Pengo
Pengo (ペンゴ) is a 1982 maze video game developed by Coreland and published by Sega for arcades. The player controls Pengo, a red penguin who resides in the Antarctic. The game takes place in an overhead maze made of ice blocks, where Pengo crushes blob-like Sno-Bees by sliding blocks into them. The objective is to survive each round by eliminating all Sno-Bees and Sno-Bee eggs, while optionally lining up the three diamond blocks to earn a large score bonus.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA, read 5 September 2026.
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- Released
- 1982
- Developer
- Banpresto
- Platforms
- 1 systems
- Critics
- Not scored
- Steam Deck
- Unknown
- Download
- Not stated
The record
| First released | 1 January 1982 |
|---|---|
| Developer | Banpresto |
| Publisher | Not recorded |
| Platforms | Arcade |
| Genres | Puzzle |
Source. Catalogue facts from Wikidata Q917027, seeded 30 August 2026.
How long is Pengo? How long to beat it
Total play time for Pengo is about 0.2 hours to do everything, and around 0.1 hours to reach the end of the main story. These are player-submitted times from HowLongToBeat, not our own, shown with the number of players behind each.
| How you play | Hours | Players logged |
|---|---|---|
| Just the main story: straight through the critical path | 0.1h | 8 |
| Main + the extras: story plus the side content most people do | 0.2h | 1 |
Source: HowLongToBeat community submissions, read 2026-10-19.
Where Pengo sits on the grid
The grid places every game in the catalogue on measured axes rather than on an opinion. This is where Pengo lands on each map it has the data for, with the share of the catalogue it beats on each axis.
- Year
- 31ahead of 0% of the catalogue
- Reach
- 19ahead of 66% of the catalogue
Percentiles are against the games that carry a reading on that axis, not the whole catalogue: counting a game with no figure as a zero would flatter everything that has one. How the grid works.
What readers say about Pengo
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Common questions about Pengo
What platforms is Pengo on?
Pengo is available on Arcade. It first released in 1982.
Who made Pengo?
Pengo was developed by Banpresto.
How long does it take to beat Pengo?
about 0.1 hours for the main story, 0.2 hours with the main extras, from HowLongToBeat's player-submitted times. These are community medians, so your own run may be shorter or longer.