<s>
McPixel	B-Application
is	O
an	O
independently	O
produced	O
puzzle	O
video	O
game	O
by	O
Polish	O
developer	O
Mikołaj	O
Kamiński	O
(	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
Sos	O
Sosowski	O
)	O
in	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
centers	O
around	O
the	O
title	O
character	O
,	O
McPixel	B-Application
,	O
who	O
is	O
a	O
parody	O
of	O
both	O
MacGyver	O
and	O
his	O
other	O
parody	O
,	O
MacGruber	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
McPixel	B-Application
's	O
objective	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
to	O
defuse	O
bombs	O
or	O
"	O
save	O
the	O
day	O
"	O
in	O
20	O
seconds	O
each	O
level	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
of	O
the	O
time	O
McPixel	B-Application
defuses	O
bombs	O
in	O
absurd	O
ways	O
,	O
mainly	O
by	O
kicking	O
almost	O
everything	O
in	O
the	O
level	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
25	O
June	O
2012	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
and	O
iPhone	B-Device
and	O
as	O
a	O
computer	B-Device
game	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
McPixel	B-Application
received	O
positive	O
reviews	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
critic	O
score	O
of	O
76/100	O
on	O
Metacritic	O
for	O
the	O
PC	O
version	O
,	O
and	O
83/100	O
critic	O
score	O
for	O
the	O
iOS	B-Application
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Verge	O
gave	O
the	O
game	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
8	O
out	O
of	O
10	O
,	O
stating	O
"	O
McPixel	B-Application
is	O
the	O
step	O
further	O
,	O
a	O
parody	O
of	O
a	O
parody	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
creator	O
and	O
developer	O
,	O
Mikolaj	O
"	O
Sos	O
"	O
Kamiński	O
,	O
said	O
:	O
"	O
The	O
largest	O
force	O
driving	O
attention	O
to	O
McPixel	B-Application
at	O
that	O
time	O
were	O
'	O
Let	O
's	O
Play	O
 '	O
videos	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sos	O
promoted	O
the	O
distribution	O
of	O
his	O
game	O
on	O
The	B-Application
Pirate	I-Application
Bay	I-Application
to	O
market	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
found	O
out	O
that	O
McPixel	B-Application
was	O
being	O
torrented	O
from	O
a	O
Reddit	B-Application
post	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
this	O
event	O
,	O
McPixel	B-Application
became	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
ever	O
to	O
be	O
endorsed	O
by	O
the	B-Application
Pirate	I-Application
Bay	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
September	O
2012	O
,	O
McPixel	B-Application
had	O
sold	O
3,056	O
copies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
August	O
15	O
–	O
22	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
McPixel	B-Application
featured	O
alongside	O
four	O
other	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
Humble	O
Bundle	O
Weekly	O
Sale	O
(	O
"	O
Hosted	O
by	O
PewDiePie	O
"	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
sold	O
189,927	O
units	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
October	O
2013	O
,	O
a	O
Linux	B-Application
version	O
exists	O
,	O
but	O
is	O
not	O
yet	O
available	O
on	O
Steam	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kamiński	O
has	O
stated	O
on	O
the	O
Steam	O
Forums	O
that	O
this	O
is	O
because	O
the	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Air	I-Operating_System
run-time	O
can	O
not	O
be	O
distributed	O
via	O
Steam	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
fix	O
this	O
and	O
other	O
issues	O
,	O
Kamiński	O
has	O
stated	O
that	O
he	O
intended	O
to	O
rewrite	O
the	O
game	O
engine	O
to	O
not	O
use	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Air	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
June	O
2019	O
,	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
version	O
is	O
not	O
on	O
Steam	O
,	O
however	O
Proton	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
run	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
sequel	O
titled	O
McPixel	B-Application
3	I-Application
was	O
announced	O
on	O
17	O
February	O
2022	O
and	O
released	O
on	O
14	O
November	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
