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HoPiKo
Developer Laser Dog
HoPiKo is an intense speed run platformer where you get to save gaming. Jump from platform to platform avoiding death, exploiting shortcuts and ripping through 100s of hand-crafted levels, each one dropped into a 5-stage mini run designed to break your mind! From the Steam store page
128 reactions from 2 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky) · newest Sep 28, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
72
Fresh
92 positive · 35 negative
95% range 64–79%
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| Steam reviews | 92 | 35 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
174 of 228 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Summary pending — the reactions are listed below.
Reactions
60 of 128 · most liked firstEverybody loves to shoot through barrel chains in Donkey Kong Country (yes you do; don't lie), but what if a game was based entirely upon doing just that—except really, really fast? Super Meat Boy fast? Faster than you can think, operating purely on gut instinct, responding from your prehistoric lizard brain to basic flashes of color and memories of pain? That would be exhausting. That would be exhilarating. That would be HoPiKo.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I can't recommend HoPiKo, mainly because of several contradictions in genre and execution. Allow me to explain. HoPiKo is a timing based puzzle platformer that punishes you for sitting still or trying to time your movements. Try to plan out your path through the insta-death filled level? Don't take longer than five seconds, or you'll be killed. Missed a timing sequence and have to wait for it to change? Better hope you're on the platform less than five seconds, or it will dissolve and you will…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hopiko is intense. That is by far the best way to describe it. It's minimalist graphical style coupled with its chiptune audio lend themselves to one another quite well creating intense and pulse pounding action. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=049Wn5KfaGE Textual Summary: There is little to expand on to HoPiKo. It's a intense minimalist platformer. You have 1 action and that is to jump, and it does that through many levels with increasing complexity. Each level being split up in 5…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I hate that I have to not recommend this, as the game, soundtrack, and levels are really excellent and it's one of the better games out there and a lot of fun...when it works. However, the actual control is probably the single worst setup I have ever seen in my life. The default control is already not great, since you're supposed to aim at platforms in a fast-paced way using the joystick, where it fires on release, leading to awkwardness in aiming which is highly sensitive to controller drift…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The fundamental motion in Hopiko is the hop. More specifically, it is a straight line. The gameplay is as simple as it gets. You hop from place to place. That’s it. You can’t stay on platforms too long, as they expire and kill you after a few seconds. The screen is littered with obstacles. It’s reminiscent of the Donkey Kong Country games’ barrel obstacle courses. Like some other modern indie games, it has a very short and intense gameplay loop: you die, you die, you die, but eventually you…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Well the controls are awful and if you mess up on one level you have to go back to the start of that entire collection of levels. Both of these are terrible flaws and unforgivable in this day and age. I'm sorry to say but this game really does seem like it's been programmed by programmers but not designed by designers.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You have only a little time to beat each level, in this time you have to jump from platform to platform ( in the correct direction, and at good timing :p ) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2h0EiUksT3w
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →controls need to be tweaked for a game this fast paced very sloppy
