Pikuniku is an adventure developed by Sectordub, released 24 January 2019 on Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Android and Google Stadia. It currently starts at $3.24 at Fanatical. The main story takes about 4 hrs to finish.
What Pikuniku is
Pikuniku is an adventure game developed by Sectordub and released in 2019. It was published by Crunchyroll Games. It is available on Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Android, Google Stadia, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In a colorful island world, a cheerful figure named Mr. Sunshine appears in a commercial offering the local creatures free money in exchange for the junk his giant robots collect. Around the same time, a small red creature named Piku is woken by a ghost in a cave and told to leave. Emerging into the world, Piku finds that a legend has painted him as an evil beast, and the frightened villagers cage him until he agrees to repair the bridge he accidentally broke. As Piku earns the villagers' trust and explores further, he discovers that Mr. Sunshine's machines are quietly stripping the island of its essential resources, and he is drawn toward a small band of rebels determined to stop them.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and comedy. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 14 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Pikuniku 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 2019 averaged 69, so it scored 6 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 72, across 151 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 4 hrs. At its current cheapest price of $3.24, that works out to about $0.81 per hour of the main story, or $0.65 per hour if you finish everything.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core2 Duo E4500 (2 * 2200) or equivalent, 2 GB RAM and GeForce 9600 GT (512 MB) / Intel HD Graphics 2500. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $3.24 at Fanatical, 75% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Pikuniku launched on 24 January 2019, within three weeks of Kingdom Hearts III, Resident Evil 2, Slay the Spire and Apex Legends. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 6 years into the Xbox One's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Kingdom Hearts III, Resident Evil 2, Slay the Spire, Apex Legends.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Pikuniku yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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