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Steam Next Fest is currently underway, and enthusiasts have encountered numerous entertaining creations from small studios. But, one catches the eye for its unconventional concept. Titled Unko Technica, this classic-feel platformer lets you play a character that is actually a piece of poop attempting to make its way to a restroom. For those curious, "Unko" translates to "poop."

How you interact is easy to grasp: you only need a single jump button. Across one hundred fifty levels, you'll face boss fights and access a store to purchase skins for your dung hero.

Plan your actions with caution, as a wrong move means restarting the level. Leap off bubbles to launch the poop higher, cross disappearing surfaces, and activate triggers to reveal new areas. Gather UN-KOINS for buying tougher levels where the action intensifies.

Graphically, the experience shows off neon environments and a killer background music. Its minimalist visual style with moving abstract forms may remind gamers of classic titles like Earthbound.

Although hard to name other games where you play as a coiled turd, gaming have long incorporated toilet humor. For example, in Death Stranding, players make throwables from character excrement. Examples include Palworld and Ark: Survival Evolved employ feces as soil enrichment. Naturally, such content appears extensively in Obsidian's role-playing game The Stick of Truth.

Regardless of its goofy concept, Unko Technica has already garnered notable awards, like winning at Bandai Namco's game competition in 2023. This trial version is ready at present on Steam, with the final release planned to arrive on PC in the fall.