Windlands

Windlands is a first-person exploration adventure set among the ruins of a fallen world. You explore its environments and uncover clues to the ancients, with the story serving as a backdrop to the journey.

Grappling hooks are central to movement: swing, climb, and leap across expansive environments, linking aerial routes and platforming challenges. The game supports VR headsets and can also be played without VR.

Levels offer multiple routes, optional challenges, and collectibles to find. Difficulty modes range from Easy, where you can hook onto anything, to Normal and Hard; skill-based time trials and speed runs add goals for mastering routes.

Players repeatedly praise the grappling-hook movement and the sensation of swinging or flying through the environments, especially when chaining parkour routes. Some also enjoy the exploration and VR experience. Criticisms in this sample vary: a couple of reviews say the story is not a main focus, while individual players report a frame-rate-related physics problem, a short experience, or crashes on launch.