MouseCraft

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MouseCraft
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Developer(s) Crunching Koalas
Publisher(s) Crunching Koalas
Platform(s)
Release
  • Ouya, PS3, PS4, Vita, Windows
  • 8 July 2014
  • Nintendo Switch
  • 27 February 2020
  • Xbox One
  • 20 January 2022
Genre(s) Adventure

MouseCraft is a 3D indie adventure video game developed and published by Poland-based game studio Crunching Koalas. [1] The game was released on 8 July 2014 for Ouya, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, and Microsoft Windows. [2] [3] [4] [5] A port for Nintendo Switch was released on 27 February 2020 and Xbox One on 20 January 2022. [6] [7]

Contents

Gameplay

MouseCraft has 80 levels. Players can create their own maps with a level editor. [8] [3] [9] [10]

Reception

MouseCraft received "mixed or average reviews" for most platforms according to review aggregator Metacritic; [11] [12] [13] the Nintendo Switch and Xbox One versions received "generally favorable reviews". [14] [15]

Notes

  1. Score based on 12 reviews.
  2. Score based on 4 reviews.
  3. Score based on 16 reviews.
  4. Score based on 6 reviews.
  5. Score based on 4 reviews.

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