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Heave Ho

Action

Comedy

Kids

Platform

Strategy

Adventure

Indie

Arcade

Heave Ho tasks up to four players with a simple goal – don’t fall to your death! Players will use their own two hands and the outstretched grip of their friends to grapple across each level on their way to victory. Grab one another’s hands, climb across dangling bodies, and swing your pals to safety in a wobbly, dangly mass of limbs. Customize your character with all manner of stylish accessories and zany accouterment in a vain attempt to remember who you are and which of your hands is the only thing between you and the plummet of doom.

3.8

External Ratings

25 ratings
Release Date:

29 Aug, 2019

Last Updated:

21 Jun, 2026

About this game

Heave Ho tasks up to four players with a simple goal – don’t fall to your death! Players will use their own two hands and the outstretched grip of their friends to grapple across each level on their way to victory. Grab one another’s hands, climb across dangling bodies, and swing your pals to safety in a wobbly, dangly mass of limbs. Customize your character with all manner of stylish accessories and zany accouterment in a vain attempt to remember who you are and which of your hands is the only ...

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Storyline

Grab one another’s hands, climb across dangling bodies, and swing your pals to safety in a wobbly, dangly mass of limbs. Customize your character with all manner of stylish accessories and zany accouterment in a vain attempt to remember who you are and which of your hands is the only thing between you and the plummet of doom.

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platform

Platforms:

PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch

release date

Release Date:

29 Aug, 2019

mode

Modes:

Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

theme

Themes:

Action, Comedy, Kids

genre

Genres:

Platform, Strategy, Adventure, Indie, Arcade

perspective

Player Perspectives:

IGDB

IGDB Website:

Heave Ho

IGDB Rating

3.6 ;
IGDB User Rating

3.6

User Rating

IGDB User Rating Count

24

User Rating Count

IGDB User Rating

72%

Rating %

Critics Rating

3.8 ;
IGDB User Rating

3.8

Critics Rating

IGDB User Rating Count

25

Critics Rating Count

IGDB User Rating

76%

Critics Rating %

Main Developers

Le Cartel Studio

Supporting Developers

-

Publishers

Devolver Digital

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