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Pratfall
Developer Quad Head
A co-op game for 1-6+ players where you fall, dig, and explode your way down a dangerous cave system to find your lost dog. Catch your friends and watch your step on this journey full of traps, hazards, and the most deadly force of all: gravity. Will you jump into the unknown to rescue your dog? From the Steam store page
331 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy) · newest Nov 4, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
84
LovedLoved
229 positive · 43 negative
95% range 79–88%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 229 | 43 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 15 | 3 | 39 |
| Lemmy * | 1 | 0 | 1 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
1,112 of 1,248 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
85% recommend · 201 yes, 36 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 237 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (3,161 of 3,510 positive).
Some players note the game lacks polish, has performance issues, and offers limited content after completion. [1][2][3]
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Representative posts
- [1]
This game is a great party game and to be honest a great solo game, but in my opinion it needs to be optimized a lot better for lower end computers. To my knowledge, zones don't unload once you switch between levels and that causes a lot of poor frame issues that render the game unplayable. If there were better optimization to the game then I'd recommend it but as of right now I can't even play this game past the …
- [14]
It's literally bizarro Peak with Deeprock Galactic style digging. You will find a friend and you WILL enjoy accidently murdering each other on the way to find your pupper. Hell you might lose a friend, that's why I play with my brother he's stuck with me. I threw too many glowsticks at him causing his death that I was told to unbind the key. I LOVE PLAYING IN THE DARK!
- [4]
Absolutely wonderful game ! I genuinely have not laughed this hard in a long time There were multiple moments where I was crying from laughter and somehow every round managed to top the last one The physics are chaotic, the gameplay is easy to pick up and the sheer amount of nonsense that can happen keeps every run feeling fresh The more friends you have playing the better it gets Half the fun comes from watching …
- [5]
Played this last night with my friend and we love it!. Its like Peak but instead of going up..you dig!. Theres traps, danger and more to explore!. My friend was like "Feels like Muppets but Mining for there lost dog!". He was right!. This game is so much fun with what you can do and what you can see. It's a team co-op game to either kill your friends, save them or work together to save your lost dog from the park. …
- [6]
With friends the game is fun, and it is not difficult. Would definitely recommend playing with other people.
Summarised from 34 of the 288 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
85% of the 237 Steam reviewers we collected recommend Pratfall. The complaint that keeps coming up: performance issues on lower-end computers. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
Reactions
60 of 331 · most liked firstThis game is a great party game and to be honest a great solo game, but in my opinion it needs to be optimized a lot better for lower end computers. To my knowledge, zones don't unload once you switch between levels and that causes a lot of poor frame issues that render the game unplayable. If there were better optimization to the game then I'd recommend it but as of right now I can't even play this game past the second zone.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I wanted to enjoy this game, but it's just a mix of Deep Rock Galactic and Peak. It lacks any interesting gameplay mechanics, the movement is very slippery like you're constantly on an ice level, and it feels like nothing more than a rinse, repeat, buy cosmetics thing. No real unlocks other than cosmetics, no real gameplay progression other than more difficult runs of the same thing. It's too barebones and lacks any real substance yet. As it is, I just can't get into it. Hoping someday it gets…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Don't let this game fool you. It is NOT co-op. It is a free for all deathmatch. Revive your victims and kill them again for extra toxicity.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's literally bizarro Peak with Deeprock Galactic style digging. You will find a friend and you WILL enjoy accidently murdering each other on the way to find your pupper. Hell you might lose a friend, that's why I play with my brother he's stuck with me. I threw too many glowsticks at him causing his death that I was told to unbind the key. I LOVE PLAYING IN THE DARK!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i enjoy bombing people but please GOD replace the royalty free music i am tired of kevin macleod in my ear
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Featured game: Pratfall store.steampowered.com/app/4244510/...
