Press kit | Catch the Pickle

Game	Catch the Pickle
Developer	Little Guys and Friends Studio, Melbourne, Australia
Release date	1 December 2026
Platform	PC (Windows) through Steam
Price	To be announced
Genre	Party, action, casual. Pixel art, tag, multiplayer
Players	Single-player campaign; one to four on one keyboard; online rooms for up to eight
Controls	Keyboard (five keys per player, rebindable)
Languages	English
Website	catchthepickle.com
Contact	a direct message on Instagram (an email address will be here soon)

Short description

Chase, catch and throw the pickle! A fast pixel-art tag game for friends: touch a glove to pass the pickle on, swing your mitt to catch it, and don't be holding it when the timer hits zero.

About the game

One player is the pickle, and the pickle chases the gloves. Gloves run away, or swing their mitt to catch the pickle and throw it at someone else; a throw homes in on the closest player and boomerangs back if it misses. When the timer hits zero, whoever is holding the pickle is pickled and out, and becomes a ghost who switches doors, fans, springs and goo to mess with the survivors. Rounds take 30 to 60 seconds.

Key features

A single-player campaign: three worlds, eighteen levels and a boss at the end of each world, plus an Endless Gauntlet and a Daily Challenge
One to four players on one keyboard, bots to fill the arena, and online rooms for up to eight, free for all or in teams
Ghosts that fight back from beyond the round
Over a hundred hats, dyes, trails, name styles, wallpapers, Discord icons and emoji, all earned by playing and none of them affecting play
Anime-flavoured pixel art and chiptune sound, generated by the game itself