Squirrel with a Gun has been within the public consciousness for a whereas, however the distinctive shooter is peaking on the proper time. Its launch window has been introduced for this Fall (for PC, Xbox, and PlayStation), and the quirky Unreal Engine 5 recreation has been capturing the hearts and minds of the IGN viewers.
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- With 27 million views throughout IGN socials and almost 7 million minutes considered, Squirrel with a Gun was our most-watched recreation trailer of 2022 on TIkTok and our largest video of 2022 on Fb. That is proper: it wasn’t Name of Responsibility or Cyberpunk 2077 or some other large-identify AAA recreation, it was the unendingly intriguing Squirrel with a Gun.
- In the meantime, on IGN’s YouTube channel, Squirrel With a Gun is already proving to be one of the crucial anticipated indie video games of 2024, totaling over 2 million views.
It is these sorts of numbers on IGN that preceded earlier breakout indie video games like Cuphead and the equally animal-impressed Untitled Goose Game earlier than they launched into the stratosphere, and why we predict the identical is prone to occur for Squirrel with a Gun when it comes out later this 12 months. However in case you want a refresher (or, effectively, a deeper dive than what the title of the sport already spells out fairly clearly), Squirrel with a Gun is being developed by Dan DeEntremont and showcases the titular squirrel working by a city with regular-sized weapons chasing unsuspecting folks and taking down Brokers utilizing varied weapons. Because the neighborhood’s most obnoxious rodent, you will develop a knack (and a love?) for crime and mayhem in pursuit of golden acorns on this nutty sandbox shooter and puzzle platformer.
If it is something as innocently unhinged because it sounds, we’re all in for a deal with. For extra on Squirrel with a Gun, learn up on the way it’s impressed by Yakuza and Shadow of the Colossus. And if all of this sounds prefer it’s up your alley, you possibly can wishlist Squirrel with a Gun on Steam.
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