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Title: Stumble Guys is a fantastic big-dumb-fun laugh! :D

Pengling 9 Apr 2024

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We all know this one, right? Once upon a time, there was a game called [Fall Guys](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_Guys), which got bought by Epic Games and then became Epic Games Store exclusive. Then, a mobile knock-off called [Stumble Guys](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1677740/Stumble_Guys/) got a PC port released on Steam, and ended up becoming huge in its own right - even to the point of having a bigger merchandise line than the original, and a commonly-suggested search-engine question being "Is Fall Guys a rip-off of Stumble Guys?".

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If you don't know either game, they're free-to-play online multiplayer games where you quickly get matched to a bunch of randoms (with no distractions like voice-chat or other such nonsense), and try to survive various wacky obstacle-courses and scenarios in the vein of old TV game-shows like [It's a Knockout!](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_a_Knockout) and [Takeshi's Castle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeshi%27s_Castle).

I never got to try out Fall Guys - the closest I'll ever get to it is the [Bean Bomber](https://bomberman.fandom.com/wiki/Bean_Bomber) collaboration appearing in Super Bomberman R 2. :tongue: Yesterday, I had some free time and decided that I may as well try out Stumble Guys on my Steam Deck since it's rated Steam Deck Playable and was a pretty small download, and I was pleasantly surprised by how fun it is!

Games are short (they're played in three rounds, where the contestants are gradually whittled down from 32 players to 1), and I really appreciate how time-respectful the game is if you just want to play a few quick matches and then bail. It's a great fit for a handheld! They seem to change out events quite often, too - last month there was a Ghostbusters collaboration, and this month there's a Dungeons & Dragons one; I'm interested in seeing what else they do, since I gather there've been quite a lot of them already.

Though there's some monetisation surrounding cosmetics and some other gubbins, the game doesn't seem to try to corral you into spending in order to stand a chance of winning - you can just check in for some short big-dumb-fun matches, unlock a bunch of cute freebies, and just keep enjoying the game.

I've been having a really good laugh with it so far. Anyone else playing? :grin:

Last edited by Pengling on 9 Apr 2024 at 5:49 pm UTC

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Vortex_Acherontic 10 Apr 2024

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Uh, thank you for the post. I'll check out that game. Sounds promising.

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Pengling 10 Apr 2024

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Quoting: Vortex_AcheronticUh, thank you for the post. I'll check out that game. Sounds promising.

Don't expect anything deep, mind. :tongue: It's really the sort of thing you'd want to dip in and out of alongside a more robust single-player game, which you can probably guess from my reaction to it is something that I've been missing for a bit!

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StoneColdSpider 11 Apr 2024

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The biggest question I have is........... Is there a Bomberman skin???..... And if not...... Have you started a petition to get it in the game??.......

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Pengling 11 Apr 2024

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Quoting: StoneColdSpiderThe biggest question I have is........... Is there a Bomberman skin???..... And if not...... Have you started a petition to get it in the game??.......

Alas, there is not! There was one [in Fall Guys](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMSLec8dT-Q) (hence why Bean Bomber was in Super Bomberman R Online and is in Super Bomberman R 2), which is probably why there isn't one in Stumble Guys. :tongue:

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