SLUDGE LIFE 2
SLUDGE LIFE 2
Game
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SLUDGE LIFE
Developer Terri Vellmann, Doseone
Sludge Life is a 2020 adventure video game developed by Adam "Doseone" Drucker and Terri Vellmann and published by Devolver Digital for Windows. It was the second collaboration between the two and Devolver following High Hell in 2017. Sludge Life was released in 2020 for free for the first year. It has been released along with a soundtrack EP and digital album, as well as ported to the Nintendo Switch. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
233 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Oct 31, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
88
LovedLoved
161 positive · 22 negative
95% range 82–92%
| Source | + | − | = |
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| Steam reviews | 161 | 22 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 11 | 1 | 23 |
| Mastodon * | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 2 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
2,367 of 2,563 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
90% recommend · 167 yes, 18 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 185 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (5,068 of 5,565 positive).
Players praise the game's unique vibe, art style, and soundtrack. [1][2][3] Some find the gameplay bland or the humor not to their taste. [4][5] The game is described as a short, exploration-focused collectathon. [6][7][8]
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Representative posts
- [4]
Very cool artstyle and great soundtrack, but gameplay sadly just kinda felt really bland and I got bored of wandering around after a while, if you have the patience and dont mind just pure exploration and talking to random npcs then im sure you might enjoy this more than me.
- [9]
Sludge Life is a first-person platformer exploration game where you tag surfaces with graffiti, sometimes in hard-to-reach places, and talk to a bunch of more-or-less weird characters. Scoping out potential spots and getting close enough to tag was fun for me. Some were quite easy, others more challenging but nothing extreme. Encountering new characters and chatting them up was enjoyable and amusing, even more so …
- [1]
A weird, chill, grime-soaked playground that lets you tag walls, talk to bizarre NPCs, and explore a filthy island at your own pace. The platforming with your glider feels smooth, and the lo-fi aesthetic paired with a killer soundtrack makes just hanging out in the world feel great. It’s pretty short and lacks a strong central objective, but as a cozy-yet-trashy vibe trip, it’s well worth a look.
- [8]
This game drips with character. --literally-- Go around explore The Sludge, meet other taggers and stick it to GLUG! Don't forget to listen to the sick tunez of Big Mud while you're doing it. Fairly short runtime of about 3-4 hours of playtime. In this game you'll effectively be going around exploring the world and meeting it's characters. Whilst the game is effectively a collectathon, the world is filled with many …
- [2]
Sludge Life is a trippy sandbox game where you go around and spraypaint your graffiti tag on various surfaces. It's a lot like Goat Simulator or Untitled Goose Game, where you just walk around, find funny things in the environment, and explore to your heart's content. The visual style is really nice with the bright colors and design reminiscent of those bizarre 2010s Cartoon Network shows like The Problem Solvers or …
Summarised from 34 of the 237 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 9, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
90% of the 185 Steam reviewers we collected recommend SLUDGE LIFE. The complaint that keeps coming up: gameplay can feel bland and boring. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
Critics, per Wikipedia
After its initial 2020 release as a free game on Epic Games Store, numerous reviewers encouraged players to test Sludge Life. The second release (allowing Switch and Steam) in 2021, provided additional reviews to examine the game again. Recognized for its laissez-faire exploration which the developers described as a "walking simulator", early reviews emphasized the humor in the game as well as its strange mood/atmosphere. The game was compared to 2000's Jet Set Radio in its themes, but otherwise more similar to visual media like the programming from Adult Swim or Liquid Television from the mid-1990s. From the initial 2020 release from Epic Games Store, reviewers emphasized the game as…
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 233 · most liked firstI'm *loving* Grunn, by @tom.sokpop.co - probably the best small-world-crammed-with-secrets game since Sludge Life (2)
neutral · AI labelView post →these games are (about) trash 🗑️♻️ Another Crab's Treasure by @aggrocrabgames.bsky.social @kingdomsofthedump.bsky.social SLUDGE LIFE by @terriv.bsky.social GARBAGE COUNTRY by @noio.games dive into the dumpster (video) here: youtu.be/HRKao6SdaIE
neutral · AI labelView post →Peep X Ghost patch from the game sludge life! Patch is 12x8 #embroidery #sludgelife
neutral · AI labelView post →Sludge Life is a first-person platformer exploration game where you tag surfaces with graffiti, sometimes in hard-to-reach places, and talk to a bunch of more-or-less weird characters. Scoping out potential spots and getting close enough to tag was fun for me. Some were quite easy, others more challenging but nothing extreme. Encountering new characters and chatting them up was enjoyable and amusing, even more so since almost all of them had several replies. I liked the old-school Windows 3.1…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →SLUDGE LIFE is one of those odd games that made me feel like I was tripping on shrooms. No seriously. The amount of randomness, nonsensical, and ethically questionable decisions you make in the game - especially if you're trying to obtain 100% achievements - it can be quite the roller coaster. You play as a graffiti artists, but doing more objectives beyond just spraying art on walls. As an open-world, you have the freedom to do whatever quests you want, do as many activities as you want, and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →algorithm for nerdy mutuals 🤓: (TCGs)🃏 - Star Wars Unlimited - Dragon Ball Super Card Game Masters - MtG Commander - Flesh and Blood (VGs)🎮 - WoW (Project Ascension) - League of Legends - Apex Legends - Sludge Life - Games Dev (Other)📺🧙♂️ - Simpsons (OG) - HxH - OPM - DnD - Animals - Tier Lists
neutral · AI labelView post →doseone is the most underrated producer for indie games. His “actual” music is fucking insane, as well. Did you, reader, play Enter the Gungeon Gang Beasts Escape Academy Disc Room Sludge Life Orbitalis Super Game Jam Heavy Bullets The Samurai Gunn If so, DOSEONE SOUNDTRACK! Check out his album with the late, great Alias - **Less is Orchestra.** It’s absolutely incredible.
