Peak Dev Says It Would Rather Players Pirate the Game Than Play 'Microtransaction-Riddled Roblox Slop Ripoff'

Aggro Crab, the developer of Another Crab's Treasure and the recently-released co-op endurance climbing crippled Peak, took purpose astatine a Roblox clone mentation of the second successful a Twitter/X station today, successful which the workplace said it would alternatively radical pirate Peak than play "this microtransaction-riddled Roblox slop ripoff".

tbh would alternatively you pirate our crippled than play this microtransaction-riddled @Roblox slop ripoff pic.twitter.com/ulRShLLGz2

— AGGRO CRAB 💥 (@AggroCrabGames) August 4, 2025

The station successful question shows screenshots of a Roblox crippled called "Cliff", which does look suspiciously akin to Aggro Crab's Peak. Both games diagnostic a round-headed protagonist whose extremity is to ascent a upland astatine the halfway of an island, an enactment that tin beryllium accomplished either unsocial oregon with friends. Cliff adjacent calls retired successful its statement that it's inspired by Peak!

Though, "inspired" mightiness beryllium a spot generous. Take a look astatine the 2 crippled descriptions side-by-side. Here's Peak:

PEAK is simply a co-op climbing crippled wherever the slightest mistake tin spell your doom. Either solo oregon arsenic a radical of mislaid quality scouts, your lone anticipation of rescue from a mysterious land is to standard the upland astatine its center. Do you person what it takes to scope the PEAK?

WORK TOGETHER

Need a Hand? You’ll request to trust connected your friends to person immoderate anticipation of scaling the mountain, which changes each azygous day. Help each different up ledges, oregon spot ropes and climbing spikes to marque the mode easier for those who travel after.

And this is Cliff:

⛰️CLIFF is simply a challenging climbing crippled wherever adjacent the smallest mistake tin beryllium your downfall. Trapped connected a mysterious island, your lone mode to flight is to scope the apical of the towering cliff. Do you person the accomplishment and courageousness to marque it to the summit?✋WORK TOGETHERNeed immoderate help? You’ll person to trust connected your friends if you privation immoderate accidental of reaching the top. The upland is tough, truthful assistance each different up ledges and ticker retired for dangers to marque the ascent easier for those who travel aft you.

Woof, that's...the same? It's fundamentally conscionable the aforesaid statement copied wholesale with immoderate swapped synonyms. And a examination of the Badges for Cliff and the Steam Achievements for Peak reveals that Cliff besides named its "Shore" and "Tropics" biomes straight aft Peak's locations of the aforesaid names.

The biggest worldly quality betwixt the 2 games, isolated from things similar prime and scope, is that Cliff has microtransactions. You tin bargain definite items utilizing Robux including a Climbing Pickaxe, a Parrot Friend, and a Starterpack. Peak doesn't person immoderate specified thing. It's $8 for the crippled itself, and that's it.

This is unluckily a communal improvement connected Roblox. Plug the sanction of conscionable astir immoderate game, AAA oregon indie, into Roblox's hunt diagnostic and you'll find countless clones. On conscionable a speedy hunt I was capable to find microtransaction-filled variations connected Pokemon, Mario, Sonic, Undertale, Untitled Goose Game, Five Nights astatine Freddy's (woof, determination are LOADS of those), Fortnite, Elden Ring, Stardew Valley, Celeste...I could spell on. Some of these games are marketed arsenic homages oregon fangames, but galore conscionable straight-up usage stolen assets from the games they're based on, and others are beauteous blatant clones trying to disguise themselves by changing immoderate due nouns around.

Given Roblox's humanities whack-a-mole attack to moderation it's hard to accidental whether oregon not Aggro Crab's callout volition person immoderate effect connected Cliff. But astatine slightest the workplace has made its wishes known. Probably, the solution is conscionable to bargain Peak. But if you're truthful hopeless you're going to play Cliff instead, the developers would similar you prosecute successful immoderate piracy instead.

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