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Desktop Halfpipe

A skateable halfpipe that lives on your desktop. Ride, land tricks, choose your rider, and customize an evolving skate scene from the system tray. Optional DLC adds radio stations, fishing, and Halfpipe Pocket: Roast Story.

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Fact sheet

Developer / Publisher: Stripey Cat Games
Genre: Desktop companion / casual / indie
Platform: Windows
Status: Available (Steam & itch.io)
Players: Single-player (local)
Audio: Base game is silent. Optional Halfpipe Radio DLC adds Vibehenge music stations.
DLC: Halfpipe Radio, Halfpipe Fishing, Halfpipe Pocket: Roast Story (see Steam links below).
Languages: 30+ UI languages (trick names remain in English)
Online: Offline-first. Local high scores; Steam leaderboards coming soon. Twitch chat can queue tricks.

Boilerplate

Stripey Cat Games builds small, characterful software for the Windows desktop. The studio’s featured title, Desktop Halfpipe, is an interactive overlay toy: ride, land tricks, switch between skate, BMX, snow sports, and more, and customize seasons and weather from the system tray. The base game is silent by design so it fits next to work and streams. Optional DLC expands the companion: Halfpipe Radio (Vibehenge stations), Halfpipe Fishing (cast and reel from the desk), and Halfpipe Pocket: Roast Story (a free pocket-cart spin-off). Twitch chat can queue tricks while you ride. High scores currently stay local, with Steam leaderboards on the roadmap. No careers or story modes, just quick sessions and background vibes.

Languages (UI)

30+ interface languages on Steam, including English, German, French, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Simplified & Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and more. Trick names remain in English.

Coming soon

Steam leaderboards for high scores (local scores ship today).

DLC

Store pages and short copy for coverage. Assets for individual DLC live in the Drive kit and Steam store assets when available.

Steam AppID 5192980
Halfpipe Radio
Optional music DLC powered by Vibehenge. Queue chill stations while you ride so the pipe never has to stay silent.
Steam store page
Steam AppID 5195750
Halfpipe Fishing
Cast from the pipe, chat can join in, and turn idle desktop time into a quiet fishing session beside your work.
Steam store page
Capsule coming soon
Steam AppID 1316310
Halfpipe Pocket: Roast Story
A pocket-sized Halfpipe spin-off with its own story beat. Grab it on Steam when you want a smaller, self-contained ride.
Steam store page

Halfpipe Radio

Optional paid music DLC powered by Vibehenge. Stations play in-game while the base Halfpipe stays silent without ownership. Useful talking points: ambient / lo-fi desk soundtrack, Twitch-friendly mute-by-default base game, album packs coming to itch.

Halfpipe Fishing

Cast from the desktop companion, reel on a rhythm, and fill an encyclopedia. Designed for idle / AFK desk play alongside work, with optional Twitch chat participation where enabled.

Halfpipe Pocket: Roast Story

Free DLC that adds a pocket-device cart slot. First cart: Roast Story: Origins (HTML5). If Halfpipe Radio is owned, Pocket can share that soundtrack; otherwise Origins BGM applies. Store listing: Desktop Halfpipe - Halfpipe Pocket: Roast Story.