neutral · AI labelView post →peanut would love some pets and treats :) 🌸＞ フ | _ _ l ／` ミ＿xノ / | / ヽ ﾉ │ | | | ／￣| | | | | (￣ヽ＿_ヽ_)__) ＼二つ
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Peacefull little game with nice art.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A weird, chill, grime-soaked playground that lets you tag walls, talk to bizarre NPCs, and explore a filthy island at your own pace. The platforming with your glider feels smooth, and the lo-fi aesthetic paired with a killer soundtrack makes just hanging out in the world feel great. It’s pretty short and lacks a strong central objective, but as a cozy-yet-trashy vibe trip, it’s well worth a look.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One wanders Garbage Island not as savior or conqueror but as a minor vandal armed with spray paint and a notebook of half-formed insults. The sludge laps at every structure; corporate logos rot alongside the hand-scrawled tags of those who came before. In this landscape of deliberate toxicity the act of movement itself becomes the first assertion—that even a poisoned rock can still be traversed, still be claimed in small, irreverent strokes. The game does not offer escape; it offers only the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I remember being in freshman year of high school getting super hyped to play this game, and then never playing it until now (quite a number of years have elapsed since then). I must say, this did not disappoint, younger me was right
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →100% on Sludge Life on 4/1/2023. Was a fun little collect-athon game. Can't even get any achievements until you find the To-Do list in game. Worst achievement was eating the 20 slugs in a single play session. Definitely not worth the $15 price tag, but worth it for free like it was. First thing you should do if you play though is go in the setting and turn off all the screen effects.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very cool artstyle and great soundtrack, but gameplay sadly just kinda felt really bland and I got bored of wandering around after a while, if you have the patience and dont mind just pure exploration and talking to random npcs then im sure you might enjoy this more than me.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →PLEASE MAKE COOP WITH SAME STYLE AND FEATURE TO TAG OWN GRAFFITI!!! this is going to be the best game ever.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I remember how big of an issue this was and how because we didn't have a R18+ rating back then. But even now some games still get banned Sludge Life is a recent ban and is still but Sludge Life 2 is not gamerant.com/sludge-life-...
