Athanasios Aravositas
Cubed3The Bug Butcher Review
Published 12/16/2025
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PS4 / Linux / Android / PC / iOS / Mac / XONE / Switch - 1/19/2016
The Bug Butcher
The Bug Butcher is an action-packed 2D side scrolling shoot em up game where peril comes from above. The core mechanics hold old ties from the classic arcade shooter "Super Pang" where you shoot vertically, but with modern day twists. You are Harry, a brash and tenacious exterminator who has a knack for decimating bugs. Harry's current assignment takes him to an infested futuristic research facility on a distant planet. The surviving and dwindling number of scientists employed him for his slaughtering skills.
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- Awfully Nice Studios
- Publisher
- 2Awesome Studio
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80
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60–91
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Score range is 31+ points
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The critic average is 80 across 20 scored reviews, with a 31-point spread. Critics are far apart on this one.
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Most scored reviews currently sit in the 80–89 band.
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Cody Medellin
Worth PlayingSwitch Review - 'The Bug Butcher'
Published 4/12/2019
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85
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Read originalZachary Miller
Nintendo World ReportThe Bug Butcher (Switch eShop) Review
Published 11/20/2018
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80
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Read originalJason Coles
TheSixthAxisThe Bug Butcher Review
Published 11/15/2018
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90
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Read originalNindie Spotlight
Nindie SpotlightNindie Spotlight The Bug Butcher Review
Published 11/8/2018
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85
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Read originalDamien Gula
GameSpaceThe Bug Butcher
Published 6/13/2018
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90
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Read originalEdEN
PS3Blog.net[PS4] The Bug Butcher Review
Published 1/25/2017
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91
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Read originalthe_nmac
PS4Blog.net[PS4] The Bug Butcher Review
Published 1/2/2017
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85
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Read originalEric Zander
GBAtempThe Bug Butcher: Official GBAtemp Review
Published 11/1/2016
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85
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Read originalDrew Leachman
ZTGDThe Bug Butcher (XB1) Review
Published 10/31/2016
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