Multiplayer party brawler · Unreal Engine 5 · Steam

Hot Potato: Tag Out

Get tagged and you're the potato. Pass it on before the clock hits zero.

Wishlist on Steam Join the Discord Watch the trailer
Where it is
  1. Closed beta on DiscordBefore early access
  2. Early access on SteamFeb–Mar 2027
  3. Full releaseQ3 2027
  • 3rd Jury AwardMatch in Games 2025
  • Audience AwardMatch in Games 2025
  • Best Idea AwardCYL Game Show 2025
Key art: the runner in a purple cap leans away from a glowing potato character in front of containers tagged HOT POTATO
The runner and the glowing potato leap between blue and green containers

Trailer

The runner jumps off a green container while the potato character hides inside it Play trailer

Watch on YouTube

How it plays

There is one potato and one clock. Nobody wants to be holding it when the clock runs out, and somebody ends up on top.

  1. The potato chases the runner down a red container roof

    You get tagged

    Whoever is the potato runs at you. One touch and now it's you.

  2. The potato character stands in a yard of yellow and blue containers

    Now you're it

    You turn into the potato. Everyone else runs. The clock keeps ticking.

  3. The runner and the glowing potato leap between blue and green containers

    Pass it on

    Chase someone up the containers and tag them. Their problem now.

  4. A full match in the container yard: eight runners scatter while the potato closes in

    Don't hold it at zero

    When the timer ends, the one holding the potato loses the round.

  5. In-game HUD with the score list and 'Your rank: #1' while the potato takes a ZAP hit

    Points on the board

    Every round scores. The scoreboard crowns whoever is first: there is a loser, and there is a winner.

Modes

Two modes you can play today and one on the way.

  • Overview of the container yard arena during a match
    Beta

    Infected

    One potato at the start. Everyone it tags turns into a potato too, until nobody is left running.

  • The potato chases the runner down a red container roof
    Beta

    Tag, you're it

    Everyone against everyone. Catch the others and don't get caught.

  • In development

    Team deathmatch

    The team mode. Still being built.

Roles

Two sides of the same round. You will play both.

Awards

Three awards from Spanish indie events in 2025.

  • 3rd Jury Award Match in Games 2025
  • Audience Award Match in Games 2025
  • Best Idea Award CYL Game Show 2025

The studio

Wild Alchemists · Madrid

Wild Alchemists is an eight-person indie studio from Madrid that started at university. We make games to play in the same room, shouting.

Hot Potato is our first game on Steam, built in Unreal Engine 5. The people who play it shape it: the beta runs on our Discord first.

people on the team
8
programmers
2
artists
3
designers + producer
2 + 1

Press kit

Logo, key art, screenshots and a fact sheet, in one download.

  • Logo (SVG + PNG)
  • Key art
  • Screenshots
  • Fact sheet

The press kit is being put together. Email us and we send the logo, key art and screenshots.

Built with the community

The beta runs on Discord and the clips land on Instagram. The wishlist is on Steam.

Contact

Press and business go to the email. Beta access goes through the Discord.