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Bushside Rangers

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2025

Should you play it?

Bushside Rangers® is a first-person survival horror game that forces you to use your wits as you navigate through the dark, dreary depths of an abandoned nature park.

What works
  • Detailed and immersive environment design
  • Strong atmosphere and sound design
  • Engaging mascot characters and voice acting
  • Free first chapter with substantial length
  • Tense and thrilling chase sequences
Things to keep in mind
  • Gameplay bugs and glitches reported
  • Repetitive and clunky puzzle mechanics
  • Some animations and voice acting criticized
  • Lack of story context and character development
  • Frustrating difficulty spikes and ai behavior

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feel the closest overall

  • Garten of Banban 0

  • Into The Gloom

  • Indigo Park: Chapter 1

  • Fear the Timeloop - Prologue

  • Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion

  • Garten of Banban 8: Anti Devil

  • Wittle Mistakes - Prologue

  • Bendy and the Dark Revival

  • Bendy and the Ink Machine
Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • Into The Gloom

  • Fear the Timeloop - Prologue

  • Wittle Mistakes - Prologue
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Bushside Rangers: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Expression, Fellowship, Cooperation, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Exploration, Survival. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Relaxation.

Why this game works

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