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Butcher

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3.9/5

( 69 Reviews )

3.9

69 Reviews

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Butcher
Description
The easiest mode is 'HARD'! BUTCHER is a fast-paced 2D shooter game and a blood-soaked love letter to the early 90s. As a cyborg programmed to eradicate the last remains of humanity, your sole purpose is to well... annihilate anything that moves. So grab your weapon of choice (from chainsaw, thr...
Genre:
Action - Combat - Platformer
Tags:
Action, Indie, 2D, Great Soundtrack, Dark, show 7 more... Pixel Graphics, Horror, Platformer, Difficult, Violent, Gore, Combat
Critics reviews
45 %
Recommend
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3.9/5

( 69 Reviews )

3.9

69 Reviews

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Product details
2016, Transhuman Design, ...
System requirements
Windows 7 / 8.1 / 10, Core 2 Duo, 512 MB RAM, DX 9.0/OpenGL 2 compliant, Version 9.0, 200 MB availab...
DLCs
BUTCHER - Extended Soundtrack
Time to beat
3 hMain
4.5 h Main + Sides
9.5 h Completionist
3.5 h All Styles

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Description
The easiest mode is 'HARD'!

BUTCHER is a fast-paced 2D shooter game and a blood-soaked love letter to the early 90s. As a cyborg programmed to eradicate the last remains of humanity, your sole purpose is to well... annihilate anything that moves.

So grab your weapon of choice (from chainsaw, through shotgun, to grenade launcher) and kill your way through underground hideouts, post-apocalyptic cities, jungles and more. And if you're feeling creative, there are plenty other ways of ending your enemies' misery - hooks, lava pits, saws... no death will ever be the same.

If kicking corpses into a lava pit and adorning walls with blood is your idea of a good time, BUTCHER is THE game for you.
  • Ultra-violent uncompromising carnage in the spirit of Doom and Quake (chainsaw included)
  • Skill-based gameplay mechanics
  • Release your inner artist, paint the walls with (permanent) blood (up to 4 million pixels available to be painted per level)
  • Use the environment (saws, hooks, lava pits, animals and other) to brutally dispose of your enemies
  • Choose from an array of weapons (featuring classics like chainsaw, railgun and the deadly grenade launcher)
  • Adorn more than 20 levels with the insides of your enemies
  • Soak in the dark atmosphere reinforced by a wicked, heavy soundtrack (while you kick corpses around)
  • Die painfully: melt in lava, become piranha food, get crushed by heavy doors... and more!

Butcher is Copyright © 2013-2016 Transhuman Design, All Rights Reserved.

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Time to beat
3 hMain
4.5 h Main + Sides
9.5 h Completionist
3.5 h All Styles

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Game details
Genre:
Action - Combat - Platformer
Tags:
Action, Indie, 2D, Great Soundtrack, Dark, show 7 more... Pixel Graphics, Horror, Platformer, Difficult, Violent, Gore, Combat
Works on:
Windows (7, 8, 10, 11), Linux (Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04), Mac OS X (10.9.0+)
Release date:
{{'2016-10-05T00:00:00+03:00' | date: 'longDate' : ' +0300 ' }}
Company:
Transhuman Design / Crunching Koalas
Size:
104 MB
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Critics reviews
71
Top Critic Average
45 %
Critics Recommend
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God is a Geekby Gary Bailey
8/10
Butcher is a triumphant ode to id Software's classic shooters, but still forges its own path. Just be careful not to slip on all the blood it spills.
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Posted on: December 12, 2024

huncyrus

Verified owner

Games: 479 Reviews: 3

Nice pacing

The level design is great The mechanicks are straightforward and easy to figure out but still challanging. The controller and keyboard control both equally good. Cool weapon design. No glitch, no resource-hunger stuff. It is fun playing casually.

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Posted on: November 24, 2021

mnietek

Verified owner

Games: 548 Reviews: 80

Some brutal appeal but that's all

Firstly, I must have gotten it as a freebie because I don't recall buying it. Secondly, I've already played this game. Some 25+ years ago. It was called Abuse and it was loads of fun. Then Thirdly, I don't know, maybe this pseudo-retro look appeals to some kids nowadays but I've been there, done that, played those 320x200 games and have enough of this.

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Posted on: November 18, 2020

big_tony

Verified owner

Games: 97 Reviews: 1

Masterpiece of 2D shooters

Hard to describe, really. I think the only complaint I could possibly entertain is that it's too difficult. Coming from someone who dislikes playing platformers, this game checks all the right boxes and is the perfect sweet spot between action and platforming. I'd pay for it if I could

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Posted on: November 30, 2020

lazarhead

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Games: 425 Reviews: 56

Meat chunks!

Great 2D action with that oldschool DOOM feel. Also some Postal vibes from torturing the enemies up!

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Posted on: December 5, 2020

michax

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Games: 117 Reviews: 7

Fast, brutall and fun

Fast, brutall and fun.

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