My most-anticipated Metroidvania embraces the best thing about Shovel Knight and has an incredible demo endorsed by Hollow Knight Silksong devs

Pipsqueak!
(Image credit: Pond Games PTY)

Still waiting for 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Hollow Knight Silksong? Of course you are. What else would you be doing? But while we all agonize over a Silksong-less existence, let me introduce you ♑to the next best thing: an incredibly prom﷽ising Metroidvania that stars a cute mouse, has an amazing demo, and just received endorsement from Hollow Knight's own developers.

Pipsqueak! is the game that's threate♓ning to grab Silksong's long-held crown and become my most anticipated Metroidvania. On , more than 1,200 backers have pledged over AUS$67,000 ($45,000), which means the game is now fully crowdfunded with 18 days still to go. The community have already unlocked one stretch goal that promises to add Taylor The Tailor - a character that'll dye our main mouse's outfit, while additional🔜 stretch goals look to add the Coral Cove area at $75,000 and unique trials at $85,000.

Pipsqueak! Announcement Trailer - YouTube Pipsqueak! Announcement Trailer - YouTube
, and what immediately jumped out at me was how it borr🐲owed Shovel Knight's best move. You see, Tofu can use a downward strike to hop on/over enemies and obstacles that would usually hurt the pipsqueak - a move that always recontextualizes a platformer's relationship with the jump and the, uhh, platform. I love the trick wherever it🅰 pops up and Pipsqueak! remixes it with flying colors.

I'm not the only one smitten with the demo, however. T♍eam Cherry, the indie team behind Hollow Knight and its still upcoming sequel, also backed the fellow Metroidvania before leaving a comment under the Kickstarter page. "So cool, Daniel," Team Cherry's comment reads𒐪. "Mouse is cute! Demo is fab! All the best with the campaign."

The wait for Pipsqueak! hopefully won't be 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:as arduous as it has been﷽ for Silksong, though. Director James Freer writes that the "tiny team working on an ambitious game" is aiming to release Pipsqueak! by the end of 2026 on PC. "While release on consoles is definitely a goal, we can't guarantee it just yet," developer Pond Games comments on YouTube. "Nintendo's next console will almꦅost definitely be available when Pipsqueak launches, so we would target that platform as well as the Switch assuming it is s🃏till supported."

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Kaan freelances for various websites including Rock Paper Shotgun, Eurogamer, and this one, Gamesradar. He particularly enjoys writing about spooky indies, throwback RPGs, and anything that's vaguely silly. A💮lso has an English Literature and Film Studies degree that he'll soon forget.