King Oddball is an indie developed by 10tons, released 14 August 2012 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4. The main story takes about 6 hrs to finish.
What King Oddball is
King Oddball is an indie game developed by 10tons and released in 2012. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Android, iOS, Linux, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows) and Windows Phone.
The premise, in the publisher's words
End the world in a unique skill based physics puzzle! King Oddball swings a boulder back and forth by its tongue. Release the boulder by tapping the screen. Time the release accurately to crush as many targets as possible with each boulder. Extra boulders are awarded when crushing three or more targets with a single boulder. Anticipate how boulders roll and bounce. Use explosive crates to wreak havoc on the puny humans. Take advantage of collapsing structures too! Conquer the world by defeating the humans in more than 120 fun and increasingly challenging levels!
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 15 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
King Oddball holds a critic score of 71 out of 100. That places it above 41% of the 5,098 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2012 averaged 70, so it scored about average for its year.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 6 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 10 hrs, roughly 1.7 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 1 Ghz, 1 GB RAM and Direct3D. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today.
What it launched against
King Oddball launched on 14 August 2012, within three weeks of Dark Souls: Prepare To Die Edition, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Sleeping Dogs and Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition. All of them reviewed better. It was a PlayStation 5 launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Dark Souls: Prepare To Die Edition, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Sleeping Dogs, Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for King Oddball yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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