Background

Get on Top comes from Bennett Foddy, the game designer and academic behind a series of intentionally awkward physics-based games (including QWOP and, most famously, Getting Over It) built around clumsy, unconventional control schemes that make simple physical actions genuinely difficult to execute. Here that philosophy is applied to wrestling — knocking your opponent down while staying upright yourself, using controls that make balance far harder than it sounds.

Foddy's games are known for treating awkwardness as a deliberate design choice rather than a flaw, forcing players to genuinely learn an unusual control scheme rather than relying on familiar, intuitive movement — the resulting struggle is often as entertaining as actually winning.

How to Play

• Use the unconventional physics controls shown in-game to move and push your opponent (local multiplayer supported).
• Try to knock your opponent to the ground while keeping your own character upright.
• Use momentum and awkward balance carefully, since control is intentionally difficult.
• Win the round by being the last one standing.

Goal & Purpose

The objective is to push your opponent down while staying upright yourself, but the deliberately clumsy controls make even basic movement a genuine challenge — mastering the awkwardness is the real goal.

Why Play Get on Top

Its intentionally awkward physics make for hilarious, unpredictable wrestling matches. GBK Games also has Getting Over It for more of Bennett Foddy's uniquely challenging design.