The Bug Butcher
The Bug Butcher

The Bug Butcher

January 19, 2016
Awfully Nice Studios
2Awesome Studio
Unity
65
User12 ratings
83
Critic6 ratings
74
Total18 ratings
ShooterIndieArcade
PS4LinuxAndroidPCiOSMacXONESwitch
Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Side view
ActionScience fiction

Summary

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.

Release Dates

SwitchNov 08, 2018
PCJan 19, 2016
MacJan 19, 2016
LinuxJan 19, 2016
AndroidOct 19, 2016
PCJan 19, 2016
PS4Oct 18, 2016
XONEOct 19, 2016
LinuxJan 19, 2016
MacJan 19, 2016
iOSOct 18, 2016

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