Release Date: May 7, 2026
An arcade adventure TPP game set in the 1990s. In Mixtape we follow a group of high school friends from California. On their way to the farewell party they share their memories, taking part in a unique journey accompanied by the music of that time period.
Mixtape is an adventure arcade game created by the Beethoven and Dinosaur studio, known for the well-received The Artful Escape. It was published by Annapurna Interactive, which has many unique productions in its portfolio, such as Journey, Stray and 12 Minutes.
The action of Mixtape takes place in the 1990s in Northern California (USA). The main characters of the story are three high school students. On the last night before graduating from high school they decide to go to a farewell party. On the way, a playlist of favorite songs draws the characters into dreamy reconstructions of their most important memories, such as their first teenage kiss, skateboarding trips, or troubles with the police.
The proper part of the gameplay in Mixtape - the "awake" part - takes the form of typical adventure sequences in third-person perspective (TPP), with exploration and dialogues. The other part is experiencing the characters' memories. It's done in various conventions, often in arcade form. We can be watching the action both from behind the characters' backs and in a form reminiscent of a 2.5D platformer.
The journey of our characters is accompanied by iconic music from the 1990s, with performers such as The Smashing Pumpkins, Iggy Pop or Joy Division. Mixtape is also distinguished by its graphics - all the animations are rendered at a reduced frame rate.
Platforms:
PC Windows
PlayStation 5
Xbox Series X/S
Switch 2
Developer: Beethoven and Dinosaur
Publisher: Annapurna Interactive
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Mixtape is like an interactive coming-of-age movie. After spending half an hour with it at Summer Game Fest, it's one of my most anticipated games of the year.
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Matt Buckley
June 12, 2025
System Requirements for Mixtape Video Game:
PC / Windows
Minimum System Requirements:
Intel Core i5-9400F / AMD Ryzen 5 1500X, 8 GB RAM, graphic card 4 GB GeForce GTX 1650 / 8 GB Radeon RX 580, 12 GB HDD, Windows 10 64-bit.
Recommended System Requirements:
Intel Core i5-10600K / AMD Ryzen 5 5500, 16 GB RAM, graphic card 10 GB GeForce RTX 3080 / 16 GB Radeon RX 7600 XT, 12 GB HDD, Windows 11 64-bit.
Game Ratings for Mixtape Video Game.
Game is Recomended by 95% of Critics. There are 116 Critic Reviews.
GRYOnline.pl: 9 / 10 by Anna Garas
You won’t find a challenge in Mixtape, just a superbly directed adventure in which teenage fears, stunts and drama intertwine with dreamlike imagination and pure, unbridled fun, all carried by one of the best video game soundtracks of the year. And that’s quite enough for me; as someone who remembers rewinding a cassette tape with a pencil, I had a brilliant time.
Eurogamer: 4 / 5 by Chris Tapsell
Mixtape, from The Artful Escape studio Beethoven & Dinosaur, is a delight. It's a celebration of teenage life that makes its point, aptly, just as a teenager would.
TheReviewGeek: 6 / 10 by Greg Wheeler
Mixtape desperately wants to be a coming-of-age indie film, and the moments where it remembers it’s supposed to be a video game often feel reluctant, shallow and mechanically underwhelming.
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