Sludge Life

 PC
User Score
7.1

Mixed or average reviews- based on 47 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 47
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 47
  3. Negative: 9 out of 47

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  1. MangaX
    Jul 23, 2020
    1
    It's not much of a game. Other games that revolve around tagging graffiti include Marc Ecko's Getting Up, Sideway: New York, and Jet Grind Radio -- all of which are infinitely better than this clunky slog of a game.
    Steer far away from this title unless you have some extremely effective weed to accompany it -- because "stoned" is the only way to find any value in Sludge Life.
  2. ThouArtThyself
    Jul 24, 2020
    0
    This is such a garbage game. It literally made me nauseous within the first 10 minutes of playing the game. it took me a good 4 minutes to figure out how to stop the **** VHS and the desktop twirl because those features make me think I'm on acid.

    When I actually started playing there was no tutorial - no introduction and the readme (when you start the game there is a "readme" file you    This is such a garbage game. It literally made me nauseous within the first 10 minutes of playing the game. it took me a good 4 minutes to figure out how to stop the **** VHS and the desktop twirl because those features make me think I'm on acid.

    When I actually started playing there was no tutorial - no introduction and the readme (when you start the game there is a "readme" file you can open) is used as a changelog.

    The game puts you into this weird world full with bright colours and NPCs, those bright colours also contribute to the acid trip. The controls are weird and clunky, the sensitivity was weirdly high for some goddamn reason which, not gonna lie, made me really **** dizzy.

    Overall, I would not want to touch this game a single second further. Thank god i got this game for free whilst it was on sale, I would not want to pay 10 or so $ to get this **** of a game.    … Expand
  3. Jotah
    Feb 4, 2021
    0
    This game is a masterpiece. This is almost a LSD experience. It's weird, fun and colorful with original graphics and an outstanding visual. I've got this game for free but it's worth every penny.
    When you start the game, it doesn't give you a tutorial or tells you what's your mission/objective, because there's not really one. You must discover for yourself what to do and the way you want    This game is a masterpiece. This is almost a LSD experience. It's weird, fun and colorful with original graphics and an outstanding visual. I've got this game for free but it's worth every penny.
    When you start the game, it doesn't give you a tutorial or tells you what's your mission/objective, because there's not really one. You must discover for yourself what to do and the way you want to do it. I've read some reviews that said the graphics made them dizzy which is completely unfair, since the game allows you to turn off every visual effect, but the experience is worse though.
    This game offers a funny awesome experience and I reccomend it a lot, and you should definitely give it a try!    … Expand
  4. bokarsh-z
    Jun 29, 2023
    2
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    even free not worth it watch it on utube
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    - 2 - 3 hour bad long.
    -very repetitive boring walking simulator like brick with no story and bad annoying lvl design.
    -only good its goofy.
  5. BleedingJester
    Mar 5, 2023
    4
    I played for about an hour, but I stopped because of the ugly artstyle combined with the mindless nature of the game.

    you basically roam around talking to people and spray painting the environment all the while exploring the Open World the main highlight was either meant to be the artstyle or the humor, the humor was meh not really funny it might make you giggle and as I stated earlier    I played for about an hour, but I stopped because of the ugly artstyle combined with the mindless nature of the game.

    you basically roam around talking to people and spray painting the environment all the while exploring the Open World the main highlight was either meant to be the artstyle or the humor, the humor was meh not really funny it might make you giggle and as I stated earlier the artstyle is ugly to look at and while that was probably intentional that knowledge didnt make me like the artstyle

    I would probably rate it lower if I bought it but I got this game free on Epic a while ago    … Expand

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Metascore
73

Mixed or average reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. Softpedia
    Jun 2, 2021
    75
    Devolver often delivers weird games that take familiar ideas or mechanics and deliver cool twists on them. Loop Hero is a very good example of how this approach can succeed. Sludge Life has good tunes and a new presentation style but it needed more in the way of either gameplay or narrative to deliver a truly cool experience.
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  2. PC Invasion
    Jun 2, 2021
    80
    Brief and more of an experience than anything else, Sludge Life is a chill way to spend a couple of hours.
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  3. GameSpace
    Jul 14, 2020
    60
    Sludge Life is a first-person, open-world platformer filled with strange sightings, childish humor, and a unique retro windows 3.1 UI. For the right platformer gamer, this divergence from the norm may provide several hours of enjoyment, but with no lasting draw to explore apart from graffiti tags and pictures, and no extenuating interaction with the world or characters, don't expect Sludge Life to grab you for more than a few hours.
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