Poppy Playtime is a survival horror video game developed and published by American indie developer MOB Games in which the player plays as a former employee who is revisiting an abandoned toy factory previously owned by the game’s in-universe company Playtime Co. 10 years after the staff has seemingly vanished without a trace. The player navigates through a first-person perspective and must solve puzzles, some requiring a gadget named the GrabPack, in order to progress further while avoiding various enemies.
The first chapter was released on Steam for Microsoft Windows on October 12, 2021, and later released for Android and iOS on March 11, 2022. The second chapter is planned to be released in early 2022 as downloadable content, along with future chapters. The game quickly gained positive reviews for its gameplay but was later met with negative reviews after the developers announced non-fungible tokens.
Poppy Playtime is a first-person survival horror where the player plays as a former employee of Playtime Co. who returns to the abandoned toy factory of the said company after receiving a letter from the staff who were thought to have disappeared 10 years ago. The protagonist discovers that Huggy Wuggy, a large humanoid figure that acts as the mascot of the company, is alive and is malicious towards them, along with other enemies throughout the factory. The game utilizes multiple puzzles throughout, which the player must solve in order to progress further, with some requiring a gadget named the GrabPack, a backpack that can be equipped with two extendable hands which can be used to pull and reach objects from a far distance, conduct electricity and access certain doors. The player can also find various VHS tapes lying around the factory, which gives a more in-depth explanation of the story.
