Kiki

About Kiki

Kiki is a single player casual platformer game with a kids theme. It was developed by NipoBox and was released on April 8, 2024. It received negative reviews from players.

Put your platforming prowess to the test as you navigate vibrant 3D obstacle courses in first-person perspective! Kiki is a fast-paced action experience that’s laser-focused on precision platforming skills. Run and jump while dodging treacherous traps, collecting stars and trophies, finding keys to unlock gates and more, all set to a pumping chiptune soundtrack! There are 60 obstacle courses to m…

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Reviews

27%Audience ScoreBased on 665 reviews

music49 positive mentions

gameplay37 negative mentions

Enjoyable simple 3D platformer with bright, colorful visuals and a catchy chiptune soundtrack.
Easy to pick up and play; suitable for casual play and achievement hunting.
Runs well on low-end systems and is a neat distraction, especially when free or on sale.

Movement and jumping controls are inconsistent, often unresponsive, or delayed, causing frustration.
Level design is repetitive with excessive backtracking and copy-pasted sections, making gameplay tedious.
Hitboxes for obstacles are poorly aligned, leading to unfair deaths and reducing platforming precision.

gameplay
147 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
7% positive mentions, 68% neutral mentions, 25% negative mentions
The gameplay is widely criticized for unresponsive, inconsistent controls, clunky and imprecise jumping mechanics, and tedious, repetitive level design that lacks depth or meaningful new mechanics. While some players appreciate the colorful visuals and occasional fun moments from basic parkour elements, the overall experience is marred by frustrating hitboxes, slow pacing, lack of challenge variety, and limited movement options, making the gameplay feel shallow and unenjoyable for most.
- “The gameplay requires you to be precise with your inputs in order to avoid hitboxes, and if you do that, they work as intended. Additionally, the game has an air strafe mechanic that allows you to replicate bhop pathing, so while it doesn't work exactly like actual bhopping, it does make traversing the stages more fun.”
- “Kiki is a charming platformer with colourful visuals, fun movement mechanics, and relaxing exploration.”
- “Its simple style and enjoyable gameplay make it a pleasant casual experience.”
- “The gameplay is awfully slow; each death sends you all the way back to the start, which is extremely annoying when the map is pretty big and the player is slower than a snail.”
- “Broken hitboxes, awful jumping, and gameplay that feels like low effort AI junk.”
- “The controls are terrible, way too punishing hitboxes, the game has no soul or purpose, repetitive gameplay and lack of challenge, 0 replayability, do not pay for this game.”
music
124 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
40% positive mentions, 48% neutral mentions, 12% negative mentions
The game's chiptune soundtrack is frequently praised for its catchy and energetic vibe, often considered the highlight and main attraction despite repetitive looping and occasional abrupt silences. However, many players find the music becomes annoying or grating over time, exacerbated by limited track variety and placement that sometimes feels out of sync with gameplay. Overall, the music enhances the game's colorful aesthetic but may wear thin during extended play sessions.
- “The chiptune soundtrack really pushes the pace and makes every run feel fun.”
- “Its bright, almost toy-like visual style and energetic chiptune soundtrack immediately establish a lighthearted tone, suggesting something playful and accessible, even as the actual gameplay quickly reveals a much sharper edge.”
- “The colorful environments are clean and readable, ensuring that hazards are easy to spot even at high speeds, and the chiptune soundtrack reinforces the arcade sensibility with fast, rhythmic tracks that match the pace of play.”
- “Repetitive music playing the same 4 songs.”
- “The music is just 2-3 same music looping until end of time.”
- “The worst game I've ever played, and the soundtrack sounds like a guitar cover made by a 3-year-old.”
graphics
64 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
31% positive mentions, 60% neutral mentions, 9% negative mentions
The graphics received mixed feedback, with many praising the game's charming, colorful, and stylistic art style and pleasing visuals, while others criticized the simplistic, rudimentary, or even nauseating visuals and lack of graphical settings. Although the visuals often contributed to a cozy atmosphere and good mood, some found them uninspired, repetitive, or mismatched with the frustrating gameplay. Overall, the graphics are seen as one of the stronger aspects but not enough to compensate for mechanical and control issues.
- “Kiki is a charming platformer with colourful visuals, fun movement mechanics, and relaxing exploration.”
- “The art style is adorable and bursting with charm, while the animations bring the world to life in such a satisfying way.”
- “The visuals have so much charm, the vibe is cozy but still exciting, and the gameplay flows so well that you lose track of time without even realizing it.”
- “Half of the time the game doesn't register my jumps, the graphics are an eyesore, almost every single thing is a crappy neon color.”
- “The graphics are mid and the levels are all simply annoying to navigate with no checkpoints and instant death.”
- “As to the graphics I'm expecting a YouTube video in a week with a title 'How I made my game in 20 minutes in Blender with no experience to see how people react to it.' If you didn't notice it from the preview screenshots, the game looks so bad that if it was compared to a drawing made by you in MS Paint 3 years ago when you were still learning how to use a mouse, that painting would win over this game's artistic style.”
grinding
21 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
0% positive mentions, 14% neutral mentions, 86% negative mentions