neutral · AI labelView post →#SludgeLife is free on #Steam until March 30. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1144770/SLUDGE_LIFE/ "SLUDGE LIFE is a first-person / open-world / vandalism-centric stroll through a polluted island full of cranky idiots and a vibe so thick you can taste it." #PCGaming #Gaming #FreeGames #Games
neutral · AI labelView post →Sludge Life is a trippy sandbox game where you go around and spraypaint your graffiti tag on various surfaces. It's a lot like Goat Simulator or Untitled Goose Game, where you just walk around, find funny things in the environment, and explore to your heart's content. The visual style is really nice with the bright colors and design reminiscent of those bizarre 2010s Cartoon Network shows like The Problem Solvers or Secret Mountain Fort Awesome. I thought I was going to get bothered but the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →playing sludge life five years late feels like a personal crime, because it’s exactly my kind of fun. the first thing that hit me was movement. it’s fluid and instantly clicks, and the crunchy audio feedback makes everything feel tactile. jumping has weight. interacting with stuff gives you that satisfying confirmation sound. even tiny actions stick because the feedback is so consistent. once you start poking around, it’s obvious the world isn’t just set dressing. the humor is loud and stupid…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →platforming + tagging + exploration can be 100% within 5-6 hours kind of like marc eckos getting up but its first person pov
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sludge Life NPC interaction #GodotEngine #gamedev A game about smoking up without getting smoked
neutral · AI labelView post →I kinda like the premise, the style, the humor but that's about it. It's so short and such a non-rewarding senseless timewaster, it's just not worth the purchase. SLUDGE LIFE is so undercooked, that while having great ideas, the execution is so meager that you just want to finally finish the game, so you can uninstall it and never touch it again. The map is so small and the interactivity is so low, that there's just not much replayability or reason to come back to any of this. For the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →never thought i would be able to immerse myself in a world filled with unlimited beer and ciggies. the wavy music, funky art style, and quirky character interactions keeps the momentum going. a delightful and gross adventure that pleases any aspiring delinquent.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sludge Life is a pure vibe game. And I'm receptive to those vibes, yo.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →anita sarkeesian appear on the credits
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Had a weird experience with this game. Halfway through my first playthrough I got really sick. Like 40 degree fever and nausea-tier sick. Then I puked. Then I kept playing despite my fever and inability to to understand what was going on. I don't even remember most of the game or differentiate between my fever dream or the actual gameplay. So yeah, it was fun. Would recommend. Recommended by: [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/38893669/]Experiences Worth Experiencing
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game drips with character. --literally-- Go around explore The Sludge, meet other taggers and stick it to GLUG! Don't forget to listen to the sick tunez of Big Mud while you're doing it. Fairly short runtime of about 3-4 hours of playtime. In this game you'll effectively be going around exploring the world and meeting it's characters. Whilst the game is effectively a collectathon, the world is filled with many small details and interactions that I personally made it fun to explore and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →BABBDI but instead of a depressed east-european you are an intoxicated American anti-capitalist 👍
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Calling this series a hidden gen is an understatement. Sludge life 1, 1,5 and 2 is great games. They don’t offer a AAA story or mechanics, but it gives you everything else. I have nothing bad to say about this masterpiece. 4-8 hours of fun. 10/10 ⭐️
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Tag, eat slugs, take goofy pics and piss what can not be liked from this game (chillest game in the whole wild west)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's weird not having a purpose or a mission, just hanging out in the city and vandalizing. It feels empty at first, but somehow it gets you going.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →For starters, this is another case where a Neutral rating is needed because I neither recommend nor not recommend this game. Sludge Life is a game with incredible artistic vision and vibes; however, that might be the only thing that saves this game. When I first looked up this game, I expected something like Jazzpunk, a game that I absolutely loved due to its absurd humor that may not get a laugh but will definitely get a smile from you. Sludge Life tries to sell you its 'absurdity' and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game Complexity: A funny small open world to explore. Game Difficulty: There is no purpose in this game except of its exploration and the achievements. Achievements Complexity: Find the collectables, complete all the endings and do some extra actions. Achievements Difficulty: It takes some time to complete them but you can read guides to complete them faster.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sludge Life is a very enjoyable 6/10 game that I managed to get quite into after the first 90 minutes. The artstyle is solid, very much continuing what they forged in their earlier game High Hell with gross and sexual elements that feel gritty and real within the cartoony style. Sludge Life, however, adds a lot of grime and applies a VHS and semi-swirly filter over the entire experience. There isn't much story aside from the fact that you are a spray paint "tagger" trying to gain street cred…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Boring ass piece of sh!t
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A top tier smoking-in-videogames game (obviously Sludge Life is #1)
neutral · AI labelView post →There really isn't a whole lot to this game. It's definitely more "interesting" than "fun", don't let the other reviews deceive you. The game automates most things you do outside of some level of precision platforming, but other than that you will be autoclimbing, auto-gliding granted you hold down the jump button, etc. You really are here just to explore and as long as you dig oldschool cellshaded graphics then this is a game that'll keep you preoccupied for a few hours. And this is how it's…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →4. Sludge Life 2. I loved the first game. One of the top get-high-and-dick-around games of all time. Just taking pictures, tagging walls, and peeing on stuff. The sequel is more of that, I assume. 4/20 is coming up tho....maybe I make time for it
positive · AI labelView post →Wow. Just wow. It should'nt be legal to make a game thats both affordable, big, and fun. Basically, you run around finding places to do graffiti on. Sounds boring, but they managed to make it hella fun. The characters are all extremely funny and the story is so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ good
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A bit too much sludge in my opinion. I thought I would love it, based on the screenshots (minus the dialogue seen in them), but the world isn't very structurally interesting and thus not too pleasant to explore. Also, pretty much all the humor just isn’t my kind of humor. Feels too childish/simple/soft. Beginner humor. Couldn’t get a chuckle out of me. It has a cool style, but most of it feels too grimy, musty, and like 110 degrees Fahrenheit. I feel like collectathons give a bit more dopamine…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great art style, unique, weird, interesting. Atmosphere is everything here. It's a "vibe".
