Карточка игры / ROGUE BY ROGUEPogo Rogue
Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийBounce to the top in this skill based, roguelite action-platformer! Collect powerful items, pick unique weapons, and fight off a variety of enemies while navigating around with a fun, difficult, and unique movement system. Are you up for the challenge?
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Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийA free, student-made 2D roguelite action-platformer where you ascend a factory by constantly bouncing on a pogo stick, using procedurally generated weapons, passives and active items.
Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийPogo Rogue is a small, free Windows-only game from Bounce Back Games, made by University of Utah Division of Games students. It has a Very Positive Steam rating (196 positive of 213 reviews, about 92%). Players praise the tight, skill-based pogo movement, the addictive one-more-run loop and the fact that it costs nothing. The main friction is a steep learning curve for the movement and early difficulty, plus modest content length. It left Early Access in November 2024 with a final content drop, and the team said most members had moved on, so only occasional bug fixes were expected. Community discussion is sparse and there are no critic reviews, so the picture rests mostly on a few hundred Steam reviews and forum posts.
Что хвалят игроки
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийThe pogo-stick movement system is distinctive and, once learned, feels natural and very satisfying (wall jumping and speedrunning get specific mention)
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийAddictive one-more-run loop; several reviewers say they lost hours unexpectedly
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийVariety of weapons, passive items, active items and synergy items keeps runs different thanks to procedural generation
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийBosses are singled out as a highlight by long-time players (one reviewer with several hundred hours)
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийFree to play, and reviewers say the quality is well above what a free student game should be
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийRuns well on low-end hardware, Linux via Proton and Steam Deck; tiny install (around 100MB, i3 and 4GB RAM minimum)
Что критикуют игроки
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийSteep, unforgiving early difficulty; one reviewer dropped after many deaths following only two boss kills
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийMovement takes a long time to learn before it clicks, and the tutorial does not fully explain it
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийSome players get stuck on level-navigation obstacles (for example a reviewer who could not work out how to get past a metal ceiling in the first area) and leave a negative review
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийReports of bugs on the Steam forum: a solid-box hive item breaking, and the Constructus enemy leaving its arena
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийOccasional lag spikes reported on Steam Deck despite generally good performance
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийWindows only on Steam (no native Mac or Linux build)
Отличительные особенности
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийEntire movement is built around a constantly bouncing pogo stick, which makes it closer to a precision platformer than a typical combat-first roguelite
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийSkill-based difficulty: player execution matters more than build luck
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийSynergy items that combine active items, with free switching between a synergy item and its components
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийHub area with NPCs such as Pogosmith and a Traveling Salesman, plus unlockable characters
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийFactory setting and a student-team pedigree from the University of Utah Division of Games
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийFree release with no monetization
Спорные моменты
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийDifficulty: some find it a rewarding skill curve, others bounce off early
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийContent amount: praised for depth by high-hour players but called a little short by others
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийSteam Deck performance: several praise it, one recent review reports lag spikes
Повторы и неудобства
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийDying repeatedly while learning the movement before the game starts to feel fun
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийHitting a difficulty wall at the boss stage after the early areas
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийConfusing early-level navigation without clear guidance
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийEarly Access-era difficulty was high enough that the developers removed bats from area 1 and raised starting health in October 2024 patches
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийBugs with certain item interactions
Ожидаемые улучшения
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийBetter onboarding and tutorials for the pogo movement and first-area obstacles
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийControl scheme options and more rebinding and controller-related settings were requested on the forum
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийAbility to swap active items, requested by players
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийMore content: at least one reviewer calls it a little short
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийBalance fixes for exploits; a forum thread discusses a game-breaking strategy
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийContinued bug-fix support, since active development ended with the full release
Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийEarly Access launched in April 2024, with major content updates on Oct 9, 12, 18 and 23, 2024 (new items, weapons, NPCs, characters, hub, balance changes and achievements). Full 1.0 release was on Nov 20, 2024, adding 8 passives, 4 weapons and 2 bosses. The developers stated the game is a free student project, most of the team had moved on, and future updates would be limited. The last visible forum post was June 2025, and Steam reviews continue to trickle in into 2026, so the game has a small, still-active audience. No critic coverage was found, Metacritic has a page with no critic score and too few user ratings, and there is no OpenCritic entry found. Sales data is not applicable because the game is free (SteamSpy estimates 0 to 20,000 owners). Research limitation: the web search budget was exhausted, so no Reddit or outlet reviews were found and Reddit could not be fetched; the picture relies on Steam store, reviews, forum and announcements.
Источники сообщества
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийTop helpful positive and negative English Steam reviews for Pogo Rogue (local file) ↗
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийSteam appid 2870280 metadata: developer, release date, 92% Very Positive, SteamSpy owners 0-20k, no Metacritic score ↗
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийSteam store page: description, student developer, tags, system requirements, review summary ↗
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийSteam community top-rated reviews: free price, movement, Steam Deck performance, a little short ↗
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийSteam forum topics: bugs, control requests, active-ability swapping, game-breaking strategy, title music ↗
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийDeveloper announcements and patch history from May to Nov 2024 incl. 1.0 release and team-moved-on note ↗
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийMetacritic page: exists, no critic score, user score pending (under 4 ratings) ↗
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийOpenCritic search: no entry found for Pogo Rogue ↗
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Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийTier list Part 3 (2025)
Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийPogo Rogue is a free action roguelike where you ride a pogo stick up through levels, using your weapon's recoil to propel yourself. He first played it in early access, found the precise controls too hard and the game too thin, and expected to give it a C. After replaying the full release he found it much more forgiving, with more roguelike content and a big hub. He places it in B tier as a small, charming game with a unique twist, and praises the developers for making it approachable.
Что хвалит автор
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийUnique pogo-stick climbing gimmick that defines the whole game
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийFull release is much more forgiving, with more room for mistakes (likely bigger levels and less annoying enemies)
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийMany weapons that feel very different because each gives different propulsion
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийAbilities (hat that shoots, jetpack, propeller) drastically change gameplay
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийAdded hub world with lots to do
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийFree to play, which he finds remarkable for the quality
Проблемы, отмеченные автором
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийControls are very precise and hard to get used to, even after the difficulty reduction
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийEarly access version was too hard and not enthralling enough
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийMany players will try it for a few minutes and drop it due to inherent pogo difficulty
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийHub world is slow to navigate on a pogo stick
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийVery small and simple overall
Наблюдения о дизайне
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийDownwell-inverted concept: shoot to propel yourself upward while damaging enemies below
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийGame relies heavily on its one main gimmick
- Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийDifficulty comes from the nature of the control mechanic rather than cheap design
Обновлённое мнение
Оригинальный текст · АнглийскийOriginally expected to give it C after early access; replaying the full release moved it up to B.
