Unveiling a Unusual Steam Game Trial: Guiding a Piece of Feces in a Mission to Arrive at the Toilet
Steam Next Fest is now live, and gamers have found plenty of engaging independent titles. Yet, one catches the eye for its unconventional concept. Called Unko Technica, this old-school styled jumping adventure lets you play a protagonist that is literally a dung striving to travel to a commode. As a fun fact, "Unko" translates to "poop."
How you interact is easy to grasp: you only need a one button to leap. Throughout 150 stages, battle boss fights and access a market to buy skins for your dung hero.
Time your actions with caution, since one wrong move forces starting over. Leap using floating orbs to hurl yourself higher, cross disappearing ledges, and touch triggers to reveal hidden paths. Collect UN-KOINS and use them on more difficult levels in which the action gets crazy.
Visually, the demo features neon environments and an amazing soundtrack. Its minimalist art of shifting basic polygons evokes memories of gamers of beloved games like Earthbound.
Even though hard to name previous releases where you are a piece of feces, interactive entertainment often featured scatological themes. As an illustration, in Death Stranding, you can craft throwables from character waste. Examples include Palworld and Ark: Survival Evolved utilize dung as plant food. Naturally, such content appears a lot in the adventure The Stick of Truth.
Putting aside its humorous concept, Unko Technica has already received notable awards, such as winning at Bandai Namco's game competition in 2023. A playable preview is available now on Steam, with the complete version planned to arrive on PC on November 19.