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Outbuddies DX

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First release
Oct 15, 2019
Developer
Julian Laufer
Publisher
Headup Games
Genres
Indie, Adventure, Platform, Puzzle · Open world, Action, Science fiction
Platforms
PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch

Run, gun and explore an open undercity in this otherworldly non-linear Metroidvania adventure about the Old Gods, strange creatures and the remnants of a lost world!

Also known as Outbuddies, Outbuddies.exe

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Storyline
Our main protagonist is John, a young adventurer and marine biologist. After a shipwreck, you wake up 36.000 feet under the sea in an unknown hostile cave system. You´re severely wounded and attached to an external life support droid called Buddy. Buddy can be controlled using your will to manipulate and scan your surroundings using a special symbol-based interface!Read more

Our main protagonist is John, a young adventurer and marine biologist. After a shipwreck, you wake up 36.000 feet under the sea in an unknown hostile cave system. You´re severely wounded and attached to an external life support droid called Buddy. Buddy can be controlled using your will to manipulate and scan your surroundings using a special symbol-based interface!

Release dates
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Oct 15, 2019
Xbox One
Jun 05, 2020
Nintendo Switch
Jun 05, 2020
All 6 release dates
Xbox One
Jun 13, 2020
Nintendo Switch
Jun 13, 2020
PlayStation 4
Mar 31, 2021
Time to beatIGDB · recorded
Main + Extras
7h
Game modes
Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player
Perspective
Side view
Keywords
underwater, 16-bit, metroidvania, non-linear, crowdfunding - kickstarter
… All 6, crowdfunding

At a Glance

Critic Score
70
Main + Extras (IGDB)
7h
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Overview

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Steam users rate this Mostly Positive, 200 reviews in all languages, recorded 16 October 2026

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Multiplayer

  • Local co-opSteam · 16 Oct
  • Shared or split screenSteam · 16 Oct
  • Steam Remote Play TogetherSteam · 16 Oct

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