Factsheet
Developer:
Samurai Punk
Based in Melbourne, Australia
Release date:
3 May 2023
Platforms:
Steam
Website:
killbuggame.com
Regular Price:
| USD | $6.99 |
| AUD | $9.99 |
Description
KILLBUG is a fast-paced, first-person movement shooter set in an endless arena. Slash and shoot your way through hordes of ravenous insects, mastering fluid aerial movement mechanics as you fight for glory on the leaderboards.
History
After releasing JUSTICE SUCKS, the Samurai Punk team began to experiment in pursuit of something new. Nick started work on a side project, dubbed “A Bug's Death”, which rapidly took the shape of a Samurai Punk title. The rest of the Spunk team jumped onboard, and KILLBUG reached its final form. In June 2023, Samurai Punk released the free Blood for the Deceiver content update for KILLBUG. Blood for the Deceiver brought new enemies, abilities and accessibility options to the game, responding to many feature requests from players and providing plenty more secrets to be discovered.
Features
- Battle a wide variety of savage insects.
- Destroy hundreds of bugs in fast-paced, brutal combat.
- Slash and shoot enemies with your blade and SMG.
- Utilize aerial movement mechanics to double-jump, melee-dash, gun-hover and more, quickly adapting to combat different enemy attacks.
- Sweat out a new high score on the global leaderboards, or compete to knock your friends off the top spot.
Videos
Blood for the Deceiver Update Trailer YouTube
Launch Trailer YouTube
BUY ME KILLBUG, OR GO TO HELL! YouTube
Announce Trailer YouTube
Images
Logo & Icon
Selected Articles
- "The last few years have seen some really good fast-paced arena shooters release, and the latest one I've got for you is KILLBUG."
- Jonathan Bolding, PC Gamer - "Combining skill, pressure, and straightforward simplicity, it’s as glorious as indie games get."
- Matt Gardner, Forbes - "KILLBUG promises something strange and specific, and it more than delivers on it."
- Jacob Linden, The Escapist - "[A] positively kickass way to spend $7 and a couple of hours – or eternity, if you're good enough."
- Austin Wood, GamesRadar
Additional Links
About Samurai Punk
Boilerplate
Samurai Punk is an Australian game development studio, based in Melbourne and known for weird titles such as Screencheat, The American Dream and JUSTICE SUCKS. Founded by Nicholas McDonnell and Winston Tang in 2014, the Spunk team has been recognised for their offbeat game design and love of all things strange.
More information
More information on Samurai Punk, our logo & relevant media are available here.
KILLBUG Credits
Nicholas McDonnell
Original Prototype
Samurai Punk
Additional Development
Contact
Inquiries
contact@samuraipunk.com
Twitter
twitter.com/samuraipunk
Facebook
facebook.com/samuraipunkco
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