GAMESCOM (Aug. 20, 2025) – French boutique development house Draw Me A Pixel invites you to defy conventional game design with their next title: comedic adventure Crushed in Time. Announced today at Gamescom, Crushed in Time, a spin-off of the 1 million+ selling There is No Game, brings fans a brand-new meta-mystery that follows beloved characters from the original title, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, as they search to find a missing character from their just-launched video game. Travel through time while visiting different stages of the game’s own production and solve the mystery in this whimsical, thoughtful adventure full of trippy visuals and unique point-and-click puzzle design that makes the gameplay much more fun and accessible to a wider audience. Crushed in Time launches in 2026 on PC, Mac, Nintendo Switch, iOS and Android.

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Visit various stages of game production and go behind the scenes of development with this meta-adventure inspired by Through the Looking Glass featuring totally “elastic” gameplay and a fully voiced VO cast. An adventure this quirky features matching eclectic visuals - an inviting cartoon art style awaits as players explore the vibrant 2D world of a game’s development… or is it 3D? Just what is a “polygon” anyway? Why are things so stretchy here?

Think like a detective and use the, erm…unusual…tools provided to progress through time and crack this case, including an irreverent twist on the point-and-click genre that lets players manipulate objects and the environment through more than just clicks. Interact with objects and characters by pushing, pulling, stretching and yoinking rather than simply clicking, adding a layer of experimentation and interest on top of the genre’s brain-teasing mechanics and touching narratives surrounding the characters. With unconventional problems that require even more unconventional solutions, Crushed in Time will leave players with a world begging to be toyed with in new and inventive ways.

Crushed in Time is slated to launch on PC in 2026. For more information, visit https://drawmeapixel.com/.