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McPixel 3
Developer Sos Sosowski
McPixel 3 is a 2022 puzzle video game developed by Mikołaj "Sos Sosowski" Kamiński and produced by Devolver Digital. It is the sequel to the 2012 game McPixel. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
195 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Oct 21, 2026 · last updated Oct 22, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
76
LovedLoved
121 positive · 39 negative
95% range 68–82%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 121 | 39 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 7 | 1 | 17 |
| Mastodon * | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 4 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
531 of 594 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
77% recommend · 128 yes, 39 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 167 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (1,769 of 1,899 positive).
Players describe McPixel 3 as a chaotic, absurd, and hilarious point-and-click adventure. [1][2][3] Some find the puzzles random and the gameplay repetitive, leading to boredom. [4][5][6] A few reviewers criticize the lack of a promised level editor and poor pixel art. [7][8]
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Representative posts
- [5]
I would say 10/10 for ideas and creativity but when it comes to practice (actual gameplay), it just doesn't work. You just need to click things randomly until you get what developers prepared for you, that's all about this game. This is why the game loses its charm very quickly and becomes boring within 30 minutes. If you are a streamer and want to entertain your viewers, this is a way to go; otherwise, it's just …
- [9]
This is one of the stupidest ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ games I have ever played in my entire life, but DAAAAAMN was it fun. 11 hours that felt like 2. McPixel 3 is a great game, sadly, it is NOT EVEN CLOSE to the monumental achievement that is McPixel 2 (which I accidentally found in an ominous blue floppy disk that appeared on some street dog's poop). Some of the puzzles are just completely impure, it breaks you, it speaks to …
- [14]
Simply put, this sequel is a clear improvement over the original. It moves at a better pace, delivers more humor, and shows major advances in design, including smoother animations and an open-world hub. McPixel 3 perfectly captures the idea of “smart-stupid,” fully embracing its crude humor with the goal of making players laugh at every turn, whether through confusion, disgust, self-aware jokes, or unexpected …
- [11]
Many games over the past decade have attempted to modernise the point-and-click adventure game, with many falling into the same pitfalls of obtuse puzzles, endless backtracking, and complexity for the sake of challenge. McPixel 3 takes all of this into account and turns the genre on its head. Obtuse puzzles aren't a problem when losing is fun. Trying the same stages over and over isn't a problem when they're …
- [1]
McPixel 3 is not a game for every pixel art fan. It is fast and full of crazy puzzles that can be tiring quickly. The way you progress is a bit confusing and often you need to try many times, so it can be hard without help. Some players may get frustrated, but others will like this strange and funny adventure. It’s a special game that is best played in short sessions with a sense of humor.
Summarised from 34 of the 204 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 12, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
Players who liked McPixel 3 talk about hilarious and chaotic humor; those who didn't talk about puzzles feel random and nonsensical. Which matters more to you?
Reactions
60 of 195 · most liked firstTwo years ago yesterday, McPixel 3 was released! Today you can play McPixel 3 on PC, Mac, Linux, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android, Raspberry Pi, Windows 95, Windows 3.51, MS-DOS, FreeBSD, Haiku OS and browser! It's also free on game pass! Check it out if you havent!
neutral · AI labelView post →Just a reminder that McPixel 3 is super cheap right now, and it's also the best game I have ever made. store.steampowered.com/app/1338580/... It's also free on gamepass!
positive · AI labelView post →So, hi! I'm Sos! I made a game called McPixel 3, and a bnunch of others. I make my own engines, write my games in C and can make them run on DOS or a C64. I also like bicycles and rice.
neutral · AI labelView post →McPixel Trilogy is literal pennies and absolutely worth it. McPixel 3 took me 3 years to make and I created my own engine for the game from scratch! Support custom engines! Grab McPixel! McPixel 1 took me 1 year to make using flash, tho, if you thought that’s dead :P McPixel 2, however… oooh boy!
positive · AI labelView post →Welp, this blew up! If you don't want to play on Windows 11 anymore, check out my latest game McPixel 3! It's 80%! You can play it on Linux, macOS, FreeBSD, HaikuOS, Raspberry Pi, Windows 95, Windows 3.51, MS-DOS, RISC-V, and also on mobile and every console! store.steampowered.com/app/1338580/...
