A masterclass in action design, Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo delivers an unforgettable experience from start to finish.
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Verdict
99%
Steam
92
IGDB
Verdict score based on confidence-adjusted Steam reviews?
Overwhelmingly Positive on Steam (99% positive from 1.5K reviews)
Critically acclaimed (92/100 critic average)
Compelling narrative and story
Rich open world to explore
No significant drawbacks reported
Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo is a 2025 platform-adventure game developed by Pocket Trap and published by PM Studios. It was released for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S in May. The player takes on the role of Pippit, a member of the powerful Pipistrello family. After his aunt faces an attack by business rivals of the family, her soul is fragmented and trapped in mega-batteries to be used by their businesses. Pippit sets out with the last fragment in a cursed yoyo to recover the mega-batteries and reassemble her soul. The gameplay is reminiscent of Game Boy Advance games, notably from The Legend of Zelda.
Runs well on modern hardware.
Last updated 1d ago
Super good game, I love the challenge it provides while still feeling fair because of the low time cost for death & tools within the game to mitigate other punishments. The badge system gives you a lot of strengths to build towards, the upgrade contracts are fascinating and gave me some hard choices to make in a system that usually doesn't demand much thought, and the movement builds on itself in a way that really raises the skill ceiling. I reached 100% completion last night and already intend on starting a new file.
I really.. really don't like platformers and retro style games... But... gonna give credit where its due.. The game itself was quite nice, did like the arcady music, did enjoy the '' debt to unlock skills '' and the badges to make your gameplay however you want it to be. Will I play it again ? HELL NO! But its a great 8/10 game or even higher for people who like these kinda games. With best of Wishes Catto : ) Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/mnjauthecat Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@MnjauTheCat?sub_confirmation=1 Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@mnjauthecat Day of Streaming without skipping a day - 1951
Other than the extremely cumbersome control scheme about halfway in, I was enjoying this. Now it's nose-dived for me so I think I'm not going to finish it. Great pixel art apart from the odd character design, and for the first half of the game it was really fun. Oh well.
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