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Papo & Yo
Quico’s best friend, Monster, is a huge beast with razor-sharp teeth, but that doesn’t scare Quico away from playing with him. That said, Monster does have a very dangerous problem: an addiction to poisonous frogs.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“good-looking game with an incredible soundtrack and puzzles with gimmicks that aren't super complicated, but really fun. i've always liked the writing and how the story is told through gameplay, the main message is so well delivered it makes you feel as if you were experiencing…”
— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played“Papo & Yo is a short but memorable puzzle-platformer that uses its surreal favela setting and the relationship between Quico and Monster to tell an unflinching autobiographical story about growing up with an alcoholic parent — the kind of narrative that sneaks up on you and hits…”
— a player, Steam review · 15 hrs played“some of the puzzle mechanics are neat but the monster sections are trash, didn't bother finishing it. no dying as such but fail states and annoyances aplenty. so as a game it already fails in the gameplay department, but the handling/presentation of an otherwise serious topic is…”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 11:57 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Papo & Yo - Mac and Linux ports now available!
Dear Steam Community, Since we first ported Papo & Yo to Mac and Linux on Humble Bundle, fans on Steam have been waiting patiently for it as well. We’d like to thank you for being such passionate fans
Papo & Yo - Mac and Linux ports now available!
Dear Steam Community, Since we first ported Papo & Yo to Mac and Linux on Humble Bundle, fans on Steam have been waiting patiently for it as well. We’d like to thank you for being such passionate fans
Regarding Papo & Yo for Mac and Linux
Dear Steam Community, Since the release of Papo & Yo on Playstation 3, back in 2012, we've often found ourselves coming back to it to draw inspiration for other games like Spirits of Spring (released
Regarding Papo & Yo for Mac and Linux
Dear Steam Community, Since the release of Papo & Yo on Playstation 3, back in 2012, we've often found ourselves coming back to it to draw inspiration for other games like Spirits of Spring (released
Welcome to our Steam Community Game Page!
Hi there! Minority Media here. At long last, Papo & Yo will be available for PC! We at Minority are super excited to announce that pre-orders will start on April 4. In the meantime, feel free to post
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Adventure, Casual, Indie |
| Player tags | 3D Platformer · Puzzle-Platformer · Indie · Adventure · Puzzle · Platformer · Singleplayer · Emotional · Story Rich · Short · Third Person · Surreal (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 10 |
| Estimated owners | 50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.weareminority.com/papo-yo/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7 Processor: 2.2 GHz dual core or better Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 6800GT, ATI Radeon X1800 or better DirectX®: 9.0c Hard Drive: 4 GB HD space Sound: Windows compatible sound card Additional: Game supports Multi-Monitor