Squirrel, meet gun. As the neighbourhood’s most obnoxious rodent, develop a knack for crime and mayhem in pursuit of golden acorns in this nutty sandbox shooter and puzzle platformer. Discover what an erratic squirrel is capable of with a gun in its paws and how far this fuzzy fiend will go to collect its acorns. Escape a secret underground facility and defeat the Agents. Upgrade your weapons and locate the other secret bunkers to take down elite bosses, even blow up a tank...

Become a squirrel with a gun

Squirrel with a Gun is a quirky, fun game that brings something new, and bonkers, to the table.

The game starts in a locked room with no hint of what you need to do. A quick look around and it's soon obvious that, firstly you are a squirrel, and that there are targets around the room that you need to interact with... But how on earth do you get to the ones that are too high up to jump/climb to? Once you've figured that out, and grabbed the room's centre piece: a giant golden acorn, a Secret Service agent enters the room. He trips, falls and his firearm clatters across the floor. This is when you become a squirrel with a gun.

The game is a combination of shooting enemies and targets, as well as jumping and climbing your way around various laboratory rooms in your quest to escape. Collect acorns as you go in order to unlock bigger and better weapons. If a gap is too far to jump, simply use your gun to keep pushing you higher into the air.

Cruise around in your toy car

Collect enough golden acorns to unlock hidden sections of the game. Explore the world from a squirrel’s eye view or cruise around in your toy car. Harass the neighbourhood or ask for nice pets from curious passersby. Help them out in exchange for goodies (or simply mug them), and unlock cosmetics to create your squirrely style.

It's fun and quirky. And it's a nice looking game for only £15.

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Nick Smithson