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Short: YOINK! is a party brawler where bean-bears hook each other across a river, punch them into it, and draft a ridiculous new power every round.

Long: Two teams of bears face off across a river. Throw your hook, snag a rival, reel them in, and knock them into the water for a SPLASHDOWN. Everyone opens by drafting one of five augment cards, from Triple Hook to Banana Peel; after that, the side that loses a round drafts again, and the cards stack into absurd builds. An announcer calls every SPLASHDOWN, HOME RUN and DOUBLE YOINK over an original soundtrack. Play on one couch with a controller each, online with up to 16 players, or queue for ranked 3v3 and climb the Elo ladder from Bronze to YOINK Master.

• 102 cards in a losers' draft: everyone picks before round one, then whoever loses a round picks again. Every card says exactly what it does, and you can see the other side's builds.
• Twelve new cards in the launch pass, most of them toys for the arena or your team: Banana Peel, Beach Ball, Bounce Shroom, Trapdoor, Tripwire, Batter Up, Alley-Oop, Third Wheel, Bodyguard, Piñata, Musical Chairs and Yoink!.
• Party presets: casual rooms can hand out starting augments: the host's kit for everyone, random cards per bear, chaos-tier only, or an arcade starter kit.
• 13 arenas and 7 modes: Elimination, Team Deathmatch, Free-for-All, Instagib, King of the River, Hook Ball and Checkerboard Chase, plus Overdrive sudden death and round mutators.
• Ranked 3v3 with matchmaking, an Elo ladder, six tiers and a leaderboard.
• Solo modes: an eight-stage Arcade Gauntlet with bosses, and the Sky Hop grapple run.
• Sound: an original soundtrack and a full announcer.
• Couch and online, up to 16 bears, with bots to fill seats. Plays on a pad end to end, with a Steam Deck graphics preset.
• The Bear Locker: 27 outfit sets, 15 outfits, 23 hats, 23 hook skins, 6 species and 11 victory poses.