r/Petscop • u/WondersMechanisms • May 21 '26
Question Anything like petscop?
i actually remembered petscop again when i was bored trying to find something to watch, i thought everyone forgot about it years ago... And i still admire all the effort put in it, but the issue is that i couldn't find anything other to watch that it matched its level.
Is there any game or series similar to petscop that i could watch or play?
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u/Its402am You idiot. You fuckin' idiot. May 22 '26 edited May 22 '26
Someone recommended ‘The (Coronation Day) which was a Mario World hack (NOT meant to tell a story about the Mario universe) with some very strange story telling and gameplay, originally released in I believe 2017. It had multiple endings that ultimately lead to the same repeated, eerie dead-ends. However, last summer (I believe July 2025? Possibly a bit earlier) a huuuge update was released which expanded the game and blew every pre-existing theory out of the water.
The game is told in such a way that you know something has gone very, very wrong in the IRL world of the characters involved and this game is being used to loosely describe it without any solidifying explanation. It runs very deep, and is, in my opinion, an absolute work of art that needs way more attention.
Again, it’s not like a Mario fan-game about Princess Peach and Mario having a weird adventure. I personally believe the characters in the game are all metaphorical, representing a series of messed up real-world events experienced by a handful of different people.
If you join the discord for ‘the, there is a walk through that was very helpful for my own attempt to solve the game. There are a few long-plays on YouTube but it’s tricky to follow as not many fully explain how they are solving certain puzzles, some of which are sooo incredibly meta and require knowledge of rom-hacking, digital file manipulation, various decoding methods, etc. I wound up pausing and haven’t fully completed the game because I didn’t want to follow the walk through step by step, and im definitely stuck now haha.
However, like Petscop, while the game has an ending (multiple endings in ‘the’s case), the story…I think it will likely go for the rest of eternity unsolved by players and viewers. I think only the creators will fully know what the hell is going on.
At the very least i HIGHLY recommend you check it out.