Games

Pikuniku

Sectordub

2019•Platformer•PEGI 3•About 4 hours

Taste attributes: actionadventurecomedymonster/alien/supernaturalrobots/ai/spacevehiclesfastunsavourylightimaginarysimplelinearglossybig & variedemotionally undemandingall consuming questempowerment/personal growthfighting evil

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Boxlist takeExpect a heightened, light platformer, low-key rather than stirring. Best if you like escapism over depth.

Pace: fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: very light · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: very linear · Look: glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: very undemandingHow we score

IGDB rating

72 / 100

152 ratings

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About This Game

Pikuniku is a puzzle and adventure game set in a colorful world. The player controls Piku, a small red creature, guiding him through levels and solving puzzles that mostly involve kicking and pushing objects onto switches to open the way forward. Piku can lasso his legs to swing from hooks and zip lines, curl into a ball to roll, ride minecarts, and travel through pipes to reach new areas. Along the way the player meets villagers to talk with and can spend coins earned in levels on items such as hats. A local co-op mode lets a second player control a similar orange creature named Niku across a set of cooperative levels.

Summary: IGDB

Story

In a colorful island world, a cheerful figure named Mr. Sunshine appears in a commercial offering the local creatures free money in exchange for the junk his giant robots collect. Around the same time, a small red creature named Piku is woken by a ghost in a cave and told to leave. Emerging into the world, Piku finds that a legend has painted him as an evil beast, and the frightened villagers cage him until he agrees to repair the bridge he accidentally broke. As Piku earns the villagers' trust and explores further, he discovers that Mr. Sunshine's machines are quietly stripping the island of...

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ActionAdventureComedyMonster/alien/supernaturalRobots/ai/spaceVehiclesAll consuming questEmpowerment/personal growthFighting evil

Keywords

WeirdPreviously on - stadia pro

Where to play

Details

Developer: Sectordub
Publishers: Devolver Digital, Crunchyroll Games
Released: 24 January 2019
Series: Pikuniku
Platforms: Google Stadia, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Perspective: Side view
Time to beat: 3h rushed, 4h normally, 5h complete
Age rating: PEGI 3
Taste scores: How we score
Source: IGDB

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