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…
The Bum is an adventure developed by Gribbler, released 25 April 2013 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
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
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
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
Quick answers
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