Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo cover

Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo

Critic score2 critics
First release
May 28, 2025
Developer
Pocket Trap
Publisher
PM Studios
Engine
Unity
Genres
Indie, Adventure, Platform, Puzzle · Action

Are you ready for the first Yoyovania?! In this 2D top-down adventure you'll explore a sprawling urban landscape, reinterpreting your surroundings through your mastery of yoyo tricks. Combine moves for traversal, fight the city's rival crime lords, and regain the influence of the Pipistrello family!

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Storyline
Pippit, a budding yoyo master, has never meshed well with the rest of his family: the powerful and influential Pipistrellos, headed by his auntie, Madame Pipistrello. The family's had a firm grip on their city for decades, owing to the electricity monopoly that they've built. It just so happens that, when Pippit finally drops by for his annual visit to the Pipistrello Manor, he gets caught up in the rival companies' nefarious plot to dethrone the Madame, and take the source of energy generation for themselves! After the attack, Pippit and the Madame find themselves having to cooperate in a completely new arrangement......Read more

Pippit, a budding yoyo master, has never meshed well with the rest of his family: the powerful and influential Pipistrellos, headed by his auntie, Madame Pipistrello. The family's had a firm grip on their city for decades, owing to the electricity monopoly that they've built. It just so happens that, when Pippit finally drops by for his annual visit to the Pipistrello Manor, he gets caught up in the rival companies' nefarious plot to dethrone the Madame, and take the source of energy generation for themselves! After the attack, Pippit and the Madame find themselves having to cooperate in a completely new arrangement......

Release dates
PC (Microsoft Windows)
May 28, 2025
PlayStation 5
May 28, 2025
PlayStation 4
May 28, 2025
All 6 release dates
Nintendo Switch
May 28, 2025
Xbox Series X|S
May 28, 2025
Nintendo Switch 2
Aug 20, 2026
Time to beatIGDB · recorded
Main + Extras
17h
Age ratings
ESRB EPEGI 7
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric
Keywords
2d, metroidvania, pixel graphics, 2d platformer, bat
… All 7, deliberately retro, top-down

At a Glance

Critic Score
92
Main + Extras (IGDB)
17h

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Steam users rate this Overwhelmingly Positive, 2,035 reviews in all languages, recorded 16 October 2026

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