Pony Island 2 Panda Circus: gallop out of hell in this phantasmagorical follow-up to 2016’s indie hit
Illustration: Daniel Mullins GamesView image in fullscreenBamboozling … Pony Island 2: Panda Circus. The game taunting you by “possessing” your Steam friends. Technical tricks of this nature may sound gimmicky in 2026, but they felt excitingly unorthodox a decade ago, when Pony Island came out to critical acclaim.Fans of Daniel Mullins, the celebrated indie developer of Inscryption, will be forgiven for forgetting that Pony Island 2: Panda Circus is in active development.
- ▪Illustration: Daniel Mullins GamesView image in fullscreenBamboozling … Pony Island 2: Panda Circus.
- ▪The game taunting you by “possessing” your Steam friends.
- ▪Technical tricks of this nature may sound gimmicky in 2026, but they felt excitingly unorthodox a decade ago, when Pony Island came out to critical acclaim.Fans of Daniel Mullins, the celebrated indie developer of Inscryption, will be forgi
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Bamboozling … Pony Island 2: Panda Circus. Illustration: Daniel Mullins GamesView image in fullscreenBamboozling … Pony Island 2: Panda Circus. Illustration: Daniel Mullins GamesSummer games previewsGamesPony Island 2 Panda Circus: gallop out of hell in this phantasmagorical follow-up to 2016’s indie hitDaniel Mullins explains how he plans to follow up his quirky classic without losing what made it stand out in the first placeIgnas VieversysFri 7 Aug 2026 05.00 EDTLast modified on Fri 7 Aug 2026 05.02 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleGlitchy aesthetics. Literally collapsing menu boxes. The game taunting you by “possessing” your Steam friends.
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