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hoop da whoop out of this game before it eats your time and soul.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →really fun until you have to start repeating the same few stages over and over because it only checkpoints every 5 stages. poor choice I say.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Brain hurt, very cool!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Super Fun! intense! definitely worth the money! played it with gamepad.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hi! My name's Sasha Zenko. I'm from Belarus. I am making hardcore letsplay videos handsfree (using only my chin). I have a program that allows me to assign keyboard controls to mouse movements. I play your game. It's very good. I like it. Watch me playing your game without hands here: https://youtu.be/MEJo2Qpd3eY…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Follow my Curator page, [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/41363546-Fruit-N-Doggie-Reviews/]Fruit N Doggie Reviews, so you can be updated whenever I post a new review. Overall Rating - Painfully Bad ★☆☆☆☆ First Impressions Hopiko (HP) has been in my inventory for too long, especially since it's supposed to be a game on the smaller side. Because I have the bad habit of adding more titles to my library, I thought I'd decrease my backlog at least a little bit. With it being out of my…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Creative game level design
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really fast, intense, and good gameplay.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Doesn't allow to change the language.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I remember when I first played this game on mobile. This game is fast and tricky to master, but with given time, you'll ace the level. The levels are good, but what I am not confortable is how easily it is to not align yourself to each platform. Overall, this is a fast and difficult platformer that you'll enjoy.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →⣿⣿⡻⠿⣳⠸⢿⡇⢇⣿⡧⢹⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⡐⣯⠁ ⠄⠄ ⠟⣛⣽⡳⠼⠄⠈⣷⡾⣥⣱⠃⠣⣿⣿⣿⣯⣭⠽⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⢢⠏⠄ ⠄ ⢠⡿⠶⣮⣝⣿⠄⠄⠈⡥⢭⣥⠅⢌⣽⣿⣻⢶⣭⡿⠿⠜⢿⣿⣿⡿⠁⠄⠄ ⠄⣼⣧⠤⢌⣭⡇⠄⠄⠄⠭⠭⠭⠯⠴⣚⣉⣛⡢⠭⠵⢶⣾⣦⡍⠁⠄⠄⠄⠄ ⠄⣿⣷⣯⣭⡷⠄⠄⢀⣀⠩⠍⢉⣛⣛⠫⢏⣈⣭⣥⣶⣶⣦⣭⣛⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄ ⢀⣿⣿⣿⡿⠃⢀⣴⣿⣿⣿⣎⢩⠌⣡⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣆⠄⠄⠄ ⢸⡿⢟⣽⠎⣰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⠄⠄ ⣰⠯⣾⢅⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡄⠄ ⢰⣄⡉⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠄ ⢯⣌⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠄ ⢸⣇⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠄ ⢸⣟⣧⡻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⡻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠄ ⠈⢹⡧⣿⣸⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠗⣈⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠄ ⠄⠘⢷⡳⣾⣷⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣾⣿⣿⢀⣶⣶⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⠄ ⠄⠄⠈⣵⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠄⠄ ⠄⠄⠄⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⠄⠄
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Quick Score: 5/5 Notes: Initially my only major gripe with the game was the default control scheme, but after I was reminded of the game several years after I initially played it I decided to try something. Basically, by default the controls are "aim" with analog stick, and "shoot" your character by releasing the stick. I figured out that if you use the "mode shift" function in steams controller config, you can temporarily disable the analog stick, which effectively sends a "release" signal…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a game with a cool concept and mechanics and I'd really like to love and recommand it but I just can't for one good reason: the controls are sh.it. Remember when you were little and using a rubber band as a slingshot? You put the rubber band on your left hand thumb and pull it with your right hand and when you want to fire, you release it. Fun but not really precise because when releasing the rubber band, you often move your left thumb and so you can't aim correctly. Frustrating right?…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cant even play the Game because I cant get past the Menu. This is known as a common Problem by the Developer in the Forum and no fix has come yet for MONTHS!!! So I cant recommend to People playing this Game until a Patch comes out. But its very unlikely. What a shame...
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →135. HoPiKo - another truly fantastic game from the Leeds based Laser Dog. Thankfully available on multiple systems. I just read they teamed up with @playstack.com a couple of years ago. Hope they’re thriving. They have rare talent.