neutral · AI labelView post →Peak, but you're descending instead and the digging/cave systems strongly resemble Deep Rock Galactic's. It's generally more approachable for people who don't like shooters. There's also multple ways to revive players, which means this is surprisingly forgiving compared to Peak, etc. You can also tweak the gameplay to your liking. Pretty easy to recommend.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Played this with friends. We went into a cave to find a dog. So far we've found gravity, explosives and several creative ways to kill each other. Still no damn dog. 10/10 search and rescue team.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a good 4-person game if you like Peak. It's like Peak but doesn't absolutely require teamwork. I hope the developers will give the option to remove the spin that affects the character after the character gets hit by a monster. The demo was one of the only games that my friend with severe motion sickness can play, but the spin caused by a monster attack is causing him to get sick and stop the game. Just having the option to disable it would be very helpful.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There's no denying the comparison of PEAK to Pratfall, this game is essentially inverted PEAK with moving downwards through cave terrains and (so far as of writing) three biomes to traverse through to the dog. Both first-person traversal with procedurally generated biomes. The core issue for me personally is that this gameplay loop falls flat quick. Instead of managing weight system, backpack, stamina, navigating against the terrain and biome region, it mostly and entirely revolves around just…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun friendslop! Digging and falling, the opposite of peak. Quite fun. 9/10.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →not really anything to do after you beat the game, fun for the first time but its just not a lot of fameplay
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you think you might enjoy walking through three caves past two enemies before slipping off jagged geometry in the dark, Pratfall could be for you The trailer is very honest and covers a vast majority of the content. The game's core feature (descending) creates dynamics that are fundamentally different from the biggest comparison, Peak. When I fall down in Peak, somebody has to backtrack to save me. When I fall in Pratfall, it's just an errand on the trip the bottom. There are no heroic…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pretty simple climbing game, but this time about climbing down. Like peak with a lot less effort put into it. Not a big variety of items, possibly stock assets, royalty free music. It's "friendslop" - you're meant to play it with a couple people for a few hours, have some goofy things happen, save the dog, and forget all about it. There's new game+ and custom modes if you want to do more, but my game lagged horribly when I tuned up the custom mode, so I'm not sure if it works all that well.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →B-side gaming zine #11 (news - indie - open-source - homebrew, fantasy console humor). ## Welcome It has been about three months, and another issue is ready. This issue focuses a bit on fantasy consoles with a small article explaining what they are and 10 fantasy console game recommendations. Of course, there's a lot of news about new indie games, open-source projects, and homebrew. A top 10 and a new top game per type: paid indie, open-source, homebrew, and demake. I hope you enjoy…
neutral · AI labelView post →Fun game if you have friends. Wish there was lobbies. Because their discord has no players on, so you wont really be able to find people to play with.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is a lot of fun when played with a friend or two. Highly recommend it. It's alongside games like Peak and and RV There Yet.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Absolutely wonderful game ! I genuinely have not laughed this hard in a long time There were multiple moments where I was crying from laughter and somehow every round managed to top the last one The physics are chaotic, the gameplay is easy to pick up and the sheer amount of nonsense that can happen keeps every run feeling fresh The more friends you have playing the better it gets Half the fun comes from watching everyone else fail in the most spectacular ways possible while…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have a horrible addiction. An addiction to brutally murder maxxing my friends, they all hate me now. If you want to be alone forever then buy this game and horrifically murder all your friends when they are just trying to dig
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →We're going to the bottom of a hole and going back to a game I didn't think we were going back to! Pratfall, then Mario Kart 8 Deluxe today at 3 PM CDT! Twitch: twitch.tv/TomFawkes YouTube: youtube.com/live/0BtMA20...
