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Secret Ponchos
Secret Ponchos is a highly competitive PvP fighting game set in a stylish Spaghetti Western universe. The unique, fast-paced gameplay in 3v3 battles creates an environment where PvP skills will be put to the test every match.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-08-31 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
70 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Secret Ponchos is a top-down shooter that looks great, plays great, and has a nice multiplayer. The game has 4 characters in total in the current version of the game with only a few maps to play in, a practice mode, and…”
“Secret Ponchos is an extremely fun and engageing game with its own unique style of gameplay and charm. While it may seem like a MOBA, secret ponchos is more akin to a fighting game, requiring the player to rely more on…”
“+Good game with good gameplay. +Good anti-peak system, it's competitive, has great skins and I think it's fun with friends, but I don't have any. - No scoreboard in game, you need to finish a game to see your scoreboard…”
28 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Secret Ponchos is a top-down shooter that looks great, plays great, and has a nice multiplayer. The game has 4 characters in total in the current version of the game with only a few maps to play in, a practice mode, and…”
“You Just Come Try and Shoot Me...Pardner. And, you'll probably succeed, but, whether you drop me or I drop you, or Ghin drops all of us simultaneously, you will have a lot of fun. Let's get down to brass tacks for a…”
“Secret Ponchos is a shooter / fighting games, very successful! There are 10 characters, each with different characteristics, and based on this, you have to choose the strategy to win! The game is fun in single and…”
19 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“You Just Come Try and Shoot Me...Pardner. And, you'll probably succeed, but, whether you drop me or I drop you, or Ghin drops all of us simultaneously, you will have a lot of fun. Let's get down to brass tacks for a…”
“1st hour on this game: Hm, seems pretty cool. 2nd hour on this game: Found a character I really like to play. 3rd hour on this game: Discovered very high level mechanics. It seems there's quite a bit of depth to it that…”
“Guys, This game is easy to pick up and hard to master for those pros out there. What a new and fresh PVP game. Lots of different modes and flavors for everyone. I definately recommend this game to anyone that loves pvp.…”
18 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Secret Ponchos is a top-down shooter that looks great, plays great, and has a nice multiplayer. The game has 4 characters in total in the current version of the game with only a few maps to play in, a practice mode, and…”
“Secret Ponchos is an extremely fun and engageing game with its own unique style of gameplay and charm. While it may seem like a MOBA, secret ponchos is more akin to a fighting game, requiring the player to rely more on…”
“+Good game with good gameplay. +Good anti-peak system, it's competitive, has great skins and I think it's fun with friends, but I don't have any. - No scoreboard in game, you need to finish a game to see your scoreboard…”
16 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“You Just Come Try and Shoot Me...Pardner. And, you'll probably succeed, but, whether you drop me or I drop you, or Ghin drops all of us simultaneously, you will have a lot of fun. Let's get down to brass tacks for a…”
“Secret Ponchos is a shooter / fighting games, very successful! There are 10 characters, each with different characteristics, and based on this, you have to choose the strategy to win! The game is fun in single and…”
“Absolutely recommend this game. This game's visual style is magnificent but i have to say the music is just top notch. For an indie title like this the soundtracks have an incredible vibe to them and they surely live up…”
54 of the 103 reviews raise this · 25 of them still recommend the game.
“The game has a good and solid concept, but poor matchmaking and ranking system, lacks depth. It lacks more-casual game modes an has severe problems with connectivity when playing with friends: you simply cannot join a…”
“The game has a good and solid concept, but poor matchmaking and ranking system, lacks depth. It lacks more-casual game modes an has severe problems with connectivity when playing with friends: you simply cannot join a…”
“Has no regional matchmaking, no ranked matchmaking based on actual ranks, has no way to play 3v3 except ranked, horrible optimization, no mouse support in menus, cant create outlaw in lobby with friends, steam invites…”
39 of the 103 reviews raise this · 20 of them still recommend the game.
