- Release Date: 12th November 2020
- Developer: Young Horses
- Publisher: Young Horses
- Platform Played: Xbox Series S
- Platforms Available: PC, Mac, PS4/5, Xbox One/Series, Switch
I wasn’t expecting that much from Bugsnax, but ended up loving it. It’s a game where you collect cute creatures made out of food. There are 8 regions to explore, each with its own set of Bugsnax. You’ll need to learn their behavioural patterns and catch them using various traps and equipment. Working out how to capture each Bugsnax is a lot of fun, and you can combine your equipment in a manner of ways, like launching your trap towards Bugsnax.
A lot of the game is focused on the small village of Snaxburg, where you’ll find the muppet-like Grumpuses that reside in this world. They all have fun designs and personalities, along with their own troubles to help them with. A lot of this involves feeding them live Bugsnax, which transforms their body. Some of their issues are surprisingly deep, too. It may look like a kid’s game, but what Bugsnax does is quite surprising.
Bugsnax is incredibly entertaining. If it were a Pokémon game, it would easily be my favourite Pokémon game.
Bugsnax
