Pudgy Party Review: This Crypto-Powered ’Fall Guys’ Clone Might Just Outplay the Original on Mobile
Move over, Fall Guys—there's a new contender in the mobile party game arena, and it's backed by crypto muscle.
Gameplay That Actually Works on Touchscreens
Pudgy Party delivers the chaotic obstacle course madness you crave, but optimized for mobile. Responsive controls, shorter match times, and portrait-mode compatibility give it an edge where others struggle.
Crypto Integration Done Right (For Once)
Unlike most blockchain games that force-feed you wallet connections before the fun begins, Pudgy Party weaves crypto elements subtly into rewards and cosmetics. You can actually play for hours without realizing there's blockchain under the hood—until those sweet, sweet token drops hit.
Why Mobile Gamers Should Care
It's free-to-play without the predatory energy systems that plague mobile gaming. The crypto aspect actually serves gameplay instead of acting as a glorified spreadsheet—take notes, traditional finance suits still trying to figure out what an NFT is.
Verdict: Pudgy Party doesn't just clone—it evolves. It takes the party game formula, strips out the frustrations, and adds just enough crypto spice to make things interesting without overwhelming casual players. Maybe those blockchain bros finally built something people actually want to use.
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Where Pudgy Party thrives
Just as in Fall Guys, Pudgy Party players are thrown into a lobby together and tasked with sprinting, double-jumping, and dodging their way through randomly selected levels. The last player standing wins the entire game.
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Due to its casual focus, Pudgy Party starts with a notably smaller lobby of 20 players compared to Fall Guys’ 40-player limit. As a result, Pudgy Party games are much quicker, suiting its mobile audience, whereas Fall Guys is mostly a casual console and PC game.
The major differentiating factor that Pudgy Party has, to its benefit, is that the characters offer more than just a cosmetic change; each one has up to four unique, unlockable abilities. For example, the Konk character can smash people with a club, and once fully leveled up, can slam downwards on the ground to knock back players in the area.
These abilities create more dynamic gameplay and allow for skill expression in an otherwise hyper-casual game. Characters are leveled up by finding copies of them in chests, which can be unlocked multiple times per session. Fall Guys’ power-ups are less expansive than Pudgy Party’s offerings, limited to certain game modes, and aren’t specific to each character.
On top of this, the Pudgy Party characters themselves lean into the meme-fueled roots of the NFT collection. Aside from the characters being Pudgy Penguins wearing outfits, they’ve also implemented meme icons like John Pork and Italian brainrot memes like Tung Tung Sahur.
This feels like Mythical Games understanding the game’s audience and leaning heavily into it. And I’ve got to admit, there’s nothing better than winning while wearing a John Pork costume.
What about crypto?
Players can optionally choose to create or LINK their Mythical account via the settings page, which allows for some skins to be traded on the Mythical marketplace.
It's worth noting that not all characters can be turned into legendary NFT characters. When viewing a character in the “collection” tab, those that can be turned into NFTs will show an additional button on the right-hand side with what item needs to be added for it to transform.
For example, once John Pork hits level three, it can be combined with a “Tim Talisman” item to create a legendary Tim NFT character—clearly inspired by the Italian brainrot Tim Cheese meme. Tim Talisman is purchasable from the marketplace for a couple dollars, or can be earned through the game’s battle pass priced at $2.99.
Engaging with this side of the game is extremely optional, as through the several hours of playing, I never felt that I lost due to another person having a better character than myself. Having said that, as the game ages, the player base gets better at the game, and new characters are added, this balance may shift.
Where it falls short
Pudgy Party does have its flaws, although they are admittedly small.
In typical mobile gaming fashion, there are a million things to click and unlock between every game. On one hand, this is great as it means that I’m advancing without needing to pay anything. But on the other hand, it’s annoying and stops me from jumping into the next game.
That issue was only intensified by the short length of each game. Again, this could be seen as a benefit for the casual gamer, but at times, I felt it was a tad too short for me to feel competitive against my opponents.
Fall Guys’ level design is top-notch and a major factor in its massive success. Mythical’s level design is a few steps below this extremely high bar, resulting in the game feeling a little bland at times. Pudgy Party’s library of levels is also quite small, and expectedly so for a game that is less than a month old.
That said, Pudgy Party’s level design isn’t bad—it just isn’t very creative when adapting level types already seen in Fall Guys. Well, apart from Cracktop Isle, which requires players to catapult from lava island to lava island—more of that, please.
Should you play Pudgy Party?
Pudgy Party is undoubtedly a standout among crypto games. Like many blockchain titles, it takes an already established formula and attempts to improve on it—and in this case, Pudgy Party actually sticks the landing.
As a fan of Fall Guys, the Pudgy Penguins spinoff feels like a natural way for the casual battle royale genre to transition to mobile while adding a new gameplay element to keep it feeling fresh. If it gets regular and thoughtful updates, then we see no reason why Pudgy Party couldn’t establish itself as a big player in the casual mobile gaming scene.
