Muddledash

Super cute and relaxed local multiplayer platformer racer

Definitely too costly for its simple premise, but also extremely fun to play with friends or partners even if they're generally new to gaming. Wish it had more content than it does, but can't really act like it wasn't fun to play every single time I've picked it back up with someone be them new or old to its premise.

Muddledash is a lighthearted multiplayer racing game that takes a very simple objective and turns it into an energetic contest of movement, timing, and friendly sabotage. Developed by slampunks and published by PQube, the game revolves around colorful octopus-like competitors racing toward a party while fighting over a single present. Instead of treating the race as a straightforward sprint to the finish, the game makes possession of the gift essential, meaning that reaching the destination first is worthless if another player manages to steal the present before the end. This small twist gives the entire experience its identity and keeps competitors interacting throughout every round. The gameplay is designed primarily for local multiplayer competition with as many as four players. Everyone races through obstacle-filled environments while trying to grab and protect the present. Players can jump, slap, kick, bump into rivals, and use positioning to interfere with whoever currently possesses the gift. Because the present can change hands repeatedly, a player who dominates most of the race is never guaranteed victory. Someone trailing behind can exploit a collision or poorly timed mo…

They should at least add bots to this game. It won't hold other humans' interest for more than 30 minutes and then you are left with no one to play with. It is multiplayer game without CPU bots. So unless you like playing against yourself (it has one-handed controls), you probably should pick something else. The level content is so limited that after a couple of rounds I thought the levels were repeating with slight color changes. Apparently the procedural level generation has a limited variety of level objects to use. I got this game for 50 cent from a Fanatical sale. It is fitting for the amount of content I got from it. Most players are probably done with this game after 10 minutes.

I love this game so much! I originally owned this on my switch and just a day ago got told it's on here too and imediately bought it, lol. It's a qick game you can open up and play with a couple of friends and have loads of fun :D

https://youtu.be/oriH7BI3pAA Focused on races across procedurally generated levels yields a chaotic competition that is far more random than rewarding.