Skip to content
The Next Penelope
82 Score
Action · Racing · Indie

The Next Penelope

Seaven Studio  /  May 29, 2015  /  Rated Unrated

Data last updated July 24, 2026

Buy on Amazon Search on eBay

As an affiliate, PixelScry may earn a commission from qualifying purchases made through these links.

0 playing now on Steam $1.29 on Steam(-90%) 1 DLC available View on Steam →

Released

2015

Publisher

Plug In Digital

Time to beat

~1 hrs

Community

290

  • Set in a futuristic Odyssey, "The Next Penelope" is a fast paced action racing game with loud colors, an original story and a challenging risk-reward system.

  • If you've played a MicroMachines game, you'll feel right at home with the controls! (An alternative control scheme is available for newcomers as well.)

  • Weapons can be mixed and used at any time, but all these abilities cost vital energy, so the player is very powerful and close to death at the same time!

  • As Penelope is looking for Ulysses through the galaxy, the player is free to explore the planets in any order. Each world features unique situations, races, even bosses, and new permanent abilities to enhance Penelope's spaceship.

  • First released as an early access, The Next Penelope has known 6 months of additional development with the help of the community, and has now new features such as local multiplayer (up to 4 friends on the same keyboard!), more solo content, new languages and options ...

The Wii U is a video game console launched by Nintendo in 2012. While Nintendo found success in its predecessor, the Wii, in the 2000s, the Wii U was a commercial failure. Its concept and usage of the Wii U GamePad confused consumers, and its hardware, while comparable to the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, was significantly weaker than the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One launched a year later. As a result, sales stalled, leading to a small userbase, and third party developers struggled with getting multiplatform games running on it. This, combined with the system's short lifespan, lead to several game cancellations, with some instead releasing versions of these cancelled games on the Wii U's successor, the Nintendo Switch. This list documents games that were announced for the Wii U at some point, but did not end up being released for it in any capacity.

Read more on Wikipedia →
recommended
50%
meh
33.33%
skip
16.67%

Available on Steam · Nintendo Store

More like this