Adventure

The Pedestrian

Single Player

Critic · Metacritic

4.1

Users · RAWG

2020

Released

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📅 Release Info

Release DateJanuary 29, 2020

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🏷️ Game Details

Genres

AdventureIndiePuzzlePlatformer

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About this game

The Pedestrian is a 2.5D puzzle platformer that takes "puzzle platforming" literally. You play as The Pedestrian (aka the male bathroom symbol) who works in a restroom sign standing beside his Beloved (the female symbol). When she disappears, you must escape your day job and embark on a perilous journey where you progress by piecing the "sign world" back together in search of the one you love.

Pros & Cons

Pros

Sign-based world and panel rearrangement form the puzzle foundation.
Puzzles combine spatial planning, timing, and experimentation.
2D pedestrian movement contrasts with detailed 3D city backdrops.
Progress comes through connecting signs, testing routes, and completing solutions.
Mechanics arrive gradually before combining into more demanding puzzles.

Cons

Brief campaign with limited content for its asking price.
Some solutions require repeated experimentation before their routes become clear.
Later puzzles become more opaque as their solutions grow harder to identify.
Platforming sections have less precise controls than panel-based puzzles.

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