From Press Release:
Lombardy, Italy, August 17 2026 – It’s time for an epic intergalactic adventure of true love, collapsing realities, and… Pachinko?! Splatchinko is an inventive combination of Pachinko, turn-based strategy, and rogue-like elements, and comes to Steam later this year. In a universe that’s full of planet-filled galaxies and perfectly placed pegs, a story of star-crossed lovers awaits…
You see, universe-devouring cosmic entities get lonely too, so you’ve got the super important job of Pachinko-ing your way through the galaxy to reunify these two lost lovers and try to avoid leaving a trail of ruin behind you. Of course, as a universe-devouring cosmic entity, that’s really hard, especially when there are so many pegs to slam your eyeballs into, so we’ll just consider it collateral damage, don’t worry.
Speaking of eyeballs, in Splatchinko, they make up your primary form of attack! Launch them, upgrade them, smash them into pegs that make up chaotic pachinko-style boards; we won’t judge. A quick tip, though, someone told us that the more pegs you make contact with, the more devastating the damage dealt to any cosmic entity, planet, or galaxy that stands in your way…
Key Features:
- Collect and upgrade 100+ eyes with 70+ mutations to discover new effects that alter bouncing physics, damage, and abilities, building ever-new ocular combos!
- Pachinko-style combat where you hit pegs to deal damage, trigger huge explosive damage, and chain together abilities to discover synergies.
- A cosmos that’s never the same twice, each run sees you face new boards, planets, boss fights, and third-contact encounters…
- 7 characters boasting unique playstyles with powerful mutations to unlock after uniting with your lost love.
- A story of love that transcends galaxies and universes, how far will one cosmic horror go to save the one it loves?
Splatchinko brings explosive eyeballs and interplanetary pachinko to Steam later this year, but the updated demo is available now as part of the Steam Pins & Pegs Fest! Wishlist the game now ahead of launch, and keep up with the latest development news on Stupidi Pixel’s Instagram and website, or by visiting the Stratos Publishing Instagram and website.
Useful Links
- Official Site: https://www.stupidipixel.com/
- Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3802500/Splatchinko/
About Stupidi Pixel:
Stupidi Pixel is an indie studio based in Milan, founded by Fabio Taurisano, a tech artist and developer who is building Splatchinko as a solo dev: design, code, pixel art and animation, music. The studio’s motto: “if we didn’t have stupid ideas, we wouldn’t have fun games.”
Its track record includes Death Noodle Delivery, a cyberpunk remake of Paperboy released on Steam, the prototype Dr. HackDream, and several projects born from game jams.
About Stratos Publishing:
Stratos is the Italian hub that supports indie studios from development to launch and beyond. It exists because good games fail for reasons that have nothing to do with quality. Selection combines data and people, with a proprietary data analysis tool narrowing the field before the team works directly with the studio. Everything a studio needs to reach players then sits in one place: financing against clear milestones, QA, marketing and PR, porting, localisation, and a dedicated project manager who stays on the project after release. Stratos operates under Tied Company S.r.l.
