Stick it to The Man!
Stick it to The Man!
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Flipping Death
Developer Zoink Games
Possess the living, aid the dead and flip between the worlds of Flipping Death - a puzzling adventure platformer where you find yourself filling in for Death. Maybe your new powers will help you solve the mystery of your own demise? From the Steam store page
190 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Oct 18, 2026 · last updated Oct 19, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
87
LovedLoved
149 positive · 22 negative
95% range 81–91%
| Source | + | − | = |
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| Steam reviews | 149 | 22 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 6 | 0 | 7 |
| Mastodon * | 2 | 0 | 4 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
158 of 180 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
87% recommend · 150 yes, 22 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 172 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (259 of 289 positive).
Players praise the game's unique art style, humor, and voice acting. [1][2][3] Some reviewers note bugs and control issues, especially with keyboard and platforming. [4][5][6] A few players find the gameplay repetitive or the puzzles unsatisfying. [7][8][9]
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I was looking forward to playing Flipping Death as I had played the earlier game Stick It to the Man! by the same developers and enjoyed that. However, after making my way through this game, I have to say that I'm a bit disappointed with it. Though it looks like I'm in the minority here (yet the game isn't exactly a super popular title with many reviews). It seems like the developers tried to create another version …
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Flipping Death (Adventure-Platformer) I loved this dev's game [url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/251830/Stick_it_to_The_Man/]Stick it to the Man!, so I had high hopes for this game. I was not disappointed! Options include separate sliders for SFX, Music and Voices, Subtitles and Language. Can choose to play Windowed before you enter the game. Story: Penny is just your regular girl... If by regular you mean …
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Flipping Death is a Jump 'n' Run Puzzler for lovers of the weird. I like it a lot. If you have fond memories of the following, you might gonna like the game (no particular order): - Grim Fandango - Nightmare before Christmas - Terry Pratchett - New Orleans Jazz - Psychonauts - Coraline + Unique graphic style & setting, Flip through Death's realm and the land of living by a button press + Awesome soundtrack + Awesome …
- [4]
I got a lot of fun out of this game and would recommend it. The humor is excellent. But, be prepared for some bugs that I am surprised haven't been patched up yet. I recommend only exiting the game at the beginning of a new chapter and not in the middle, because that is when most of the bugs seem to occur, often requiring a chapter restart. I encountered following bugs: Falling through the floor, direction keys …
- [3]
Wonderful art work, and the voice acting is top notch. It's a fun game.
Summarised from 34 of the 192 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 13, 2026. How summaries are made
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Flipping Death sits at 87% positive across 171 opinionated reactions from 3 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
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60 of 190 · most liked firstFlipping Death (Adventure-Platformer) I loved this dev's game [url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/251830/Stick_it_to_The_Man/]Stick it to the Man!, so I had high hopes for this game. I was not disappointed! Options include separate sliders for SFX, Music and Voices, Subtitles and Language. Can choose to play Windowed before you enter the game. Story: Penny is just your regular girl... If by regular you mean quirky, enthusiastic and, well... dead! When Penny is mistaken for the temp…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I was looking forward to playing Flipping Death as I had played the earlier game Stick It to the Man! by the same developers and enjoyed that. However, after making my way through this game, I have to say that I'm a bit disappointed with it. Though it looks like I'm in the minority here (yet the game isn't exactly a super popular title with many reviews). It seems like the developers tried to create another version of Stick It to the Man! using similar humor and a bit different gameplay…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →That death is not the end is believable to most people around the world throughout each time period, often having a different view of what each of us will all have in store someday. 'Flipping Death' is set in a version of the realm of the dead that resembles a layer of dimension on top of the living world, When Penny met her unfortunate fate, she happened to be wearing fake devil horns, leading the grim reaper to assume you're that new temp he ordered ages ago. Gameplay:…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The style is awesome and funny, but I just can't enjoy the gameplay. I would like to recommend it but I can't. - The entire dark side of the world only contains unnecessary and not well executed jump 'n run stuff. IMO the game would do a lot better without that dark flipside. The constant flipping doesn't really add anything, but it makes me lose orientation frequently. The world is messy and cluttered enough and the flipping makes it worse. The dark side is awesome style wise - how every…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →[url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/31067175/] If you enjoy this review please consider following my Curator page here . Billed as a spiritual successor to 2013’s Stick it to The Man!, developer Zoink Games once again delivers its unique blend of memorable art and off-the-wall humor with Flipping Death. You take the role of one Penny Doewood, who has somehow found herself filling in for the Grim Reaper himself. As Penny navigates her newfound role, she discovers that she has the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I am a 52 yo father, probably one of the oldest people playing Flipping Death. I am a single father to my Son, who is 14 now. My son found this game at Christmas, so we installed it on his computer and he started playing. By the end of the week he had 24 hours on this game. This was horrible for me, as it was already hard for me to find ways to spend time with my son, as he is always out with his friends or just watching YouTube. So I decided to make a Steam account and get this game to see if…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Flipping Death is a Jump 'n' Run Puzzler for lovers of the weird. I like it a lot. If you have fond memories of the following, you might gonna like the game (no particular order): - Grim Fandango - Nightmare before Christmas - Terry Pratchett - New Orleans Jazz - Psychonauts - Coraline + Unique graphic style & setting, Flip through Death's realm and the land of living by a button press + Awesome soundtrack + Awesome voiceacting + puzzles involve combining npc perks & items in both land of the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →puzzles? you just run around gathering stuff. this was a huge disappointment
