Hot Lava vs Getting Over It+
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hot Lava
Experience the thrill of childhood imagination in this first-person adventure game. Run, jump, and climb through nostalgic environments, avoiding molten lava and other hazards. Play solo or with friends in a game of skill and ingenuity.
- First-person parkour gameplay
- Nostalgic environments
- Multiplayer with friends
- Leaderboards for speedruns
- Obstacle avoidance challenges
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Hot Lava transports you back to your childhood imagination. Relive those moments of excitement, joy, and chaos. Run, jump, climb, and surf in first person across nostalgia-packed environments flooded with hot molten lava. Explore alone, or join your friends. This is a game of dexterity and ingenuity, you will have to use all your skills to complete the treacherous obstacles that await. But whatever you do… Don’t Touch The Floor FEATURES Together: Conquer challenging worlds with up to four of your friends with drop in-drop out multiplayer. Traverse: Run, jump, climb, swing, boost, and surf in first person across lava filled worlds. Mastering execution will take dedication and skill. Explore: Detailed environments jam packed with childhood nostalgia. Compete: To find the fastest route using shortcuts and expert execution on the friends leaderboard. Avoid: Lava, toxic waste, bottomless pits, and crushers. Danger is around every corner.
Getting Over It+
Navigate a challenging climb using only a hammer and a pot. Experience agonizing gameplay with the risk of losing all progress. This game is designed to test your patience and introduce new levels of frustration.
- Climb a giant mountain with a hammer and pot
- Philosophical observations during gameplay
- Agonizing and frustrating gameplay
- Risk of losing all progress
- Unpredictable gameplay duration
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A game I made For a certain kind of person To hurt them. • Climb up an enormous mountain with nothing but a hammer and a pot. • Listen as I make philosophical observations about the problem at hand. • Between 2 and ∞ hours of agonizing gameplay, depending. The median time to finish for my playtesters was 5 hours, but the mean was closer to ∞. • Lose all your progress, over and over. • Feel new types of frustration you didn't know you were capable of.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Hot Lava at 4.1 against Getting Over It+'s 3.4. Hot Lava also leads on review sentiment (68% vs 46%) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 11 months). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Hot Lava holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3.1K and 1.9K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of Hot Lava's written reviews are positive against 46% of Getting Over It+'s.
Hot Lava ships an update every 3 months, Getting Over It+ every 11 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Hot Lava | Getting Over It+ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (3.1K ratings) — better | 3.4 (1.9K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 67.9% of reviews — better | 46.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3.1K — better | 1.9K |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 11 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2.6 GB | 259 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Klei | Bennett Foddy |
Customer experience
Hot Lava
Getting Over It+
User reviews
Hot Lava
From 3.1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Great game
- 🚀 Awesome graphics
- 👍 Fun gameplay
- 👍 Nostalgic vibes
- 👍 Good for speedrunning
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and bugs
- 🐛 Glitchy controls
- 🐛 Difficulty issues
- 🔋 Drains device battery
- 👎 Lacking multiplayer features
Getting Over It+
From 1.9K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fun and challenging
- 🎮 Great game concept
- 👍 Calming narrator
- 💡 Symbolic of life's struggles
Room to improve
- 🐛 Hammer gets stuck in scenery
- 🐛 Black screen after loading
- 🎮 Frustrating mobile controls
- 🔋 Finger strain from constant movement
Bugs and requests
Hot Lava
Reported bugs
5 issues- Crashes on launch
- Freezing and performance issues
- Disappearing save data
- Unresponsive controls
- Gyroscope problems
Requested features
5 requests- Add multiplayer mode
- Improve controls and sensitivity
- Add more levels and content
- Provide controller support
- Allow custom music playback
Getting Over It+
Reported bugs
4 issues- Hammer gets stuck in walls
- Black screen after completing the game
- Inconsistent sensitivity and acceleration
- Inability to start a new game after completion
Requested features
4 requests- Add reset button
- Improve new game functionality
- Optimize mobile controls
- Fix invisible obstacles at the end
In-app purchases
Hot Lava
No in-app purchases
Getting Over It+
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Hot Lava free?
Is Getting Over It+ free?
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