Pool Panic is an adventure developed by Rekim Games, released 19 July 2018 on Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Pool Panic is
Pool Panic is an adventure game developed by Rekim Games and released in 2018. It was published by Adult Swim Games. It is available on Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Pool Panic is the world’s least realistic pool simulator. Play as a mischievous, and dare we say, oblivious cue ball in a giant game of pool that sprawls across a colorful cartoon overworld with more than 100 levels. Explore jungles, deserts, carnivals, cities and more while knocking around a peculiar cast of billiard balls, most of which won’t appreciate being pocketed.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, comedy and party. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.
How it was received
Pool Panic holds a critic score of 61 out of 100. That places it above 20% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2018 averaged 69, so it scored 8 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Pool Panic launched on 19 July 2018, within three weeks of Dead Cells, Octopath Traveler, Overcooked! 2 and Sonic Mania Plus. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 1 year into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Dead Cells, Octopath Traveler, Overcooked! 2, Sonic Mania Plus.
Official trailer
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