Underplayed Gems

Yerba Buena (2026)

Yerba Buena cover
Developer
Mad About Pandas
Publisher
Focus Entertainment
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Action, Adventure, Indie
Rating
4.3 of 5, 54 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 4.1 hours
Where to get it
Steam

How it feels

A surreal puzzle-platformer where you explore an abandoned gameworld as an NPC, saving San Francisco with a mysterious device.

surrealpuzzle-platformingadventurousquirkyatmosphericmoderatewhimsical

What players say

Players praise the oscillator mechanic that copies physical properties between objects, and enjoy the surreal 1970s San Francisco setting where an NPC gains self-awareness. The puzzles are inventive but sometimes unclear in their intended solution, and the cartoony art style feels deliberately rough around the edges.

Trailer

Screenshots

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