Pushing It! With Sisyphus
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About
Pushing It! With Sisyphus is a single-player rage game in which players have to push a large boulder up a hill as Sisyphus (or Sisyphos), a character in ancient Greek mythology who Hades punished by forcing him to roll a massive boulder uphill only for it to roll down each time it neared the top. The game features several obstacles and levels for players to avoid while ascending. Released in September 2024, the game went viral on streaming platforms a few months before its release in March 2024 as the indie developer ManliestDev shared several clips of features added to the game at the request of fans on X / Twitter. The game has been played by numerous Twitch streamers and YouTubers since its release, similar to Chained Together.
History
On March 18th, 2024, the indie gaming developer ManliestDev uploaded a clip of his upcoming boulder-rolling Sisyphus rage game on his X account[1] (seen below), which amassed more than 3 million views and 47,000 likes in six months.
My boulder rolling Sisyphus rage game so far, what do you think? pic.twitter.com/oMvo36st8q
— ManliestDev 🇵🇸 – PUSHING IT! WITH SISYPHUS (@manliestdev) March 18, 2024
ManliestDev officially released Pushing It! With Sisyphus for PC on Steam on September 10th, 2024. The creator also uploaded a trailer for the game on YouTube that day,[2] amassing roughly 870 views and 40 likes in two weeks.
Reception
Upon release, the game received mostly positive reviews. On Steam,[3] the game maintained an 80 percent approval rating as of September 24th, 2024.
Online Presence
Virality With Streamers
In the week following Pushing It! With Sisyphus' release in mid-September 2024, the game went viral among streamers on Twitch, YouTube and other livestreaming services, with gameplay and fail clips being shared on Reddit, X and other sites as the game garnered attention.
For example, on September 22nd, 2024, X[4] user @scubaryan_ posted a clip from Caseoh's stream in which he spent an hour on the tutorial level of the game thinking he had completed the whole story. The clip (seen below) received over 13 million views and 183,000 likes in two days.
CaseOh spent an hour on this level of “Pushing It!” thinking he completed the game just to realize it was only the tutorial 😭pic.twitter.com/MHhQlQCdm2
— ryan 🤿 (@scubaryan_) September 22, 2024
On September 16th, 2024, YouTuber[5] Northernlion posted his gameplay of Pushing It! With Sisyphus, which received roughly 71,000 views and 1,500 likes in a week (seen below).
Search Interest
External References
[1] X – manliestdev
[2] YouTube – Pushing It! With Sisyphus Official Trailer
[3] Steam – Pushing It! With Sisyphus
[4] X – scubaryan_
[5] YouTube – It isn't the same rock and it isn't the same man
