Pumpkin & Patch Features — Store Facts

Pumpkin & Patch is a 2D Metroidvania with a ranged combat core, a limited parry that doubles as healing, and a set of sight-based upgrades that change how you move through the world. The store page gives it three labelled sections of its own, Combat, Upgrades and Progression, and the features below are grouped the same way.

Combat features

The headline feature is that combat is primarily ranged and projectile based, which the store page presents as a return to the classics of the genre. Layered on top is the limited parry, described as a modern twist. The parry has three effects in the store text: it deflects projectiles back at enemies, it stuns melee attackers, and it heals the player.

That makes the parry both an offensive and a defensive tool, and the store describes the trade as high risk, high reward. If you would rather not use it, the same page says running and gunning is viable, but warns you to watch carefully for obstacles.

Traversal and upgrade features

Upgrades are the Metroidvania half of the feature list, and the store page describes them by what they unlock rather than by damage. Lamplight reveals what is not visible to the naked eye, so hidden secrets become findable. Embershot lets Patch jump higher than any dog. A third ability freezes water into icebergs that Patch can control, which converts a hazard into a movable platform.

The store page also states that many new abilities are found within the world and that they enhance both combat prowess and mobility, so upgrades are exploration rewards rather than shop purchases. The world itself is called the Hallowed Lands in the long store text, a whimsical yet spooky place, though the short description spells it Hollowed Lands instead.

Choice, endings and comfort features

Progression is choice-driven. The store page says options open up to tackle obstacles as you see fit, which leads to different possible endings, and it notes that Pumpkin and Patch are searching for different things and that helping both may not be easy. Other characters make requests of you as well, including the intrepid Captain Peg.

Steam's feature list for the release shapes up like this:

Feature	Listed on store
Single-player	Yes, with no multiplayer or co-op
Steam Achievements	Yes, 22 in total
Full controller support	Yes, plus Gamepad Recommended
DualShock and DualSense support	Yes, listed separately
Steam Cloud and Steam Stats	Yes
Family Sharing	Yes
Camera Comfort, Custom Volume Controls	Yes
Playable at your own pace, without timed input	Yes
Steam Workshop	No

The gameplay page explains how these systems interact across a run, and the beginner guide covers the first hour.