neutral · AI labelView post →Devolver Delayed Showcase: 2023 - 2024 Edition. TL;DW: These Devolver games have been moved to **2024**: * The Plucky Squire * Stick it to the Stickman * Skate Story * Anger Foot * Pepper Grinder These games are still confirmed for **2023**: * Gunbrella * Wizard With A Gun * The Talos Principle 2 * The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood * Karmazoo * McPixel 3 DLC
neutral · AI labelView post →On my way to Snurch! A #MicroMay raffle prize from a @blurthefur.com stream (I got the idea from the game McPixel 3) #Fursona #furry #furryartwork #furryart
neutral · AI labelView post →Devolver Delayed Showcase | 2023 - 2024 Edition. Switch games mentioned in the showcase: Delayed to 2024: - The Plucky Squire - Pepper Grinder Not Delayed / Still coming in 2023: - Gunbrella - The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood - Broforce: Forever DLC - Mcpixel 3 DLC
neutral · AI labelView post →So, here’s my first post. My 2022 game, McPixel 3, running on a 1985 processor with 8MB of RAM. This device is called Hand386, and it’s a real hardware 386 in a handheld form factor.
neutral · AI labelView post →Exoprimal and Insurgency: Sandstorm come to Game Pass this month. New on Gamepass in July: - Sword And Fairy: Together Forever (PC and console) - Today - Grand Theft Auto V (console) - Today - McPixel 3 (PC and console) - July 6th - Common’hood (PC and console) - July 6th - Insurgency: Sandstorm (PC) - July 11th - Exoprimal (PC and console) - July 14th - Techtonica (PC and console) - July 18th - The Cave (console) - July 18th Leaving Gamepass in July: Spelunky 2, Exo One, Paw Patrol The…
neutral · AI labelView post →McPixel 3 is not a game for every pixel art fan. It is fast and full of crazy puzzles that can be tiring quickly. The way you progress is a bit confusing and often you need to try many times, so it can be hard without help. Some players may get frustrated, but others will like this strange and funny adventure. It’s a special game that is best played in short sessions with a sense of humor.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very boring game. McPixel 3 2/10 Heisen
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →October 2024 Humble Choice: Remnant II, Persona 5 Strikers, Jusant and more. https://www.humblebundle.com/membership/home | Game | Steam Link | |---------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------| | REMNANT II® | https://store.steampowered.com/app/1282100/REMNANT_II/ | | Persona® 5 Strikers | https://store.steampowered.com/app/1382330/Persona_5_Strikers/ | | Jusant…
neutral · AI labelView post →This might be petty. But the dev promised a level editor and I got the game on launch because of that. Turns out there wasn't a level editor yet, but the dev promised it was still coming. Now it's been 3, almost 4, years since launch with no progress updates or any reassurence that the level editor is still being worked on. Quite disappointing.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hey @polykillpodcast.bsky.social I #JistBeatIt Mcpixel 3. Never has the swing from "I hate this game" to "I love this game" been so great. The intro tells you nothing. The HUD is confusing. But then, funny stuff starts happening and... Suddenly I get it!
positive · AI labelView post →This is one of the stupidest ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ games I have ever played in my entire life, but DAAAAAMN was it fun. 11 hours that felt like 2. McPixel 3 is a great game, sadly, it is NOT EVEN CLOSE to the monumental achievement that is McPixel 2 (which I accidentally found in an ominous blue floppy disk that appeared on some street dog's poop). Some of the puzzles are just completely impure, it breaks you, it speaks to someone or something deep inside you, or maybe it's just some cabbage I ate earlier,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Started to play #McPixel3 from @sos on the Switch, best Switch game ever, the one I have been waiting for since I got the console, congrats Sos and kudos for writing it in C, you can also get it on Steam https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@sos/109345071281994781
positive · AI labelView post →Do you like free games? 👀 To celebrate #PAXAus week, I'm doing a game giveaway. To enter, like + comment which game you want most. Bonus entries for RT + tagging a friend! Games: - Hexarchy - McPixel 3 - REMNANT II - Warhammer 40k Darktide Must be following to enter. Good luck gamers! 💜
neutral · AI labelView post →This is the kind of game that feels like it escaped from the internet in 2007, chugged five energy drinks, and immediately exploded. And honestly? It’s kind of brilliant. If you like your comedy chaotic, your puzzles unpredictable, and your heroes pantsless and screaming, this is a wild, stupidly fun ride.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You guys remember like a decade ago when the original McPixel was viral around gaming YouTube? Well, they made a sequel. And I also made hefty use of the repeated cutscene skips & the function that shows what items/directions on-screen can be interacted with - great QoL additions. If you want more McPixel, this is it. (McPixel and Goat Simulator both did a thing where they marked the sequel as the third installment in the name as a gag, in case anyone got confused.) Now with achievements!…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I would say 10/10 for ideas and creativity but when it comes to practice (actual gameplay), it just doesn't work. You just need to click things randomly until you get what developers prepared for you, that's all about this game. This is why the game loses its charm very quickly and becomes boring within 30 minutes. If you are a streamer and want to entertain your viewers, this is a way to go; otherwise, it's just garbage that sells you ideas.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Point and click distilled to its most pure form. When all else fails, give it a good kick.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not as good as McPixel 2.