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Neck-centric, physics-based, co-op platformer, Esophaguys, launches on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series S/X

August 1, 2025 — The wildest, neck-focused, couch co-op adventure of the year is here: Esophaguys is now available on Xbox One, Xbox Series S/X, PlayStation 5, and Nintendo Switch!

Winner of Tokyo Game Show 2024 Sense of Wonder Night, Esophaguys delivers laughter and mayhem as old folks with endlessly elongating necks, ready to stretch, bite, and swing their way through increasingly absurd physics-based challenges. Whether playing solo or with friends gathered on the couch, everyone is invited to delight in co-operative chaos, competitive showdowns, and mythical quests.

Watch the Xbox Esophaguys Launch Trailer: https://youtu.be/5xOyOXlMJuQ
Watch the PlayStation Esophaguys Launch Trailer: https://youtu.be/WjgxZRejhRU

“Esophaguys has been a labor of love for us over the past four years, and at times I thought it would never see the light. The abundant laughter and heartfelt experiences at our showcases from San Francisco to Kyoto have encouraged us immensely. Esophaguys is the best co-op-neck-stretching, old-folk-flinging, jews-harp-plucking game in existence. I can guarantee it will make you smile alone, and have you howling with your friends. With great pride do we release it to the world.” - Peyton Blake, Game Designer

Key Features:

  • Couch Co-op Laughter: Gather your friends and family for classic couch co-op madness. Team up or compete in wild, unpredictable local multiplayer; experience the joy of neck-based slapstick physics, collective puzzle-solving, friendly rivalry, from the comfort of your living room.
     
  • Co-op Mode (2-4 Players): Work together to traverse ancient landscapes and reactivate lost monuments of your diasporic people, mastering both mind and muscle with hilarious, physics-driven mechanics.
     
  • Minigame Mode (2-4 Players): Put your skills (and necks) to the test in physics-based team sports and frantic free-for-all arenas. It’s every elder for themselves!
     
  • Story Mode (1-4 Players): Embark on a mythic, narrated journey to discover your past and shape the future. Uravel the true nature of your elastic anatomy.
     
  • Masochist Mode (1-4 Players): No land, no checkpoints. Nothing but neck. For those who crave the ultimate challenge, up the ante with fiendishly difficult traversal levels.
     
  • Hub World Progression: Reconstruct the ancient monument of your people as you progress through each mode, reuniting and unlocking the garb of your lost lengthy kin.
     
  • Twanging Tones & Elderly Grunts: Dive into the world’s first video game soundtrack built around traditional and experimental jews-harp music from across the globe, and tickle your cochleas with more than 4,000 personally-recorded, mouth-originated sound effects!
Esophaguys Team, four developers across the USA, Canada, and South Africa, is dedicated to blending unique aesthetics with expressive, physics-based gameplay, crafting shared moments of belly laughter on (and off) the couch.

For interviews, or more information, contact the Esophaguys Team:

Get ready to stretch, swing, and snicker with friends—Esophaguys is available now on all major consoles!