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Steam Next Fest is now live, and enthusiasts have encountered plenty of entertaining indie games. Yet, one stands out for its unconventional concept. Called Unko Technica, this retro-inspired platformer lets you play a hero that is literally a dung attempting to navigate to a restroom. For those curious, "Unko" is Japanese for "poop."

How you interact is simple: you only need a one button to leap. In numerous challenges, encounter tough enemies and access a store to acquire skins for your fecal avatar.

Execute your movements with caution, since one wrong move means beginning again. Jump on bubbles to launch the poop to new heights, navigate disappearing surfaces, and interact with switches to unlock secret routes. Earn coins and use them on tougher game content in which things ramps up.

Visually, the experience shows off vibrant stages and catchy soundtrack. The retro graphics with shifting geometric shapes evokes memories of gamers of beloved games like Earthbound.

Although hard to name other games where you control a dung character, video games have long included scatological themes. For instance, in Death Stranding, players create grenades from protagonist waste. Games like Palworld and Ark: Survival Evolved employ feces as fertilizer. And of course, this theme appears extensively in Obsidian's adventure The Stick of Truth.

Regardless of its goofy concept, Unko Technica has already garnered notable awards, like being named best at a major publisher's indie contest in 2023. A playable preview is ready at present on Steam, with the final release set to arrive on PC on November 19.