Bugsnax

 PC
User Score
7.2

Mixed or average reviews- based on 63 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 41 out of 63
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 63
  3. Negative: 14 out of 63

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  1. Thatwwefan
    Nov 13, 2020
    10
    I like crickets I like crickets I like crickets I like crickets I like crickets
  2. GoatseBoose
    Nov 13, 2020
    10
    Bugsnax is a work of art that future generations will look back on in awh. One does not simply play Bugsnax but experiences Bugsnax and then changes as a person afterwards, you will not breathe or take a **** the same after Bugsnax. When your life flashes before you're eyes you will see Filbo at the gates of heaven waiting for you.
  3. Onefoot
    Nov 13, 2020
    10
    Kinda Bug and Kinda Snack

    Bugsnax is game of the year and there’s no competition.
  4. Resunoit
    Nov 13, 2020
    10
    Absolute big chungus Keanu reeves reddit moment epic game. But seriously, I’m just rating this well for the memes lmfao.
  5. FelipeMunoz
    Nov 28, 2020
    10
    funny characters, funny dialogue, open world, entertaining missions, good soundtrack. What can I say? Its bugsnax, game of the year
  6. Ullallulloo
    Apr 12, 2022
    0
    Weird game. It's very easy, repetitive, and awkward as an adult, yet it's also quite inappropriate for kids. Just feels like a boring game that only became popular because of memes because of its weirdness, but the game itself is not worth playing, even for free.
  7. Switch2803
    Dec 1, 2020
    9
    Amazing game. There is a snak called Daddy Cakelegs. I was surprised how good this game was and I had high expectations after hearing the theme tune from Kero Kero Bonito!
  8. threeonethirds
    Dec 8, 2020
    9
    This game is incredibly charming and felt like what I’d always wished a Pokémon game would feel like! The voice acting might be my favorite thing about this game. I just wish there was an endless mode at the end of the main story because I wanted to spend more time in its world
  9. TheFireDragoon
    Nov 14, 2020
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. holy **** I did not expect a game about bug snack hybrids to actually be this good.
    First off, the characters are pretty well made. Each of them is suffering from a different issue you help solve in their sidequest chain, for example one of them is scared he isn't strong enough to protect his boyfriend and so he wants to take Bugsnax to be strong enough, and one of them is too obsessed with finding out the dirt on everybody - even if that ends up making them hate her. Each character is entirely believable and it helps that they all have really good voice acting. I have no clue how the hell this indie game managed to get such a great cast but I'm happy that it happened.

    The gameplay is really simple but fun. Each Bugsnax is a mini-puzzle, usually not taking that long to figure out. One is hiding in a hole and you need to bring it out by bringing a laser pointer controlled ball into the hole. One is super cold, so you need to lure it into a campfire. One is burrowing underground, so you have to make it hit its head on something. You get an arsenal of tools that increases as the game goes on. Net, trap, hook, sauce slinger with several sauces you collect, ball, and a wire that trips Bugsnax.

    The story is also surprisingly decent for a basic concept with a (SPOILERS) reveal that the Bugsnax are parasites taking over their minds in order to turn them into Bugsnax and continue ensuring nobody escapes the island. Also your employer is working for the illuminati to make sure you can't tell people about Bugsnax. The last part of the game also has you murdering Bugsnax so that's interesting.

    tl;dr play Bugsnax it's a great game with a good story, great characters, fun gameplay, cute Bugsnax, and good music. The only reason this isn't a 10 is because the PC version does have some lag near the end that makes going through the hub town and looking at your journal annoying.    … Expand
  10. MrBulletBill
    Nov 17, 2020
    10
    What a cute little game. Like animal crossing but better. Everyone must experience this masterpiece.
  11. sensei_slayer
    Nov 28, 2020
    8
    A really good game, worth the price. Though I wish there was more content, or maybe a sequel perhaps?

