Pizza Possum

Pizza Possum

Steam Deck Verified

Friedemann · Adventure · Sep 28, 2023

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

It's at its lowest recorded price, $2.79.

93%
Very Positive
2k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Co-op: 99 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 38 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 30 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews

Based on 2k player reviews · updated 3 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
89% of themes are praise11% are divided0% are caveats
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
Optimisation/Bugs – Steam’s Remote Play Together functionality works really well to emulate the local co-op experience, even allowing both players to use controllers without any issues.
99 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
The gameplay is super addictive once you get the hang of things.
38 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Graphics (4/5) – Cute, cartoony graphics predominate Pizza Possum’s idyllic Italian seaside village with adorable characters that look straight out of a stop motion animation.
30 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Audio (5/5) – Pizza Possum features a lovely string jazz background soundtrack that dynamically adjusts according to the pace of the action at the moment.
28 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
Story (3/5) – You play as the titular Possum, hellbent on eating its way to the prized goal of the Crown’s coveted pizza and will stop at nothing to do so.
26 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
And it becomes even more fun in multiplayer, which is one of the other main features of the game, and which I was able to try out a little by taking my nephew hostage.
14 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

+2 more the community rallied around

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love8 themes
Co-op99 reviews
Gameplay38 reviews
Graphics30 reviews
Audio28 reviews
Story and characters26 reviews
Multiplayer14 reviews
Controls12 reviews
Steam Deck9 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty16 reviews
88%
Players complain% still recommend

No recurring complaints surfaced in this sample.

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 3 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded

Currently $2.79 (−60%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

4 points recordedtoday · $2.79

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
93%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
14
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.