APE OUT
Developer Gabe Cuzzillo, Bennett Foddy, Maxi Boch
Ape Out (stylized in all caps) is a 2019 beat 'em up game developed by Gabe Cuzzillo and published by Devolver Digital. Financed by the Indie Fund, it was produced when Cuzzillo attended game development classes at New York University. The game was released for Microsoft Windows and Nintendo Switch on February 28, 2019, and has garnered a positive reception. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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60 of 63 · most liked firstApe Out (Switch) digital release is 87% off on US eShop: bit.ly/4kBedB7 $1.99 lowest price ever this game rules!
unlabelledView post →Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Cyberswine, an interactive experience starring a literal cyborg pig cop. Then stick around for Ape Out, a dynamically percussive action game about an ape who... escapes! www.hardcoregaming101.net/podcasts/top...
unlabelledView post →Instead of 80s nostalgia, UFO 50 transports me back to the heady days of 2016-2018, playing a bunch of five minute demos at indie events and student showcases, forgetting most of them but watching some become Ape Out or Untitled Goose Game.
unlabelledView post →Ape Out is a very good video game
unlabelledView post →Considering a kicking game, enemies dying when they collide at velocity. Kind of like Ape Out, but more environmental interaction. Kick enemies into traps, rocks into enemies, enemies into enemies, ranged attacks back into enemies, pits, etc. Gonna see where this goes #gamedev #indiedev #godot
unlabelledView post →Hey so it's only for 40 more minutes but Ape Out, imo a Top 10 indie game oat is currently two fucking dollars on the Nintendo eShop. Do yourself a favor.
unlabelledView post →🎮 2025 Game #14: Ape Out Definitely a hard one, but I loved every second of it. Fast-paced and brutal gameplay similar to Hotline Miami, great music, really cool visuals with excellent use of color, and some great level design too. An easy recommendation. 8/10 #IndieGames @devolverdigital.com
unlabelledView post →this is just like the hit game APE OUT
unlabelledView post →Cath playing Ape Out: “This game speaks to me” Now she’s making gorilla noises as she murders
unlabelledView post →This is sad because I think Ape Out absolutely fucks and is one of my favourite games of all time, but it might also mean I am the Number One Ape Out Fan in the world
unlabelledView post →#justbeatit Ape Out Jr. (PC) Another Devolver Bootleg game down. This was a nice take on Ape Out with a 2d platformer style where you have to make it to the exit by throwing enemies and avoid getting shot. A very simple puzzle element to it and a quick 25 levels. @polykillpodcast.bsky.social
unlabelledView post →Ape Out, much like God Hand and Viewtiful Joe before it, proves that using enemies as projectiles is objectively good game design
unlabelledView post →Old piece based on the video game Ape Out from @devolverdigital.com
unlabelledView post →Ape Out This used to be a playable trailer for the game! You could download the demo and a perfect run of the trailer is basically this precise video. Fantastic music and escalation of gameplay. Sadly, it's not available to play anymore online (to my knowledge!)
unlabelledView post →9) Ape Out Oh man, I love this game. It’s an indie gem that lives up to the hype and doesn’t over stay its welcome. Part beat ‘em up, part stealth, all fun. I paid $2 for it and I feel like I owe Devolver some money. I underpaid.
unlabelledView post →38. Ape Out (2019, PC / Switch). Hotline Miami... but you're a giant pissed-off ape, the synth is replaced with kinetic jazz drum solos, and instead of grimy neon we have 60s pop art underscoring our ultraviolence? Oh, *baby,* where've you been all my life?
unlabelledView post →There’s only one game that as a designer, I felt envy. Usually, I think “oh this is great how would I make this concept?” But not for Ape Out. So good. So up my alley. Primates and jazz is a match made in heaven. #indiegamedev store.steampowered.com/app/447150/A...
unlabelledView post →9. Sayonara, Wild Hearts (2019, PC / Consoles). This is maybe–even more so than Rez and Ape Out–my favourite "interactive album" game. Hell, months later, I'm still listening to the actual album by the game's composer, Daniel Olsén. That it's also a baller rail shooter? Fuck yeah.
unlabelledView post →Man I gotta play more Ape Out, that game rules
unlabelledView post →I met Gabe Cuzzillo, the Ape Out dude, when it was previewing at Gamescom and he was super cool, I'm jazzed that he has a new game coming
unlabelledView post →An older fanart piece of one of my favorite indie video games, “Ape Out”
unlabelledView post →25. Ape Out - jazz meets Saul Bass infused gorilla ultra-violence. Everything about this game is awesome. Possibly my favorite @devolverdigital.com release of all time.
unlabelledView post →You know how much better this game would be if it played like Ape Out?
unlabelledView post →In addition to Demonschool and Forestrike I also bought Ape Out and Kathy Rain, admittedly both discounted, and I still have money left over, and Clair Obscur isn't even what we consider to be 'an expensive game'. Games are weird.
unlabelledView post →APE OUT is 80% off on Steam. It's a smash-'em-up game where you get to be an escaping gorilla and turn people into smears to a great jazz soundtrack. Clearly, a lot of thought went into the presentation. A lot of very stylish fun for just a couple of bucks! store.steampowered.com/app/447150/A...
