Tumblebugs Review (Steam)

by Jim Smale · April 19, 2022

For our Tumblebugs Review, we have to save our backyard buddies from rolling into the Black Bug Empire’s underground lair. By launching colored bugs from your back with precise timing you can free more bugs with matching colors, but you have to act fast and save them all before you run out of time. Playing as the guardian bug Tumble, you must save your backyard buddies from rolling into the Black Bug Empire’s underground lair. By launching colored bugs from your back with precise timing you can free more bugs with matching color, but you have to act fast and save them all before you run out of time.

Tumblebugs Review Pros:

Nice graphics.
73.94MB Download size.
Graphics settings are just fullscreen and vertical sync along with Direct3D and OpenGL render.
Puzzle gameplay.
The goal of the game is to shoot colored balls and match them to clear them before they hit the hole.
How to play is a colorful comic strip.
Local leaderboard.
Two modes – main game and time trial.
World map level select.
Mouse controls.
Combo scores together.
End of the level breakdown of performance.
Tutorial pop-ups as you play.
Collect bonus letters for a score reward.
Very accessible.
A lot of fun to play.
Before Zuma there were Tumblebugs.
Power-ups a plenty.
On your back is 3 balls that can be swapped between.
Bonus rounds each unique.
Time Trial has every level you have unlocked and lets you at it.

Tumblebugs Review Cons:

Bare minimum graphic settings.
No controller support.
Doesn’t have Steam achievements.
Can never get fullscreen.
To quit you have to start a level, it’s not possible from the level select.

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Tumblebugs:

Official website.

Developer: Wildfire Studios

Publisher: Atari Games

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Steam

7/10
Graphics - 7/10
6/10
Sound - 6/10
8/10
Accessibility - 8/10
8/10
Length - 8/10
8/10
Fun Factor - 8/10

7.4/10

Summary

Before the ball matching puzzle antics of Zuma, We had Tumblebugs, a game that started a genre and gave every gamer a relaxing and fun atmosphere. Your job is to match balls to clear them before the bug pushes the ball into the hole. On the way to this, you will see balls change into icons and these are power-ups like go backward, have a certain color disappear, or even sniper-like shots. Tumblebugs is as addictive as it is fun and with a simple aim and shoot control scheme on the mouse, it’s accessible to everyone. The gameplay is solid and full of content across the two modes including time trial. For today’s market, it is very behind with basic graphic settings, no controller support, no steam achievements, and leaderboards are local only. Tumblebugs stays in the past and that is both a good and bad thing but the game itself is still one of the classics.