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Bubsy: The Woolies Strike Back
Developer Black Forest Games
Bubsy: The Woolies Strike Back is a platform game developed by Black Forest Games and published by UFO Interactive Games under the Accolade label. It was released for PlayStation 4 and Windows on 31 October 2017. The game is the fifth installment in the Bubsy series, and the first new entry in 21 years since Bubsy 3D. The game received negative reviews from critics upon release. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
387 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Steam reviews, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 4, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
56
Mixed
94 positive · 74 negative
95% range 48–63%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluesky * | 42 | 16 | 121 |
| Steam reviews | 94 | 74 | 0 |
| Lemmy * | 5 | 0 | 18 |
| Mastodon * | 2 | 2 | 13 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mixed
107 of 187 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
56% recommend · 95 yes, 74 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 169 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mixed (132 of 233 positive).
Many players find the game short and overpriced. [1][2][3] Some reviewers say it's a decent, functional platformer that fixes past issues. [4][5][6] Others call it mediocre and lacking innovation. [7][8]
Liked
Representative posts
- [1]
Even if you like Bubsy, this is criminally short for the pricetag. Cleared it no-effort in under an hour on my first run.
- [10]
Target Audience: No one. That's right. No one. Summary: Look, normally I put a video review together with this after I've taken the time to write a script and all that jazz. I mean, that's the whole Youtube reviewer thing. But I can't wait for that process at this point. I have to warn people about this game. Bubsy is not back. Bubsy was never back. Bubsy needs to have a bullet put in its head if this is how he's …
- [4]
I'll be honest: I bought this game expecting it to be an absolute train wreck. However, that's not quite what I got, and that surprised me a bit. Pros Controls feel a bit solid once you get used to them. Bubsy never felt "slippery". Fall damage is no longer a thing! Level graphics looked alright, albeit somewhat generic. Glitches were few and far between. Cons It felt a bit difficult controling Bubsy's pounce …
- [5]
I see too much hate thrown at this game honestly. Sure it might've been short, but so were the classic Sonic Games that we love so much. Short games are not an issue to me, as long as I'm enjoying the experience, and with Bubsy I certaintly did. This is by far the best Bubsy Game out there. It looks back at what went wrong in the past games, and makes it work. The One-Hit Kill was the cheapest thing ever in the …
- [6]
Bubsy is back, and this is arguably his best game so far. Pros: -Fixes most complains people had about the original Bubsy, like offscreen enemies, fall damage, nothing to prevent 1-hit deaths, etc. -A good voice actor and plenty of terrible jokes -Decent replayability if you're aiming for the 100% completion -Pretty good soundtrack Cons: -Graphics are meh -Still a bit short -Controls don't feel very polished
Summarised from 34 of the 344 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 13, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
Bubsy: The Woolies Strike Back sits at 56% positive across 168 opinionated reactions from 4 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Bubsy: The Woolies Strike Back received "generally unfavorable" reviews from critics, according to review aggregator platform Metacritic Brian Shea of Game Informer panned the game, calling it "an unnecessary resuscitation". Patrick Hancock of Destructoid questioned why the character of Bubsy was brought back and made note of its retail price of $30 and its release in the same year as other more well-received platformers. Heidi Kemps of IGN dismissed the game as "an extremely short and completely forgettable platformer based on nothing but irony and nostalgic notoriety". Christian Donlan of Eurogamer wrote "Bubsy's return is more than a little underwhelming". Conversely, Jeremy Peeples of…
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 387 · most liked firstOblivia! Originally from the cancelled TV show, this is her first appearance in a Bubsy game! Originally written to have bad hearing, we reinterpreted her with a cute hearing aid. She amuses herself by constantly saying Bubsy's name wrong on purpose.
neutral · AI labelView post →The new game better have Poly and Esther, dagnabbit! 😤 #Bubsy
neutral · AI labelView post →Bubsy plays his new game #bubsy #blender3D #bubsy4D
neutral · AI labelView post →So... Bubsy announced a new game. It looks good, ngl. #Bubsy #CrashBandicoot
positive · AI labelView post →It's GAME OVER once you get hit nine times across the entire game in Bubsy 4D's "Nine Lives" mode. Not only does your save get wiped but you'll have to listen to Bubsy complain about your lack of skills too.
neutral · AI labelView post →“What, Bubsy? No, I’m from a different bad game. A bad FIGHTING game.” “No not Shaq Fu!”
neutral · AI labelView post →Gained a bunch of followers since the Bubsy 4D announcement, time to lose some: Mario Sunshine is my favorite Mario game, Banjo Kazooie Nuts and Bolts is a great game, Dark Souls 2 is fun and I enjoyed Bubsy 3D the most from all classic Bubsy games.
