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Guide a leggy red creature through a colorful world, kicking, solving puzzles, helping locals, and confronting a greedy corporation.
Released 24 Jan 2019
Kick Through Puzzles
Expose Corporate Greed
Help Oddball Villagers
Pikuniku is an absurdly wonderful puzzle-exploration game that takes place in a strange but playful world where not everything is as happy as it seems. Help peculiar characters overcome struggles, uncover a deep state conspiracy, and start a little revolution in this delightful dystopian adventure!
Developed by Arnaud De Bock, Rémi Forcadell, Alan Zucconi, Calum Bowen, Sectordub · Published by Devolver Digital









You play as a strange red creature with long legs in a colorful world where a seemingly generous corporation is taking resources from ordinary people. As you meet its unusual residents, you uncover the scheme and join their effort to push back.
Explore connected areas, talk with villagers, and take on their requests. Walk, jump, curl into a ball, and kick objects or characters to navigate obstacles and solve light platforming puzzles.
The adventure also includes side activities, hidden items, and minigames. A separate local co-op mode offers custom levels and challenges for two players, including racing and soccer.
Players often enjoy Pikuniku for its offbeat humor, memorable characters, colorful style, and catchy music. Reviews also describe its puzzles and platforming as accessible and its local co-op activities as fun to play with friends or family. Some players appreciate the relaxed pace, while others find the campaign too short or the jumping controls awkward.









| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux |
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| Achievements | 14 |
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| Players | 1–2 |
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| Multiplayer | Pikuniku has single-player and local multiplayer modes. Multiplayer consists of local co-op in separate custom cooperative levels and challenges, plus local versus play. The main story campaign is single-player only. Steam Remote Play Together indicates local multiplayer can be played online through streaming. |
| Multiplayer & mods | No information about mods or multiplayer mod support is provided. |
| Controller support | Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 1 listed on Steam |
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| Metacritic | 74/100 View on Metacritic |
| Website | Official website |