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Pompom
You don't control Pompom the hamster’s movements, you control everything else. Lay down blocks, springs, cannons, umbrellas, use whips and alter the world, creating a safe path for Pompom to defeat the evil Captain Cat.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.
“Pompom is a great game that reminds me of super Mario world, Kirby, and earthbound. I first wanted to play this game with my controller, and soon found out that, it would be very difficult, so I unfortunately had to turn off my controller, and switch to mouse in order to play…”
— a player, Steam review · 25 hrs played“Criminally underrated!”
— a player, Steam review · 14 hrs playedLatest official news
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Your safety while playing our games is our top priority. We’ve been informed of a recent security vulnerability affecting Unity. Although no malicious activity has been detected in connection with thi
Update - March 21st
• Added 3rd chance difficulty option • Tunskull switches can’t be grabbed when in a bubble • French saving message visual bug fixed • Fixed bug where Captain Cat doesn’t say his pre-battle dialogue •
Update - March 16th
Change log: Honey Drip Hive fixed: Water item can now wash away honey as intended Swedish language (when selected at start of the game) now correctly switches to Swedish Soundblast Zone: speaker blast
Pompom: the great space rescue is out now!
It is launch day! https://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/40469584/5d04f15bc1bfd22ed39a23e16ea16d321cbd675c.gif Enjoy Pompom, a unique 2D platformer in which you don't co
Cart riding, springs and horn!
Pompom can ride an unstoppable Mine Cart through a long series of mine rails, no needs to be a monkey for that ! https://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/40469584/278a38fa
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Retro · Indie · 2D · Puzzle Platformer · Pixel Graphics · Cute · Side Scroller · Family Friendly · Singleplayer · Platformer · Action · Linear (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Full controller support · Gamepad Recommended · DualShock Controller Support · DualShock Controller Support · DualSense Controller Support · DualSense Controller Support · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French * , Italian * , German * , Spanish - Spain * , Japanese * , Korean * , Polish * , Portuguese - Brazil * , Russian * , Simplified Chinese * , Swedish * , Traditional Chinese * * |
| Controller | Full support |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7+ Processor: 1 GHz Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: videocard with 512Mo VRAM DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 3216 MB available space