

Pony Island is a suspense puzzle game in disguise. You are in limbo, trapped in a malevolent and malfunctioning arcade machine devised by the devil himself. It is not a game about ponies.
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Character
Plot-driven, formally daring, intimate and ironic.
- character-ledplot-driven
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
- earnestironic
- resolvedopen-ended
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About the game
- Platforms
- Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
- Developer
- Daniel Mullins Games
- Publisher
- Daniel Mullins Games
- Released
- January 4, 2016
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Side view, Text
- Engine
- Unity
- Time to beat
- 2.5 h rushed · 3.5 h main story · 4.5 h completionist
IGDB rating 8.4/10 from 153 ratings.
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