Pizza Tower

“Pizza Tower's gameplay is a perfect blend of Wario Land's exploration and combat mechanics combined with Sonic's speed and momentum, creating a fast-paced, fluid platformer that is incredibly satisfying and rewarding to master.”

“Every level in Pizza Tower introduces unique mechanics, keeping the gameplay fresh and engaging while offering a high skill ceiling for players aiming for perfect ranks, making it endlessly replayable.”

“The gameplay is tight, responsive, and smooth, with a vast moveset for the protagonist that encourages experimentation and mastery, all enhanced by creative level design and a phenomenal soundtrack.”

“Pizza Tower is an exceptional 2D platformer, dripping with style and charm with fantastic graphics and animations paired with an absolutely stellar soundtrack.”

“From the delectable art style inspired by the cartoons of old, to the hilariously exaggerated yet thematically on-point character animations, to the absolute banger of a soundtrack that blesses your ears as you go on a mach-speed rampage through the various levels of the tower, this game truly has it all.”

“The game is insanely well made with some lovely tight controls and as I said earlier, beautiful sprite and artwork.”

“Pizza Tower is a wild, energetic platformer that immediately captures the player's attention with its frenetic gameplay, vibrant pixel art, and chaotic humor. What sets Pizza Tower apart is its distinctive sense of humor and personality. The game’s tone is playful, absurd, and often downright goofy, with exaggerated animations, funny sound effects, and a cast of bizarre characters that contribute to its charm. Peppino himself is a hilarious, expressive protagonist whose frantic movements and exaggerated reactions make the gameplay feel lively and entertaining. The levels often feature humorous visual gags, quirky enemy designs, and amusing boss battles that keep the experience fresh and unpredictable.”

“Pizza Tower is a perfectly crafted masterpiece of platform gaming; everything from visuals to sound to the momentum of Peppino's dash are all fine-tuned to a crystal clear sheen, with just the right amount of challenge for those wanting to stick around and 100% the game. The hilarious and deranged animations, the level gimmicks that never feel half-baked, and the absolute gift to humanity that is the soundtrack, all make this game unique. The humor is simply golden, filled with hysterical visual humor and witty dialogue that keeps players engaged and entertained.”

“The game has a goofy, funny art style and fun fast-paced gameplay, blending the best of 2D platforming with unique humor that sets it apart. It’s got an absolute banging soundtrack, a great sense of humor, amazing animation, and gameplay that is so satisfying and fun. The humor is spot on, inconsequential at worst and hilarious at best, with over-the-top expressions and visual gags. The gameplay, style, humor, music, and bosses are all fantastic and combine into an absolutely brilliant experience that delivers laughs, bewilderment, and slight eariness in some cases.”

“The plot to this game is nothing short of genuinely ridiculous, but that's what makes it so great, because the game doesn't stop to make jokes or gags about it, (well, the entire thing is already ridiculous enough so that you'll laugh at it, so the game doesn't even need to make jokes about it) it just throws you in with awesome music, insanely deranged but great animation, and a plot that while crazy, is basic and simple to follow, with our clear protagonist Peppino, and an evil villainous bastard Pizzaface.”

“Every element of it is great - the gameplay, the massive amount of beautifully expressive art, every single banger on the soundtrack, its easily lovable characters, and even its sweetly simple story of an anxious man on a mission to save his restaurant.”

“The basic story is short and sweet, about 20 stages long, but the game is oozing replayability and is clearly geared towards a speedrunning playstyle.”

“The replayability: this game has 72 achievements (plus 2 from the Halloween event), 3 secrets in every level, 1 tower secret treasure in every level, different rankings depending on how many points you got, a different ending if you beat it fast enough, and you unlock a whole new character when you beat the game, so it has great replay value.”

“This is my favorite game of all time right now and it's because of everything from the expressive and unique visuals to the infinitely replayable gameplay that offers so much to have fun with even after beating the game over and over.”

“Pizza tower also has a ton of replayability with challenges for even the most experienced players. The addition of the second lap during the escape section of each level makes for quite a challenge for most people. Also, the modding community adds plenty of mods that extend the game significantly, including additional laps, new clothes, animations, soundtracks, extra levels, and renewed animations after beating a level.”

“No grindy, repetitive achievements like 'do x thing y number of times' etc. Topping it all off, your achievements are showcased and tracked in trophy rooms in-game and there are rewards for collecting all of them.”

“A bit grindy sometimes.”

“You'll need a second life for grinding.”

“I laughed, I cried, I got just as anxious as our main character, and by the end of it I felt I learned lessons that will stick with me for the rest of my life.”

“"Pizza Tower" is the heartfelt story of an anxious, yet ambitious Italian man named Peppino trying to start up a business in a distant, unfamiliar country.”

“Perfect soundtrack, responsive, satisfying and fun to master gameplay, a surprising amount of content (every level has a different theme, tileset, enemies, and music track), somehow an emotionally powerful final boss (try not to spoil yourself if you haven't), and overall tons and tons of character and charm.”

“The sprite work for enemies, levels and especially the character designs are striking and iconic, the foes are distinct, with the ability to usually tell their abilities with a glance, and everyone is overflowing with character despite not saying a word, like in the case of Peppino and other characters.”

“The character designs are inventive, with pizza-themed protagonists and enemies that are both hilarious and endearing.”

“I love all of the character designs, they have so much personality.”

“This is a tight, excellently-paced game with more than enough gameplay variance, and a ton of nuance and optimization inside an approachable, easy-to-pick-up moveset.”

“Amazingly optimized and runs on older/low end computers.”

“The simplicity of the controls masks a surprisingly deep and versatile moveset that always has room for personal improvement and optimization.”

“The atmosphere is incredible, with the MS Paint style being incredibly cohesive throughout the game and the music being banger after banger.”

“And the most important part of the game is the awesome soundtrack that constantly conveys the atmosphere of the level, and the "it's pizza time" soundtrack always builds up the pressure and drives the player faster out of the level.”

“Pizza Tower is a good example of a game that draws its inspiration from a whole host of references, from Sonic CD in the soundtrack to Wario Land 4 in the gameplay, but which dominates with its originality in gameplay, its highly diversified soundtrack, its highly refined art direction, and its wacky atmosphere.”

“Runs great on Steam Deck.”

“Super cool, great graphics, great mechanics, secret moves, and almost no glitches.”

“Not too buggy, still some problems being worked on, for example, some clothes lag the game, but it is nothing game breaking.”

“In a gaming landscape dominated by microtransactions, live service games, season passes, and games that capitalize on the fear of missing out, Pizza Tower stands out for simply being a good ass game.”