Butcher is a fast-paced 2D shooter game and a blood-soaked love letter to the early 90s. As a cyborg programmed to eradicate the last remains of humanity, your sole purpose is to well... annihilate anything that moves. So grab your weapon of choice (from chainsaw, through shotgun, to grenade launcher) and kill your way through underground hideouts, post-apocalyptic cities, jungles and more. And if you're feeling creative, there are plenty other ways of ending your enemies' misery - hooks, lava pits, saws... no death will ever be the same.
ShooterPlatformIndieArcadeActionScience fictionbloodydifficultsteamachievementsgoresteam trading cardspixel artpixel graphicshigh scoresteam achievementsdigital distributionxbox controller support for pcPlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
- Graphic violence
- Body horror
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Plot-driven, unpretentious, nostalgic and relentless.
- character-ledplot-driven
- unpretentiousprestige
- contemporarynostalgic
- contemplativerelentless
- warmbleak
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About the game
- Platforms
- PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
- Developer
- Transhuman Design
- Publisher
- Crunching Koalas, Transhuman Design
- Released
- October 5, 2016
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Side view
- Engine
- Unity, FMOD
IGDB rating 7.5/10 from 18 ratings.
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