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Awesome Pea

A precise, challenging, laser-focused platformer that lacks the joyful sense of movement, ingenuity and sheer generosity of its inspiration. Awesome Pea might emulate the look and feel of the Game Boy classics, but it lacks their soul.
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71%Game Brain Score
music, graphics
story, stability
85% User Score Based on 59 reviews
Critic Score 41%Based on 4 reviews

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Awesome Pea is a single player casual platformer game with a mystery theme. It was developed by PigeonDev and was released on September 19, 2018. It received neutral reviews from critics and positive reviews from players.

Help the greedy Pea to make his way through a string of levels filled with deadly traps and cute but dangerous enemies and collect all the coins to which he can only reach!

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85%
Audience ScoreBased on 59 reviews
music14 positive mentions
story3 negative mentions
  • Charming retro-inspired pixel art with a consistent Game Boy style and cute character design.
  • Engaging precision platformer gameplay with challenging levels that reward timing, patience, and mastery.
  • Catchy, energetic chiptune soundtrack that complements the nostalgic aesthetic.
  • Control issues including occasional unregistered jump inputs and floaty, imprecise movement affecting gameplay consistency.
  • Repetitive and limited level design with few environment types, leading to visual and gameplay monotony over time.
  • Lack of checkpoints and uneven difficulty spikes, causing frustration especially in longer vertical cave levels with repetitive hazards.
  • music
    26 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The music in this game is widely praised for its energetic, nostalgic chiptune soundtrack that pays homage to the early Game Boy era while appealing to modern players. Although some tracks receive mixed opinions, overall the retro-inspired music perfectly complements the platforming and enhances the classic 8-bit aesthetic. It stands out as a strong and fitting element, even if other aspects of the game divide opinion.

    • “It’s a love letter to the early Game Boy era, complete with a nostalgic visual filter and chiptune soundtrack, but it also modernizes the formula enough to make it accessible for contemporary players who crave quick, skill-based challenges.”
    • “The aesthetic consistency extends to the music as well; the retro chiptune soundtrack pulses with energy and rhythm, perfectly complementing the tight platforming.”
    • “With charming pixel art, catchy chiptune music, and challenging platforming levels, it feels like a love letter to classic 8-bit games.”
    • “The last level was by far the least interesting in the game and once it’s done there’s just a screen with some music playing.”
    • “While I thought the music was pretty decent, it definitely doesn’t fit with the game.”
    • “Well-designed platformer, has some issues, but high dynamic/gameboy style/music easily overwhelming this.”
  • graphics
    18 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game features a clean, nostalgic Game Boy–style aesthetic with a minimalist four-shade green pixel art that appeals to fans of retro platformers. While the graphics are simple and consistent, they effectively complement the tight, skill-focused gameplay and energetic chiptune soundtrack. Overall, the visuals deliver a charming, old-school vibe but lack the stylistic flair and complexity found in more prominent titles of the genre.

    • “It features a Game Boy-style aesthetic with a four-shade green pixel design, centered around a straightforward mechanic: players control a pea that runs, jumps (including a double-jump), and gathers coins throughout 25 to 30 challenging levels.”
    • “Atmosphere: the game successfully embraces a retro aesthetic, utilizing an authentic Game Boy Color palette that appeals to fans of the genre.”
    • “Controls are responsive, the graphics are sweet and deliver a cool retro Game Boy-like vibe.”
    • “The graphics are nostalgic, reminiscent of Mario Land, but very simple and basic.”
    • “The game features a Game Boy-style aesthetic with a four-shade green pixel design, which may feel overly minimal for some players.”
    • “The graphics are clean but very basic, offering little innovation beyond classic retro visuals.”
  • gameplay
    17 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Gameplay in Awesome Pea centers on precise momentum, timing, and platforming skills with clean jump and double-jump mechanics. While the game offers consistently engaging and well-paced challenges across its retro-styled 25 levels, it lacks new mechanics or depth and is occasionally hindered by clunky controls and glitches. Overall, it delivers a solid but familiar platforming experience reminiscent of classic Game Boy titles.

    • “Gameplay in Awesome Pea revolves around mastering momentum, timing, and precision.”
    • “The early stages ease players into the mechanics, introducing hazards one by one, but before long, the game ramps up in complexity.”
    • “It doesn’t rely on flashy visuals or narrative complexity to engage players; instead, it focuses entirely on the purity of its mechanics and the satisfaction of overcoming finely tuned challenges.”
    • “It presents a precision challenge with clean jump and double-jump mechanics that reward skilled play, although it suffers from clunky controller input and occasional glitches.”
    • “While Awesome Pea evokes nostalgia with its genuine game‑boy appearance, it struggles with gameplay depth.”
    • “It’s got some solid platforming gameplay, but it doesn't offer anything new.”
  • story
    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game features a minimalistic and charming premise but lacks any meaningful story or explanation behind the protagonist's quest. Players noted the absence of narrative development or context, even at the ending.

    • “I usually don’t care about stories (or lack thereof) in games too much, but I really wish there was any explanation about why you’re a pea on a mission to collect loads of coins.”
    • “There’s zero story here, even the ending doesn’t offer any kind of story.”
    • “There’s zero story here, even the ending doesn’t offer any kind of story.”
  • stability
    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game's stability is generally solid, offering precise jump mechanics that reward skillful play, though it is marred by some clunky controller input and occasional glitches such as issues with moving platforms and buggy walls. Despite these minor stability problems, the gameplay remains enjoyable and playable.

    • “It presents a precision challenge with clean jump and double-jump mechanics that reward skilled play, although it suffers from clunky controller input and occasional glitches.”
    • “Despite some annoying glitches, like walking over moving platforms causing you to stop moving on them and fall, the game is still fun.”
    • “Minor gripes include some walls around pipes that are a bit buggy and the fact that rotating platforms are indistinguishable from unrotating ones when they aren't moving.”
  • replayability
    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Replayability is moderate, primarily appealing to achievement hunters who can replay levels to collect all treasures. Adding leaderboards could further enhance replay value by fostering competition for better times and scores.

    • “There is some replay value if you’re an achievement hunter; every level has an achievement for collecting all of the treasure.”
    • “Including leaderboards would also add some replay value for people who are interested in competing with others to get better times or scores.”
  • emotional
    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Users express frustration with the game's inconsistent hitboxes and collision detection, noting unfair deaths from minimal contact with enemies and irregular platform interactions affecting jumps.

  • character development
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Character development is reflected more through design and environment than narrative depth, with cute, straightforward characters and classic level elements that emphasize clear visuals and challenging gameplay.

  • optimization
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game is well-optimized, running smoothly with responsive controls that are essential for its precision-based gameplay.

    • “On the technical side, Awesome Pea runs smoothly and maintains responsive controls—a crucial factor for a game that lives or dies by its precision.”
  • atmosphere
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game effectively creates a nostalgic atmosphere by embracing a retro aesthetic and using an authentic Game Boy Color palette, which strongly appeals to fans of classic handheld games.

    • “The game successfully embraces a retro aesthetic, utilizing an authentic Game Boy Color palette that appeals to fans of the genre.”
  • grinding
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Grinding in the game becomes repetitive and tedious after multiple repetitions, reducing overall enjoyment.

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Awesome Pea is a casual platformer game with mystery theme.

Awesome Pea is available on Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X|S, PC, PlayStation 5 and others.

Awesome Pea was released on September 19, 2018.

Awesome Pea was developed by PigeonDev.

Awesome Pea has received neutral reviews from players and neutral reviews from critics. Most players liked Awesome Pea for its music but disliked it for its story.

Awesome Pea is a single player game.

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