Pangman

Pangman

Ivanovich Games · 2021 · Action, Casual, Indie, VR, Shooter

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8 user reviews88% · 8
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About Pangman

When alien spheres from outer space invade our beloved planet, only the Buster siblings stand fast... Pangman takes you inside a VR classic arcade game experience, where your goal is to burst as many spheres as possible by using a pair of guns that transform into hooks when you throw them.
Complete 140 story mode levels in individual or cooperative campaign, and enjoy frantic multiplayer games with up to 8 players.

Pangman in 12 words

  • FUN
    Exploding spheres shooting your gun and your hook while altering the laws of time and physics is totally rewarding
  • NOSTALGIA
    Relive the essence of classic video games in VR.
  • SIMPLE
    Simplified controls, suitable for VR beginners. Mastering the gameplay, though, requires lots of practice.
  • DIRECT
    No loading times or complex tutorials. Intuitive mechanics and gameplay.
  • SICKNESS
    The action takes place inside an arcade simulation and there's no need to move, so there's no possibility of motion sickness
  • HUMOR
    Script crammed with humor, silly puns, and loads of references to the general culture, classic video games, and The Matrix saga.
  • SOCIAL
    The story mode can be played in cooperative mode and there's also an arena mode for endless games with up to 8 players.
  • ROOM-SCALE
    Pangman can be played even sitting down. But if you have a space of 2x2 meters, you'll have a great time dodging spheres.
  • MATRIX
    The story and characters are loosely inspired by The Matrix saga, as well as the "Dynamic Timer", a slow-motion power-up that takes us inside The Matrix universe.
  • REPLAYABILITY
    Story mode includes 140 levels that can be played alone or in cooperative mode. There's also included an infinite online mode.
  • BEAUTIFUL
    Simple but attractive cartoon graphics, bright and colorful.
  • SOUNDS
    Spatializer 3D sound effects. Original soundtrack including 30 different themes.

Features

  • Compatible with all VR headsets: Vive, Oculus, WMR, etc
  • Compatible with 3dRudder controller.
  • Compatible with Vive Tracker guns and rifles.
  • Compatible with LIV VR.
  • It's playable with 1 or 2 hands.
  • It's playable seated or with room-scale.
  • It's playable alone, cooperative with 1 friend or competitive up to 8 friends.

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Recommended Dec 25, 2020
If youve played the old game, its basically that, in a 3d room with the pistol way more available than on the classic. Performance was excellent, like zero loading screens as expected because of the simplish graphics, not that complicated gameplay, and closed and small levels. I found it entertaining and fun for what it was, in 1hr i finished just the first 3 worlds or ~30 of 140 levels (and i have 1st place in Egypt and Mexico currently :p) Game is very simple and just like the oldschool game, spheres want to take over the world, but you can somehow make a difference, like if we could even annoy our perfected dimensioned overlords if they ever wanted to take over. The size of the sphere and "characteristics" tells you what it will "transform" into when popped. You win the level by popping all the red balls in the level. This sounds really simple at first, but soon enough youll encounter different spheres that have special requirements to blow them up, like ones you need to destroy a mine close to them to remove the shield, or the ones you have to shoot 4 times in a row to do the same. Add that to the turrets that shoot when they get activated by the bouncing balls or you sh…
9 found this helpful
Not recommended Jun 1, 2022
This game is good, but this dev releases buggy games and then abandons them and leaves them full price.
7 found this helpful
Not recommended May 10, 2022
having played the original and way too many clones, I was a bit excited to see how they would translate it to VR, the result is bad ...terribly bad, as in the worst kind of way, the thing with the original game was you had to move around not to die, but you always had a complete overview of the "map" here you are more or less stuck at the end of a box with a terrible overview of the map and enemy, resulting in countless cheap deaths, the issue with VR is you do not have completely free 360-degree movement and the headset don't let you whip your head left and right willy nilly - your head moves like something is strapped onto it, and sometimes cables so this game is really bad because it was not really modeled after the original - it is more a generic VR twitch shooter with a bad overview and poor controls - it is not really fun playing a game that is difficult because you get snuffed by cheap deaths made unavoidable because it happens outside your viewable are because it is a poorly made game
2 found this helpful
Recommended Jul 24, 2025
"A really fun game! I enjoyed every minute of it. The gameplay is smooth, the graphics are great, and it kept me entertained for hours. I definitely recommend it to anyone looking for a good time."
1 found this helpful
Recommended Nov 25, 2021
PANG meets SuperhotVR
1 found this helpful
Recommended May 19, 2021
It's PANG, man. A fun arcade game requiring skill, reflexes, and a bit of puzzle solving to achieve high-scores. They have added a few unique additions like wall mounted turrets and trip-wires for your harpoon guns(cool VR implementation). It's very much in the spirit of classic Pang(Buster Brothers) series, but now in VR! However, it's a little finicky using Valve's Index at time of this review. The presentation of this game fits the Pang concept/premise pretty well, falling into place perfectly along side more recent takes on the classic arcade series. It really takes advantage of VR's sense of scale before and after rounds as you gaze upon yourself from outside of the arena(as if inside a fish tank). This third person view of the arena also gives a brief "replay" of how you died upon death. It's really just a snapshot in time rather than a replay, but I thought it was cool nonetheless. The classic arcade cabinet intro calls back to the series' roots, and the silly premise sets-up the vibe perfectly. Using the Index and Kunckles controllers the process of switching to/from your harpoon guns feels janky and unreliable. With these controllers any slight touch/press of the …

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