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  • Writer's pictureMatthew McCarthy

The Indie Platformer 'El Gancho' Out Now for Switch, PlayStation, and Xbox

Updated: Feb 10, 2022

Help this Coco with a laser-hook save his kind before he goes loco.

"El Gancho" is no longer exclusive to itch.io, now available on Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, and Xbox One. "El Gancho" is around $7.19CDN, 10 per cent off from its original $8.99CDN temporarily.


In "El Gancho," the player controls a creature called a Coco, whose kind has been captured by the Pogovon Empire.

"El Gancho" is a roguelike 2D platformer where the player swings around using a laser-hook with multiple characters to select from


So far, only one review for "El Gancho" is out, giving the title a 3/5.

"El Gancho" was developed by SidralGames. SidralGames has only worked on "El Gancho" and "Task Force Kampas (TFK)". "El Gancho" began development in 2019, releasing sometime in 2021 on itch.io.


"Playing with a prototype platform and TFK's little coco, and realizing how much fun it was and the possibilities offered by the grappling hook mechanics as a displacement method, we decided to focus on it as the main mechanic of the game, opening ourselves up to development of a roguelike-style video game, something that we really wanted to do," SidralGames said.


"El Gancho" takes place in the same universe as "TFK."

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