PEPPERED: an existential platformer

Pixel-art platformer where failures and choices change the story

Mostly Games · Published by Mostly Games, Black Soup · Released Apr 7, 2025

Reviews: Overwhelmingly Positive; 96% of 717
Recent reviews: Very Positive; 100% of 14 in 30 days
Playing now: 2; right now
Steam Deck: Verified
Last update: 1 year ago; Sep 17, 2025

Free demo available, 0 playing it now: get the demo.

What is PEPPERED: an existential platformer?

This pixel-art platformer follows an office intern who tries to prevent doomsday as the police, crowds, and media turn against them. You run and jump through platforming sections, fight bosses, sneak past people, explore, and make choices in dialogue and action. Your decisions and failures lead to different story routes and endings.

For you if...

+you enjoy dark humor and branching stories with multiple endings
+you like boss fights where losing changes the story

Not for you if...

−you want to retry boss fights before the story continues
−you prefer platforming without golf sections or minigames

What players say

96% of 717 reviews are positive · 100% of 14 in the last 30 days

Players praise the humor, characters, branching story, pixel art, and music. Some find the platforming basic or clunky and say the golf sections slow the pace. Replaying levels to see other endings also frustrates some players.