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Bugsnax (USA)

Nintendo Switch
🇬🇧 🇪🇸 🇫🇷
Reviewed in
2022
75
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✪ Reviewed on July 23, 2025
75

A goofy investigation into living snacks that's smarter than it looks. The capture puzzles are clever, the writing witty and the late twist lands. Short, but genuinely original.

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Category
Adventure 1 player 7+
Description
A reporter investigates Snaktooth Island, home to half-snack, half-bug creatures that transform whoever eats them. Published by Young Horses, released worldwide in 2022. Catching a hundred Bugsnax with traps and bait, behavior puzzles, residents to help and an offbeat story.

Bugsnax review

4/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Striking"
4/5
Music
★★★★★
"Excellent"
4/5
Story
★★★★★
"Captivating"
Gameplay
"Solid"
Fun
"Pleasant"
Addictiveness
"Engaging"
Difficulty
"Easy"
Lifespan
"Long"
Technical info
💾2 GB 📅28/04/2022
Published by Young Horses

Bugsnax (Nintendo Switch) price, value & rarity

Notable
Q1 loose
 $36 Q6 complete
 $40 Q10 new
 $45 !
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Other versions
Bugsnax
Europe
28/04/2022
🇩🇪 🇬🇧 🇪🇸 🇫🇷 🇮🇹
Bugsnax
Japan
28/04/2022
🇬🇧 🇯🇵 🇰🇷 🇨🇳

An underrated gem

Its community already embraced it, but the game is too often reduced to its goofy creatures and catchy song, with its writing forgotten. Beneath the Bugsnax-catching hides a surprisingly bittersweet tale of identity and longing, carried by nuanced islanders. That emotional layer, eclipsed by the cuteness, is worth lingering on. For anyone who loves quirky adventures with a tender heart.

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