Saving Mr. Sparkles

Saving Mr. Sparkles is a challenging 2D platformer. The main character's cat (Mr. Sparkles) runs away from home, and she must chase after him. It has short but difficult levels, where the player has to use…

29 January 2021

Adventure Indie Platform Action

Saving Mr. Sparkles is an adventure developed by Leander Nieuwenstein, released 29 January 2021 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

Verified 19 Sep 2026 Sources: IGDB , Steam

What Saving Mr. Sparkles is

Saving Mr. Sparkles is an adventure game developed by Leander Nieuwenstein and released in 2021. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on MonoGame.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Saving Mr. Sparkles is a challenging 2D platformer. The main character's cat (Mr. Sparkles) runs away from home, and she must chase after him. It has short but difficult levels, where the player has to use his/her momentum to make it to the end.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

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

What it launched against

Saving Mr. Sparkles launched on 29 January 2021, within three weeks of Little Nightmares II, Hitman 3, Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury and The Medium.

Released around the same time: Little Nightmares II, Hitman 3, Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury, The Medium.