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Backpack Boy Has Arrived!

Backpack Boy · published 10 Aug 2026, 12:51 UTC

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It's finally here. Backpack Boy is officially released!

After over 2 and a half years of development and life and polishing and redesigns and re-redesigns we're so happy to finally get this thing out and into peoples hands.

We sincerely hope you enjoy Backpack Boy.

We will also be releasing on Playstation 5 soon(ish) and we will share more once we are certain of the release date. Thank you!

Chuck and Niles

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