Pepelo 2: Around the World

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6.6~~/10~~

Our score

★ 3.9·500K+ installs

Reviewed by Editorial Team, ScoredApps editorial · updated 2026-09-21

Screenshots

A Quebec-style windmill level on a green island, captioned discover amazing places

Two Pepelos inside a period house with a piano and bookshelves, captioned cooperate with your friends

A Sicilian street of balconied houses with the two characters below, captioned or solve puzzles offline

A tropical Thai temple level with a green enemy, captioned don't let enemies stop you

An Australian fairground with a Ferris wheel and market stalls, captioned play and discover real places

A Japanese shopfront by a canal with the co-op characters, captioned real-time online mode

About Pepelo 2: Around the World

Pepelo 2: Around the World is a two-character co-op puzzle platformer from Tafusoft, a one-person Italian studio — 50 levels set in Quebec, New York, Sicily, Thailand, Japan and Australia, solved online with a friend in real time or alone by switching between both characters — on iOS and Android since January 2026, with ten levels free and the rest a one-time $1.99 unlock, plus ads. It rates 4.2 on Google Play from 2,520 reviews. The praise is for the places and the co-op; the complaints are the paywall's placement and a room code you must recreate every session.

Game information

DeveloperTafusoft di Tafuri Giuseppe

Version1.0.7

Size322 MB (Android) · 482 MB (iOS)

Price / In-app10 levels free · $1.99 unlock

Contains adsYes

In-app purchasesYes

Content rating4+

Requires (Android)Android 7.0+

Requires (iOS)iOS 13.0+

Offline modeYes — solo mode offline; co-op online

Interface languagesAR, CS, NL, EN, FR, DE + 17 more

Store rating3.9 from 26 ratings

Installs500K+

Updated by developer2026-09-01

Data checked2026-09-21

Specs come from the official store listings and were last checked on 2026-09-21. Developers change pricing and requirements — check the store page before installing.

Pepelo 2 Review: A $1.99 Co-op Puzzle Trip Around the World, Room Codes Included

Two Pepelos, Fifty Levels, One Postcard Per Country

The design is the sequel's own: two small characters who must cooperate — one holds a switch, the other crosses; one climbs, the other pulls — through 50 puzzle levels built as miniature dioramas of real places, with enemies to avoid and collectibles to find. Online co-op runs in real time through rooms with a friend; the offline mode gives you both characters and a swap button. Fifty skins based on real costumes, controls whose positions you can move, graphics settings down to low-end phones and up to 24 languages fill out a listing written in the first person by Giuseppe Tafuri. The reviews are short and warm: a July 16, 2026 Play five-star with 21 votes calls it a great game and hopes for Pepelo 3; an August 31 five-star calls it the bestest experience.

The Paywall After Ten Levels, the Room You Rebuild, and Not Much Else on Record

Two complaints recur and both are structural. The first is the unlock: the first ten levels are free and the remaining 40 need the purchase, which an August 31 five-star discovered with a crying emoji and which the July 16 five-star, from India, thinks is priced too high at 200 rupees for many players, asking for a reduction so more people can buy it. The second is the co-op lobby: a September 6 two-star with three votes has to create a room again every time the game opens and asks for saved rooms, so friends can rejoin without swapping codes. Beyond those there is little on record — no crashes or broken levels in the most-voted set. Version 1.0.7 on August 28 and September 1, 2026 updated the in-app purchase library on both stores, which reads as a fix for purchase problems rather than new content.

Ten Free Levels, $1.99 for Forty More, Ads, and a Data Card Bigger Than the Game

The model is a demo and a purchase: ten levels free with advertising, then Pepelo 2 - Full Game at $1.99 on the App Store, with Google Play's range of $0.49 to $1.99 covering regional prices — the 200 rupees the Indian reviewer cites is the top of that range there. There is nothing else to buy. The surprise is the data card: Google lists location, personal info and three other types collected, with personal info, app activity and two more shared with third parties — the ad networks — while Apple lists only diagnostics not linked to you. The iOS build is 482 MB on iOS 13 or later; Android needs 7.0 and the listing promises low-end support; 23 languages; rated Everyone and 4+. Eight months in it shows 500,000-plus installs on Play, most of them on the free ten. Prices are regional.

Pros

Fifty co-op puzzle levels set in real places, from Quebec to Japan to Australia
Online real-time co-op with a friend, or solo control of both characters offline
Ten levels free, then $1.99 once for the rest — no currency, no gacha
Fifty costume skins, movable controls and low-end graphics settings
Up to 24 languages from a one-person Sicilian studio

Cons

The paywall after level ten surprises free players, and $1.99 is steep in some markets
Co-op rooms must be recreated every session — no saved rooms
Ads in the free tier, with location and personal data shared to serve them
Only 26 App Store ratings and two written reviews to go on

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Verdict

A 6.6: a small, honest co-op puzzle game with a real sense of place, ten free levels to test with a friend and $1.99 for the rest — carrying an ad-network data card it does not need and a lobby that forgets your room every time. Take it if you want a Portal-lite for two on phones and have someone to share the code with. Skip it if you play alone and want more than a swap button, or if the paywall's location bothers you more than its price.

Gameplay7Two-body puzzles that work alone or together, with a new postcard every level.

Controls7Easy to learn, per the listing, and movable — no reviewer disagrees.

Replay value5Fifty levels, collectibles and skins; once solved, the fun is showing a friend.

Graphics & sound6Bright toy-box dioramas of real cities that reviewers call beautiful, scaled to run on cheap phones.

Monetisation7A $1.99 unlock is fair; the ad-network data sharing behind the free levels is the catch.

6.6out of 10 · weighted average of the five scores above

Frequently asked questions

Can you play Pepelo 2 offline?

Yes — the offline mode hands you both characters with a swap button, and the levels are local; ads will not load without a connection, which loses nothing. Online co-op needs a connection for both players and a room code each session, since rooms are not saved, per a September 2026 review.

Is Pepelo 2 free?

The first ten levels are free with ads; the remaining 40 are a one-time purchase — Pepelo 2 - Full Game at $1.99 on the App Store, $0.49 to $1.99 by region on Google Play. There is nothing else to buy. A July 2026 Indian reviewer thinks the local price is high for many players; there is no cheaper tier. Prices vary by region.

What phone do you need for Pepelo 2?

iOS 13 or newer with 482 MB free, or Android 7.0 or newer — and the listing promises graphics settings for low-end devices, which is unusual and useful for a co-op game where the friend's phone matters too. No reviewer among the most-voted reports performance problems.

Can you play Pepelo 2 with friends?

Yes — that is the design: real-time online co-op through rooms, one Pepelo each, across iOS and Android. The one friction is that rooms must be created fresh each time the game opens, so agree a way to share the code. Solo players control both characters offline.

How long is Pepelo 2?

Fifty levels of a few minutes each — three to five hours for the set, longer with collectibles and a partner who argues about the solution. The free ten are a solid hour. The developer's fans are already asking for Pepelo 3, which says the length suits them.