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Bugsnax: The Isle of Bigsnax

Journey to a mysterious new island where the Bugsnax are truly enormous! You’ll need to master new mechanics like the Shrink Spice, which can cut the giant Bugsnax down to a catchable size. Joining you are…

68 28 April 2022

Bugsnax: The Isle of Bigsnax is an adventure developed by Young Horses, released 28 April 2022 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.

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What Bugsnax: The Isle of Bigsnax is

Bugsnax: The Isle of Bigsnax is an adventure game developed by Young Horses and released in 2022. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Journey to a mysterious new island where the Bugsnax are truly enormous! You’ll need to master new mechanics like the Shrink Spice, which can cut the giant Bugsnax down to a catchable size. Joining you are Chandlo, Floofty, Triffany, and Shelda, who will explore both the island’s long-forgotten history, and more of their own personal stories. Back in Snaxburg, you’ll finally have your very own hut! You can take on challenges from your mailbox to earn furniture and accessories to customize your living space. These challenges put a few twists in the gameplay, and will shake up how you explore and catch. And last but not least; capture rare Bughats in order to dress up your favorite Bugsnax.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, comedy and sandbox. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Bugsnax: The Isle of Bigsnax holds a critic score of 68 out of 100. That places it above 30% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2022 averaged 74, so it scored 6 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Bugsnax: The Isle of Bigsnax launched on 28 April 2022, within three weeks of The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe, The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe, Rogue Legacy 2 and Citizen Sleeper. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 2 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe, The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe, Rogue Legacy 2, Citizen Sleeper.

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When did Bugsnax: The Isle of Bigsnax come out?
Bugsnax: The Isle of Bigsnax was released on 28 April 2022 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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