Obscure

Pankapu

73% positive of 257 Steam reviews

Released: 2016
Steam Deck: Verified
Platforms: Steam, Xbox / PC Game Pass, PlayStation

Made by Too Kind Studio. Published by Dear Villagers.

About the game

Pankapu is a narrative action-platformer that takes place in the dreams of Djaha’rell, a child troubled by a tragic incident. Upgrade your skills, find new competencies, switch your Aegis in real time in order to get rid of Nightmare's invasion.

Tagged by players

Platformer
Metroidvania
Action
Adventure
Cute
Story Rich
Side Scroller
Co-op
Atmospheric
2D Platformer
Difficult
Fantasy

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Pankapu

73% positive of 257 Steam reviews

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Released: 2016
Steam Deck: Verified
Platforms: Steam, Xbox / PC Game Pass, PlayStation

Made by Too Kind Studio. Published by Dear Villagers.

About the game

Tagged by players

Platformer
Metroidvania
Action
Adventure
Cute
Story Rich
Side Scroller
Co-op
Atmospheric
2D Platformer
Difficult
Fantasy

What players say

Recommended
Excellent: - This game is gorgeous. Good: - As a platformer, the developers at least know their history and the fare is varied and skill-testing. As someone raised on Metroid, I did not find any of the levels excessively hard. Sure, you should think a bit. But look, I spent four lifetimes in Blaster Master and never even finished the second stage. - The bosses are somewhat clever. More is done with less. - Level…
13 h played when written. 77 found it helpful.
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Recommended
Well much like the orginal Rayman this game is delightful to look at, plays like a dream but it's painfully unforgiving. If you like games like that because the 80's era of gaming made you a masochistic fuck then go for it, you'll probably dig the shit out of it. I hate it. Like, a lot because of that. I'm only recommending it for it's technical competence, concept and overall art style. Once again, Steams limited…
1.1 h played when written. 30 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
Do not purchase. Don't be fooled by the cute and captivating style of the game -- it's a trap. The game has the most terrible and inresponsive controls I have ever experienced in a game, both keyboard as well as gamepad. You don't use mouse at all. And although you can rebind movement controls from arrows(!) to standard WASD, you cannot bind any action to any mouse button. Now, to do a high jump you need to hold…
41 min played when written. 38 found it helpful.
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