unlabelledView post →Ape Out - Game Music ( 2023 ) KK Slider #kkslideralbum #kkslider #ApeOut
unlabelledView post →If you have a Nintendo Switch and about four dollars, I highly recommend Ape Out. It's a fun and stylish little brawler with a remarkably effective jazz soundtrack that doubles as sound effects. Brilliant. https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/ape-out-switch/ #videogames #nintendo #ApeOut
unlabelledView post →Can I recommend Ape Out? It’s maybe 3-5 hrs of your time. It fit in as a great vacation game for me.
unlabelledView post →twitch.tv/mr_viperfang Going live momentarily with a game where we're trying to escape: Ape Out!
unlabelledView post →And now I also finished Ape Out lol. Yeah it’s a short game where you play as a gorilla smashing everything into a bloody mess to dynamic jazz. It’s fun.
unlabelledView post →APE OUT is a really fun challenge of a game. Simple graphics, dynamic music, snappy action. Highly recommend.
unlabelledView post →66. Ape Out This game had a very fun art style and play style and overall had a pretty good time with it! I did feel at times the grabbing or punching wasn't very consistent but it wasn't enough to take away from the experience all too much.
unlabelledView post →Game #15: Ape Out A game that dares to ask, “What if Hotline Miami, but gorilla?” Jokes aside, this game is a surreal experience with bombastic music, a trippy minimalist art style, and a tough, rinse-and-repeat gameplay loop. An absolute delight. 8/10
unlabelledView post →Not full price but Ape Out is like the pinnacle of all value zero fluff to me. 4 hours to beat, 15 bucks, all killer no filler. Near perfect game.
unlabelledView post →Ape Out has the fucking best musical climax of any game holy shit it's so good youtu.be/8H89AbaFA3w
unlabelledView post →Nobody talks about how devolver digital is the GOAT in game publishing Hotline Miami Gods Will Be Watching Titan Souls Broforce Downwell Enter the Gungeon Reigns Ape Out Katana Zero My Friend Pedro Carrion Fall Guys Inscryption Cult of the Lamb
unlabelledView post →Ape Out credits. I did not expect that game to give me chills.
unlabelledView post →You know how much better this game would be if it played like Ape Out?
unlabelledView post →I think this is why cats are so stoked when you watch Ape Out. I’m here to say that thing is an absolute masterclass in how to build a game for a specific level of psychological freak out. - PYTHON
unlabelledView post →Noted indie game with a frenetic jazz soundtrack Ape Out?
unlabelledView post →The 2025 Game Awards are tonight and I had the honor of editing this intro for IGN's coverage. Take a sneak peak and tune in tonight. What's your Game of the Year? I just played Ape Out from 2019 because it was on sale for 2.99. So that's mine. #thegameawards #ign #goty #apeout #devolverdigital
unlabelledView post →I just got my switch out of storage because I resolved to finally beat Ape Out, a game that I started playing at least five years ago. I've been stuck on the final stage for most of that time. I recommend it.
unlabelledView post →I got to go hands-on with Baby Steps, a new game from the creators of Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy and Ape Out. So far, it's quite incredible. gamerant.com/baby-steps-h...
unlabelledView post →If, after today, I have to hear one more fucking person talk about how "we're not fighting ICE enough" from their air conditioned bedroom with food in their bellies and YouTube on their TV I will Ape Out (like the game). We are literally fighting in the streets. Get off your phone and get with us.
unlabelledView post →DK Ape Out game…
unlabelledView post →I want another Ape Out game but with a different animal and genre of music. Swan Gone? Moose Loose? Cat Scat? Octopus Unlock-the-bus?
unlabelledView post →APE OUT maybe? The whole game is done in that style so surely.
unlabelledView post →Very different game but Ape Out is a great example of that improvisatory combat feel that I really like
unlabelledView post →are there two types of Ape Out enjoyers, because this review sounds like it's from the second type
unlabelledView post →(or for that matter Ape Out, which is very much an expressive loop game right down to the improvisatory jazz aspect)
unlabelledView post →Ape Out great game and even better music
unlabelledView post →Completed some game over the holidays. Tails of Iron - 2d souls like Ape Out - Top down gorilla jazz bashing Lies of P - 3d souls like A Highland Song - 2d exploration game
unlabelledView post →I was just thinking about Ape Out the other day. That game rules
unlabelledView post →Ape Out is the Memorycard Game of the Month for August. We're excited to see what everyone thinks! Read about it on our blog post: memorycard.gg/blog/ape-out... Check out Ape Out on Memorycard: memorycard.gg/game/ape-out
unlabelledView post →24. APE OUT Smash 'em up game with excellent music and fast pace where you can throw men and make them explode (who needs more than that?). It's not easy but goddamn is it fun.
unlabelledView post →Finally finished "Ape Out" and its such a simple and good game (although frustrating) the ending is absolutely perfect.
unlabelledView post →APE OUT: A very stylish top-down action game with an absolutely AWESOME adaptive soundtrack. This is the first game I talked about on my YT channel. It's so damn good.
unlabelledView post →The more I sit with it, the more I think Ape Out is kind of a perfect game. I need to play it again soon.
unlabelledView post →We already got a '1 gorilla VS 100 men' game a few years ago. It's called Ape Out - really nice little thing with dynamic jazz audio. bsky.app/profile/toda...
unlabelledView post →29- Ape Out Funy monke game
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