The Alps and Alaska as far as the eye can see, and you throwing yourself down the slope.

When the community picks on gut feeling, no thinking, Steep lands ahead of two thirds of all games. Solid, on an already decent number of votes. But the only measured criterion says something else: the art style stays low, ahead of just a fifth of games, and on few votes, so to confirm. There's a small gap worth flagging. People like it on instinct, more than its visuals, judged unremarkable here, would suggest. As if the joy of the ride mattered more than the postcard.

Against open-world extreme sports games, Steep bets on pure sensation: ski, snowboard, wingsuit, paraglide, the freedom to carve your own lines. More a playground than a marked-out race.

So, who is it for? For you if you love the descent, the speed, the white vastness and the thrill of the drop. Much less if you want art direction that dazzles or a structure that holds your hand.