--- title: "White Knuckle — Belly Score 8.8 | Belly Score" url: https://bellyscore.com/game/white-knuckle description: "White Knuckle gets a Belly Score of 8.8/10. BELLY APPROVED" lang: en --- Image: White Knuckle (https://base44.app/api/apps/6a8733184599b395d22f69cf/files/mp/public/6a8733184599b395d22f69cf/c8dd20ba8_WhiteKnuckle.jpg) # White Knuckle Belly Score 8.8 Platform PC: https://bellyscore.com/best/platform/pc Genre Adventure: https://bellyscore.com/best/genre/adventure, Horror: https://bellyscore.com/best/genre/horror, Platformer: https://bellyscore.com/best/genre/platformer Released Apr 17, 2025: https://bellyscore.com/best/year/2025 Developer Dark Machine Games Publisher DreadXP About Imagine being trapped in a decaying, industrial nightmare ten thousand meters underground, and your only way out is to climb for your life. White Knuckle is a brutal, first-person roguelite that turns vertical traversal into a high-stakes panic attack. You aren't just jumping between platforms; you are managing inventory, hammering pitons into crumbling concrete, and fighting the urge to scream as you scramble up the guts of Sub-Structure 17. It is a masterclass in tension where one missed grip sends you plummeting into the abyss, forcing you to master every movement or face the consequences of a total run reset. The Belly's Verdict BELLY APPROVED Belly Score Calculation Category Weight Score Weighted Fun Factor 25% 9.1 2.275 Game Play 20% 9.4 1.880 Controls + Feel 15% 8.7 1.305 Creativity + Originality 10% 8.4 0.840 Presentation 10% 8.4 0.840 Content + Staying Power 10% 7.4 0.740 The Belly Factor 10% 8.9 0.890 Total 100% 8.8 Raw weighted sum 8.770 → rounded to 8.8 ### Prediction Results No predictions were made for this game. Vibe Tags Intense: https://bellyscore.com/best/vibe/intense Challenging: https://bellyscore.com/best/vibe/challenging Brutal: https://bellyscore.com/best/vibe/brutal Unforgiving: https://bellyscore.com/best/vibe/unforgiving Atmospheric: https://bellyscore.com/best/vibe/atmospheric Satisfying: https://bellyscore.com/best/vibe/satisfying Themes Sci-Fi: https://bellyscore.com/best/theme/sci-fi Dystopian: https://bellyscore.com/best/theme/dystopian Dark / Grim: https://bellyscore.com/best/theme/dark-grim Original Belly Score Video Related Games 9.9 ### Half-Life FPS · Action · Adventure Windows · PlayStation 2 · macOS · Linux Sci-Fi Alien Workplace +1 Atmospheric Eerie Intense +2 https://bellyscore.com/game/half-life 9.9 ### ELDEN RING: SHADOW OF THE ERDTREE Action · RPG · Adventure PC · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Xbox One · Xbox Series X/S Dark Fantasy Mythology Monsters +1 Adventurous Discovery-Driven Atmospheric +3 https://bellyscore.com/game/elden-ring-shadow-of-the-erdtree 9.9 ### BALDUR'S GATE 3 RPG · Adventure · Strategy PC · PlayStation · Xbox Adventurous Exploratory Discovery-Driven +18 https://bellyscore.com/game/baldur-s-gate-3 9.9 ### FINAL FANTASY VI RPG Super Nintendo Entertainment System · PlayStation · Game Boy Advance · iOS · Android · Microsoft Windows · PlayStation 4 Fantasy Dark / Grim Steampunk Epic Emotional Melancholic +3 https://bellyscore.com/game/final-fantasy-6 ### Community Discussion 0 Threads Log in to join the discussion. 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