Scurvy Scallywags

Scurvy Scallywags is a match game created by Ron Gilbert; this is his first game since leaving Double Fine. When players create a match, the items will collapse in the direction that the player swipes their…

13 June 2013

Puzzle Historical

Scurvy Scallywags is a puzzle developed by Beep Games, released 13 June 2013 on iOS.

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What Scurvy Scallywags is

Scurvy Scallywags is a puzzle game developed by Beep Games and released in 2013. It is available on iOS only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Scurvy Scallywags is a match game created by Ron Gilbert; this is his first game since leaving Double Fine. When players create a match, the items will collapse in the direction that the player swipes their finger, rather than items just falling downwards.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Scurvy Scallywags launched on 13 June 2013, within three weeks of The Last of Us, Trine 2: Complete Story, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy and Rogue Legacy.

Released around the same time: The Last of Us, Trine 2: Complete Story, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy, Rogue Legacy.