The Bug Butcher

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  • Summary: The Bug Butcher is an action-packed 2D side scrolling shoot em up game where peril comes from above.
    So in a nutshell, pest control with machine guns in space.
    The core mechanics hold old ties from the classic arcade shooter Super Pang where you shoot vertically, but with modern day    The Bug Butcher is an action-packed 2D side scrolling shoot em up game where peril comes from above.
    So in a nutshell, pest control with machine guns in space.
    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.
    Harrys current assignment takes him to the infested futuristic research facility on planet Zoit. The surviving and dwindling number of scientists employed him for his slaughtering skills. Harrys 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 as they have a particular fondness for rubber encased scientists. 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.    … Expand
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  1. Positive: 4 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. TouchArcade
    Nov 9, 2016
    100
    If you're big on score-attack games with a load of personality, The Bug Butcher should probably be your next go-to. It had a lengthy journey through an Early Access period on PC, but the juice was worth the squeeze, and now you can enjoy it on a mobile device with a near 1:1 re-creation (sans co-op), and all of the advancements since.
  2. Pocket Gamer UK
    Oct 22, 2016
    90
    A bright cartoony shooter with an awful lot going for it. Grab it, shoot stuff.
  3. 148Apps
    Oct 30, 2016
    90
    The Bug Butcher is a super fun and refreshing 2-D shooter. It provides a great amount of variety and challenge which somehow makes playing new levels and replaying old ones equally exciting. If you want to feel great about killing bugs, definitely play The Bug Butcher.
  4. Multiplayer.it
    Nov 4, 2016
    85
    The Bug Butcher is a solid action game which manages to bring back memories of a classic like Pang along with a fresh new taste.

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Awards & Rankings

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#4 Best iOS Game of 2016
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#35 Most Shared iOS Game of 2016

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