The grinding aspect is widely criticized for being excessively tedious and repetitive, with long, backtracking-heavy levels that punish death by forcing players to redo monotonous tasks. Players find the level design uninspired and frustrating, with frequent key collection and copy-pasted segments leading to a boring and time-wasting experience rather than a challenging one. Overall, the game's pacing and repetitive mechanics make grinding feel more like a chore than enjoyable gameplay.
- “For nearly every key you need to collect to unlock doors to progress further, you’re forced to replay the same platforming segments multiple times, which quickly becomes tedious.”
- “I thought it was pretty cool at first, but honestly, the "harder" levels were just big waiting games with a lot of back-tracking with the same traps spammed everywhere, which made dying a lot more frustrating since you know you can do it but because it's constantly repeated it feels tedious waiting for you to make a mistake and restart everything.”
- “The game isn't really hard, just tedious and boring.”
story
16 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
13% positive mentions, 56% neutral mentions, 31% negative mentions
The game lacks a traditional story, featuring no narrative or unique plot elements beyond basic level progression. Players note repetitive level design and absence of meaningful storytelling, making it feel more like background gameplay than a story-driven experience.
- “It also has 'chapters' when there is no actual story.”
- “I don't actually know the full story on this developer so I won't comment further.”
- “This is a game that you would see playing in the background of a story video.”
- “It also has 'chapters' but there is no actual story.”
- “No story, no unique mechanic, only thing you do here is jump but it feels very unresponsive; stage design is just a bunch of narrow hallways with many gaps and saws near the edge of platforms, no hidden paths to find, no alternative paths that feel different, everything looks the same, just different colors on different "levels".”
stability
14 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions
The game suffers from frequent bugs and glitches, including issues with item handling, lag spikes, broken hitboxes, and control responsiveness. These stability problems hinder gameplay, sometimes causing the game to freeze or become unplayable after alt-tabbing or completing levels. Overall, the game is considered unstable and frustrating by many users.
- “Third, grabbing, tossing, and using items (such as the blue key on level 10) is somewhat buggy, so don't do it too quickly or you can throw the item out of bounds.”
- “The random lag spikes and the fact that the controls are buggy at best makes this a dog crap game I wouldn't recommend getting free.”
- “My only complaint is that after finishing a level set or alt-tabbing, the controls stop working altogether because the game freezes.”
optimization
7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
14% positive mentions, 29% neutral mentions, 57% negative mentions
The game suffers from poor optimization, leading to severe performance issues such as stuttering, input lag, and even system shutdowns. Bugs and lack of smooth platforming mechanics further detract from the experience, making it frustrating and unreliable on PC.
- “PC performance is good.”
- “This game is horribly optimized, causing my system to shut down three times within 30 minutes.”
- “There are so many bugs, and the performance is so bad that it feels like a bitcoin miner trojan.”
- “At worst, it is frustrating due to input lag, occasional stuttering, and poor performance.”
emotional
6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions
The emotional experience is mixed, with some users finding the game wholesome and satisfying, while others feel it causes frustration and emotional strain due to strict mechanics and repetitive gameplay. Overall, it evokes both warmth and challenge-induced stress.
- “Emotional and gripping experience that truly captivates the player.”
- “Kiki is fun, wholesome, and incredibly satisfying, creating a positive emotional atmosphere.”
- “It’s free, sure — but I’m paying in emotional damage, showing the game's strong emotional impact.”
humor
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions
The game's humor shines through its amusing physics, quirky jump mechanics, and comically oversized map with duplicated obstacles. Additionally, the unexpected features like floating platform movements and a reset progress button without confirmation add to the comedic charm. Overall, the humor is playful and enhances the game’s entertainment value.
- “Insanely hilarious jump mechanism.”
- “Unnecessarily huge ash map with funny duplicated obstacles.”
- “Funny floating platform movements.”
atmosphere
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
75% positive mentions, 25% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions
The game's atmosphere is praised for its immersive and perfectly matched visuals that create a charming, relaxing, yet energizing environment. The art style and upbeat mood effectively draw players in, complementing the engaging gameplay.
- “Each track matches the environment perfectly, creating an atmosphere that's both relaxing and energizing at the same time.”
- “Its charming art style and upbeat atmosphere pull you in, while the gameplay keeps you hooked with just the right amount of challenge.”
- “Atmospheric and immersive.”
replayability
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions
Players find the game lacks replayability due to repetitive gameplay, poor controls, and unbalanced difficulty, resulting in a frustrating experience with little motivation to continue playing.
- “Repetitive gameplay and lack of challenge, 0 replayability.”
- “Tldr; the controls are bad, way too punishing hitboxes, game has no soul or purpose, repetitive gameplay and lack of challenge.”
- “Do not pay for this game due to its lack of replayability.”
monetization
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
0% positive mentions, 50% neutral mentions, 50% negative mentions
The monetization is criticized for relying on slow platform cycles that hinder the gameplay, making the emphasis on "agility and quick reflexes" feel ironic due to frequent waiting periods.