“Why make a game free to play so it can have a player base, when you can let it sit and rot, amirite :) DEAD GAME”
“They havent made this game free yet? Do they not understand how to market a an indie multiplayer only game. Its a good game but damn pointless since it has zero players.”
“Secret Ponchos is an incredibly fantastic and well-executed PVP arena game, but it pains me to see that game is dead. This game is rotting and for years, nothing was been done to circumvent that. No one should waste…”
14 of the 103 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“They havent made this game free yet? Do they not understand how to market a an indie multiplayer only game. Its a good game but damn pointless since it has zero players.”
“Secret Ponchos is an incredibly fantastic and well-executed PVP arena game, but it pains me to see that game is dead. This game is rotting and for years, nothing was been done to circumvent that. No one should waste…”
“Please don;t buy this, it's payer base left it five long years ago. Shame too, it was a fun game.”
13 of the 103 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“Secret Ponchos is an incredibly fantastic and well-executed PVP arena game, but it pains me to see that game is dead. This game is rotting and for years, nothing was been done to circumvent that. No one should waste…”
“DO NOT buy this game. It could have been an amazing piece. It was enjoyable, fun with nice art.. However, after some issues with connectivity and bugs after release, the devs just abandoned the game, saying that they…”
“Do Not BUY! This game is a scam at this point and simply going to steal your 15$. There is zero support for this game anymore, and the few that say there still is are lying. You will be wasting your time and money if…”
12 of the 103 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“The game has a good and solid concept, but poor matchmaking and ranking system, lacks depth. It lacks more-casual game modes an has severe problems with connectivity when playing with friends: you simply cannot join a…”
“Has no regional matchmaking, no ranked matchmaking based on actual ranks, has no way to play 3v3 except ranked, horrible optimization, no mouse support in menus, cant create outlaw in lobby with friends, steam invites…”
“+Good game with good gameplay. +Good anti-peak system, it's competitive, has great skins and I think it's fun with friends, but I don't have any. - No scoreboard in game, you need to finish a game to see your scoreboard…”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 70.8% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“This game was a lot of fun, but then just not enough people played it. Go Free to Play please! I'd like to play this again!”
— a player, Steam review · 15 hrs played“Spaghetti Western themed dramatic action-based multiplayer isometric quick-twitch shooter at it's finest. If you had an inner-self that wanted to enter a saloon all Clint Eastwood style and just show everyone who is the man then this game might interest you. This game is still…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“This game is dead. Nobody plays it & characters aren't balanced. Also, the devs have chat moderators who will ban you if you say anything negative about this game! Don't buy this game!”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Secret Ponchos DEV Stream
Come ring in the year of the switchblade monkey with the Devs of Secret Ponchos! www.twitch.tv/secretponchos
Patch 1.007
- Premade Friend splitting when searching fixed (when friends hit search together, often they were breaking up with the message "unable to join game full". We've fixed this, there are still a few othe
Patch 1.007
- Premade Friend splitting when searching fixed (when friends hit search together, often they were breaking up with the message "unable to join game full". We've fixed this, there are still a few othe
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Action, Indie |
| Player tags | Western · Action · Indie · Multiplayer · MOBA · Isometric · Shooter · Twin Stick Shooter · Fighting · Early Access · PvP · Adventure (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Multi-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Stats · Steam Leaderboards · Remote Play on TV · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 111 |
| Official site | http://www.secretponchos.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8 Processor: Intel Dual-Core 2.4 GHz or AMD Dual-Core Athlon 2.5 GHz Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 460GTX or AMD Radeon HD 6800 1GB equilavent or higher DirectX: Version 10 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 3 GB available space Sound Card: Direct X 10 sound device Additional Notes: Controller / Gamepad Supported : Sony PS4 Dual shock, Microsoft Xbox 360® Controller for Windows®. Keyboard/Mouse is supported.