Exploring a Bizarre Steam Game Trial: Guiding a Piece of Feces on a Quest to Reach the Toilet

Steam Next Fest is currently underway, and players have discovered a variety of engaging creations from small studios. However, one catches the eye for its unconventional concept. Called Unko Technica, this old-school styled side-scrolling game includes a character that is literally a dung striving to travel to a restroom. In case you're wondering, "Unko" translates to "poop."

How you interact is simple: just use a jump control. Across one hundred fifty challenges, battle boss fights and access a market to buy skins for your fecal avatar.

Time your movements carefully, as a mistake requires starting over. Jump off floating orbs to propel your character upward, traverse crumbling platforms, and touch triggers to reveal hidden paths. Earn UN-KOINS to purchase more difficult game content where gameplay ramps up.

Visually, the demo features eye-catching stages and a killer background music. The simple graphics with moving geometric shapes may remind gamers of old favorites like Earthbound.

While it's tough to recall other games where you are a coiled turd, gaming frequently incorporated toilet humor. For instance, in Death Stranding, players craft grenades from protagonist excrement. Games like Palworld and Ark: Survival Evolved utilize feces as soil enrichment. And of course, such content shows up extensively in Obsidian's South Park RPG The Stick of Truth.

Putting aside its humorous concept, Unko Technica has already garnered significant accolades, like taking top honors at Bandai Namco's indie contest in 2023. This trial version is available now on Steam, with the complete version scheduled to arrive on PC this November.