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Super Meat Boy

Super Meat Boy is a platform game in which players control Meat Boy, a small, dark red, cube-shaped character who must rescue his girlfriend Bandage Girl from the scientist Dr. Fetus. The game is divided into…

85 20 October 2010

Super Meat Boy is an adventure developed by Team Meat, released 20 October 2010 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita and Wii U.

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What Super Meat Boy is

Super Meat Boy is an adventure game developed by Team Meat and released in 2010. It was published by BlitWorks. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Wii U, Wii, Xbox 360, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Tommunism Engine.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Meat Boy and Bandage Girl are in love, but Dr. Fetus, an intelligent fetus in a jar piloting a mechanical suit, is unloved and hates everyone. In a fit of jealousy, Dr. Fetus kidnaps Bandage Girl. Meat Boy chases Dr. Fetus through increasingly dangerous environments to rescue her, facing obstacles and boss creatures along the way, while Dr. Fetus repeatedly escapes with Bandage Girl at the end of each chapter.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and comedy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 48 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Super Meat Boy holds a critic score of 85 out of 100. That places it above 82% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2010 averaged 70, so it scored 15 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 84, across 846 votes.

How long it takes, and what that costs

A full completion run takes around 51 hrs.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 1.4GHz or faster, 1 GB RAM and Graphics Card made within the last 4 years (Pixel Shader 3.0, Vertex Shader 3.0). At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today.

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What it launched against

Super Meat Boy launched on 20 October 2010, within three weeks of Fallout: New Vegas, Call of Duty: Black Ops, Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition and God of War: Ghost of Sparta. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4. It was a PlayStation 4 launch-window title.

Released around the same time: Fallout: New Vegas, Call of Duty: Black Ops, Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition, God of War: Ghost of Sparta.

Cheats and codes

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Quick answers

Super Meat Boy — frequently asked questions

When did Super Meat Boy come out?
Super Meat Boy was released on 20 October 2010 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Wii U, Wii, Xbox 360, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Super Meat Boy?
At minimum, Super Meat Boy needs 1.4GHz or faster, 1 GB RAM, Graphics Card made within the last 4 years (Pixel Shader 3.0, Vertex Shader 3.0) graphics, 300 MB of storage.
How many GB is Super Meat Boy?
The PC version needs about 0.3 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("300 MB"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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