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The Slug

The Slug - is of medium complexity 2D platformer where you play as an ordinary slug. Your main objective is picking up the mucus and thereby completing levels. Be careful, each level has different dangers…

3 August 2017

The Slug is an adventure developed by Vyacheslav Shilikhin, released 3 August 2017 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What The Slug is

The Slug is an adventure game developed by Vyacheslav Shilikhin and released in 2017. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The Slug - is of medium complexity 2D platformer where you play as an ordinary slug. Your main objective is picking up the mucus and thereby completing levels. Be careful, each level has different dangers lurk, such as mosquitoes, ants and sharp peaks. Faced with them your main character instantly dies, respectively, the level starts over. Jumping on ants, you without harm to yourself kill them, it will help you pass the levels without unnecessary enemies. Think over every step, because if you step on the wrong platform, you can't come back.
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How it plays

It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

The Slug launched on 3 August 2017, within three weeks of Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy and Sonic Mania.

Released around the same time: Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy, Sonic Mania.

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When did The Slug come out?
The Slug was released on 3 August 2017 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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