Linux · Mac · PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 3
3.32 from 208 ratings
1672 members have it in their collection · 12 playing now · 1081 backlogged · 85 wish listed
How long? Main story 3h · with extras 3h · 100% 6h (from 15 logged playthroughs)
Review MrSpanky 4/5 · Dec 15, 2019
More indie games like these are badly needed in a market flooded with mediocrity and repetition.
The core theme of family violence is handled with care and never feels forced or just an excuse to deliver a title that should be used as teaching material in modern classes.
There is maybe one single annoying puzzle.
Review Please...callmeYork 3/5 · Nov 16, 2018
Papo & Yo isn’t a perfect game. It is, however, a deeply personal game; one that was quite clearly crafted with love. It tells the story of a young boy journeying through a dreamlike favela, as well as his interactions with a young girl and a large monster that becomes fiery and enraged upon consuming frogs. The puzzles are simple …
Read morePapo & Yo isn’t a perfect game. It is, however, a deeply personal game; one that was quite clearly crafted with love. It tells the story of a young boy journeying through a dreamlike favela, as well as his interactions with a young girl and a large monster that becomes fiery and enraged upon consuming frogs. The puzzles are simple and intuitive, but rarely impressive – one that required stacking buildings into an enormous tower that could then be manipulated to bend around like a snake was memorable. The music was fantastic and the game is littered with enough little details that I felt compelled to continue. It can feel a little heavy-handed at times, but its story of addiction and abuse was also occasionally very moving.
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