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NUTS - A Surveillance Mystery

Joon, Pol, Muutsch, Char & Torfi · Feb 4, 2021

PC · Switch

Everyone

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Gear up your caravan, boot up your GPS, spread out your map and head for the depths of Melmoth Forest. As a rookie field researcher, you’ll place cameras during the day, and watch the footage at night, tracking the movements of a scurry of squirrels. Where do they hide their nuts? What puzzling routes do they take? And why do they behave so strangely?

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PC

No critic reviews yet · Gamer 8.7

Nintendo Switch

Critic 6.1 (10 critics) · No ratings yet

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  • Adventure Gamers

    Matt Aukamp · Apr 16, 2021

    9.0
    Every moment of NUTS is surprising and delightful; its first-time developers have created a world you’ll want to spend even longer in to explore more deeply, full of fantastic design choices and an intriguing story that gets better and better as it goes along.
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  • NintendoLife

    Ollie Reynolds · Feb 12, 2021

    6.0
    There’s nothing here that you’ll connect with on an emotional level, but the voiceover work really helps drive the mystery. Unfortunately, there also a number of framerate dips throughout the experience that will really hamper your enjoyment; hopefully, this will be ironed out in the future.
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  • Dual Shockers

    David Gill · Feb 10, 2021

    8.0
    That said, even with so many great indie games on Switch, Nuts stands out from the crowd. Its story concludes in a way that’ll stick with you after the credits. It also offers a quirky, mostly satisfying experience that answers the question: what have these squirrels been up to?
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  • Hey Poor Player

    Heather Johnson Yu · Feb 06, 2021

    8.0
    NUTS is an attention-grabbing title in both style and concept that will simultaneously soothe and intrigue puzzle-solvers looking for a unique challenge. Solving the mystery of the squirrels in Melmoth Forest is utterly dependent on your surveillance capabilities, and it’s entirely possible your life will depend on it.
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  • Cultured Vultures

    Chris Baldwin · Feb 05, 2021

    6.5
    A unique art style is marred by underdeveloped gameplay and inconsistent story beats. Nuts had the potential to be something really special, but can’t quite see the forest through the trees.
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  • Way Too Many Games

    Heidi Hawes · Feb 05, 2021

    5.0
    If I’m being totally honest, I was really disappointed by NUTS. I feel like I was completely duped by its misleading trailer. The concept does have potential, but they didn’t go dark enough or weird enough with it. The story never gets terribly interesting and it leaves you with a lot of unanswered questions.
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