Pony Island

 PC
User Score
7.4

Mixed or average reviews- based on 260 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 161 out of 260
  2. Mixed: 62 out of 260
  3. Negative: 37 out of 260

Review this game

  1. Your Score
    0 out of 10
    Rate this:
    • 10
    • 9
    • 8
    • 7
    • 6
    • 5
    • 4
    • 3
    • 2
    • 1
    • 0
    • 0
  1. Submit
  2. Check Spelling
view
per page
  1. Jhaerik
    Mar 15, 2019
    3
    If you have more hair gel than hair, wear long sleeved button-up shirts in the summer, you're favorite pass-time is sipping chai lattes, and your boyfriends name is Chuck... you'll love this game.

    For us Folgers drinking working fathers of the world the appeal of this game lasts just slightly longer than the install time. It tries very hard to be funny, but just ends up being juvenile.    If you have more hair gel than hair, wear long sleeved button-up shirts in the summer, you're favorite pass-time is sipping chai lattes, and your boyfriends name is Chuck... you'll love this game.

    For us Folgers drinking working fathers of the world the appeal of this game lasts just slightly longer than the install time. It tries very hard to be funny, but just ends up being juvenile. Unfun gameplay and "stylistic" (stylistic is just another word for lazy folks) artwork can not be made up for by the "OMG 4th wall WTF less me tweet about this" crap. Ok? I

    It's a bad game that seems to have fooled a lot of folks into thinking they are somehow witty for finding it "cool." It's bad in the same way Starbucks made billions off selling terrible coffee. Ok?

    3/10 It runs. What more can you say.    … Expand
  2. moysen
    Mar 30, 2016
    2
    I give the game a score of 2 for the few (very few) successful attempts on being funny, as it seems like is the only goal in the game. Overall it was a poor experience with very short, dark and loud/noisy game-play. The story is boring, the dialog, which is an essential part of a game like this, doesn't feel completed and sounds hurt my ears even when it was on very low volume. Normally II give the game a score of 2 for the few (very few) successful attempts on being funny, as it seems like is the only goal in the game. Overall it was a poor experience with very short, dark and loud/noisy game-play. The story is boring, the dialog, which is an essential part of a game like this, doesn't feel completed and sounds hurt my ears even when it was on very low volume. Normally I like games with a little touch of puzzle and humor, but this game just seemed like a waste of time.… Expand
  3. Crimert
    Apr 6, 2020
    1
    Very frustrating puzzles! I couldn't bear it! I could play only 20min on record!
  4. chumpwithnoname
    Apr 28, 2021
    3
    Interesting concept but gets boring and repetitious pretty fast because best part of the game is not really the main time spending part (side scrolling and puzzles).
  5. Avey123Avey
    Mar 19, 2023
    3
    This game is very very short and yet still manages to get repetitive and dull. The subversions here hardly work because the game immediately blows its own load before you even played for five minutes. It's not terrible but there's no reason to play this instead of Daniel Mullians other games.

Awards & Rankings

23
#23 Best PC Game of 2016
71
#71 Most Discussed PC Game of 2016
100
#100 Most Shared PC Game of 2016

Critic Reviews

All reviews »
Metascore
86

Generally favorable reviews - based on 29 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 28 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 29
  3. Negative: 0 out of 29
  1. games(TM)
    Apr 14, 2016
    70
    Clever, unique, inventive but brief and repetitive. [Issue#172, p.91]
    Read full review
  2. Pelit (Finland)
    Apr 12, 2016
    84
    Wretched Devil itself has slithered inside an arcade machine and tenderly shackles the player inside it. Metafictional loop of satanistic ponies wittily dance through an evening it lasts. [Apr 2016]
  3. CD-Action
    Mar 30, 2016
    80
    A curious experiment that is really worth taking part in. [03/2016, p.69]
See all critic reviews »