Ludography
78/100
Players16 ratings
70/100
Critics7 reviews
More scores
Metacritic24 critic reviews
78/100
Metacritic usersuser score
76/100
GameFAQsTough
4.13/5
Player reviews
90% positive473 reviews
Steam Deck
Verified
Runs on
Windows, Mac
Price
US$14.99

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2017 · SMG Studio · Indie · Platformer

Death Squared

Death Squared is a co-op puzzle game about cooperation, communication, and robot explosions.

Released
14 March 2017
Platforms
AndroidLinuxNintendo SwitchPlayStation 4WindowsXbox OneiOSmacOS
Genres
IndiePlatformerPuzzleStrategyTactical
Developers
SMG Studio
Publishers
SMG Studio
Modes
Co-opMultiplayerSingle-player
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric
Themes
KidsParty
Country
Australia
Age ratings
PEGI 3GRAC 15+USK 0ACB PGCERO ACLASS_IND LESRB E
Languages
Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish (Spain)
Time to beat
6hmain story10hcompletionist

About

Death Squared is a puzzle video game developed and published by SMG Studio. It was released in 2017 for Microsoft Windows, macOS and Nintendo Switch, PS4 and Xbox One, and in 2018 for iOS and Android.

Players say

Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

Death Squared is a puzzle game centered around guiding color-coded cube-shaped robots to their designated goal zones. Moving the robots around can trigger changes in the environment, such as shifting platforms, rising spikes or activating lasers. The game features a Story Mode that can be played solo or cooperatively with one other player and a Party Mode that supports cooperative play for up to four players.

Reception

Death Squared received "generally favorable" reviews for the Nintendo Switch and Xbox One versions, while the PlayStation 4 version received "mixed or average" reviews, according to review aggregator Metacritic. Writing for Destructoid, Kevin McClusky gave a positive review of the Nintendo Switch version of the game, saying that while the single player mode is enjoyable, it was "much more fun" to "give the second controller to another player and shout advice at one another as you try to work your way through the maze." McClusky also complimented the level design, calling the levels "clean and easy to read" and while he noticed some lag while the game was in fullscreen mode calling it "annoying" he mentioned it never affected the gameplay and was hopeful that it would be addressed in a future software update.

In his positive review Nintendo Life reviewer Matthew Mason gave the game 8/10 stars, indicating that the game was "great". He said that while it was "cooperative at its core" it was "imminently [sic] playable as a solo experience" and that he found sitting next to someone watching them play it to be a pleasurable experience.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
macOS13 March 2017Worldwide
Windows13 March 2017Worldwide
PlayStation 414 March 2017North America
Xbox One14 March 2017Europe · North America 14 March 2017
Nintendo Switch13 July 2017North America · Europe 13 July 2017 · Japan 2 November 2017
Android28 March 2018Worldwide

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