After earning critical acclaim, the game has been pressed through numerous controversies from discontinuing (officially) supported features to becoming another possible casualty between the Epic Store and Steam. Meat Boy, as iconic as he is to the face of indie games, has always been (and continues to be) a punching bag for the best and the worst qualities within the industry-and yet the game remains a classic in 2019.įrom the game’s humble beginnings on Newgrounds to the frustration of its official release on the Xbox Live Arcade, Team Meat is one of the first developers to lay the foundations for future indie success stories. For all the dark-humor jokes, the rage-inducing (yet fun) hardships, and the dated-yet-tasteful callbacks to other games, Meat Boy embodies the idiom “how the sausage gets made” beyond the mere expression. With the impending release of Super Meat boy Forever on all platforms (except Steam), coming back reminds me there is so much more to this game than nostalgia. Available on Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS3, PS4, Nintendo Switch, Steam and Epic Store. 'The Modern Mythical Sisyphus for the Game Industry to Repackage.'Ĭreated by Team Meat in 2010.