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i think you're looking for SLUDGE LIFE on steam www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9AV...
neutral · AI labelView post →crunchiest game you'll ever smork your blork to
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What hasn't there been said that wasn't already said about this hidden gem. Here are a few thoughts that crossed my mind over the first hour playing: - C is for cigarette, F is for fart. - I love approaching strangers to strike up conversations, in Sludge Life. - What's the point of tagging? I don't know, but I'm tagging. - Why is that guy running. - Why shouldn't I take mushrooms, smoke cigarettes and eat snails off the floor. If any of the above strikes interest, the Sludge Life might be for…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this game makes me feel sick and is pretty chill i like the vibe and the style of this game even though it makes me a little nauseous
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Review after 100% ♡♡♡ Sludge of a game. This cat thinks its better meow games to play ♡ ⣴⣿⣦⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣼⣿⣿⣿⣷⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⣄⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣤⣤⣶⣶⣿⣿⡗ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃ ⣿⣿⡇⠜⠙⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀Got a cat here ⣿⣿⣿⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠋⡹⠙⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀ Friends passing ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣾⣿⣿⠛⠀⠀by can touch her ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠛⠁⠀⠀and click Like to pet ♡ ⣿⣿⡿⠻⠿⠿⠿⠿⠛⠹⠑⠀⠀ Award for good luck, Take My Points for infinite pets ♡ ⠟⠁⠀ "Don't waste your life, I did. Go home," -John Rambo
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is good, perfect for a 2-3 hour session when you want to try something different and interesting
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Slightly annoying traversal aside, this game let me fart on command, get high on shr**ms, and take a picture of a cat with 2 b***holes. It's basically the best game of all time.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Chaos feast dialog is random and chaos, the map sure are huge and you could go into dive the sea, the start window screen is kind of interesting feature. the whole screen is blur as hell, almost all character are black, I thought this game is developer by DEI any way this game sure fun with pretention
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ha ha, don’t worry I’m used to it! My fault for giving the games such stupid long names. I wear my Sludge Life cap at every games event I attend and usually end up talking about your game more than my own, so it’s fantastic to hear there is some reciprocal promo happening! :D
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neutral · AI labelView post →Playing some smaller, chill games: The Unfinished Swan and Sludge Life.
neutral · AI labelView post →And as a plus I finally get an excuse to make fanart for the game I literally named myself after (Sludge Life <3)
neutral · AI labelView post →Sludge Life and Sludge Life 2 are both on the Quest Log. They're first person exploration games with a unique sense of style and personality.
neutral · AI labelView post →SLUDGE LIFE had me planted in my SEAT when I played it. It's basically just an exploration game with a cute but grimey aesthetic. 80% off rn too, nothing like it (except maybe the recent sequel) store.steampowered.com/agecheck/app...
positive · AI labelView post →I play(ed) in that fashion: - Yoku's Island Express (2D platformer) - Crumble (3D platformer) - Disc Room (2D bullet hell type game) - Sludge Life (short open world chill game) - Mini Metro - Minecraft (yes, really. Requires setup, specific mods and playing on creative/peaceful settings if muted)
neutral · AI labelView post →10 - Sludge Life chill adventure game, really liked tagging all over the place, funny world buliding too!
positive · AI labelView post →Okay, I like it. Picasso
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It has great art and vibes, it's obviously made by some very talented people in that department. The problem for me is that... that's about it. The substance of the gameplay is as if someone has seen screenshots of Jazzpunk but no actual gameplay and said "Yea I can create that with my own artistic spin on it", obviously missing the point entirely as you would desperately need to actually play Jazzpunk to understand what type of game it is. Technically the game is clunky with poor controls.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Amazing exploration game. Sludge Life sells you on a basic idea... pure vandalism for the sake of it, existing just for the fun of it. Don’t expect deep narratives (there are narratives, though). The story is just like the atmosphere of the city, full of smog, pollution, and, most of all, people who have lost meaning and just trip on shrooms, tag anywhere they can, and accept the bleak and absurd nature of the SLUDGE produced by GLOP. Exploration and collection is the main gameplay. On that…
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