The Pedestrian
The Pedestrian is a 2.5D puzzle platformer that takes place on 2d public signs in a 3d world. You play as The Pedestrian, a simple 2d symbol of a human, and must rearrange and reconnect public signs in order…
The Pedestrian is an adventure developed by Skookum Arts, released 29 January 2020 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4. It currently starts at $4.99 at Steam. The main story takes about 4.5 hrs to finish.
What The Pedestrian is
The Pedestrian is an adventure game developed by Skookum Arts and released in 2020. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The Pedestrian is a side scrolling puzzle-platform game developed and published by American studio Skookum Arts LLC. The game was originally released in January 2020 for Linux, macOS, and Microsoft Windows. In August 2020, a port for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 was announced for January 2021, during a State of Play presentation. It later released for Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S in January 2022. It was eventually released on the Nintendo Switch in January 18, 2024.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 10 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
The Pedestrian holds a critic score of 73 out of 100. That places it above 44% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2020 averaged 73, so it scored about average for its year. Player ratings track closely with critics at 74, across 65 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 4.5 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 8 hrs, roughly 1.8 times the length of the critical path. At its current cheapest price of $4.99, that works out to about $1.11 per hour of the main story, or $0.62 per hour if you finish everything.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel i3, 4 GB RAM and NVIDIA Geforce GTX 460. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 4GB. 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 costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $4.99 at Steam, 75% below its usual price.
What it launched against
The Pedestrian launched on 29 January 2020, within three weeks of Yakuza: Like a Dragon, Dreams, Besiege and Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot. All of them reviewed better. It was a PlayStation 5 launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Yakuza: Like a Dragon, Dreams, Besiege, Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for The Pedestrian yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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