One has to admire a clean, straightforward pitch that leaves no room for confusion. Hitman is a game about being a hitman. In Dwarf Fortress, you run a dwarf fortress. With that in mind, you get three guesses at what Maximum Entertainment’s newest release, Squirrel with a Gun, entails.
The “chaotic animal sandbox” genre has become a thriving niche in recent years, spearheaded mostly by Goat Simulator and its larger, more absurd sequel. Polished challengers like DEEER Simulator and countless shovelware imitators have emerged over the past decade, but Squirrel with a Gun adds a certain je ne sais quoi: a gun.
