Dropsy
After a deadly circus fire shatters his world and tarnishes his name, Dropsy the Clown finds himself on a journey of self-discovery through a story that harnesses powerful themes of love and kindness. With his…
Dropsy is an adventure developed by A Jolly Corpse, released 10 September 2015 on Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS and Linux. The main story takes about 4 hrs to finish.
What Dropsy is
Dropsy is an adventure game developed by A Jolly Corpse and released in 2015. It was published by Devolver Digital. It is available on Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Dropsy is a 2015 point-and-click adventure video game developed by American indie developer Tendershoot and the indie development studio A Jolly Corpse, and published by Devolver Digital. The game was released on September 10, 2015 for Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux. The iOS port of Dropsy was released on December 17, 2015. The Nintendo Switch version was released on September 29, 2022.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are comedy and open world. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 30 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Dropsy holds a critic score of 87 out of 100. That places it above 88% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2015 averaged 69, so it scored 18 points above the year average.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 4 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 7 hrs, roughly 1.8 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 1 GB RAM. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 1GB.
What it launched against
Dropsy launched on 10 September 2015, within three weeks of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, Undertale, Until Dawn and Mad Max. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4. It was a Nintendo Switch launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, Undertale, Until Dawn, Mad Max.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Dropsy yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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