Diving into an Unique Steam Demo: Controlling a Turdy Character on a Quest to Find the Toilet

Steam Next Fest is currently underway, and players have found a variety of engaging creations from small studios. However, one catches the eye for its unconventional concept. Called Unko Technica, this classic-feel side-scrolling game lets you play a hero that is literally a turd attempting to navigate to a toilet. In case you're wondering, "Unko" translates to "poop."

How you interact is straightforward: press a one button to leap. Throughout 150 stages, you'll face boss fights and access a shop to purchase customizations for your dung hero.

Execute your movements carefully, since one wrong move requires starting over. Leap on floating orbs to hurl your character higher, cross crumbling surfaces, and touch buttons to open hidden paths. Earn currency to purchase more difficult stages as things gets crazy.

Graphically, the game shows off neon level designs and a killer background music. The simple visual style of morphing geometric shapes evokes memories of fans of classic titles like Earthbound.

While it's tough to recall previous releases where you play as a coiled turd, video games frequently incorporated toilet humor. For instance, in Death Stranding, players make grenades from protagonist excrement. Examples include Palworld and Ark: Survival Evolved employ feces as soil enrichment. Naturally, such content shows up a lot in Obsidian's adventure The Stick of Truth.

Regardless of its goofy concept, Unko Technica has already earned notable awards, such as being named best at a major publisher's GYAAR Studio in 2023. This trial version is accessible at present on Steam, with the complete version scheduled to debut on computers this November.