There are six types of play style ranging from racing, to exploring. Players can set and share their trail as a challenge for other players. These replays can be shared to the game's community and various social networking sites. Players capture screenshots and view their own performance data. When players move around on the map, their path will be recorded automatically and can be viewed through entering the mountain mode. When the player crashes during a challenge, they have the ability to retry it immediately and view the amount of g-Force the player's character endured during the crash. If the player performs excellently in a race, they will receive a medal as an award. Players receive points if they perform tricks. The game has a trick system, which allows players to perform special maneuvers such as spinning and grabbing while they are skiing or snowboarding. Players are equipped with a pair of binoculars, which can be used to discover new locations. There are various hidden races, challenges, and areas, which can be discovered and unlocked through exploring the world.
These drop zones serve as fast travel points that allow players to reach different parts of the game's world without having to actually move that distance. To navigate the world quickly, players can use the "mountain view" mode, which shows different "drop zones" in the game. Players can collide with each other unless disabled in the settings. Steep is an online-focused game, in which all players share the same game world, engaging in various sports activities simultaneously. Players can switch between these activities by using the game's menu wheel. With later DLC, rocket-powered wingsuit flying, sledding, basejumping, and speed riding were also incorporated. The four main activities available in the game include skiing, wingsuit flying, snowboarding, and paragliding. The game also utilizes camera angles similar to GoPro during races, via a sponsoring deal. The game can be played from either a first-person or third-person perspective. Korea features the venues of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang County. Later downloadable content (DLC) also added the Alaska Range, centered on the Denali (formerly known as Mount McKinley), the tallest mountain in North America, as well as Japanese and Korean mountain ranges into the game. Steep is an online multiplayer extreme sports game set in an open world environment of the Alps, centered on the Mont Blanc, the tallest mountain in Europe, which can be explored freely by players. While critics lauded the overall graphics, vast open world and enjoyable activities, they also pointed out its lack of direction and overall scope, while criticism was also directed at the fact that being online was mandatory to play most of the game.Ī gameplay screenshot showing a player snowboarding down a mountain. Upon release, the game received mixed reviews. The game places a great emphasis on online multiplayer, focusing on competing in various winter sporting challenges with other players online. Furthermore, two of the game's expansions allowed the player to take part in the Winter X Games and the 2018 Winter Olympics. With later downloadable content, mountains in Alaska, Japan and Korea were also included in the game and rocket-powered wingsuit flying, sledding, BASE jumping, and speed riding were incorporated as additional sports. It is set in the Alps, where players can participate in several winter and action sports disciplines, namely skiing, snowboarding, paragliding and wingsuit flying. It was released worldwide on 2 December 2016 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.ĭeveloped by Ubisoft Annecy beginning in 2013, it was their first original game. Steep is a sports video game developed by Ubisoft Annecy and published by Ubisoft.