HoPiKo is an arcade developed by Laser Dog Games, released 24 September 2015 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and iOS.
What HoPiKo is
HoPiKo is an arcade game developed by Laser Dog Games and released in 2015. It was published by Merge Games. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, iOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
HoPiKo is an intense speed run platformer where you get to save gaming. Jump from platform to platform avoiding death, exploiting shortcuts and ripping through 100s of hand-crafted levels, each one dropped into a 5-stage mini run designed to break your mind!
How it plays
Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 53 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
HoPiKo holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 35% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2015 averaged 69, so it scored about average for its year.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Core 2 Duo, 2 GB RAM and SM3 512MB VRAM. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
HoPiKo launched on 24 September 2015, within three weeks of Undertale, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Hearts of Stone, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Hearts of Stone and Soma. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 2 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Undertale, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Hearts of Stone, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Hearts of Stone, Soma.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
Quick answers
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