Puddle (video game)

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title: "Puddle (video game)" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["2012-video-games", "xbox-360-live-arcade-games", "playstation-3-games", "playstation-4-games", "playstation-network-games", "playstation-vita-games", "puzzle-platformers", "video-games-developed-in-france", "wii-u-eshop-games", "windows-games", "android-(operating-system)-games", "neko-entertainment-games", "macos-games", "linux-games", "single-player-video-games", "playdigious-games"] description: "2012 puzzle video game" topic_path: "technology/operating-systems" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puddle_(video_game)" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary 2012 puzzle video game ::

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Field	Value
title	Puddle
image	[[File:Puddle (video game) cover.jpg
caption	Xbox Live cover art
developer	Neko Entertainment
publisher	Konami
Neko Entertainment (Wii U)
Playdigious (Android, iOS)
platforms	PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii U, PlayStation Vita,
Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Android, PlayStation 4
released	PlayStation Network
Xbox Live Arcade
January 25, 2012
PlayStation Vita
Nintendo eShop
Windows
October 18, 2012 (GOG.com)
November 9, 2012 (Steam)
January 17, 2013 (Desura)
PlayStation 4

| | genre | Puzzle-platform | | modes | Single-player | ::

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|genre = Puzzle-platform |modes = Single-player Puddle is a puzzle-platform game developed by Neko Entertainment and published by Konami for PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 and Xbox 360. The game was also self-published by Neko Entertainment for Wii U, and for the PC through Steam, GOG.com, and Desura. The game cost around £6.99 on steam and other platforms.

Gameplay

In the game, the player must guide a puddle of fluid to its target destination by tilting the scene, not by moving the fluid itself, similar to Nintendo's WiiWare game Fluidity. They must work with physics: friction, momentum, and the unique properties of each type of fluid and environment to send as much of each puddle past such obstacles as fires, rifts, spills and others, through environments like pipes, plants, laboratories, a human body, a sewer, a rocket, a foundry and a power station. The experience is physics based, making the fluid motion realistic. The game allows the players to be a liquid like Nitroglycerin, and they need to guide it to a certain point. Nitroglycerin tends to explode, so the players must learn to carefully guide it. The game has 49 levels, 2 difficulties (extreme and normal), leaderboards and medals.

Development

The game was first presented at the Independent Gaming Festival at GDC 2010, winning a Student Showcase prize.

Reception

| GR = 74.14% (PS Vita), 69.70% (Xbox 360), 69.75% (PS3), 70.58% (Wii U) | MC = 77/100 (PS Vita), 68/100 (Xbox 360), 71/100 (PS3), 70/100 (Wii U) | PCGUS = 80/100 Puddle received generally positive reviews from game critics. Rick Lane of PC Gamer gave the game an 80/100 score.

References

References

1. "Puddle+ • Playdigious".
2. (1 February 2012). "Konami Announces Puddle Now Available For PlayStation Network". Konami News Blog.
3. (27 January 2012). "Konami Announces Puddle Now Available for Xbox Live® Arcade". Konami News Blog.
4. (20 September 2012). "Neko Entertainment Bringing Puddle to Wii U". Nintendo Life.
5. Whitehead, Thomas. (2012-11-29). "Nintendo Download: 30th November 2012 (Europe) - Wii U Edition". Nintendo Life.
6. "パドル | Wii U | 任天堂".
7. "Game Profile". Konami Digital Entertainment.
8. "The 14th Annual Independent games Festival - Puddle". UBM TechWeb.
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16. "Puddle for Wii U Reviews". [[Metacritic]].
17. Lane, Rick. (6 February 2013). "Puddle review". [[PC Gamer]].

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