neutral · AI labelView post →Between this version, the demo and the playtest version I have probably 60+ hours in a game that's only been out a month and a half or so - if you like peak but wish there were more ways to sabotage/kill your friends then you're in luck. (Thankfully you can revive each other) I have cried laughing so many times from this game I was the first review on the demo and I'm going to be an early strong recommendation for the fun version of the game as well 😊
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Played this last night with my friend and we love it!. Its like Peak but instead of going up..you dig!. Theres traps, danger and more to explore!. My friend was like "Feels like Muppets but Mining for there lost dog!". He was right!. This game is so much fun with what you can do and what you can see. It's a team co-op game to either kill your friends, save them or work together to save your lost dog from the park. We had fun with the items and worked together to try to rescue the dog. Besides…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →another day another indie game dev thinking "oh we only used 1% genAI code in our game but we don't need to disclose any of that on our steam page, also we use it to write marketing emails lol" really living up to the definition of a Pratfall on that one
negative · AI labelView post →New Pratfall beta update is live! A new Custom Game Mode is now available on the experimental branch! Try it out & let us know what breaks: store.steampowered.com/news/app/424... #indiegame #gamedev #indiedev #pratfall #screenshotsaturday
neutral · AI labelView post →I hit my friends with glowsticks and watch them fall down a black abyss, 10/10 game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Going live soon to hang out for a bit before trying a new game - Pratfall! I hope y’all are having a great night~ twitch.tv/therealgayme...
neutral · AI labelView post →Good game! Anything to save my waffles (the dog) I like the single player mode specifically because it's fun, alone in the cave but not completely alone?, raging then laughing at the same time. Love it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →🎁 We’re giving away 10 Steam keys: Post a GIF of your playthrough with #pratfall, tag a friend, and wishlist the game. ⏰ Winners: April 20, 9:00 CEST Last chance to play the demo before it’s removed on Monday! 👉Details: store.steampowered.com/news/app/424... #indiegame #gamedev #godot
neutral · AI labelView post →With friends the game is fun, and it is not difficult. Would definitely recommend playing with other people.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A lot of reviews aptly sum this game up as Deep Rock Galactic with the progression style of Peak. I would disagree that it’s an exact mash-up of these two things. Pratfall seems much more centric to the idea of ragebaiting your friends by setting off items or throwing things at your friends muppet style heads. Hearing the substantial thunk, and then seeing them ragdoll through the air is hilarious. We tend to spend the first half hour of our sessions just goofing off above ground doing this.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/548430/Deep_Rock_Galactic/]Deep Rock Galactic (DRG) for elves (streamers). Quite literally the same systems from DRG, if not the same code at a superficial level. Instead of a rock solid foundation of picking a kit and shooting bugs however, the gameplay loop is 100% dedicated - in its full, integral entirety - to the most boring part of DRG; slipping downwards in the dark towards an objective while evading the fall damage. The "added spice" is your…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game manages to emulate the beautiful intricacies of life; striking the balance between murdering your friends and convincing them to rez you so you can murder them a second (fifth) time.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →if you want to kill your friends with explosives many times this is the game for you. very fun and very replayable unlike some other friendslop games. Its basically the opposite of peak, but its super fun and has more to do and has a better premise imo. This game is very peak.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cute little game, cross-over of digging in Deep Rock and climbing on Peak, but just down
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It is a fun game to play with friends. But it needs a lot of polish. I only recommend this game if you have a party of friends to play with you.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →TODAY 7PM BST! Demon Donothon Day 5: Crowd control Pratfall! I brought the gang together (@marshle1.bsky.social, @skawtzilla.bsky.social, @countwidget.bsky.social) and YOU get to cause chaos by using your bits to make things happen in game! Make one of us dig down? Spawn bombs on us? and more!