    Either way I would recommend this game.
  12. CasucalReviews
    Dec 12, 2020
    0
    I think metascore 72 is honestly fair for this. It isn't anything new or special, any mobile game looks like this.
  13. deepstories
    Dec 18, 2020
    0
    This game didn't really keep my interest. Feels way overrated than it should be.
  14. all_i_need
    Dec 18, 2020
    0
    Meh story, weak animations, it's just whatever. Wouldn't recommend in all honesty. But that's just me and i like quality.
  15. TheoreticalHero
    Feb 3, 2021
    2
    OMH this game is awful terrible graphics terrible gameplay the immense amount of glitches and bugs in this game are unbelievable they need to fix this game now unplayable
  16. Zquaranteneuf
    Dec 30, 2021
    2
    I watched Barb play this garbage at 5AM and I've never seen someone so miserable in my entire life.
    The game's been described as:
    - All you do is run errands for fukcing Bligiboblonger
    - The worse parts of Pokemon combined with terrible escort mission
    - Awful, cringy, putrid, and abysmal
    - Worse than Superman 64
    That's all you need to know.
  17. callumshell1
    Dec 17, 2020
    9
    This is unironically a great game. It looks like a meme but it's genuinely well-written and fun to play. The characters in this thing are already some of my favourites I've come across and the soundtrack is bangin. Would recommend.
  18. SuperkenGaming
    Jan 27, 2021
    8
    Bugsnax
    talkin bout bugsnax.
    Bugsnax is a 7 hour long bug catching game where you’re a reporter in search of Elizabert Megafin, and with the help of the inhabitants of this bugsnax filled island, you’ll gain clues on her whereabouts, but you must earn this clues, and the interviews to get these clues, and you do this by... you guessed it.. Catching bug snacks.. bugsnacks as the name    Bugsnax
    talkin bout bugsnax.
    Bugsnax is a 7 hour long bug catching game where you’re a reporter in search of Elizabert Megafin, and with the help of the inhabitants of this bugsnax filled island, you’ll gain clues on her whereabouts, but you must earn this clues, and the interviews to get these clues, and you do this by... you guessed it.. Catching bug snacks.. bugsnacks as the name suggests are half bugs half snacks, and once you eat them you can choose a limb that these bugs become… each character will have you running around their areas collecting different snax and feeding them to them, which is a puzzle within itself, you’ll have to bait some out, trick them into fighting each other, trip them out of the sky, it really is fun trying to figure out just how to catch the snack you’re after.. Though bugsnax doesn’t quite have the magic a game like pokemon has, I never felt the urge beyond the first couple of hours to go out and catch them all... really only capturing the ones I needed to progress the story, and usually im a sucker for collect them all type games, but im just not wure what it was, weather its due to the fact this is simply a ftch quest game or that the areas youre running around are all bare bones and not fun or intriguing to explore, you get that feeling of, eh if I need this one ill come back and get it later,rather than feeling like you found a collectable that you need to grab right this moment… which a game like this should feel… scanning these creatures in the wild will give you hints on how to catch them, and some need caught later on after you aquire a new catching aid from the story…. But bugsnax overall is a really cute and charming game, it is enjoyable from start to finish, even if it doesn’t urge you to do much outside of mainlining… This is a hidden gem definitely worth your time, especially for those into collecting games… you’ll still have fun trying to collect them all until you’re over it…
    I give Bugsnax
    an 8/10    … Expand
  19. OldCrotchety
    Sep 6, 2022
    6
    Fairly fun, but it feels incomplete. All of the character arcs feel like they end sort of abruptly. I liked the voice acting, but I didn't like the writing much. Octodad is much better in almost every way IMO. The gameplay was more fun. The story, though sparse, was more fun in Octodad too. I'm not totally sure who the intended audience is.
  20. Cafe_8bits
    Nov 17, 2020
    9
    Bugsnax its simple amazing. I played it since launch, and just beat it. The twist of the game made my rate of this game skyrocket from 7 to 9. This game is almost an indie masterpiece, Im glad i decided to buy it on launch, because i always skip launchs, but devs you deserve it. I feel everyone should play this game, but DONT DROP IT untill the end, you will not be disappointed. Easy myBugsnax its simple amazing. I played it since launch, and just beat it. The twist of the game made my rate of this game skyrocket from 7 to 9. This game is almost an indie masterpiece, Im glad i decided to buy it on launch, because i always skip launchs, but devs you deserve it. I feel everyone should play this game, but DONT DROP IT untill the end, you will not be disappointed. Easy my goty for 2020.… Expand
  21. grihajedy
    Apr 28, 2022
    7
    I don’t even know what to write, so don't judge too harshly) Surely my review will not be very useful, but here are my thoughts:

    I don't like it when people say "games are for kids". But that's it about this game, I don't know how else to say) The studio's previous game, "Octodad", was a story-driven project with fun gameplay for all ages. There, the octopus lived in the ordinary world    I don’t even know what to write, so don't judge too harshly) Surely my review will not be very useful, but here are my thoughts:

    I don't like it when people say "games are for kids". But that's it about this game, I don't know how else to say)
    The studio's previous game, "Octodad", was a story-driven project with fun gameplay for all ages. There, the octopus lived in the ordinary world and pretended to be a man, and here some Teletubbies with people's problems walking and catch alive bugs, well, it seems to me that the studio took some wrong course.
    Here we have a very simple first person game, where you have to walk, set traps, and catch insects according to timings, different bugs are caught in different ways, so in each new task you will have to figure out how exactly catch them. The same simple, unremarkable visual style, and plot (We are a journalist, we come to find out the stories of local eaters of live fruits). Locations are small.
    But everything seems to work, the gameplay is not annoying, for children, or, if you really like this concept, you can take it, but for me, for example Slime Rancher is much more interesting and stylish, I still expect a new masterpiece from "Young Horses", older, more unique.
    (By the way, this is not exactly new game, it has been on sale in Epic games for the Mac platform for more than a year).

