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Boost Beast cover

2017 · Arzest · Beat 'em up · Match-three

Boost Beast

Nintendo exclusive

"BOOST BEAST" is a defense puzzle game where players defeat the invading horde of zombies by clearing blocks and summoning animals.

Released
2017
Platforms
Nintendo Switch
Genres
Beat 'em upMatch-threePuzzle
Developers
Arzest
Publishers
Arc System Works
Perspective
Side view
Themes
Fantasy
Country
Japan
Age ratings
ESRB ECERO APEGI 3
Languages
English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish (Spain)

About

Boost Beast is a puzzle video game developed by Arzest, published by Arc System Works and released simultaneously in all regions on July 20, 2017 for the Nintendo Switch. As of April 2025, the game has an conclusive score of 48 on Metacritic.

›Story

"The sudden appearance of a virus-carrying meteorite

infected the entire human race, and turned everyone into zombies.

The hero who rose up to face this crisis is Alec, the king of dogs.

Will he be able to save the devastated world and reclaim peace..?"

Keywords

  • match 3

Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Reception

Boost Beast currently has a score of 48 out of 100 on Metacritic, indicating "Generally unfavorable reviews". In his review for Nintendo Life, gave the game 7 out of 10 stars, stating that while he enjoyed the fact that only a certain color of zombie can be repelled by a tile of a matching and stating that the game's 'overkill' cycles (where a player can keep racking up points by saving "color bombs" until the end of the round, which rid the board of any remaining combos, clears and bombs) where satisfying to watch, he came to the conclusion that the game was better for "short bursts" of playtime, rather that extended sessions. He also stated that while he found the game's color system to be an "excellent idea", he found that it relied too much on the luck of the draw, saying that not having the required color could mean "failing the stage right there" and that "having to restart a level five, eight, or ten times because of dumb luck instead of lack of skill gets old quickly."

Writing for Nintendo World Report, Justin Nation gave Boost Beast a more negative score of 3.5 out of 10, stating that while there's nothing "glaringly bad" about the gameplay, there wasn't anything "brilliant" about it as well, stating that anyone who's played the typical "match-three" puzzle game wouldn't find any surprises with Boost Beast, stating that the game "fails to differentiate itself from even the most generic match-three puzzlers." Ultimately stating that people interested in this game would be better off playing it on their smartphone.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
Nintendo Switch20 July 2017Worldwide · Japan 20 July 2017 · North America 20 July 2017

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