Penny’s Big Breakaway

Colorful 3D platformer built around yo-yo tricks and momentum

Evening Star · Published by Private Division · Released Feb 21, 2024

Reviews: Very Positive; 80% of 1,314
Recent reviews: Not enough recent
Playing now: 1; peak 24h 7
Steam Deck: Verified
Last update: 2 years ago; Mar 14, 2024

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

What is Penny’s Big Breakaway?

A single-player, third-person platformer set across the world of Macaroon. As street performer Penny, you use a living yo-yo to cross stages, evade the emperor’s penguins, and clear your name after a troubled audition. Story Mode rewards chained tricks and high scores; Time Attack focuses on clearing stages quickly.

For you if...

+you enjoy learning movement tricks and chaining them together
+you like replaying stages to improve your times

Not for you if...

−you prefer slow platforming with simple controls
−you would rather explore freely than tackle individual stages

What players say

80% of 1,314 reviews are positive

Players praise the colorful art, music, and movement once they learn the controls. They also say the controls can feel slippery, the automatic camera makes platforming harder, and collision bugs can interrupt or block progress.

Screenshots and trailer

Penny’s Big Breakaway system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows 10
Processor: Intel Core i5-3470 or AMD Ryzen 3 1200
Graphics: Nvidia GTX 750 Ti or ATI Radeon HD 7850
Memory: 4 GB RAM

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Full controller support
Platforms: Windows
Achievements: 30
Steam features: Cloud saves, Family Sharing

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
External controllers are not supported for the primary player

Multiplayer and co-op

Single-player

Languages

Full audio: English. Text only: French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese.