CHUCHEL A cherry worth throwing tantrums over

The plot fits in one sentence: Chuchel, a small orange hairball with an acorn cap, wants a cherry, and the world refuses to hand it over. A black hand plucks it away, a pink creature named Kekel claims it as his own, and the chase is on. Every level is another obstacle between Chuchel and his snack, solved by clicking at whatever looks odd until something ridiculous happens. Sometimes the two rivals fight over the cherry, sometimes they grudgingly work together, and sometimes the hand takes it from both of them. The story is nonsense, and that is entirely the point.

This is a comedy first and a puzzle game second. The humor lives in the animation: hundreds of small hand-drawn moments where Chuchel sulks, rages or triumphs over a cherry, and dozens of odd creatures react to being poked. The band DVA provides wild music and squeaky sound effects that make every gag land harder, and some stages are built as tributes to classic video games, so the nonsense occasionally turns into a familiar shape. Puzzles stay light, and the game keeps its low-pressure pace throughout: poke around, watch the joke unfold, move on. It is a short trip, a few hours at most, best taken as one big silly evening.