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Simply put, this sequel is a clear improvement over the original. It moves at a better pace, delivers more humor, and shows major advances in design, including smoother animations and an open-world hub. McPixel 3 perfectly captures the idea of “smart-stupid,” fully embracing its crude humor with the goal of making players laugh at every turn, whether through confusion, disgust, self-aware jokes, or unexpected punchlines. This game stands out as a truly unique experience and comes highly…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I don’t really get why McPixel gets such good ratings on Steam. This game just doesn’t deliver. The graphics are pretty bad. Yeah, sure, you don’t have to study pixel art, but dude, at least learn the basics. It’s fine to have crappy graphics, but not when it’s a point & click game. There are no outlines, complete lack of contrast and textures of objects are unrecognizable. You can’t even tell what you’re supposed to click on and that’s even worse because of the nonsensical nature of the game.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →McPixel 3 is a digitalized fever dream with extra toilet humour.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A collection of mini games where you keep doing it with a 20 seconds timer and an aggressive music until you succeed to survive. 10 minutes and I couldn't bare the music and repetitiveness anymore.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Absofrigginlutely hilarious. As a bonus, there are some retrocomputing homages that are VERY well done, enough to let you know he was there. Good luck playing this for "just five minutes", but you can, in theory.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A long awaited sequel of the first game (no one cares about the second) where a man of very confusing actions (and maybe morals) saves the day from explosions in a world where is something doesn't work, kick it, piss on it, or in some cases, hump it. It expands on the first game with new levels, new themes, and Steve to show that physics still mean nothing when against the rule of comedy. It gets addicting on how stupid this gets and the comedy is on point. This game is a very good improvement…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →it's cute, but it's not great. I'd recommend it if you're interested in a "lite" version of henry stickmin. It can be pretty funny, even if relying on piss and explosions as a basis for nearly everything. I'd still say it's worth a quick go of your time. I am actually more disappointed in the game than anything moreso because I was going in expecting a warioware-like and instead it's just more a compilation of choose your own sketches. It's still good as being that, but it wasn't what I thought…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I don't get this game. Not even fun and the sound is terrible. A single song plays in a loop very loudly.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →7/10 Henry Stickmin + Warioware madness
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →New Xbox Game Pass Games: - McPixel 3 - GTA V - Common’hood - Insurgency: Sandstorm - Exoprimal - Techtonica - The Cave https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2023/07/05/game-pass-july-2023-wave-1-announce/
neutral · AI labelView post →I don't know why would any sane person play this game more than 30 minutes. The entire game feels like a bad psychedelic trip where you are supposed to save yourself in a very specific scenario, but the ways you do that are a total mess. I get it, it was supposed to be funny, but to who, who is actually the targeted audience for such game? Maybe kids would like playing this, but If you're anything above middle school level you'll find this mess absolutely abysmal! 2/10
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Many games over the past decade have attempted to modernise the point-and-click adventure game, with many falling into the same pitfalls of obtuse puzzles, endless backtracking, and complexity for the sake of challenge. McPixel 3 takes all of this into account and turns the genre on its head. Obtuse puzzles aren't a problem when losing is fun. Trying the same stages over and over isn't a problem when they're measured in seconds, and levels start off complicated but simplify the more you…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →true political & social commentary
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →STEEEVE I absolutely enjoyed this game. I finished it in just one day, and not for a single minute did I feel bored or like I had to force myself to play in order to complete it 100%. Unfortunately, it went by way too fast, and suddenly, it was over. STEEEVE The game was insanely fun, and even though I expected the solutions to various situations to be bizarre, it still managed to surprise me every time by pushing things to the extreme. STEEEVE
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I mainly played this game because it has loads of achievements which is helpful for Xbox rewards but I still enjoyed playing through it 😀 Some of the gags are fantastic 😂 Completion #41 is McPixel 3 🎮💚
positive · AI labelView post →Live on a Sunday Rando Game Night McPixel 3 twitch.tv/dimitri
neutral · AI labelView post →The game is simply not for me, though I'm sure it is for others based on its steam reviews. The game feels like something I would have booted up in the computer lab when I was in 7th grade and had a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ blast with it. Nowadays though? I've lost my whimsy.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You click random things and hope it's what the devs intended.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Got a few chuckles out of me, but it's just too ugly to look at. Humor is all over the place, and the game is basically "click this to see what happens, then do it again until you click the right thing".
