Penny's Big Breakaway is an adventure developed by Evening Star, released 21 February 2024 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Penny's Big Breakaway is
Penny's Big Breakaway is an adventure game developed by Evening Star and released in 2024. It was published by Private Division. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Star Engine.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Penny is a street performer with big dreams; she has her own spin on what it takes to be a star! When Eddie the Emperor calls for new Palace Court Performers, Penny gets herself tangled in an audition she’ll never forget. A strange encounter with a Cosmic String transforms Penny’s Yo-Yo into a living creature with an appetite for snacks— and mayhem! Use Yo-Yo to help Penny clear her name, outrun the Emperor’s penguin army, and unravel the mystery of the Cosmic String.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Penny's Big Breakaway holds a critic score of 76 out of 100. That places it above 54% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2024 averaged 76, so it scored about average for its year.
What it launched against
Penny's Big Breakaway launched on 21 February 2024, within three weeks of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Balatro, Helldivers 2 and Persona 3 Reload. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Balatro, Helldivers 2, Persona 3 Reload.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Penny's Big Breakaway yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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