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ActionAdventureIndieHorrorSingleplayerFree to PlayPuzzleFirst-Person

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Game description

You must stay alive in this horror/puzzle adventure. Try to survive the vengeful toys waiting for you in the abandoned toy factory. Use your GrabPack to hack electrical circuits or nab anything from afar. Explore the mysterious facility... and don't get caught.

Basic info

DeveloperMob Entertainment
PublisherMob Entertainment
PlatformsWindows
Steam DeckPlayable
Release dateOct 12, 2021
Price

Minimum specs

OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel Core i5
Memory8 GB
GraphicsNvidia GeForce GTX 1060 / Radeon RX 580
Storage20 GB
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Review Analysis Score

Based on 429 reviews from the past 1 year

85.5/ 100
Top 40%

Steam rating: Very Positive (88%)

Review analysis summary (Reviewed Oct 13, 2026)

127 reviews of Poppy Playtime, a chapter based horror game, praise its world and jumpscares, and it scores 85.5.

👍 Strengths

Story & World ranks 369th of 1096 and comes up in 70% of analyzed reviews. 103 reviews say they love it, and 67 praise the gripping story and narrative design of its early chapters. Visuals & Sound ranks 357th of 1249, and players say the graphics improve dramatically with each chapter. Some also welcome easier boss fights in later updates.

👎 Where it falls short

49 reviews call it buggy, with technical issues. Content Volume ranks 1014th of 1351: 30 find it very short and say new chapters cost a lot for the time they offer, and others object to a game split into paid chapters. 26 found a later boss fight boring, and the most upvoted says it has more puzzles than horror. Some also say the dialogue is clumsy and the story stretched. Tech & Support ranks 944th of 1399.

Representative reviews Original reviews ↗

“story, gameplay, and jumpscares are very well executed” · 127 reviews
“love it 10 out of 10 game” · 103 reviews
“Graphics improve dramatically each chapter, unbelievably great in chapters 3-4” · 47 reviews

How it holds up

−50+5

Controls, difficulty, progression and depth
Mentioned in 33% of reviews · Bottom 50% of the games we've analyzed

Difficulty +0.84 · How hard it is, how the challenge ramps, and whether it feels fair
Positive “hardcore game with good puzzle challenge” · 10 reviews
Negative “Chapter 4 boss fight boring, not scary, more puzzles than horror” · 26 reviews

Progression 1% · Onboarding 8% · Freedom 1% · Strategy 5% · Controls & feel 5%

Plot, characters and the world
Mentioned in 70% of reviews · Top 40% of the games we've analyzed

World +3.37 · Lore, atmosphere, and how immersive the setting is
Positive “story, gameplay, and jumpscares are very well executed” · 127 reviews
Negative “bright toy aesthetic with cartoon monsters doesn't work for horror atmosphere” · 5 reviews

Story 40% · Characters 12%

How much there is to do, variety and replay value
Mentioned in 23% of reviews · Bottom 30% of the games we've analyzed

Volume -0.85 · How much there is to play, including endgame, for the price
Negative “very short, new chapters are DLC with high prices for content time” · 30 reviews
Positive “chapter 1 gives good preview of future chapters” · 3 reviews

Variety 9% · Replayability 2%

Graphics, art style, music and sound
Mentioned in 23% of reviews · Top 30% of the games we've analyzed

Visuals +3.49 · Graphics, art style, and animation
Positive “Graphics improve dramatically each chapter, unbelievably great in chapters 3-4” · 47 reviews
Negative “Lilly love braids passage and Huggy/Kissy Missy animations poorly executed” · 2 reviews

Audio 5%

Playing with others, the community and servers

Not enough data — only 1% of reviews mention this.

Playing together +2.20 · Fun of playing with friends, teammates, or rivals

Community 0% · Servers & Connection 0%

Pricing, cheaters, balance and matchmaking
Mentioned in 11% of reviews · Top 50% of the games we've analyzed

Pricing -0.14 · Whether the price, DLC and microtransactions are reasonable, and how much paying gives you an edge
Negative “game split into chapters sold as DLC instead of complete product” · 21 reviews
Positive “good playtime to money spent ratio” · 2 reviews

Anti-cheat 0% · Balance 1% · Matchmaking 0%

Bugs, performance and developer support
Mentioned in 25% of reviews · Bottom 40% of the games we've analyzed

Stability -0.35 · Crashes, freezes, save loss, and game-breaking bugs
Negative “kind of buggy with technical issues” · 49 reviews
Positive “chapter 5 is almost bugless” · 2 reviews

Performance 6% · Developer support 6%

Grey means too few reviews mention it to trust. — means almost no reviews mention it.

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