Mugsters is an adventure developed by Reinkout Games, released 17 July 2018 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Mac.
What Mugsters is
Mugsters is an adventure game developed by Reinkout Games and released in 2018. It was published by Team17. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Aliens have taken over the planet and enslaved humanity. Only you have the know-how to drive back the dastardly threat, free your fellow Earthlings and SAVE THE WORLD. Mugsters is a physics-based, supercharged, action-packed puzzler with sandbox levels where you must outrun, out-manoeuvre and outsmart your enemies by experimenting with different vehicles, environmental traps and explosives. Mugsters is focused on the players’ creativity. Break out the prisoners, collect the crystals and get the heck out of dodge any way you can!
How it plays
Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.
How it was received
Mugsters holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 33% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2018 averaged 69, so it scored about average for its year.
What it launched against
Mugsters launched on 17 July 2018, within three weeks of Dead Cells, Octopath Traveler, Overcooked! 2 and Sonic Mania Plus. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 5 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Dead Cells, Octopath Traveler, Overcooked! 2, Sonic Mania Plus.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel. See all 2 videos →
Screenshots
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