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Citrouille

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72%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
Most mentioned negative aspects:music, story
80% User Score Based on 41 reviews

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About Citrouille

Citrouille is a single player arcade platformer game with fantasy, comedy and anime themes. It was developed by Plug In Digital and was released on November 4, 2018. It received positive reviews from players.

Citrouille is a modern spin on old arcade classics. Brave danger and cover the world with flowers using your magic ladders. Play alone, together or settle the score in versus to rediscover the challenge of the good old days.

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80%Audience ScoreBased on 41 reviews
gameplay6 positive mentions
music3 negative mentions
  • Adorable character design and charming, colorful cartoon-style graphics with smooth and expressive animations.
  • Unique and creative gameplay mechanic replacing traditional jumping with magical ladder placement, requiring strategic thinking and mastery.
  • Engaging single-screen arcade style levels combined with cooperative and competitive multiplayer modes that add replayability and social fun.
  • High difficulty curve with some frustrating and tricky levels, potentially discouraging for casual or less experienced players.
  • Short overall game length with limited content and replay value once the main campaign is completed.
  • Mixed quality in controls responsiveness and some imprecise hitboxes causing occasional gameplay unfairness or frustration.

  • gameplay

    25 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    24% positive mentions, 64% neutral mentions, 12% negative mentions

    Citrouille: Sweet Witches offers a unique twist on classic single-screen platformers by replacing jumping with a magical ladder mechanic, creating a distinctive movement and level-navigation experience. While the gameplay is initially simple and charming with engaging visuals and music, it gradually introduces challenging variations and spells that add depth, though some players find it lacks lasting complexity or replay value. Overall, it balances approachable mechanics with increasing difficulty, maintaining player interest through continuous new challenges despite minor areas for improvement.

    • “Sweet Witches is a colorful arcade-style platformer developed by Lumen Section and published by Plug In Digital that reimagines classic single-screen gameplay with a distinctive magical twist.”
    • “At first glance, its vibrant art style and adorable witch protagonists suggest a lighthearted experience, but beneath that charming exterior lies a tightly designed challenge-driven game that rewards careful planning, precise execution, and mastery of unconventional mechanics.”
    • “By replacing jumping with magical ladder mechanics, it establishes a distinctive movement system that reshapes how players approach level navigation.”
    • “The game is super basic, and that's fine for some games, but the game has to have solid mechanics for simplistic games to work well and I just don't feel like that's the case here.”
    • “The gameplay gets boring quick even though it took me around an hour to beat the game.”
    • “Gameplay was nothing special and same goes for the story.”

  • graphics

    18 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    39% positive mentions, 44% neutral mentions, 17% negative mentions

    The game's graphics are widely praised for their vibrant, cartoon-inspired art style and charming character design, which create a whimsical and appealing atmosphere. While some reviewers note the visuals as a key highlight, enhancing the overall experience, others mention that despite the attractive graphics, the game's difficulty and visibility in gameplay can sometimes detract from enjoyment. Overall, the graphics are considered a strong positive that visually distinguishes the game.

    • “At first glance, its vibrant art style and adorable witch protagonists suggest a lighthearted experience, but beneath that charming exterior lies a tightly designed challenge-driven game that rewards careful planning, precise execution, and mastery of unconventional mechanics.”
    • “And all this with incredibly beautiful graphics that please the eye from the first location to the last boss.”
    • “Citrouille is a great example of how you can make an attractive old school game without resorting to pixel graphics, operating old well-known brands, but simply making your game with love and respect for the player.”
    • “The graphics are a mixed bag.”
    • “I realize not every game can have the cleanest visuals, but it always pays to consider how easily the player can see what's going on.”
    • “Visually, the game embraces a bright, cartoon-inspired aesthetic that enhances its whimsical tone.”

  • music

    9 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    11% positive mentions, 56% neutral mentions, 33% negative mentions

    The music features an upbeat, energetic soundtrack that suits the gameplay but relies heavily on royalty-free tracks by Kevin MacLeod, which many users find detracts from the overall experience. While some appreciate the balance it provides, others feel the generic, stock nature of the music diminishes the game's atmosphere.

    • “Complementing the visuals is an upbeat soundtrack that maintains energy without overwhelming concentration, striking a balance between playful atmosphere and focused gameplay.”
    • “Also, the soundtracks are literally just royalty-free Kevin MacLeod songs, which I cannot overstate how awful the songs make the game feel to sit through.”
    • “This is an arcade style game with no scoring system or endless mode and weirdly unresponsive controls along with music that's all royalty free; the music for the cutscenes is literally Sneaky Snitch.”
    • “The music is public-use, unfortunately.”

  • story

    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    25% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 75% negative mentions

    The story mode is short and challenging but overall fairly standard and competent. It supports local cooperative play, allowing two players to share lives and coordinate movements. However, the narrative itself is not particularly remarkable.

    • “Local cooperative play allows two players to tackle the story mode together, sharing limited lives and coordinating their movements.”
    • “Gameplay was nothing special and the same goes for the story.”
    • “The story mode is short but challenging.”
    • “I haven't gotten through much of the story so far, but it seems competent enough.”

  • replayability

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    67% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 33% negative mentions

    The game’s replayability is boosted by its multiplayer, couch co-op, and versus modes, providing more engagement when playing with others; however, its short single-player experience limits overall replay value.

    • “Multiplayer modes significantly enhance the game’s replay value.”
    • “Also has couch co-op and versus modes which can add more replayability to the game if you have someone to play with.”
    • “Shame that it is so short and with almost no replayability value.”

  • atmosphere

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game's atmosphere is characterized by appealing visuals and a sweet, playful tone, enhanced by an upbeat soundtrack that energizes without distracting from gameplay.

    • “Complementing the visuals is an upbeat soundtrack that maintains energy without overwhelming concentration, striking a balance between playful atmosphere and focused gameplay.”
    • “The graphics are very nice and the atmosphere is sweet.”

  • character development

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The character development is highlighted by adorable design and smooth animation, enhancing the overall appeal and engagement with the characters.

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Citrouille is a arcade platformer game with fantasy, comedy and anime themes. Common tags for Citrouille include classic, indie, 2d, female protagonist, family friendly and others.

Citrouille is available on Nintendo Switch, PC and Windows.

Citrouille was released on November 4, 2018.

Citrouille was developed by Plug In Digital.

Citrouille has received positive reviews from players. Most players liked Citrouille for its gameplay but disliked it for its music.

Citrouille is a single player game with local co-op support.

Similar games include Tetris Effect: Connected, PixelJunk Eden, Strikey Sisters, MAIDEN & SPELL, The Bug Butcher and others.