Those who ‘know’ me will appreciate that I’m not a huge fan of robots, though I’m so wonderfully selfless; I’m sharing news of BOTSU: Ridiculous Robots with you, as it looks so purdy.

A party game from Peculiar Pixels, full of robotic ragdolling, players will get to see ‘never-before-seen agility, crazy power-ups, rocket boosters, and vibrant voxel vibes’. Alright… what else is on offer?

Key features in BOTSU: Ridiculous Robots include:

  • Endless Unique Matches – With 3 game modes, different arenas, multiple gadgets, rocket boosters, gravity modifiers, and heaps of ragdoll physics, every match will be different in BOTSU.
  • Sandbox Sports
    • BoxBall – Get the ball in the goal!
    • Sumo Survival – Don’t fall in the lava, be the last one standing!
    • Stockpile – Collect boxes and steal from the other team!
  • Split-Screen & Online Multiplayer – Party up in 4-player split-screen and go head-to-head with online teams in matches with up to 8 players 4v4. Hang out with your friends in the sandbox social space between matches.
  • Acrobatic Athletes – These aren’t some sluggish ragdolls. You’re a robot athlete at the height of your career. You can sprint, jump, flip, climb, breakdance, fly and break through the sound barrier with your overpowered rocket boosters.
  • Physics-Based Fighting – Combine acrobatics with combat to triple-flip kick your opponents or wrestle them in midair while flying upside-down. Anything is possible if you can pull it off.
  • Build Your Bot – Level up and show off your awesome outfits. Combine any outfit with different heads, bodies, arms, legs and feet to create something truly unique.
  • Gadgets – These are your silly superpowers: grappling-hooks, balloons, sticky-bombs, and impulse waves work on anything, like other players, objects or the environment. Get creative and invent new ways to use them!
  • Theatre Replay Mode – Every silly ragdoll moment and every awesome victory is captured by the replay system, so you can play it back in slo-mo and work out what on earth just happened.

And if that piqued your interest, there’s currently a playable demo of BOTSU: Ridiculous Robots over on Steam, where you can play online with split-screen multiplayer and multiple game modes. Early Access is due in the Summer. Do you need an invite? Go!