Rustbucket Rumble
Reactor Zero · 2015 · Free to Play, Action, Indie, Casual, Multiplayer
PC
8 user reviews38% · 8 📈 Making a comeback 51%
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About Rustbucket Rumble
✦ AI summary
Lead a team of three quirky robots in arena combat, collecting fallen enemies as scrap and hauling them back to base to build a massive giant robot that destroys your opponents. It's team-based capture-the-flag chaos where you ARE the flag, complete with six distinct robot classes each with unique weapons, abilities, and playstyles.
GAMEPLAY DESCRIPTION
Rustbucket Rumble is a side-scrolling, team-based, arena combat game. Players choose from 6 distinct robot characters of varying personality, ability, and weaponry, forming two teams of 3 robots. Players must work with their teammates to attack enemy robots until they are turned into bins of scrap, then transport the bins back to their base as scraps for recycling. It’s capture-the-flag where the players are the flags!
Once a team has collected enough scraps, they can create the mighty giant robot, El Rey Gigante Robo Jr., and unleash him to destroy the enemy base and win!
THE STORY
After years of making a mess of things, mankind has finally given up and left Earth to find a new planet to trash.
Left behind were the machines that once dutifully served their human masters. Among these were the robots of arch-rival companies Robotic Engineering Depot (RED) and Blucom Discarded Plastics and Metals. With nothing else to do, these now-leaderless robots escalated their competition into fierce combat.
Both sides are now desperately collecting materials to create a giant robot powerful enough to destroy the other. The RUSTBUCKET RUMBLE has begun!
ROBOT CLASSES
Clancy
Grunt Model CLN-C has probably taken one too many hits, bullets, and rockets to the head, but he never gives up. Always helpful, Clancy is quick to heal teammates or provide cover fire from his automatic rifle. He doesn’t have any fancy gadgets to carry scraps, because he doesn’t need them. All Clancy needs to retrieve scraps is just some good old fashion determination and his metal robot arms.
Daisy
Engineer Model QT-3.14 has a cute and cheerful appearance, but make no mistake — Daisy is a technician of pain and punishment. Small in stature, she commands a powerful mech suit to help her build sentry turrets and carry drones. And she’s happy to get into the fray with her roller bomb launcher.
Kasumi
Ninja Model KA5-M13 was originally built for non-combat purposes. After the humans left, she finally got to pursue her dream of being a ninja assassin, but with a modern twist. Holograms, smoke bombs, and a cyber sword help her quickly dismantle enemies before they even know what happened.
Bjorn
Brute Model HPM4X has an imposing stature and makes the most of it. Running head first into danger, he uses his powerful flamethrower to decimate enemies. His energy shield keeps him alive even in the worst conditions, and he’s so strong that he can easily toss scraps to his teammates.
Valentina
Sniper Model H0RN3T is as calm as she is deadly. Cold and calculating, she finds that the best place to position herself during combat is just out of sight from her foes. After dropping an enemy, she uses her extending grabber claw to retrieve scraps from afar. Even if her opponents do get the jump on her, she never loses her cool and uses stun grenades and a short range rapid-fire pistol to hold them off.
Maverick
Bombardier Model DNGR-Z0N is a show-off. Thinking his jetpack puts him above the competition, he’s developed a cocky, prideful demeanor. His jetpack allows him to maneuver in and out of combat with ease and perform bombing runs. If he’s not careful, then Maverick may find himself in dangerous situations. But little do his foes know, that’s right where he wants to be. The danger zone. And when it seems like Maverick has bitten off more than he can chew; he uses his trusty rocket launcher to help even the odds. He can fly, get a burst of speed, and drop a number of bombs to the unfortunate robots below.
DLC & expansions
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
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Rustbucket Rumble is a multiplayer action game developed by Reactor Zero and published by Scrap Yard Productions, LLC that combines side-scrolling combat, team-based objectives, and a distinctly humorous robotic setting. While many competitive multiplayer games focus solely on eliminations and score counts, Rustbucket Rumble attempts to introduce a more creative approach by turning defeated opponents into valuable resources that must be recovered and transported back to base. This unusual concept gives the game an identity of its own and creates a gameplay loop that rewards coordination just as much as combat skill. The game's story provides a playful foundation for the action. In a future where humanity has abandoned Earth after consuming its resources, rival corporations continue their conflicts through armies of machines left behind on the planet. These robotic factions battle endlessly over scraps and territory, creating a world where mechanical warriors inherit the grudges of their long-gone creators. The premise is intentionally lighthearted and serves primarily as a backdrop for the competitive gameplay, but it gives the game enough personality to feel memorable. At the ce…
Игра Rustbucket Rumble - это ураганный замес на арене, где вы управляете ржавым, но амбициозным роботом. Графика нарочито простая, но этот ретро-шарм только добавляет атмосферы безумного хаоса. Геймплей затягивает с первых минут: вы подбираете оружие, уклоняетесь от атак и пытаетесь превратить своих противников в металлолом. Физика в игре немного странная, но это скорее забавно, чем раздражает – роботы летают в разные стороны от взрывов, что вызывает неподдельный смех. Особенно радует разнообразие оружия, от ржавых гаечных ключей до самонаводящихся ракет. Каждый вид оружия вносит свой вклад в хаос на арене. Режимов игры не так много, но те, что есть, достаточно интересны, чтобы не заскучать. Игра отлично подходит для коротких, динамичных сессий с друзьями, когда хочется просто подурачиться и пострелять во все, что движется. В целом, Rustbucket Rumble - это веселая и недорогая игра, которая идеально подойдет для любителей аркадных шутеров. Не ждите от нее глубины или сложного сюжета, но гарантирую, что получите массу удовольствия.
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Old-school chaos in a box. Robot vs robot mayhem with cartoon physics and plenty of trash talk. Very underrated party brawler.
WHEN THE HEK DID I PLAYED THIS THING FOR 14 MINUTES? AND WHAT TF IS THIS :))
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