Sometimes games just need a second shot to take hold. Stair Free, based on Stair: Slide the Blocks to Ascend ($1.99) by Alec Thomson, developer of games with great names like Catsport (Free), with art and sound by QWOP ($0.99) creator Bennett Foddy, is releasing this Thursday, September 24th. The game has been repurposed as a free, ad-supported game, and you’ll be able to try it out for yourself this week. The game has you moving stair blocks for a jumper, where you have to make sure they have a safe landing spot and don’t hit any spikes or other traps on their way up, with your score being based on how many stairs you climb.
While you can play the original Stair right now, Stair Free mixes things up by giving you 5 free plays of the game, and making you watch a video ad to get more plays. It’s similar to Threes Free (Free) and how it handles being a free game. You can also buy out of the games limit through an ad-removal IAP. We’ll see if 2015 and a lack of entry cost will make Stair Free the extreme stair-climbing simulation of note in mobile gaming starting this Thursday.
