One of the worst video games ever made is to get to Steam

I can't believe that I will write this in 2025, but yes, one of the worst video games ever created Come to Steam. And no, I'm not talking about it Big rigs: over the street races. This new publication has already been carried out. No, we speak of a 3D platform that is so terrible that it is on the Wikipedia page for “list of video games remarkable for the negative reception”.

That's right, baby. Bubsy 3D Is on the way to the steam. You will be able to play soon Bubsy 3D Officially on the PC. And maybe also on your steam deck. Potentially.

'Bubsy 3d' on your steam deck? Dear God

In June 2024 the world got its first teaser for Bubsy in: The Purrfect CollectionA Bubsy Retro game package in connection with Limited Run Games and Atari. We already knew that Bubsy The collection should together with Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X | s come to steam. However, the specific details on the full repertoire of the resale lake remained minimal. Granted, The Purrfect Collection Steam Store Listing always included Bubsy 3D Screenshots, so Bubsy 3D To get to Steam was pretty guaranteed. But now? Bubsy 3D Steam is as official as possible. We now know the full list of games in The Purrfect CollectionAnd one of them is indeed Bubsy 3D.

You will be able to stream Bubsy 3D Hike on Twitch from your PC or on a Discord call and show your sick movements while trying 100% The Purrfect Collection.

Expect to cry, scream and break your controller. Bubsy 3D is a terrible platform. In his overview of the game, Nitro Rad describes the control of Bubsy as a hot mess. Enemies are incredibly difficult to avoid and maneuver, platforming is uncomfortable and is based on “tank checks”, and every single level is simply incredibly confusing. The music is annoying, the colors are bright, Bubsy doesn't stop talking in an incredibly annoying voice … do I have to go on?

“The worst thing I have ever enforced,” said Nitro Rad. “The amount of frustration that I experienced when playing this game has never been achieved. I mean, I have already played some pretty bad games. I think when it comes to bad games, I can probably get pretty much everything. But the amount of stress that I had under the game is … Jesus Christ!”

There is a reason why 'Bubsy 3d' is terrible

What why Bubsy 3D Is such a bad platform? The game was started in November 1996, just two months later Super Mario 64 Beat us shelves. As Nitro Mad and other games have pointed out critics, Bubsy occurred in the first half of the 90s. At that time, developers still made themselves with a 3D movement in the genre. Many of the largest 3D platformers of the nineties only fell at the end of the decade, like Spyro the kitePresent Donkey Kong 3DAnd Banjo-kazooie.

In the meantime, everyone experimented nearby and around the genre. Sonic Team started Nights in dreams In the summer of 1996, which followed a 2.5D approach with a defined course together with a (relatively minimal) amount of full 3D maneuvers. The unfortunate Sonic XtremeOriginally intended as an official leap from Sonic to the 3D platform on the Sega Saturn, was also filled with various experimental design approaches. This included only limited, platform-oriented design designs and a fully maneuverable boss combat arena. Sound adventureThat was not.

Bubsy 3DS Development began during this period in spring 1995 when the entire Gaming world “solved” 3D platform. To be honest, my heart breaks when I hear about it Bubsy See the creator and producer Michael Berlyn Mario 64 At Consumer Electronics Show and immediately noticed: “This is. Back to the drawing board.” Berlyn was cooked. But at that moment he realized that his team could not do anything except “do the best what we can do to do it [Bubsy 3D] As good as possible with the limits we have. “

Don't get me wrong now. There are many problems with Bubsy 3DHow nitro wheel is properly discussed. And Bubsy contemporary Crash Bandicootwhich started with development in autumn 1994, successfully created a 3D platform formula with much more cohesion and skills than Bubsy 3D Could ever be up (Crash's The first publication took place in September 1996, another nail in the coffin for Bubsy). But I can't blame Bubsy 3D Too hard, even if his team was imperfect. The game came to the wrong place, at the wrong time, correctly when Nintendo, Naughty Dog and others provided a draft for 3D platforming. The game just looked terrible compared to his competition.

Of course I invite you to try the game yourself when Bubsy in: The Purrfect Collection Starts later this year. Or get ready to see how your favorite vtubers pull out your hair while trying (and failing) to survive the game. Seriously, it's not great.