Games by Pixel Maniacs
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Mini Review Can't Drive This (Switch) - A Unique Co-Op Experience That Runs Out Of Gas Too Soon
It’s gonna be a bumpy ride
Backseat drivers are just the worst, aren’t they? Constantly berating you for your driving skills (or lack thereof, in their eyes), gripping their knees, and inhaling through their teeth at every speed bump and sharp turn. If you happen to be one of these people (and look, that’s okay, we’re all friends here), then...
Review ChromaGun (Switch eShop)
All the puzzles of the rainbow
Colours should be easy, right? Take one primary colour, mix it with another and a whole new one blends into existence. Easy peasy. But take that simple notion and leave it in the company of a clever, puzzle-minded indie studio and things start to get… well, complicated. Now those colours can be pumped from a gun -...
Latest Pixel Maniacs News
Thursday13th Nov 2025
News 'Chromagun 2' For Switch 2 Is About The Closest We're Getting To A New 'Portal'
Release date confirmed
Valve has been making headlines this week with its latest lineup of hardware, and rumours suggest that the company isn't done with the announcements just yet... Assuming for a moment that we're probably not going to get Half-Life 3 or Portal 3 anytime soon, however, we're quite happy with the news that Chromagun 2: Dye Hard...
Thursday4th Mar 2021
News Can't Drive This Is Co-op Racing Platformer, And It's Crashing Onto Switch This Month
Build your way to victory
Between couch co-op and online multiplayer, we're not lacking for choice when it comes to Switch multiplayer games – though we'd never say no to more. Looking to offer us both, developer Pixel Maniacs has just confirmed that Can't Drive This is coming to Switch on March 19th. Described as a "co
Thursday18th Jan 2018
Feature Shooting The Breeze With Chromagun Developer, Pixel Maniacs
"It’s a love-letter to Portal"
Chromagun is a first person puzzle game with more than a passing resemblance to Valve's much loved Portal games. Despite the immediate similarities, its developer hopes to impress with its own sense of witty humour and fiendishly clever colour based puzzles. With only three colours to choose from, it might seem that...
Tuesday9th Jan 2018
News ChromaGun Is Coming To Switch And It's A Portal To Colour-Changing Puzzle Action
Solving puzzles in a test lab, you say?
Okay, it's not hard to work out which game series serves an inspiration for the first-person puzzling of ChromaGun, but Pixel Maniacs' indie hit looks to be more than another Portal wannabe. The big central mechanic is your titular weapon, which can fire bursts of red, blue and yellow paint. It's all about...
