Salmon Tower

Salmon Tower

Oolong Studios · May 28, 2026 · Retro, Underwater, Precision Platformer, 2D, Difficult

Salmon Tower is free to play — no purchase needed. We track it so you know if that ever changes.

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Salmon Tower price

Salmon Tower is free to play — there is no purchase price, on Steam or anywhere else we track. We keep watching it, so if it ever stops being free the price history on this page will show when that happened and what it changed to.

About Salmon Tower

Swim and Glide through water, gain momentum, and jump-boost in style!

Moving and dashing is everything! Chain dashes together to reach high new places.

Explore the ocean and climb to the top of the tower

Take on a Salmon's difficult yet peculiar journey from the ocean to the highest point it can find. Traverse an ocean and it's obstacles, then find the tower's highest point of safety. Inspired by a certain classic retro game starring a dolphin.

A short fast paced experience that will challenge you...

...and throw a ton of fun obstacles at you

Leaderboards, Challenging Levels, Time Splits, and Ghost Times!

In-game Time-Splits, keep track of your best times!Ghosts to race yourself! (plans to share ghosts with friends!) 

Some hidden secrets and achievements to uncover...?

Can you find them all?

Salmon Tower — game info

Platforms
Windows
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Recommended Jun 15, 2026
Salmon Tower was fun! Though I'm not a speed runner and precision platforming games aren't my jam, if you happen to like those things check it out! Could possibly make for a funny rage game xD
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Recommended Sep 13, 2026
Salmon Tower turns the unlikely journey of a determined fish into a demanding movement-based platforming adventure. Developed and published by Oolong Studios, it follows a salmon attempting to travel from the ocean and climb toward the summit of a towering structure. The premise is intentionally strange, but underneath the humor is a focused game built around momentum, precision, repeated attempts, and mastery of an unconventional movement system. It is designed as a relatively short experience, yet its mechanics encourage players to replay difficult sections and gradually become more efficient. Controlling the salmon is the heart of the experience. Swimming provides the foundation for building speed, while dashing, gliding, and jump-boosting allow that momentum to be converted into distance and height. Success is less about making ordinary platforming jumps and more about understanding how velocity carries between different actions. Chaining several dashes together can create impressive bursts of speed, and learning when to preserve or redirect that momentum becomes increasingly important as the climb grows more complicated. The controls can initially feel unpredictable because t…
Recommended Jul 21, 2026
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Recommended Jun 24, 2026
Really fun game. The checkpoints are balanced and I feel it is one of the best Foddian style games I've played. Can't wait to see what comes next!!!
Recommended Jun 22, 2026
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Recommended Jun 15, 2026
this game pisses me off

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