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Gruntz

Take control of the Gruntz, a lovable and annoying batch of creatures trying to find their way home. After fleeing through a wormhole to avoid an attack by their evil cousins, the Disgruntled, they are…

74 28 February 1999 ESRB E

Gruntz is a puzzle developed by Monolith Productions, released 28 February 1999 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Gruntz is

Gruntz is a puzzle game developed by Monolith Productions and released in 1999. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Windows Animation Package. It carries an ESRB E age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Gruntz is a puzzle/strategy game for PC, developed and published in February 1999 by Monolith Productions. It is packaged with a level editor and can be played in single and multiplayer modes.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are comedy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

How it was received

Gruntz holds a critic score of 74 out of 100. That places it above 47% of the 2,791 rated puzzle games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1999 averaged 72, so it scored 2 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Gruntz launched on 28 February 1999, within three weeks of Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia, Final Fantasy VIII, Silent Hill and Syphon Filter. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia, Final Fantasy VIII, Silent Hill, Syphon Filter.

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When did Gruntz come out?
Gruntz was released on 28 February 1999 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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