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I got a lot of fun out of this game and would recommend it. The humor is excellent. But, be prepared for some bugs that I am surprised haven't been patched up yet. I recommend only exiting the game at the beginning of a new chapter and not in the middle, because that is when most of the bugs seem to occur, often requiring a chapter restart. I encountered following bugs: Falling through the floor, direction keys stopped working (game restart), flying characters can't go left/right in the air,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The goofballs at Zoink Games have done it again, with a tremendously worthy successor to 2013's Stick It to the Man. It's everything that was great about Stick It with just *more of it*, as while the game has fewer chapters (eight counting the prologue, to Stick It's ten), there's so many different things you can do in each one. This is best accentuated by the optional challenges in each chapter (as opposed to the plot-necessary 'missions') which unlock sweet, juicy collectibles in the game's…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is fun and funny definitely, but the controls! Oh wow! I hope they are better for controllers, but for keyboard and mouse they are a pain. They might be better if you actually got to use the mouse, but instead, the controls are set up like a game from the '90s and you can't remap them...nor can you find out what the keybindings are at all within the game. There is no way to find them online either as the game has such a minimal presence. I forgot about the number keys being used…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Wonderful art work, and the voice acting is top notch. It's a fun game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →An original and well made puzzle platformer with beautiful art, excellent voice acting and fun challenges. A true hidden gem that I'm currently playing together with my 10y old daughter (we each take turn) and she explicitly told me not to continue the game without her :). Highly recommended!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of the most hilarious games I've ever played. Great voice acting, dialogue, artstyle (honestly, looks like the lovechild of psychonauts and the book of life) and game play. 10/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I bought the game on impulse after seeing someone playing the game on youtube and I do no regret! Creative and funny.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I love the game, but... Sadly, there's no way to play at some point with mouse + keyboard. You could if there was a way to remap the keys. But you can only use the ones they implemented. So... Two hands and 10 fingers aren't enough. For example, at some moments you need to use the arrow keys and A W S D at the same time, but also Q and 4 and the space bar (and E and F). I find it frustrating, and the game loses its magic. That said, I love Stick it to the Man, by Zoink!, and have great…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →An absolute gem of a game that blends stunning visuals with unique gameplay mechanics! The art style is absolutely beautiful and gives the game a distinct, quirky charm. And the voice acting is top-notch! The gameplay itself is a fascinating twist on platforming, where you alternate between the real world and the world of the dead. You have the ability to possess people in the real world. Each character you possess has their own unique skill, which keeps the gameplay fresh and creative as…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →After an accidental death, Penny becomes Death itself! More precisely, replaces him while he is resting on vacation. Now Penny must help the spirits find peace and solve their unfinished business. Pros: + Author's visual style of the game + Gamepad support + Achievements + Trading cards + Plot + Easter eggs + Jokes that only adults will understand + Unusual tasks and their solutions Minuses: - Inconvenient standard keyboard control - Difficulty in aiming when controlled with a gamepad - A bug…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →They call it a puzzle-platformer, but it's like 99% puzzle and 1% platformer. It's basically a point-and-click adventure game but with worse controls. If you enjoy point-and-click adventure games, you might like this -- the story / world / characters seem amusing enough. But it's not for me.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I think this game does a really solid job mixing elements of both, point-and-click and platforming, into an enjoyable narrative game. The puzzles are the highlight of this game and the solutions are often brimming with humour. If you want a relatively short game with a fun story that's filled to the brim with charm then I think Flipping Death is well worth the money. Especially, if you are a fan of Stick It To The Man or Psychonauts.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I recommend this game. You might be a little afraid of the price, but the comic relieve this game puts out is hilarious. Art work is amazing and mechanics are easy enough to use. Here is my walkthrough for the first chapter. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgWmqohdVaU
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is a treat! The stylistic visuals are lovely, all my friends said the voice acting is perfect and funny - game controls nicely, everything is explained rather well- and it's just dang fun to get in ppl's heads and cause a ruckus ^^v you follow Penny, who dioes ( spoiler alert ) and becomes the Grim Reaper's stand in. She learns along the way how to perform her job, posses people after collecting the right typoe and amount of souls, control them, read their minds - and solve some…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Flipping Death is such a funny game, taking control of Penny and following her unexpected death and employment as Death's temp she is tasked with helping the spirits find peace. Not always in the most conventional way either but that humor is giving the game it's own charm
positive · AI labelView post →By the time of writing this I haven't finished the game, but I already fell in love with that game after playing the intro. After that it only got better the more I played. I just have to leave a positive review for it. The writing and voice acting is very good and hilarious, the art style amplifies the silliness of the game and the music is very nice and fits into the overall atmosphere of the game. Gameplay wise, it works pretty well with a PS4 controller, although it doesn't show the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A fantastic game with a beautiful, kooky art style. While the aesthetic is obviously the main strength of the game, it also has great writing and music which help to make this game a memorable one. I recommend to anyone who enjoyed Stick It To The Man and for anybody who appreciates games from Double Fine - this is very reminiscent of their games. I can't really think of any obvious downsides so I'd have to recommend it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is a very well made twinstick puzzle platformer with a style that is similar to games like Psychonauts. The world design, graphics and writing are all amazing. The puzzles are interesting and there is a builtin hint-system in case you get stuck. The only issue i can see is that you probably should play with a controller - keyboard support doesn't seem to be that good. So all in all i highly recommend this game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →In case you missed it, moderator Mento's latest "Indie Game of the Week" feature on Giant Bomb is all about Zoink Games' Flipping Death! As the game celebrates its fifth anniversary read why they think it is still worth a playthrough! User Blog: www.giantbomb.com/flipping-dea...
neutral · AI labelView post →It's way better than their last game, "Stick it to the Man!". It has good humor, excellent voice acting, an amazing art style, and excellent puzzles. It also includes challenges for collecting ghost cards. To get 100% achievements, you have to collect them all, so there is some replay value. 9/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I liked stick it to the man but this one feels way more goofy. The controls arent great and the platforming is a pain. Getting all the ghost cards and acheivements can be very annoying and frustrating. Do not pay full price for this I got it at 85% discount and I feel like I wouldnt want to spend more than $5 on this. Overall, I would recommend it but just be cautious.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →- Great if you want a few nights of laughter. - Fun puzzles, none of them too stupidly hard. - Every character memorable. - Very Double Fine like. - Finished in 9 hours.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Why wasn't this recommended to me? I found it by mistake on PS4 twitter 50% off and bought it immediately full price on PC. Zoink Devs, you need to do some discount on older games/ announcements for people who bought at least 2 titles from you guys. ============ Edit: Finished the game, was fun to play as expected. Still not the top game from them(Nothing can beat Stick It to the Man and Intro Song) but the same humor that you would expect from Zoink if you like their games. Got to admit…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pure, delicious, gothic-flavored anarchy. Flipping Death consolidates Zoink’s position as the heir apparent to Double Fine’s Throne of Video Game Humor and delivers on every front imaginable. Fans of sharp writing and offbeat humor, this one is a true delight.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Flipping Death done. Next stream starts our next game that the random wheel has decided for us. The original Final Fantasy 7. .... So this is what we'll be doing probably the rest of the year lol
neutral · AI labelView post →AMAZINGGG 10/10 +super fun and chilled, no rush to complete it + hilarious story line and voice acting + hints available if you get stuck +amazing game for the price, although I did get it on sale (still worth it without the sale price)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Weird hate on for Masculinity. Some parts were clunky and unintuitive. Story was decent, art style was amazing, characters were ok. Could have had a more perilous feeling by adding some risk. It doesn't seem like you can actually die in this game and gathering the basic souls seems like a chore and not fun.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game reminds me of the movie Beetlejuice! It's a good game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →8/10 + story + art style i get Pyschonauts vibes from both - wish you could solve puzzles more than one way - i hate that the entire map flips every time on sale for $1.19 right now and well worth it
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If Grim Fandago was an arcade-y, side scrolling puzzle-adventure, where Terry Prachett's wit and Double Fine's spirit intersect, Flipping Death is what we'd get. Crazy but it totally works!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Amazing art, great voice acting and interesting gameplay. Almost like a 2D Psychonaughts with a Halloween theme. Can tell the love the devs put into this, great game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I bought this game after playing Stick it to the Man. In my opinion the previous game is better in every way. The art style is still great and the humor for the most part is ok, though I found Stick it to the Man funnier. My main criticism is that the gameplay mechanics are tedious, I think a point-and-click formula would have worked better. I wanted to play this game for the looks, the story and the humor, but the gameplay just gets in the way, it's not enjoyable at all. I also found the game…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really good game, but the automatic save can make you lose +30 minutes of playing. I came back to it after a while and a bug didn't let me move, so I've to repeat the same +30 minutes of playing again. Yeah, right. Perhaps I'd do it if the controls were not that bad. Great adventure game, absolutely disgusting platforming game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really liked this game :) I am a fan of point and click adventure, and as this game is full of collect-puzzles (help me with this, then I give you that-kind of puzzles)! The platforming in this game is really easy and brought some extra fun into it, not so much extra challenge: Which I liked as a casual gamer. The flipping part and the story are fun to, I liked the humor and designs a lot. Recommend!