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Penny’s Big Breakaway

80% positive · 1,290 Steam reviews · released Feb 21, 2024 · by Evening Star

Adventure3D PlatformerPlatformerColorful3DThird PersonFamily FriendlyFunny

What it likely sold — estimate, stated as a range on purpose

Lifetime units: ~34,056 (P10–P90: 13,622 – 74,923)

Gross revenue: ~$837,498 ($334,990 – $1,842,491)

Estimate, method v1.0 — before Steam's ~30% share, refunds and VAT. The band means: we'd be surprised if the truth sat outside it. How we estimate

Player voice — measured shares of Steam thumbs, never a model

Gameplay & mechanics76% positive · 134 mentions
“i saw the review stats of this game and i feel i need to leave a review this game is amazing the fluid control of the movement is super good and the artstyle is great 9/10”Recommended · Steam review · Feb 2026 · 3 h played
Visuals & audio73% positive · 113 mentions
“i saw the review stats of this game and i feel i need to leave a review this game is amazing the fluid control of the movement is super good and the artstyle is great 9/10”Recommended · Steam review · Feb 2026 · 3 h played
Controls & UI57% positive · 86 mentions
“The game is actually good if you spend more than 30 minutes learning the controls and actually engage with the moveset. Anybody calling it clunky is impatient or stupid. The bosses do kinda suck and the penguins are annoying. Overall I…”Recommended · Steam review · Mar 2026 · 11 h played
Performance & stability61% positive · 83 mentions
“I actually decided to play it without knowing of the overt connection to Sonic through the works of people like Christian Whitehead, Tee Lopes, Tyson Hesse etc. Not the biggest Mania fan but I can say I see a decent amount of sonic DNA in…”Recommended · Steam review · Dec 2025 · 11 h played
Story & writing63% positive · 62 mentions
“I actually decided to play it without knowing of the overt connection to Sonic through the works of people like Christian Whitehead, Tee Lopes, Tyson Hesse etc. Not the biggest Mania fan but I can say I see a decent amount of sonic DNA in…”Recommended · Steam review · Dec 2025 · 11 h played
Price & value77% positive · 30 mentions
“The movement starts off feeling clunky. You're barely rewarded for going fast, if you want high scores you're better off looping the same 2 tricks without moving forward to max out your combo. Clipping through or getting stuck in terrain…”Recommended · Steam review · Aug 2025 · 12 h played
Difficulty & balance83% positive · 24 mentions
“Most inventive and inspired 3D platformer in a long time, full of unique ideas and is very rewarding to play due to the high skill ceiling with the movement. The game has a lot of early 3D Sega energy when they were experimenting with many…”Recommended · Steam review · Feb 2025 · 7 h played
Content & longevity64% positive · 22 mentions
“The movement starts off feeling clunky. You're barely rewarded for going fast, if you want high scores you're better off looping the same 2 tricks without moving forward to max out your combo. Clipping through or getting stuck in terrain…”Recommended · Steam review · Aug 2025 · 12 h played

299 recent English reviews stored · topics keyword-matched · topics under 12 mentions stay hidden · methodology

Game DNA — store facts, community tag votes, labeled AI inference

Perspective

Third-person

Technology

3D

Art style

Cartoon

Mood & themes

Funny

How you play together

Single-player

Platform features

AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Cloud

Business model

Buy to play

Sources: Valve store fields · community tag votes · AI-inferred values are marked and drawn from a fixed vocabulary.

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