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🤑60% off - the Crunching Koalas Publisher Sale is live!🐨

Come one, come all and feast your eyes upon the discounts on display!


All of our great games are now available with the deepest discounts ever seen!
Would be a shame to miss this opportunity, huh?

You can also use this chance to play the demos and see for yourself which game is the perfect match for you!

Head over to our sale page to see them all:


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  • BUTCHER -85%
  • The Gap -50%
  • Once Upon a Jester -60%
  • Bonkies -90%
  • Lichtspeer -85%
  • MouseCraft -80%
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Once Upon a Jester works great on Steam Deck!

The misadventures of Jester and Sok are now perfectly playable and very much enjoyable on Steam Deck and Steam compatible devices!

That's right! Now you can grab Once Upon a Jester, stick 'em in your pocket and create mischief together while commuting, doing garden work or on long, remote hikes. The possibilities are endless!



  • Works in smooth 60fps in "High" graphics preset.
  • Uses xbox glyphs, so we're good and there's no confusion about pressing the triangle button
  • Controls work just fine
  • UI scaling? You're damn right
  • Runs in default 720p


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🎉 We won "Best Narrative" at Gamescom LATAM Big Festival! 🎉

Hey everyone!

We’re beyond excited to share some amazing news with you all – Once Upon a Jester has won the Best Narrative award at the Gamescom LATAM Big Festival! 🎭✨

This recognition means the world to us, especially since it’s been a journey built on your support, creativity, and love for our quirky storytelling. We couldn't have done it without you, and we’re incredibly grateful for our amazing community! 🧡

If you haven’t yet, come experience the wild, whimsical adventure of Sok and Jester—now an award-winning narrative! 🏆

Stay connected with us on social media for more updates, behind-the-scenes fun, and much more:

🐦 Bonte Avond Twitter
🐦 Crunching Koalas Twitter


Thank you for all the love and support. Here’s to more adventures!

We're nominated for awards at Gamescom LATAM's BIG Festival

Once Upon a Jester has been nominated for awards in the following categories at the BIG Festival, taking place during Latino American edition of Gamescom:
-"Best Game"
-"Best Narrative"
-"Best Audio"
-"Innovation"

We're thrilled to be nominated among other great titles - you can find the whole list of nominees here: https://latam.gamescom.global/en/big-festival-en/#finalists

WE WON IGF BEST STUDENT GAME AWARD

Yep, you read that right - Once Upon a Jester has won the Independent Game Festival award for Best Student Game! Pretty wild, huh?

Don't believe us? Here's proof (around the 24:27 mark):
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We're grateful beyond words to anyone who has contributed to making this amazing moment happen!

Hope we'll continue to make players happy and here's to many more successes, be it big or small!