unlabelledView post →control is weird. Visually annoying
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Original fast 2d plateform game, but the game is really hard, a pure die and retry ... Final Note : 12 / 20
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Couldve been a good game. concept is there but its ruined by painful graphics, annoying sound track, and 5 level save points so when you die on the last level in a "set" you have to do the whole thing over.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →HoPiKo is a console ported retro 2D pixel platformer with an ugly minimalist theme. The confounding part here is that the developers used high resolution graphics to render ugly pixels, kind of like hiring Gordon Ramsay to microwave a hot pocket for you. But you know, not a chef as good as Gordon Ramsay because if this game was food he'd swear at the developers. Anyway apart from the hideous graphics, crappy console control scheme, terrible gameplay, the game doesn't render properly, if…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Simply unplayable on PC. I've bought the game both on Android and iOS, and they are all perfect including the controls. The PC edition has much more animations, but that's it. Nothing extra. Well that's OK, but there's a mouse assist going on the game, which makes it unplayable. Horrible controls. You can't move the character everywhere, there are some fixed ways unlike the mobile versions.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The least tutorially tutorial ever found in a game and the sound track is akin to a Speccy 48k throwback. That said the concept is very good and the mechanics are solid, but that doesn't stop it from being hella frustrating as such sadomasochists only need apply. Insert <Git Gud> comments below.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →BEST GAME HOPICKO BEST
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really enjoying this game so far! Glad I decided to give it a chance. Love the art style, music and feedback after I beat a stage
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →How accurate is your controller? Not very.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a platformer, but there isn't really any jumping, and definitely no running. What you do is simply shoot yourself from platform to platform, either straight ahead (which is faster, but be careful of untimely death to mines) or in a direction of choice (which is slower). That's all there is to it. When it works, it works really well. The game sends you almost into a trance of high-speed hops and techno chiptunes. Understanding when you can safely jump straight will make it even faster, but…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A twitchy puzzle-platformer, where speed and precise analog stick control is key. The game is intense, loud and exciting. However, it also has lots of potential to be frustrating. The necessity to time and aim correctly with the constant pressure of time can get extremely annoying when you can nail the first 4 levels of a run yet the 5th and final one defeats you because you hesitated or you didn't flick the stick correctly and now you have to do the first 4 again with the same precision.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I played with a controller and this game is fantastic. 100% about mechanics! You must be VERY good with a controller to make some of these skill shots. It's fantastic to zip around each level at such a fast pace, especially when you squeeze through a tight space, it feels great! It introduces new mechanics quick enough to keep it interesting and it's really hard. I'm serious, this game is quite difficult and requires so much skill. I think my hands are sore, CASUAL MY ASS. On the Peppinion…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Well this seems like it could be a fun game, however unfortunately the mouse control is absolutely horrible.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Terrible mouse controls, and no way to adjust sensitivity
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →"Even if not every minute of HoPiKo is classic, I definitely think the game is worth playing. You can grab this new PC release or opt for one of the many other platforms it is available on, but don’t miss out. If nothing else, that soundtrack is worth the price of admission. " 8/10 Read the full review on Destructoid right [url=https://www.destructoid.com/review-hopiko-410045.phtml]here.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I like it. It reminds me of Super Meat Boy. I recommend this game if you like simple but challenging platformers. Sidenote: I played this game with a steam controller but apparently keyboard/mouse controls are horrible.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I think this would be a really fun game if it had proper mouse support, I guess they want you to use a controller. It's almost as if your mouse gets stuck in a corner and then you can only go full left or full right, making it impossible to make it to the next platform. PLEASE FIX!!! Will charge rating when fixed.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Take Donkey Kong Country's barrel blast level gameplay, kick it up a few notches, and place it within a very flamboyant (visually and acoustically) package - you'll more or less have HoPiKo. This game expects perfection and will fire you back to the beginning of a 5 level run at any point you fail, however the briefness of the levels themselves keeps this from feeling too much like a chore. The repetition, if experienced, is essential to keep ones skills ahead of the difficulty curve.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →really fun, worth it👍 best from the series.. Lol
