Extricate

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"Extricate" is a 3D platformer focused on fast-paced movement, with 50 levels containing easy and hard challenges. Players can run, jump, crouch, and bunnyhop to avoid obstacles like lasers, pits, spikes, and sawblades. The game features different mechanics and objects, and improving times allows players to compete on the leaderboard.

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Play Modes

Single-Player Play through the game's story or campaign solo

89%

Audience ScoreBased on 56 reviews

gameplay7 positive mentions

graphics2 negative mentions

Extricate offers satisfying movement mechanics that are easy to learn but challenging to master, making it accessible for newcomers while still appealing to experienced players.
The game features a variety of well-designed levels that encourage speedrunning and improvement, with a leaderboard system that allows players to compare their times and learn from others.
It's an affordable and fun game for those who enjoy first-person platforming and bunny hopping, providing a rewarding experience as players strive for better times and medals.

The game suffers from a steep learning curve, with some players finding the movement mechanics unintuitive and frustrating at first, particularly for those unfamiliar with bunny hopping.
Level design can be cramped and repetitive, with certain obstacles like fans disrupting momentum and making some levels feel overly challenging or tedious.
There are technical issues and bugs, such as problems with tracking deaths in speedrunning mode and occasional visual glitches, which can detract from the overall experience.

gameplay
18 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
39%
44%
17%
The gameplay is characterized by satisfying and responsive mechanics that cater to players of all skill levels, making it accessible for newcomers while still offering depth for experienced players. Although some find the movement mechanics initially unnatural and simplified compared to other games, they ultimately provide a rewarding challenge, especially for those interested in speedrunning and platforming. Overall, the game successfully balances ease of entry with opportunities for mastery, particularly through its unique bunny hopping and strafing mechanics.
- “Very satisfying mechanics, suitable for all levels of play.”
- “It has very good mechanics with responsive movement and satisfying momentum.”
- “You can tell the devs really knew what they were doing when designing the mechanics.”
- “I won't lie — the mechanics feel unnatural at first.”
- “Movement mechanics are very basic; there's no acceleration or deceleration, and you don't lose speed when strafing in tight circles.”
- “When it comes to the actual gameplay, it's very lackluster.”
music
8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
38%
25%
38%
The game's soundtrack features a catchy mix of synthwave and electronic music that initially impresses players, but its limited selection of around five tracks leads to quick repetition. While the music is generally well-received, some players find it necessary to turn it off due to the lack of variety in both the audio and visual elements of the game. Overall, the music is appreciated for its quality, but its repetitiveness detracts from the experience over time.
- “Music-wise, the songs are a mix of synthwave and electronic music, which, I'm not gonna lie, sounds so good. I didn't expect this game to have that, but it sure did. Before long, though, since it's only around 5 tracks, you get fed up with them, but for the time they had, they were good tracks.”
- “+ great soundtracks”
- “(also has great graphics and soundtrack)”
- “The soundtrack, while catchy, gets repetitive quickly.”
- “Music-wise, the songs are a mix of synthwave and electronic music, which, I'm not gonna lie, sounds really good. I didn't expect this game to have that, but it sure did. However, since there are only around 5 tracks, you get fed up with them before long, but for the time they had, they were good tracks.”
- “The graphics are literally the most basic shapes and barely any color; I turned the music off not even an hour in, and the variety of obstacles is as low as they can get away with.”
graphics
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
33%
67%
The game's graphics are characterized by a simplistic design featuring basic shapes and a limited color palette, which effectively distinguishes harmful objects from the environment. While some players appreciate the clarity and functionality of this minimalistic approach, others find the overall visual variety lacking.
- “(also has great graphics and soundtrack)”
- “The graphics are literally the most basic shapes and barely any color. I turned the music off not even an hour in, and the variety of obstacles is as low as they can get away with.”
- “Graphics-wise, the game isn't insane or overly stylistic. It does make elements very distinct, with harmful objects being orange/red tones and everything else being distinct enough that if you're zooming around the level, you'd have time to recognize them. For that, I can't fault the game; the simplicity works.”
grinding
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Players express frustration with the grinding aspect of the game, noting that a significant portion of their playtime is spent repetitively completing the same levels for trivial rewards, which detracts from the overall experience.