- Simulator, Adventure
Film and produce 1999's hottest reality TV show: The Crush House! Select a crush-worthy cast, satisfy voracious audiences and keep the show on air to uncover the sinister secrets behind this darkly comic thirst-person shooter.
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Unpretentious, nostalgic, plot-driven and ironic.
- unpretentiousprestige
- contemporarynostalgic
- character-ledplot-driven
- earnestironic
- cooloverwhelming
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CGMagazineJordan BiordiAug 20249/10The Crush House exceeded all my expectations, creating an experience that was enjoyable, engaging and incredibly reflective.
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God is a GeekLyle CarrAug 20248.5/10The Crush House gives you your very own reality TV show to produce and film, full of drama, naughtiness and a whole lot of butts.
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ZTGDTerrence JohnsonAug 20248.5/10I can’t wait to be able to talk about this one in detail, it surprised me how much I liked it. Even if it kind of feels like a roguelite, I don’t care; being able to mastermind this show by picking the cast and placing things around to evoke emotions was fun, every. single. time. If you like dynamic games where you, the player will kind of set up the dominos and watch them fall I feel like you will be hard pressed to find a better game than The Crush House. Not only was it fun setting up the various shots and seeing things unfold amongst the various castmates but the mystery here is the real draw. Go into this one as blind as you can, you will thank me for it.
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ShacknewsLucas WhiteAug 20245/10The Crush House feels like a victim of its own confidence. It’s so self-sure of its premise and big-brained twist that it fails to dig a little deeper under the surface to actually justify any of it. The gameplay itself is incredibly shallow and dull when it isn’t being a frustrating exercise in dice-rolling. The characters are basically all the same person and interact with each other the same ways, repeating the same small set of possible events over and over. Your involvement in the whole equation is to sit there and watch, and hope the emojis and numbers on the screen are doing the good thing instead of irritating you. The payoff is just as shallow as the gameplay, making the whole subversive twist as commentary gimmick a bust.
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WellPlayedAsh WaylingAug 20246.5/10The Crush House is a game that clearly manifested from a fantastic core idea, but falls short of realising its vast potential due to curious performance issues and a gameplay loop that just barely misses its opportunity to fully bloom.
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About the game
- Platforms
- PC (Microsoft Windows)
- Developer
- Nerial
- Publisher
- Devolver Digital
- Released
- August 9, 2024
- Modes
- Single player
- Engine
- Unity
IGDB rating 8.5/10 from 1 ratings.
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