Press release

GIMMIKO REVEALS INDIE CROSSOVERS WITH PIZZA TOWER, MOUTHWASHING, NUBBY’S NUMBER FACTORY & MORE!

The psychedelic, cat-based, twin-stick, dice-building action roguelite will feature special bonus characters, enemies, levels and more - with a new Steam demo out now!

Catch the latest trailers and demos from across the CRITICAL REFLEX line-up

LOS ANGELES June 10, 2025 – During this past weekend's IGN Live broadcast, indie game publisher CRITICAL REFLEX (Mouthwashing, Buckshot Roulette) dropped a new trailer showing off the wild dice-building action gameplay of the upcoming twin-stick roguelite GIMMIKO from developer SorryPoniko! The video also revealed some of the off-the-wall crossovers coming to GIMMIKO, including bonus characters, enemies, levels and more from beloved indie hits like Pizza Tower, Mouthwashing, Nubby’s Number Factory, Arctic Eggs, Picayune Dreams and Buckshot Roulette.

GIMMIKO has an updated demo on Steam now featuring new difficulty options, dice quirks, enemies, a hub zone and more, so go check it out!

Demons from the collective subconscious are leaking into reality, and as a guardian of Gimmick Temple, it’s up to you to save the world from the curse of the Jabberwock in GIMMIKO. Assemble your magical dice, hit the battlefield, and uncover wild mysteries in this wacky dice-building twin-stick action roguelite!

Players will encounter familiar faces from the worlds of Pizza Tower, Mouthwashing, Nubby’s Number Factory, Arctic Eggs, Picayune Dreams and Buckshot Roulette with unique crossover content including new playable characters, enemies, levels, dice, shopkeepers and more when GIMMIKO officially launches.

CRITICAL REFLEX also debuted new trailers for the surreal immersive sim Militsioner and the anxiety-horror thriller No, I’m not a Human at Sunday's PC Gaming Show! Players can jump into new demos now as part of Steam Next Fest for No, I’m not a Human, the trolley conductor chaos game TROLEU, and the deck-building strategy game IRONHIVE. Steam users can also request access to the upcoming playtests of Militsioner and the tactical roguelike Deadlock Station.

For more information on all these games and more, follow CRITICAL REFLEX and CR Channel on Twitter, and join the CRITICAL REFLEX and CR Channel Discord communities for the latest news, engaging discussions and more.

About SorryPoniko!

Zizou and Prutte met in a small RPGmaker indie dev community in 2016 and have been working together ever since! They made the Undertale 2 parody game before GIMMIKO.

About CRITICAL REFLEX

CRITICAL REFLEX is an indie game publisher obsessed with genre-blending, rule-breaking, brain-melting games. We help devs polish the weird, sharpen the wild, and launch their projects loud. Known for titles like Buckshot Roulette, Lunacid, Mouthwashing and No, I'm not a Human, we champion the unforgettable experiences. Genre is a prison and we ate the warden.

About CR Channel

CR Channel is the CRITICAL REFLEX publishing label focusing exclusively on indie horror. Join the Discord here: https://discord.gg/FrzN8srBfy

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