Once Upon A Puppet
Theater-set puzzle-platformer where a stagehand controls a puppet's strings
Flatter Than Earth · Published by Daedalic Entertainment · Released Apr 23, 2025
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 86% of 154
- Recent reviews
- Mixed
- 58% of 12 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 0
- peak 24h 1
- Steam Deck
- Verified
- Last update
- 1 year ago
- Jul 23, 2025
What is Once Upon A Puppet?
A single-player 2.5D puzzle-platformer set in a theater kingdom. As the exiled stagehand Nieve, you guide puppet Drev through stages, jump past obstacles, and rearrange props and backdrops to solve puzzles as they seek a way back to the Frontstage.
For you if...
- +you like story-driven platformers set in theatrical worlds
- +you enjoy moving stage props to solve puzzles
Not for you if...
- −you prefer open exploration to a sequence of stages
- −you want demanding puzzles instead of frequent platforming
What players say
86% of 154 reviews are positive · 58% of 12 in the last 30 days
Players praise the theatrical setting, art, story, and music, and several enjoy the puzzles. Common complaints include finicky controls, bugs, and sharp difficulty spikes in platforming and enemy encounters.
Screenshots and trailer
Once Upon A Puppet system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 10
- Processor
- i3-8100 or equivalent
- Graphics
- Nvidia GTX 1050 Ti, AMD Radeon RX 560
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 15 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 11
- Processor
- i5-10400 or equivalent
- Graphics
- Nvidia GTX 1650, AMD Radeon RX 570
- Memory
- 16 GB RAM
- Storage
- 15 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 27
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Steam Deck: Verified
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Shows Steam Deck controller icons
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Full audio: English. Text only: French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese.
Tags
- 3D Platformer
- Adventure
- Atmospheric
- Singleplayer
- Narrative
- Horror
- Indie
- Platformer
- Dark Fantasy
- Side Scroller
- Puzzle Platformer
- Controller
- Cute
- Puzzle
- 2.5D
- Emotional
Recent updates
- Jul 23, 2025 · Another round of fixes!
- Apr 30, 2025 · Collectible hotfix is here!
2 DLC available.
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