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Funny story, great characters, black humor and just great design like in Tim Burton’s movies. Alas horrific controls spoils all of this. After 15 minutes you are ready to curse everything in the world because Penny cannot walk, jump or interact with her environment. I advise you to overcome yourself. After suffering a little torment, you’ll be able to enjoy one of the funniest stories about a nihilist girl, by chance forced to do the work of Mr. Death. Dark humor, original but too simple…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It would be an exaggeration to say I hate platformers but dungeons like Final Fantasy XV’s Pitioss haven’t done much to quell my inner voice telling me, “You’re rubbish at jumping! Look at you, you just missed the timing and now you’re impaled by spikes! Goodbye thirty minutes of progress, how does it feel to be back at the beginning - again?” So, it’s saying something of significance that I actively sought out Zoink Games after seeing gameplay footage of their latest release, Flipping Death.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun game with great humor
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Update the second: They've added "Controller" to the requirements, therefore, as promised, I'll change my review. I'll leave the original below the line. I fell in love with this game the first time I saw a preview teaser for it for the Nintendo Switch and was happy as a clam when it got released on PC as well. I've read that it can be quite short when you do only what you are meant to do, about 3 hours. Yet if you enjoy the quirky optional dialogs, which are funny and have good voice acting,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →very unique art style, clever gameplay, cute and funny writing
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Platinum 66/60: Flipping Death (PS4) This game was absolutely fantastic and funny. A platforming puzzler with great characters, it had me chuckling the whole time. Well worth the play. #PlayStation #videogames
positive · AI labelView post →I loved stick it to the man. This game has the same awesome artwork, reminds me of Tim Burton's The Corpse Bride. The controls on PC are super clunky and I can barely navigate. Really makes it hard to enjoy. Still, super cute game, i may try it with a controller to see if it helps.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very Very Tim Burtonish art Good job to the developers!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I bought this game for €1 on sale, and it's definitely worth it. The graphics aren't anything special; don't expect realistic graphics, but they are quite good in terms of style. The audio is also excellent. The gameplay is also enjoyable, although towards the end, you do need to make more use of the built-in hint system, which always makes things easier. You're mainly solving puzzles. The game is also full of humor, and I had a good laugh a few times. It's all nicely put together. The story…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very boring, unfunny game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Flipping death is a most distinct puzzle platformer game I played. To be honest, I was mistaken when I assumed this would be just another platformer game. I haven't seen any platformer games with some of its special mechanics. For fans of puzzle platformers, this game is a must-play as it also features fantastic humor. 9/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Anecdotal at best. I fail to see what this game has going for it. Walk around, jump one or two times, flip to the other world, possess some dude, walk around, wave your arm around, flip back, et bis repetita.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm trying to make a pun of the title & the protagonist's occupation. However, she doesn't exactly flip Death off. Instead, she's just a freshly dead girl with a uniquely morbid sense of humor at the right place & time. The levels however, they do very much flip. There's that side she's spending her post-dead time on and the flipside, where all the living frolick in sunshine & cellery stalks. The basic premise is you possessing them, acting out their dreams & fantasies or using them to fulful…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →An Unfulfilled Potential. Get It On Sale: 6/10 For Linux & Steam Deck: Platinum Experience. Runs well on Proton 6.3-7 Flipping Death is a 2D puzzle platormer that suffers from an equal amount of good ideas that is tarnished with bad execution that ultimately makes it a disappointing game. Gorgeous graphics, interesting game mechanics and good main story arc soiled by bad controls, wrong game design choice, bad dialogue and uninteresting characters make it difficult to like it. It is…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is good, why aren't people playing it?
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun game overall. The art is quirky and the music is fine. There's a lot of humour to be had. The mechanic of the game is very fun and is done very well. All of this makes going for the collectible aspect of the game worth it. Buy it on sale and have fun.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Funny, easy, a puzzle platformer really close to the point and click genre without the need to point and click. Mechanics are good. They permit to teleport close to the points of interest once they have been discovered. Saves are constant and you cannot die. Visuals are very good, colorful. The humor is good as well. It is a very unique game with its little brother from the same team. Probably the best game from these auto publishing devs. A team to follow for their next games as well.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →When Death does come for you, remember: he's not such a bad guy. You'll probably like him.
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