positive · AI labelView post →Why was Bubsy 4D unironically a better looking game than 90% of the trailers in that fucking show.
neutral · AI labelView post →Bubsy 4D on Switch 2 will be a full Game Card!
neutral · AI labelView post →Just bumped into this dude at a retro game convention, super nice in person! #Bubsy #BubsyBobcat
neutral · AI labelView post →put Flannel Bubsy in the game
neutral · AI labelView post →I reviewed Bubsy 4D, which is mediocre, sterile, and lacking in ideas. It's the best Bubsy game ever made! Read here: www.thejimquisition.com/post/bubsy-4...
neutral · AI labelView post →Pretty fun game, check it out :) #bubsy
positive · AI labelView post →Never thought I would voice in an official Bubsy game and here we are! Wish I could go back and tell young me lmao.
neutral · AI labelView post →Bubsy's playing the demo right now on the Steam page, not kidding.
neutral · AI labelView post →So, that new Bubsy game, huh
neutral · AI labelView post →Bubsy 4D was good, if a little short. And then they released a whole set of even tougher B-side levels as a free update. Same engine and developer as Demon Tides, but Bubsy officially has a Good Game now.
positive · AI labelView post →-new Bubsy game -new Lego Batman game -remake of Pac-Man World 2 -new Kirby Air Riders game this is the year of “fuck it, we ball”
neutral · AI labelView post →Bubsy in: The Purrfect Collection games list announced www.gematsu.com/2025/05/bubs... -Bubsy in Fractured Furry Tales (Jaguar) -Bubsy in Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind (Genesis, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Famicon) -Bubsy II (Game Boy, Genesis, SNES) -Bubsy 3D (PlayStation)
neutral · AI labelView post →WHAT DO YOU MEAN KINGER'S VA IS VOICING BUBSY IN THE NEW GAME???
neutral · AI labelView post →Even if you like Bubsy, this is criminally short for the pricetag. Cleared it no-effort in under an hour on my first run.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I truly believe the devs of all previous Bubsy games cared about the franchise & wanted to make a good game too. You can tell that there was love poured into all of them. No dev wants their baby to fail & there are so many factors that can lead to a game not being successful!
positive · AI labelView post →I did an arrangement of the Bubsy theme for "Bubsy in: The Purrfect Collection", you'll hear it when you boot up the game!
neutral · AI labelView post →Hot take - Bubsy is fine. The 3D game retroactively made the series a meme but the pervious two games were fine. Nothing amazing but Bubsy was always just another 90’s mascot platformer that was fine.
neutral · AI labelView post →2025 has been INSANE for us: - Demon Tides demo launch - Bubsy 4D Gamescom ONL announcement - Bubsy 4D demo launch - Producer Program announcement - Demon Tides release date announcement 2026 looks to be even crazier: TWO game launches and more?! Thanks for being part of it all!
neutral · AI labelView post →I played every Bubsy game for this video. It's mostly just a Bubsy 4D review, but I also played the Collection and, oof. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYZg... art by @kevinfagaragan.bsky.social edited by @kanesthename.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →I don’t like how self-aware each Bubsy reboot game is about the series’s poor quality
negative · AI labelView post →Of course no Bubsy game is complete without some Woolies! In Bubsy 4D they've, involuntarily, become the BaaBot's lackeys.
neutral · AI labelView post →You know a game is good when Windows Firewall urges you not to play it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Demon Tides and Bubsy 4D are now on the Game UI Database! It's an unbelievable resource for anyone working with game UIs! Can't recommend it enough.
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm pretty sure "there's actually a good Bubsy game now" is some kind of cosmic recession indicator, BUT THERE IS A ACTUALLY A GOOD BUBSY GAME NOW OMG
positive · AI labelView post →Didn't expect to be excited for a new Bubsy game, but life, uh, finds a way.
positive · AI labelView post →Bubsy 4D and Demon Tides will mark our 6th and 7th game on the Nintendo Switch! 😱
neutral · AI labelView post →www.furaffinity.net/view/62071530 Got really excited about the new Bubsy game, so I'm just gonna be Bubsy until fur-ther notice~ Thank you! #transfur #tftuesday
neutral · AI labelView post →This game is worlds better than any other Bubsy Sequel and for the most part less rude as it progresses than the original (I maintain that the original is a fine game for the first two or three worlds, but...) The thing is, it's waaay to short for the price tag. I realize a lot of effort has gone into the art assets and devs need to get paid, but when stuff like Sonic Mania has 3 or 4 times as much content for less money, this just isn't cutting it. At the current price I just can't…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →All this just to lose to Bubsy 4D at the Game Awards
neutral · AI labelView post →Just tried the Bubsy 4D demo. Guys this game is gonna slap, I never I never thought I’d be excited for a Bubsy game, but here we are.
