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The Bug Butcher

Shooter Indie Arcade Action Science fiction
65
User Score
11 ratings
83
Critic Score
6 reviews
Very Positive
660 reviews
January 19, 2016
Released 3750 days ago
PlayStation 4 Linux Android PC (Microsoft Windows) iOS Mac Xbox One Nintendo Switch

About

The Bug Butcher is an action-packed 2D side scrolling shoot em up game where peril comes from above. The core mechanics hold old ties from the classic arcade shooter "Super Pang" where you shoot vertically, but with modern day twists. You are Harry, a brash and tenacious exterminator who has a knack for decimating bugs. Harry's current assignment takes him to an infested futuristic research facility on a distant planet. The surviving and dwindling number of scientists employed him for his slaughtering skills.

Storyline

Harry's mission: survive until the decontamination of the building is complete, hoard coins like his life depended on it, and protect the scientists at all costs. Watch out for the spiders they have a particular fondness for rubber encased scientist brains. After landing, you will move from room to room through the facility blasting rockets, lasers, and wielding the power of lighting upwards at anything not human. Ravenous swarms and ferocious waves of bugs of every size will attempt to kill you, but luckily there will be weapon and health pick-ups to aid Harry on his quest.

Fierce reflexes are mandatory for survival, but Harry's brutal power-ups will let the guts fly and make the larva cry! If you love games with humor, perfect platforming, grotesquely cute art, nightmarish bosses, and real personality then The Bug Butcher will suit your fancy.

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Trailer

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Release Dates by Platform

PC (Microsoft Windows) Worldwide
Jan 19, 2016
Mac Worldwide
Jan 19, 2016
Linux Worldwide
Jan 19, 2016
PC (Microsoft Windows) Worldwide
Jan 19, 2016
Linux Worldwide
Jan 19, 2016
Mac Worldwide
Jan 19, 2016
PlayStation 4 Worldwide
Oct 18, 2016
iOS Worldwide
Oct 18, 2016
Android Worldwide
Oct 19, 2016
Xbox One Worldwide
Oct 19, 2016
Nintendo Switch Worldwide
Nov 8, 2018

Game Info

Developer
Awfully Nice Studios
Publisher
2Awesome Studio
Game Modes
Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Perspective
Side view
Genres
Shooter Indie Arcade
Themes
Action Science fiction

Multiplayer

Languages

Audio / Voice
English
Text / Subtitles
English, English, German, German, Japanese, Japanese, French, French, Spanish (Spain), Spanish (Spain), Polish, Polish, Russian, Russian, Dutch, Dutch, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Simplified)

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