If you’ve been on social media for the past few years and are into video games, chances are you’ve seen or heard about Squirrel holding a gun. It’s a game where you play as a squirrel with a gun, and it’s just announced a release date for the console version, alongside a PC version that’s locked in next week.
In fact, we covered Squirrel with a Gun when it was just a short clip of a squirrel shooting a gun in a non-environmental context in early game development, and everyone was saying ‘phwoar, this looks like a fun game’ . Now it’s one of those games, and it’s coming soon, although whether it has the depth or staying power of a game like Goat Simulator remains to be seen.
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Regardless, the game has a PC release date of August 29th and now has a proper console version, thanks to developer Dee Dee Creations and publisher Maximum Entertainment. As seen in the latest trailer below, it’s coming to Xbox Series X/S and PS5 on October 15th this year.
This will also hopefully help you understand what you’re actually going to do in Squirrel with a Gun, other than “just be a squirrel with a gun”, although obviously that’s only part of it. It would be weird if you sold a game that featured a squirrel holding a gun and then within two minutes of playing it turned into something like Hotline 2. That particular person may also get you into legal trouble.
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Honestly, after watching it and hearing director Dan DeEntremont further explain its practical use in what he described as a “sandbox shooter and puzzle platformer,” I got strong Goat Simulator vibes from it. The platforming looks a little different, especially in how you use your guns, but it’s all sandbox. Run around town with little to do and choose whether to help or annoy (probably both) a group of thinkers. You’re Just a Silent Animal is very Pilgo, I mean, that’s kind of a compliment to people who love Goat Simulator.
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