Pepper Grinder
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Pepper Grinder Trailers
Pepper Grinder | Launch Trailer
Pepper Grinder - Release Date Trailer - Nintendo Switch
Pepper Grinder | Start Grinding March 28 on Steam & Nintendo Switch
Critic Reviews for Pepper Grinder
Chug through the earth and navigate ingenious levels in this terrific platformer.
Pepper Grinder does a good job of making players feel like their skills are progressing as they play through the game. It does sometimes feel like a grind, but there are enjoyable aspects to Pepper's adventure that should be tried. The drilling as a travel tool is neat, and the boss monster's designs and fights are entertaining, but the fun seems to fizzle out a little too quickly. Still, despite this and the game's sometimes frustrating controls, Ahr Ech set out to create something a bit different. And while some aspects come up short, some players will find things worth drilling through to discover.
Five hours of fun, frantic platforming that's unwieldy and all the better for it.
A short but sweet slice of propulsive platforming action, Pepper Grinder is all driller and no filler.
Even if some of the boss battles and tougher platforming sections made me want to cry and the relatively short run-time had me done with Pepper’s adventure quicker than I’d like, Pepper Grinder is one of the most entertaining 2D platformers in recent memory and one that pushes its unique selling point to the limit. Pepper Grinder is drill-y good.
The epitome of short but sweet, that is both a clever tribute to Drill Dozer and Ecco The Dolphin and a welcome alternative to bloated and overlong modern epics.
Pepper Grinder is an innovative indie experience, packed with tense battles, fluid platforming, and eye-catching visual design. While its short runtime left me wanting more, I'm happy with what it is: a bright action platformer that's anything but a grind.
Pepper Grinder is a brief but frenzied platformer that finds myriad ways to build around its inventive central hook.
