Guacamelee Collection

Guacamelee Collection on PC is a paid bundle of two colorful Metroidvania action-platformers from Drinkbox Studios, combining luchador brawling, precision platforming, exploration, and same-screen co-op. Steam currently lists the bundle under this name, while its included games remain Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition and Guacamelee! 2. The older Gold Edition is a legacy version of the first game, not a new replacement for the collection.

Two Luchador Adventures, One Combat Language

The collection is built around side-scrolling exploration, but its identity comes from how closely combat and movement are connected. Juan Aguacate fights with wrestling-inspired strikes, launches, throws, and special attacks that also break barriers, reach higher platforms, or open new routes through the map.

Both games use a colorful third-person-free 2D side-scrolling perspective and combine beat 'em up encounters with ability-gated exploration. You move between towns, temples, forests, caves, and other connected areas, then return to earlier locations when a newly learned technique reveals a hidden passage or collectible.

The first adventure introduces the core rhythm: enter a room, read the enemy setup, break shield colors with the correct move, and keep the combo alive while controlling space. The sequel expands that foundation with larger handcrafted areas, more enemy types, additional bosses, and more elaborate traversal challenges.

Players who enjoy interconnected maps and combat-driven exploration may also appreciate precision-focused 2D Metroidvania adventures such as Hollow Knight, although Guacamelee places much more emphasis on wrestling combos, humor, and cooperative play.

Dimension Swapping, Chicken Powers, and Combat Puzzles

A defining system in the first game is the ability to switch instantly between the World of the Living and the World of the Dead. Platforms, hazards, enemies, and routes can change between dimensions, turning what looks like a simple jump or fight into a timing puzzle.

Enemy shields add another layer to encounters. Colored barriers can only be removed with the matching special move, so the combat loop is not just about attacking quickly. You must identify the required technique, reposition Juan, and avoid attacks while preparing the correct response.

Juan also gains the ability to transform into a chicken. In the first game, the form is especially important for entering narrow spaces and solving traversal problems. Guacamelee! 2 gives the chicken form a much broader role with its own movement, combat, and special abilities.

Signature techniques such as the Rooster Uppercut, Frog Slam, and Intenso mode support both fighting and navigation. The result is a system where learning a new move changes how you approach enemies, platforms, shortcuts, and optional challenge rooms.

What The Collection Includes

Steam's current Guacamelee! Collection bundle contains four products: the complete standalone game Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition, Guacamelee! 2, the Three Enemigos Character Pack, and The Proving Grounds challenge level.

Super Turbo Championship Edition is the expanded version of the original adventure. Compared with the earlier Gold Edition, it adds new content, abilities, enemies, encounters, and refinements. The Gold Edition remains relevant as a legacy search term, but STCE is the more complete first-game version represented in the current collection.

Guacamelee! 2 supplies the larger sequel campaign, including its new world structure, additional chicken abilities, trainers, bosses, and expanded co-op support. Its progression still centers on unlocking techniques that function as both combat tools and platforming abilities.

The collection's two Guacamelee! 2 gameplay add-ons are paid content rather than free updates to the base game. Three Enemigos adds playable costumes based on El Muñeco, Uay Pek, and Jaguar Javier, while The Proving Grounds is a dedicated challenge area designed around advanced mastery of the game's movement and combat systems.

The bundle does not list either game's soundtrack as one of its four included products. Soundtrack editions and complete packages exist separately on some storefronts, so buyers should distinguish the Guacamelee! Collection bundle from soundtrack-inclusive editions.

Co-Op Reality On PC

Both included games support same-screen local co-op, with drop-in and drop-out play designed around the main adventure rather than a separate multiplayer-only mode. Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition supports up to four local players, and Guacamelee! 2 also supports four-player local co-op.

This is not an online co-op package with dedicated matchmaking. Steam's Remote Play Together feature can extend local-style play over the internet, but the underlying games remain built around shared-screen cooperation and compatible controllers.

Co-op changes the feel of platforming and combat. More players can overwhelm enemies and make chaotic encounters entertaining, but dimension switching, shield matching, and precision rooms require everyone to understand the same movement rules.

