The Perfect Pencil 2026
- Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Help John on his journey of personal growth. Unravel the nuances of human reactions to fear. Surprising exploration, fast paced combat, complex choices and allegorical characters, all intertwined with a psychological narrative in this hand-drawn 2D action-platformer.
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Earnest, grave, contemporary and spare.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- sparerichly built
- intimateepic
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About the game
- Platforms
- PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch
- Released
- January 29, 2026
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Side view
- Engine
- Unity
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