THUGGING

THUGGING

InDe Arcade Studio · September 21, 2025 · Action, Action-Adventure, Life Sim, Shooter, Exploration

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About THUGGING

THUGGING is a third-person shoot ’em up set in a lawless city where crime, drugs, and gambling control everything. The streets are stained with blood, and only the most ruthless make it out alive.Revenge, Retribution and maybe ... a second chance?You’re fresh out of prison with one thing on your mind — revenge. The city that turned its back on you hasn’t changed, and it’s still crawling with thugs, gangs, and dirty criminals standing in your way. With weapons in hand and nothing to lose, you’ll fight your way through the streets, leaving chaos behind as you climb back to the top.The only question is, how far will you go for revenge and how much drug money can you steal?!Features: 
  • Shoot, Steal, Survive – Engage in relentless 3rd Person shootouts, kill armed thugs, and keep stacking dirty cash in your hideout
  • Muscle Car Rides – Cruise the city in style, traveling from one place to another while catching your breath between fights and discovering your old town
  • Revenge-Driven Story – Fresh out of jail, with nothing left to lose, your future is written in bullets and blood
This isn't just survival; it's about taking back what's yours. Your story is one of blood, bullets and drug money.The city offers no mercy and neither will you!

THUGGING — game info

Platforms
Windows
Player modes
Single-player
Controller
Partial controller support
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

✦ AI summary

Players appreciate the game's stylish art direction and fun driving mechanics, drawing favorable comparisons to Hotline Miami and GTA3. However, common complaints center on shallow combat where AI enemies don't react realistically to deaths or gunfire, making encounters feel static, and some players report unfairly difficult enemy aim that feels like cheating rather than fair challenge.

Recommended Jan 9, 2026
The roots are there and the art style is very nice. The Driving is fun (A little wonky at times) but enjoyable nonetheless. My issues come from the combat and lack of real engaging gameplay. The NPS aren't alerted by dead friends or the sounds of gunshots, this takes away from the game making it feel like you're shooting mannequins. That being said the game has an idea and if polished and made more like a real shoot em up, this would easily be a very popular game. I really hope we get to see that.
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Recommended Sep 14, 2026
ja ja good
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Recommended Sep 3, 2026
THUGGING is a game that immediately feels like it is trying to bring back the rough and chaotic feeling of older third person action games. I found the whole thing quite entertaining because it does not seem interested in being overly serious or polished in the same way as a big budget open world game. I play as someone who has just got out of prison and is looking for revenge in a lawless city full of gangs, drugs and gambling. The setting has a strange old school atmosphere that I actually enjoyed. The main gameplay is built around third person shooting, and there is plenty of it. I spend a lot of time moving through the city, getting into fights with armed thugs and trying to survive the encounters. The shooting is fairly straightforward, but I liked the fast and messy feeling of the combat. It feels more like an arcade version of a crime game than a realistic shooter, which works well with the retro inspired presentation. One thing I really liked is that money is actually part of the gameplay. I am not just fighting enemies for the sake of clearing areas. I can steal cash and bring it back to my hideout, giving me another reason to explore the city and take risks. I found thi…
1 found this helpful
Recommended Jun 1, 2026
A small, Hotline Miami and GTA3 inspired game. I liked it. I would like to see more of this kind of game. I would like to see more from these developers.
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Recommended Mar 28, 2026
Pretty fun quick game. I enjoyed the shooting mechanics and the music was very fitting. My ending had me murdering everyone who had come after me, surviving, and seemingly merging with our demon pal. I don't know how to go about getting other endings, the only choices I think that I made were paying some man's debt and murdering a non enemy in the casino, who was totally still guilty of bad stuff. Best of luck to the developers.
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Not recommended Jan 17, 2026
All enemies have aimbot and walls.

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