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    Не знаю даже, что написать, так что не судите строго) Наверняка мой обзор будет не очень полезным, но вот мои мысли:

    Не люблю, когда говорят, что "игры - это для детей". Но вот именно про эту игру, не знаю как по-другому сказать)
    Предыдущая игра студии - "Octodad", была сюжетной историей с забавным геймплеем для всех возрастов. Там осьминог жил в обычном мире и притворялся человеком, а тут какие-то телепузики с проблемами людей ходят и ловят живых жуков, ну, мне кажется, студия свернула немного не туда.
    Тут у нас очень простая игра от первого лица, где надо ходить, ставить ловушки, и вылавливать по таймингам насекомых, по ходу нам открывается новое снаряжение, разные жуки ловятся по-разному, так что в каждом новом задании придётся ещё самому додумывать, как именно их поймать. Такой же простой ничем не выделяющийся визуальный стиль, и сюжет (Мы журналист, приезжаем, чтобы узнать истории местных пожирателей живых фруктов). Локации небольшие.
    А так вроде всё работает, геймплей не раздражает, для детей, или, если вам очень нравится такая концепция, взять можно, но по мне тот же Slime Rancher гораздо интереснее и стильнее, я всё-таки жду от "Young Horses" нового шедевра, повзрослее, поуникальнее.
    (Кстати, это не совсем новинка, она больше года продавалась в Epic games для платформы Mac).    … Expand
  22. Sanek2018ru
    Jun 22, 2022
    6
    The game is pretty mediocre. During the game, it literally drives into despair.
  23. peteydov
    Nov 19, 2020
    10
    The game is so powerful my pc caught on fire. Took 5 days to download. It's bug snacks.
  24. makkusu1
    Nov 14, 2020
    10
    There is a just interesting gameplay game in first-person about a pets, which catching a Bugsnax!)
  25. Ganerbtw
    Nov 13, 2020
    10
    Easily the most profound horror game yet, makes you capture cute exotic creatures so people can eat them
  26. faxpax
    Nov 14, 2020
    10
    one part bug and one part snack I don't know what the professional reviewers were playing but this is by far one of the most entertaining games i have played all year. It feels like a nice mix of Pokémon, viva piñata and a just a whole lot of just solid fun
  27. 638356
    May 1, 2023
    6
    The Bugsnax catching is well made and even kind of addicting, but here are some negative things:

    - The story and the characters are extremely shallow - In the dialogues, you are sometimes given choices and the game pretends that it would make a difference, but in fact in doesn't make any difference what you choose I'm those dialogies. I hate that in games. - The graphics seem old. Why do    The Bugsnax catching is well made and even kind of addicting, but here are some negative things:

    - The story and the characters are extremely shallow
    - In the dialogues, you are sometimes given choices and the game pretends that it would make a difference, but in fact in doesn't make any difference what you choose I'm those dialogies. I hate that in games.
    - The graphics seem old. Why do you not use Unreal Engine?    … Expand
  28. PotatoePink
    Jan 31, 2023
    10
    An amazing game that is very fun and cartoony until it becomes the exact opposite for a bit and then goes back to fun and cartoony. It also has one of the most insane endings I have ever seen from any video game.

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#95 Most Discussed PC Game of 2020

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Metascore
72

Mixed or average reviews - based on 17 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 17
  3. Negative: 0 out of 17
  1. Adventure Gamers
    Jul 15, 2022
    70
    You shouldn’t play with your food, but it’s necessary when dealing with the creatures of Snaktooth Island. While the creative design and catchy music are tasty side dishes, Bugsnax‘s main course of monster-catching gets a tad stale before the end.
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  2. Edge Magazine
    Dec 3, 2020
    80
    And underlying it all, the one thing that didn't take us by surprise: the old catch-'em-all urge, as moreish as ever. Whether it's tickling your head or your heart, Bugsnax ensures they're never empty calories. [Issue#353, p.116]
  3. 3DJuegos
    Nov 27, 2020
    70
    A rare but original adventure tha combines exploration, capture, conversations and a disturbing sense of humor. Try it if you want something different.
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