positive · AI labelView post →New Bubsy game is really fun being a big inflated balloon lol
positive · AI labelView post →Is it true? Can a demo for a new Bubsy game get over 300 positive reviews?
neutral · AI labelView post →Oh no…I’m having fun in a Bubsy game
positive · AI labelView post →I'm not angry, just disappointed. Well, isn't this an unexpected purr-nup? This is quite cat-astrophic. Cat pun. To be honest, I was expecting this game to be a trash fire of bad choices and design flaws. But, to my utter surprise, it wasn't. Bubsy: The Woolies Strike Back doesn't evolve anything in anyway. It's basic as all hell, but functional. It's not hard by any standard, but it's fun to collect a whole bunch of things. Aside from one gigantic ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ issue, there's really nothing wrong…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Tryna get me to buy a game with Bubsy goons smh
neutral · AI labelView post →Hightailing it into a New Dimension in 1996: Bubsy 3D. Despite its reputation, Bubsy 3D is not *that* terrible a game, and there are far worse platformers from the time. And it had the misfortune of coming out shortly after the release of Mario 64 in North America and lateish-1997 in Europe.
neutral · AI labelView post →Bubsy 4D fanart,the game was fun. #Bubsy4D #Bubsyfanart
positive · AI labelView post →I finished Bubsy 4D this weekend, and thought I'd post this fanart I did in celebration. Such a fun game! I hope they add more to it in the future! #bubsy #bubsy4D #bubsybobcat
positive · AI labelView post →If a modern Bubsy game knew what the fuck it was doing Bubsy would say YTP clips. #Bubsy
neutral · AI labelView post →Someone say a new Bubsy game?... again?...
neutral · AI labelView post →I want Bubsy vore but the internals are a 3d platform game level
neutral · AI labelView post →Bubsy 4D ($13.99) "haha, very funny, colin, reccing a Bubsy game" no, it's actually pretty good. "what." yeah, it's by the Demon Tide guys, and i just recced that, so. it's pretty good! AND it just got a BIG *free* expansion with more levels! store.steampowered.com/app/3237970/...
positive · AI labelView post →$30 for less than 2 hours of content that wasn't even fully playtested and lazily constructed. Expect bosses to glitch out. Expect cheap deaths. Pointless collecting that serves absolutely no purpose. None. There are goals in the levels that do NOT affect your progress. There are keys to collect, and you collect them all to collect more wool. What do you do with the wool? Nothing. They don't add anything. They don't unlock anything AFAIK. I'm not willing to replay this to find out. Controls…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →How did we come to an age where we're (hopefully) getting a decent Bubsy game? HOW?! #bubsy #animation
neutral · AI labelView post →short, yet sweet i like bubsy edit: you know what i change my mind **** you
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →After almost a decade of silence... Somehow, Bubsy returned! His newest game is genuinely a lot of fun, and I just HAD to make a video about it! youtu.be/jOPBpg6L3oo Any shares are appreciated! 🔄👍 (thanks to @fabraz.bsky.social for supplying a review copy) #Bubsy4D #Bubsy #BubsyBobcat
positive · AI labelView post →Target Audience: No one. That's right. No one. Summary: Look, normally I put a video review together with this after I've taken the time to write a script and all that jazz. I mean, that's the whole Youtube reviewer thing. But I can't wait for that process at this point. I have to warn people about this game. Bubsy is not back. Bubsy was never back. Bubsy needs to have a bullet put in its head if this is how he's going to come back. I'm speechless as a game that is normally 30 bucks has…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fanart of Hunter & Spyro hugging Bubsy to celebrate the release of the Bubsy 4D game 😃 #Bubsy #Spyrothedragon
neutral · AI labelView post →It's 2025. People actually like a Bubsy game.
neutral · AI labelView post →Beloved amazing video game IPs are languishing in hell without new games for decades at this point. Anyway congratulations to Bubsy for getting a new game again! Here’s a Lucky Cat Bubsy for Bubsy 4D
neutral · AI labelView post →The new Bubsy game its's actually looking good
positive · AI labelView post →Zootopia resident Rufus Catskill - comedian, game developer, general small-time media personality. “Bubsy” to his friends. #Bubsy #Zootopia
neutral · AI labelView post →It's a Genesis 1 with a 32X with Sonic & Knuckles in the cartridge slot. That game had a flip-top with a cartridge slot under it so other games (specifically Sonic 3) could be plugged into it for additional functionality. The Genesis 1 also had a connector on the side which was used to connect to the Sega CD unit (notably missing from this picture). It's a 30-pin connector so it fits into the 32-pin cartridge slot. And then plugged into the top Genesis is a copy of Bubsy, one of the worst…
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