Mushy Score Review (Steam)

by Jim Smale · Published March 7, 2024 · Updated March 1, 2024

Mushy Score Review, In this platforming survival arena you collect points and survive as long as you can. Play as a cute Mushy who adventures nearby forest and fights for their life. Can you survive long enough to get a new high score?

Mushy Score Review Pros:

Nice pixel art graphics.
51.01MB Download size.
Steam achievements.
Full controller support.
Can be played with a keyboard.
Graphics settings – resolution, fullscreen, and borderless.
Remap controls for the controller mouse and keyboard.
Roguelike tower defense gameplay.
You protect the flowers in the middle of the screen and run back and forward killing enemies.
Wave-based and after a wave you choose one of three upgrades or abilities.
You can see everyone’s health including yours and the plants you are protecting.
Clever power-ups like enemies dropping fire or the flowers having protection or guns.
The game randomizes everything every run.
Fully open-source game so you can see and tweak the game and maybe learn a thing or two.
The flower makes a noise to tell you that the last of the enemies is on screen.
The progress bar is shown at the bottom of the screen.
Excellent-looking enemy designs and attacks.
Three different areas to unlock and fight in.
A boss spawns on the last wave.
Has three difficulties but you have to clear the previous one.
A fun satisfying little game.
End of run breakdown shows who you killed, your score, and your time.
Local leaderboards.

Mushy Score Review Cons:

Only a few resolution choices and you have to click them and change through them.
The sound cut off on the breakdown screen.
Only a handful of levels for each difficulty.
Not particularly difficult.
No online leaderboards.
The local leaderboards don’t have name entries.
Steam achievements didn’t pop up or make a sound.