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Love games that let you use either a built in paint program or the game itself AS a paint program - McPixel 3 (2023) - I, Robot (1984)
neutral · AI labelView post →McPixel 3 is one of the few indie games that managed to keep me entertained for several hours, and I was able to finish it in a single day (playing from morning to night). This game offers various situations where you must either find the right solution or try out different options—which are always unique, humorous, but sometimes a bit more complicated. If you’re an achievement hunter, I recommend checking out the achievement called “Throw it all away” first and then playing that level.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Do you want more McPixel? This is more McPixel. ...no, seriously, if you don't know, play the earlier one. It's more! Of that! It's even good more, which is not always the case. But if you don't want more? It's more! Of that! You don't want that! Go get more of something you want more of! [JackieChanWTF.jpg]
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Played for about an hour and got everything I needed out of it. The basic premise of McPixel is straightforward. Every "level" is a series of "scenes", and within each scene is a bunch of interactions (or "gags" as the game calls them). Every interaction has some sort of outcome, some of which require you to string together multiple interactions to reach the intended result (e.g. throw the parachute out of a burning plane, jump out, then put on the parachute), with your main goal being to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →2nd best game of all time. Number one is McPixel 2 of course
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Lots of quirky fun, writing is varied and the scenarios are wild. Lots of inspiration from 80's and 90's television series and action movies.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →gave me a piss fetish :steam_happy:
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game is quite polished, has a lot of content, but just pisses me off and gets old quite fast. It's the same few gags over and over again, and to 100% it it's about clicking every combination. I think it would've been better if it's 50% shorter at least.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →tl;dr buy it on a sale if you like the original It's very forgettable. I bought it because I liked the original back in the day, though I'm not sure if I would if I played it now. There's barely any humor, just random gags over and over. The original game was quicker, while this one has various unskippable cutscenes (Steve, any level with a text intro) and more contrived solutions. Oh yeah, Steve, I think one of his gags made me chuckle, but overall they're the lamest in the entire game. On…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sos Sosowski is our national treasure and should be protected at all costs.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →McPixel 3, developed by Sos Sosowski and published by Devolver Digital, is the latest installment in a quirky puzzle series known for its fast-paced, absurd, and comedic gameplay. The game throws players into a whirlwind of chaotic scenarios where the goal is to “save the day” in the most ridiculous and unexpected ways possible. True to the series’ roots, McPixel 3 embraces slapstick humor and surreal situations, encouraging players to think quickly and experiment with the environment to solve…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Mr. Prixel 3 begins with one of the most unhinged intros you’ll ever see: a man calmly eats a bomb, then has to reconstruct it inside his body... only to sit on the toilet and poop it out. Moments later, he puts out a fire by flooding the house with pee. Yes, that’s really how it starts. The game is made up of short, chaotic levels, each with multiple possible endings. Your goal is to click around, experiment with objects and uncover every outcome to achieve 100% completion. Some endings are…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not for me. I guess I just don't get the humor so it comes off as boring to me.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Best game i swear
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Probably the strangest game I have ever played... But worth the price.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is the second best pixel game i've ever played
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →McPixel 3 is insane in the best way. You’re thrown into the weirdest situations, and figuring out how to solve them is half the fun (or failing hilariously). The jokes land hard, and the pixel art fits the vibe perfectly. Yeah, some puzzles are random as heck, but that’s what makes it awesome. If you’re into chaotic, funny, and totally unpredictable games, McPixel 3 is a must-play!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →henry stickmin game but just not up my alley
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