| Rusty Rabbit | |
|---|---|
 Promotional artwork starring the game's main protagonist Stamp | |
| Developer(s) | Nitroplus |
| Publisher(s) | NetEase |
| Producer(s) | Yuichiro Saito [1] |
| Writer(s) | Gen Urobuchi [1] |
| Engine | Unreal Engine |
| Platform(s) | |
| Release | April 17, 2025 |
| Genre(s) | Platformer, metroidvania |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
Rusty Rabbit is a metroidvania action platforming video game developed by Nitroplus and published by NetEase. It was released on April 17, 2025, for Windows, PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch.
The game takes place in a post-apocalyptic world where humans have long abandoned Earth, leaving it to rabbits, who have developed a civilization where the books of Peter Rabbit are seen as holy. The game follows rabbit Benjamin "Rusty" Stamp (voiced by Takaya Kuroda [2] in Japanese and Yong Yea [3] in English), who sets on a journey to save his daughter in Smokestack Mountain.
Rusty Rabbit is a 2.5D Metroidvania. While Stamp's only weapon is a drill at first, he discovers new ones as the game progresses. His abilities can be upgraded by collecting junk and bringing it to his village. [4]
In addition to the story dungeons, the game also has optional procedurally generated dungeons. [5]
The game was written by Gen Urobuchi and produced by Yuichiro Saito. [1] Urobuchi was inspired by a picture on Twitter of a Sylvanian Families doll in a mecha. He had developed the game as a passion project during the COVID-19 lockdown and later fleshed it out as a full game. The game was developed by Nitroplus and uses the Unreal Engine. [6] A teaser trailer was shown in the 2023 Tokyo Game Show.
In June 2024, NetEase originally announced for a September 24 launch on Windows and PlayStation 5. [7] However, in late August the same year, the game was delayed to 2025 to "provide the best possible release" and that the addition of a Switch port was also in the works. [8] In January 2025, the companies revealed that the game would be released on April 17. [9] However, the voiceovers will only be in Japanese upon release, whilst the English voiceover option will be released two weeks later on May 1. [9]
Both the PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch versions of Rusty Rabbit received "mixed or average" reviews from critics, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. [10] [11] In Japan, four critics from Famitsu gave the game a total score of 33 out of 40. [12]
The English voiceovers will launch two weeks after the game's initial launch.