Who Guacamelee Collection Suits

The collection is a good fit for PC players who want fast melee combat, expressive movement, colorful worlds, and a lighter tone than many darker Metroidvanias. It also works well for groups looking for a couch-friendly action game with a full campaign instead of a small collection of disconnected arenas.

Completion-focused players have optional routes, hidden collectibles, upgrade opportunities, difficult platforming rooms, and challenge content to pursue after the main path becomes familiar. The games reward execution and route knowledge more than equipment grinding or conventional role-playing builds.

It may be a poor match for players seeking online matchmaking, deep inventory management, highly flexible character builds, or a slow atmospheric adventure. Guacamelee's progression is primarily ability-based, and its difficulty comes from timing, enemy patterns, shield rules, and platforming precision.

For a similar emphasis on momentum, traversal, and hand-crafted Metroidvania routes with a more cinematic presentation, fluid platforming adventures like Ori and the Will of the Wisps are a natural comparison, though Ori is a solo experience.

Steam Features, Controllers, and Storefront Details

Drinkbox Studios is both the developer and a listed publisher of the collection's games, with Kepler Ghost also credited as publisher on Steam. The PC package uses Steam's standard platform ecosystem rather than a dedicated launcher, and no separate anti-cheat system is identified on the current storefront listings.

Steam lists full controller support for the individual games, including Xbox 360 controllers and other XInput-compatible pads. Keyboard play is available, but a controller is the more natural fit for directional attacks, throws, special moves, and cooperative play.

Super Turbo Championship Edition includes Steam Workshop support for custom costumes, alongside achievements, trading cards, cloud saves, leaderboards, multiple save slots, and Steam Remote Play features. Guacamelee! 2 lists achievements, trading cards, cloud saves, leaderboards, Family Sharing, and Remote Play features, but its store listing does not present Steam Workshop as one of its features.

The Steam bundle lists English, French, Italian, German, Brazilian Portuguese, Latin American Spanish, Korean, Russian, and Simplified Chinese across the package. Language availability can differ between the individual games and add-ons, so the game-specific listings remain the authoritative reference for a particular language requirement.

Similar PC Games

Guacamelee Collection sits between several recognizable PC categories: the exploration structure of a Metroidvania, the close-range pressure of a beat 'em up, and the execution demands of a precision platformer. Its strongest differentiator is that special attacks are useful in all three contexts.

Players who prefer repeated runs, procedural routes, and permanent upgrades should look toward run-based action platformers such as Dead Cells instead. Dead Cells shares the quick combat and movement focus, but Guacamelee keeps its worlds handcrafted and its progression tied to a persistent campaign.

Those comparisons explain why the collection appeals to more than one audience. It has enough exploration for Metroidvania fans, enough combo expression for action players, and enough local multiplayer support to function as a shared living-room game.

Guacamelee Collection FAQ

Is Guacamelee Collection a new game or a rebranded edition?

It is a Steam bundle rather than a separate new campaign. The current bundle contains Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition, Guacamelee! 2, Three Enemigos, and The Proving Grounds. The individual games retain their established storefront names.

Is Guacamelee Gold Edition included?

No. The collection includes Super Turbo Championship Edition, the expanded version of the first game. Gold Edition is an earlier version and should be treated as a legacy product rather than the collection's included first game.

Does the collection include all Guacamelee! 2 DLC?

It includes the two gameplay add-ons listed in the bundle: Three Enemigos Character Pack and The Proving Grounds. The soundtrack is not one of the four products listed in the Steam collection.

Can I play Guacamelee Collection alone?

Yes. Both games include full single-player campaigns. Co-op is optional and uses shared-screen local multiplayer rather than a separate online campaign mode.

Does Guacamelee Collection support four-player co-op?

Yes. Both Super Turbo Championship Edition and Guacamelee! 2 support up to four players in same-screen local co-op. Steam Remote Play Together may be used to simulate local play remotely.

What makes Guacamelee different from other Metroidvanias?

Its combat moves double as traversal abilities, enemy shields require specific attacks, and dimension switching changes both fights and platforming routes. The chicken transformation adds another movement and combat layer, especially in the sequel.

Does the PC version support controllers and multiple languages?

Yes. Steam lists full controller support for the games. The collection also lists several interface and subtitle languages, including English, French, German, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, Latin American Spanish, Korean, Russian, and Simplified Chinese, with exact coverage depending on the individual product.