McPixel

McPixel is a save-the-day guy that you guide through 100 short challenges in an old-school point'n'click fashion. The goal in each challenge is to prevent stuff from blowing up using available tools! You have…

75 9 July 2012

Adventure Indie Point-and-click Puzzle Action Comedy

McPixel is an adventure developed by Sos, released 9 July 2012 on Android, iOS, Linux and Mac. The main story takes about 2.2 hrs to finish.

Verified 27 Sep 2026 Sources: IGDB , Steam , Wikipedia

What McPixel is

McPixel is an adventure game developed by Sos and released in 2012. It is available on Android, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

McPixel is a save-the-day guy that you guide through 100 short challenges in an old-school point'n'click fashion. The goal in each challenge is to prevent stuff from blowing up using available tools! You have only 20 seconds to save the day! Think quick!

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and comedy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

McPixel holds a critic score of 75 out of 100. That places it above 49% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2012 averaged 70, so it scored 5 points above the year average.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 2.2 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 6 hrs, roughly 2.7 times the length of the critical path.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon 64, 512 MB RAM and Pixel-art capable graphics card. At 1GB 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.

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What it launched against

McPixel launched on 9 July 2012, within three weeks of Spec Ops: The Line, Spelunky, Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair and Pokémon Black Version 2. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Spec Ops: The Line, Spelunky, Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair, Pokémon Black Version 2.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for McPixel yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Official trailer

Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

Screenshots

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Quick answers

McPixel — frequently asked questions

When did McPixel come out?

McPixel was released on 9 July 2012 for Android, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

What are the minimum PC requirements for McPixel?

At minimum, McPixel needs Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon 64, 512 MB RAM, Pixel-art capable graphics card graphics, 70 MB HD space of storage.

How long does it take to beat McPixel?

The main story of McPixel takes around 2.2 hrs, or 6 hrs for 100% completion.

How many GB is McPixel?

The PC version needs about 0.1 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("70 MB HD space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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