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →HoPiKo, developed and published by Laser Dog, is a fast-paced, precision-driven platformer that tests both reflexes and timing, offering an intense experience for players who thrive on challenge. Released on Steam, the game combines retro-inspired visuals, addictive gameplay mechanics, and a high-energy soundtrack to create a memorable action platforming experience that appeals to fans of both classic and modern arcade games. Its focus on speed, skill, and perfect execution makes it a standout…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I am 32 years old. My ex-wife and I have a daughter together, and we adopted our son together. Both are now 4 years old. When we were going through our separation, I felt lost and unhappy. I was self-destructive. One day, I was so angry with everything spiraling out of control that I punched a concrete wall in a moment of overwhelming emotion. This resulted in breaking my fifth metacarpal in my right hand—the hand I worked with, played games with, and used to carry my children to bed—the hand…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fast paced puzzle solving game with pretty nice chiptune tracks that you unlock as you pass through levels. Game lacks options to turn down the volume of music and the controls can at times be slightly janky but overall it plays quite well.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Save the nintendo. Save the world.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →really fun, but I would wait for it to go on sale ngl
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fantastic music combined with great fast gameplay fitting for the OST pace. Insanely fun both casually and when you try to 100% it. It will require you some time getting used to it but once you do, it'll flow greatly. I have only one complain and it's from the completionist side. World 4 often felt inconsistent because of the snappy aiming, often making you aim somewhere you usually are not supposed to because when your aim snaps to the moving platform, it aims where the platform was when you…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is just bad. Grafix hurt your eyes, controls are meh, and the gameplay itself is extremely mediocore. The idea to be able to save every 5 levels is bad. Avoid this game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →HoPiKo is an action puzzle game based on speed and timing. A controller is recommended for play but I felt more comfortable and found more success with a mouse. You click and move your mouse in the direction you want to go to move between platforms. There are different types of platforms that do different things and the combination of them makes a level. There are 5 stages in a level that need to be beaten in one go, so if you die on the 5th stage you repeat the whole level. There are 5 worlds…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →bought it just for the soundtrack
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →https://youtu.be/uIGtqL46d-Q While a few more QoL options to smooth out the progression would be great, the core offering is incredibly strong. Players feel ownership for their mistakes, not cheated by the game, which is key.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I cannot recommend something so epileptic inducing and something I don't understand. The scoring system took me too long to understand. Yes, it is almost minimal in design. As someone that don't own a controller, playing with mouse is so awkward. Probably would've love it if it were less red, shaky, and if I own a controller.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The only game I died in 0.1 seconds on a TUTORIAL. I blinked. I missed it. Learned nothing. Had to retry. This seems to be a twitch runner with over-the-top-hyper-active visuals. You just have to fling yourself in the direction you're to go, die, repeat until you survive and can move on to the next set of 5. Die at any point on a set of 5 levels...restart them all. This game isn't big on planning, decisions, strategy... just GO! GO! GO! The trailer video does seem to be pretty…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very fun little game, fast, dynamic and satisfying, sound and visuals are also quite good :)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Mouse Controls are ridiculous, but the controller is tight. It is the only way to play this game right now.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have only played for a short while so far, but this is one of those games with a very fun mechanic (in this case being launching yourself from platform to platform) that gets added complexity and difficulty each level, making this a great challenge for anyone looking for an enjoyable and unique platformer, especially anyone looking for a new speedrunning and completion game on top. Add with that the charming visuals and well done chiptune soundtrack, and HoPiKo is a great little title no…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Positives : +Intense gameplay, +works great with a gamepad. +unique controls Negatives: -Have to do levels in groups of 5 if you die on level 5 have to go back to level 1 and repeat. To me this just feels tedious having to track through earlier levels to get another attempt at a trickier part later on.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Edit: The Developer changes make the game playable and it is indeed quite enjoyable, however it is reccomended overall that if you have a controller you use that. The control scheme for this game needs significant adjustments in order for it to work for keyboard and mouse. While the relative positioning scheme might indeed work quite well for a joystick there needs to be some absolute scheme so that you can just click in the direction that you want the character to travel rather than try for…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Its a nice game. It is pretty fast paced and energetic. It also has a really nice soundtrack.
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