Should you’re like me and really feel life is completely too brief to spend on vital, self-congratulatory video games (or individuals, for that matter), would possibly I like to recommend 2020’s Sludge Life? As soon as unique to the Epic Video games Retailer, it arrived on Steam a couple of 12 months later the place you can purchase it for 15 bucks. Proper now, although, you’ll be able to seize it totally free (for a restricted time) as part of a promotion for the sport’s just-announced sequel which, imagine it or not, is titled Sludge Life 2.
A trippy, low-risk platformer the place you bounce round a world ravaged by air pollution and work-induced alienation, Sludge Life has you tagging up varied bits of property as you chat with disaffected locales who’re going all-in on pessimistic readings of Nietzsche, are fearful of pigeons, or are actually impressed that some random woman simply straight up stole a washer. Upon its launch in 2020, it precipitated a little bit of a stir in Australia, the place it earned the “RC” (Refused Classification) score for its blatant ribaldry, thus making it ineligible for launch on Nintendo Swap within the area (you should buy it on Swap in different areas for the usual $15 asking value). The sport noticed a short exclusivity window on the Epic Video games Retailer, however you’ll be able to nab it now on Steam for the cool value of fuck all.
Should you performed, and loved, the lately launched Excessive on Life, this recreation shall be proper up your alley—and hey, at the very least I’m recommending a recreation to you this time that isn’t voiced by somebody who’s executed some deeply reprehensible issues, to place it mildly. In actual fact, it will be onerous to imagine Excessive on Life didn’t take some inspiration from this recreation. The vibes are very comparable and even the soundtrack, although composed by completely different artists, has a pleasant chill style to it that matches the feelings of this recreation completely. And had I recognized about it earlier than, it will completely have been included on my checklist of video games to play after that trippy expertise; take into account this entry quantity 13 on that one.
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Regardless of some probably dizzying visuals with heavy aliasing and one occasion of what I’m fairly certain is an outline of self-harm (arguably a lot of the drug use on this recreation can be probably triggering for some, so take warning), Sludge Life is a chill, amusing tackle how a lot it sucks to be alive on this—a world that’s barely stored collectively by the coercive nature of economically-enforced labor. What an escape!
