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Penny’s Big Breakaway cover art

Penny’s Big Breakaway

Evening Star · Private Division · 2024-02-21

SteamPlayStation StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 21, 2024 (Nintendo Switch), Feb 21, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 21, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Feb 21, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S)

Ready. Set. YO! - Join Penny & Yo-Yo in a kinetic 3D-platformer bursting with innovative gameplay! Showcase your catalog of tricks and chain impressive combos to deliver Penny & Yo-Yo's perfect breakout performance. Take the stage with this vibrant pair in Penny’s Big Breakaway.

1
playing now
80%
positive of 1.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
76/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
62/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Penny's Big Breakaway is a 2024 platform game developed by Evening Star and published by Private Division. It was released on February 21, 2024, for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S. The game was announced during a Nintendo Direct presentation which aired on June 21, 2023. The game follows Penny and her yo-yo, who must evade Emperor Eddie and his army of penguins after causing a stir.

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 27% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 26k–59k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,305 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$10.30-66%
Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $6.68 at eTail.Market (2026-05-21) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 90 of 155 observed days · $23.31 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

702026-08-11 23:00 — 7 players2026-08-12 15:00 — 6 players2026-08-13 06:00 — 3 players2026-08-13 22:00 — 7 players2026-08-14 14:00 — 4 players2026-08-15 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 22:00 — 7 players2026-08-16 14:00 — 5 players2026-08-17 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 21:00 — 3 players2026-08-18 13:00 — 4 players2026-08-19 05:00 — 3 players2026-08-19 21:00 — 6 players2026-08-20 13:00 — 5 players2026-08-21 04:00 — 4 players2026-08-21 20:00 — 7 players2026-08-22 12:00 — 5 players2026-08-23 04:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 19:00 — 5 players2026-08-24 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 03:00 — 3 players2026-08-25 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 11:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 03:00 — 3 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 5 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$6.732024-02-212026-08-272024-02-21 — best price $29.992024-03-28 — best price $29.992024-05-06 — best price $26.992024-06-07 — best price $17.222024-07-04 — best price $29.992024-07-27 — best price $26.992024-08-21 — best price $29.992024-09-24 — best price $26.992024-10-18 — best price $17.992024-11-09 — best price $26.992024-12-03 — best price $25.792024-12-22 — best price $17.992025-01-16 — best price $26.992025-03-15 — best price $19.792025-05-02 — best price $15.992025-05-22 — best price $26.992025-06-10 — best price $16.492025-06-28 — best price $14.672025-07-13 — best price $24.872025-08-16 — best price $14.752025-09-06 — best price $26.222025-09-30 — best price $14.692025-10-19 — best price $26.222025-11-08 — best price $29.992025-12-04 — best price $23.992025-12-23 — best price $14.992026-01-23 — best price $11.022026-02-25 — best price $11.092026-03-26 — best price $13.352026-04-17 — best price $25.192026-05-12 — best price $22.492026-06-02 — best price $27.842026-06-23 — best price $25.492026-07-16 — best price $29.992026-08-06 — best price $9.852026-08-27 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

195462026-05-29 — 95 pageviews2026-06-01 — 52 pageviews2026-06-04 — 60 pageviews2026-06-07 — 69 pageviews2026-06-10 — 80 pageviews2026-06-13 — 60 pageviews2026-06-16 — 68 pageviews2026-06-19 — 195 pageviews2026-06-22 — 84 pageviews2026-06-25 — 74 pageviews2026-06-28 — 67 pageviews2026-07-01 — 73 pageviews2026-07-04 — 67 pageviews2026-07-07 — 76 pageviews2026-07-10 — 80 pageviews2026-07-13 — 96 pageviews2026-07-16 — 97 pageviews2026-07-19 — 64 pageviews2026-07-22 — 68 pageviews2026-07-25 — 59 pageviews2026-07-28 — 54 pageviews2026-07-31 — 55 pageviews2026-08-03 — 122 pageviews2026-08-06 — 78 pageviews2026-08-09 — 61 pageviews2026-08-12 — 81 pageviews2026-08-15 — 102 pageviews2026-08-18 — 71 pageviews2026-08-21 — 77 pageviews2026-08-24 — 81 pageviews2026-08-26 — 69 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
73.6%
earned "Perfect Prologue"
17.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportGamepad RecommendedDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudSteam Leaderboards

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,9125%30

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

3DFunnyIndieCartoonColorfulAdventureControllerPlatformerTime AttackSingleplayer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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