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The Bum

The game tells a story of a homeless man who communicates with the world using an old sock on his right hand. He's a huge football fan and plays it a lot near his backalley. One day he gets mugged by a…

25 April 2013

The Bum is an adventure developed by Gribbler, released 25 April 2013 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What The Bum is

The Bum is an adventure game developed by Gribbler and released in 2013. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Adventure Game Studio.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The game tells a story of a homeless man who communicates with the world using an old sock on his right hand. He's a huge football fan and plays it a lot near his backalley. One day he gets mugged by a wandering bully and looses his precious ball in the process. Now he must pull himself together, team up with a local superhero, find a new ball and confront his oppressor again. Available in English, German & Polish
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How it plays

Its themes are comedy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

The Bum launched on 25 April 2013, within three weeks of Metro: Last Light, Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen, Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon and Age of Empires II HD.

Released around the same time: Metro: Last Light, Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen, Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon, Age of Empires II HD.

Official trailer

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When did The Bum come out?
The Bum was released on 25 April 2013 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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