Whacky physics-based co-op platformer Esophaguys is now available on all major game consoles.
Esophaguys is now available for all major game consoles across Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, and PlayStation 5.
The PC release has seemingly been delayed, though its Steam listing is gone and the GOG / Epic Games Store store pages say coming soon. We’ve reached out to the developer for an update.
This “Tokyo Game Show 2024 Sense of Wonder Night” winner promises to keep you and/or your friends bursting with laughter during couch co-op gamenights thanks to a silly art style and absurd physics-based challenges.
“Esophaguys has been a labor of love for us over the past four years, and at times I thought it would never see the light,” said Peyton Blake, Esophaguys game designer in a press release. “The abundant laughter and heartfelt experiences at our showcases from San Francisco to Kyoto have encouraged us immensely. Esophaguys is the best co-op-neck-stretching, old-folk-flinging, jews-harp-plucking game in existence. I can guarantee it will make you smile alone, and have you howling with your friends. With great pride do we release it to the world.”
Here’s a rundown on the previously announced game:
You are the Esophaguys, old folks with elongating necks! Stretch, bite, and swing yourself around in 1-4 player guttural mayhem: co-op, competitive, and solo. Progress across each mode, reuniting and unlocking the garb of your lost kin.
Features
- Co-op Mode (2-4 players) – Stretch, bite, and swing together, traversing and solving puzzles as you search to reactivate the forgotten monuments of your diasporic people.
- Minigame Mode (2-4 players) – In team-based sports or free-for-all arena, compete, neck against neck, to determine who has the greatest gullet.
- Story Mode (1-4 players) – Accompanied by poignant narration, embark on a mythical journey to understand the past and shape the future. Will you uncover the true nature of the neck?
- Masochist Mode (1-4 players) – No land. No checkouts. Nothing but neck. Subject yourself to grueling challenges in a hellish atmosphere ripe for speedrunning.
- Hub World Progression – Reconstruct the ancient monument of your people as you progress through each mode, reuniting and unlocking the garb of your lost lengthy kin.
- Twanging Tones and Elderly Grunts – Lose yourself in a soundscape all its own. The first video game soundtrack dedicated to jews-harp music in a variety of strictly traditional and experimental styles. With painstaking adherence to centuries old tradition, only using instruments from their respective regions, classic twangs from Austria, Norway, India, Kyrgyzstan, the British Isles and America will delight your ears with every jugular jiggle. Accompanied with over 3000+ personally recorded mouth-originated SFX, prepare your cochleas to be tickled to the extreme.
