When you’re like me and really feel life is totally too brief to spend on vital, self-congratulatory video games (or folks, 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 few yr later the place you can purchase it for 15 bucks. Proper now, although, you possibly can 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 frightened of pigeons, or are actually impressed that some random girl simply straight up stole a washer. Upon its launch in 2020, it induced 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 Change within the area (you should buy it on Change in different areas for the usual $15 asking value). The sport noticed a short exclusivity window on the Epic Video games Retailer, however you possibly can nab it now on Steam for the cool value of fuck all.
When you performed, and loved, the just lately launched Excessive on Life, this recreation will probably be proper up your alley—and hey, not less than I’m recommending a recreation to you this time that isn’t voiced by somebody who’s performed some deeply reprehensible issues, to place it mildly. In reality, it will be exhausting 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 totally different artists, has a pleasant chill style to it that matches the feelings of this recreation completely. And had I identified about it earlier than, it will completely have been included on my checklist of video games to play after that trippy expertise; contemplate this entry quantity 13 on that one.
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Regardless of some doubtlessly dizzying visuals with heavy aliasing and one occasion of what I’m fairly positive is an outline of self-harm (arguably a lot of the drug use on this recreation can also be doubtlessly 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!
