunning 2D hand painted visuals that breathe life into a rapidly vanishing world.
- Explore varied environments, from the wild jungles of Southeast Asia to the hectic human world beyond.
- Collect all encyclopedia entries and find out more about gibbons and their habitat.
- Gibbon: Beyond the Trees deals with challenging but acute environmental topics, including deforestation, poaching and climate change.
Accolades:
- BAFTA Games Awards: Game Beyond Entertainment nominee 2023, UK
- D.I.C.E Awards: Mobile Game of the Year nominee, 2023, USA
- Apple Design Award: Social Impact winner 2022, USA
- Bitsummit: International Award winner 2022, Japan
- Sense of Wonder Night: Pocky Award winner 2022, Tokyo Game Show, Japan
- IndieCade: Visual Design nominee 2022, USA
- Japan Prize: Digital Media Division first runner-up, 2022, Japan
- D&AD Awards: Digital Design, Illustration, Shortlist, 2022, UK
- Pedagogic Media Award: Winner 2022, Germany