neutral · AI labelView post →I was going to stream Star Fox tonight but my delivery is delayed, so I think I will just relax and enjoy the game on my own this evening after it arrives. I’m sorry all! I’ll be back on Saturday trying out a goofy looking game called Pratfall. ☺️
neutral · AI labelView post →simple concept that turns into hours of goofy fun and you can tell they love their game. great job devs
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →We're in popular upcoming 🤌 Heck yes! So excited for people to play the whole thing soon! #Pratfall
positive · AI labelView post →I can play PEAK for hours and even in the most brutal climbs, I'll still be having a fun time. I play Pratfall for hours and I am actively upset and miserable with how needlessly, unfairly punishing it is.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There's an item in pratfall that makes your voice go deeper when you eat it. So what happens if your voice is already deep and then eat it...? 🤔 Game: Pratfall (w/Mouse and Michi) #vtuberen #vtuber #vtuberclips
neutral · AI labelView post →Pratfall game is a 4-player co-op physics cave crawler from Quad Head. $7.99 on Steam, 95% positive reviews. Proximity voice, solo mode, procedural caves. #indiegames #coop
neutral · AI labelView post →Schedule! LOTS OF DIGGING THIS WEEK! Tue: Pratfall with Abelhost and Bonssuli! Another digging game ⛏️ Thu: Finishing Trine 3 with Gabriel and Tsalop! Fri: Keep Digging with fintubers! VERSION 2 IS OUT! ⛏️ Sun: Submachine Legacy continues after a long time! 🔗: www.twitch.tv/thedivis
neutral · AI labelView post →Pratfall does not have a fishing minigame :(( #pratfall #indiegame #gaming #videogames #fishing #fishingminigame
negative · AI labelView post →Very fun. You would think its just a simple digging game but I find myself just casually digging and enjoying myself. Fun with friends. One thing I hate. And I mean HATE! Is when a bat is buggy and spawn inside the ground. And you can't break the ground fast enough before it sends you flying. Ending all the progress you made. Edit: Anyone else keeps getting DC'ed once you and your team reaches 1000 m or higher?
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not nearly as good as Peak. My 3 biggest issues were that fall damage was really inconsistent, a food that stuns you is really annoying, and having to end each biome by digging 100+ meters straight through rock horizontally was really boring.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this is the buggiest, laggiest, least optimized, most vibe coded game I've ever played. 70% of the time we were playing my friends couldn't even see the ground and were just floating in the void unable to move, and the other 30% we were experiencing frame drops. Our computers should NOT be anywhere NEAR lagging on this trash. The only thing being mined in this game is bitcoin.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Much like Peak its a great game to play with friends. A lot more funny moments. Gather the boys and start digging.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is very fun however i did encounter something though i don't know if it's a bug or not. I died but had a beach bomb in my inventory and it exploded on a revive statue and revived me. i don't know if it is a bug or not however it was a lot of fun and enjoyed every moment of it
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →with how this game twists and turns you'll feel like a real prat but be careful or you'll fall Maybe we're all just a prat waiting to fall
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What a great cucumber. better with friends, it's fun. But your dog isnt espace like that!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Love the game so far, had many laughs with my friends in the short time we have played. BUT the real star was the quick technical help from the dev team on Discord, the game wouldn't get past the menu and I reached out on the discord and Tim got back to me very quickly and worked with me and got it working!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really Fun! Scratches the same itch as peak while having enough unique intricacies and mechancis to feel fresh and exciting to learn. my only complaint would be that revival statues should revive the player that has been dead the longest, not a random player. And thats a really small complaint!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i am a dwarf and im digging a hole, diggy doggy hole
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It is reverse Peak and that makes it so much better
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hello friends!! Tonight we are playing Pratfall for Girl Game Night! See you there at 7:30pmEST! twitch.tv/madam_dm #twitch #affiliate #pratfall
neutral · AI labelView post →---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☐ Good ☑ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☑ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☑ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☑ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☑ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☑ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☐ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Finishing up the lil' sketchum redeems from yesterday and hosting the final giveaway for this milestone! Stop by and enter for a chance to win a community game! Winners choice of PEAK, Pratfall or Meccha Chameleons! www.twitch.tv/echochips #echostreamalert
neutral · AI labelView post →[TONIGHT - 8:30 PM CST] Hope y'all are ready for another community night! We'll be doing another Pratfall session! I'm very determined to clear a run of that game! Members are welcome to join! Additionally, I'll be hosting a drawpile! Feel free to swing by and draw something! 📝 #vtuber
neutral · AI labelView post →This game definitely should of been worked on more before release or not released at all. Honestly the concept didn't seem that good to me, but DAMN!!!! the execution was god awful; it just feels like they didn't properly playtest enough and just rushed it out to be done with it, leaving it in an unoptimized buggy mess. I would recommend this if you want to play something on April 1st.
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