Frightened Beetles

A disturbance has frightened the forest’s insects and upset a worm. You guide the bugs as they move through the forest to investigate what caused the panic. The game is a short side-scrolling platformer built around three insects, with a different style of obstacle course for each. Navigate hazards such as falling leaves and reach the end of each stage. The stages form a sequence, with an item to collect in each—an apple, a coffee cup, and a cake—before completing the run. The adventure is designed to be finished in minutes.

Guide three frightened insects through brief obstacle-filled runs, collecting items and uncovering what startled the forest.

Released 11 May 2018

92%positive of
626 player reviews

Free

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Casual

Run as Three Bugs

Dodge Falling Leaves

Collect Stage Items

Something terrible happened in the forest! Someone frightened all Bugs! What happened? You are the only one who can find it out!

Developed by Anatoliy Loginovskikh · Published by Anatoliy Loginovskikh

Players Praise Most

Cute Bug Animation
Quick Short Runs
Funny Premise
Three Bug Variations

Common Player Critiques

Hard-To-Read Leaves
No Mid-Run Restart
Very Short Runtime
Frustrating First Stage

92%

positive of 626 player reviews

From the Devs

About the game.
Frightened Bugs is a small adventure for just a couple of minutes. For some people the game may turn out to be hard, so you must try hard to find out who frightened all Bugs and disturbed the Worm.

From the developer.
This is my first animated project and I want it to be free of charge. It was rather hard to withdraw from the pixel art but the result exceeded my expectations. In the end the game turned out to have good animation and funny characters. If you try hard you can end the game in just a few minutes. I really hope these minutes will make you laugh and cheer you up!