Grand Mountain Adventure

A skiing game built around an open mountain

If you want a ski or snowboard game where the route is not fixed in advance, Grand Mountain Adventure is built around that. The map is a set of connected snow-covered mountains, with forests, valleys and secret areas reached by choosing your own line down. The listing describes the play as picking your own path rather than following a set course.

Skis and snowboards are both supported, so the same mountain can be ridden either way. Some of the game is racing down slalom courses against the clock, and some of it is simply moving across the terrain at your own speed.

It suits people who already enjoy skiing or snowboarding games, and people who mainly want to look at winter landscapes. The content rating is PEGI 3.

Exploring slopes, lifts and hazards

The open world includes endless slopes, deep forests and hidden valleys. It also includes ski lifts, funparks, avalanches and wildlife, all of which the listing names as things to find while moving across the map.

The listing describes the physics as realistic, with true carving and flow. Carving is the technique of cutting clean edged turns into the snow, so that is the handling the game is pitched at.

Hidden secrets and surprises are scattered across the mountains. Finding them is part of exploring, because the listing presents the secret areas as places you reach by choice rather than along a marked route.

Slalom, freeride and big air challenges

The game lists hundreds of challenges in three named styles: slalom races, freeride runs and big air jumps, along with more beyond those. Each style asks for a different kind of control, from tight gate running to choosing lines off-piste and landing jumps.

Play at your own pace is the listing's phrase for the two ways to approach this. You can relax and explore, or compete for medals. The medals are presented as the competitive side of the game, with the rest left open to wandering.

Racing friends over Wi-Fi and playing offline

Local multiplayer runs over Wi-Fi, so friends on the same network can race each other down the slopes. This is the only multiplayer mode the listing describes.

Offline play is also supported. The listing presents it as suited to travel or to rides on a ski lift, where a connection is not available.

Free first mountain and the one-time unlock

The first mountain is free to play. Unlocking the full game is a one-time purchase, and the listing states there are no ads and no subscriptions.

Because there is no subscription, the unlock is a single payment rather than a recurring charge. Once bought, the full game is unlocked as the listing describes it.