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Super Animal Royale

Super Animal Royale is a wonderfully fun battle royale that is very welcoming of casual players. Combat is fast, and the mechanics are simple. You'll never be left wondering what you did wrong. You just need to click on bad animals. Matches are short and you don't spend a ton of time looting, so the fear of death is much lower than in other battle royales. Super Animal Royale is the kind of game you should always have on your PC.
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85%Game Brain Score
gameplay, graphics
monetization, grinding
93% User Score Based on 17,997 reviews
Critic Score 72%Based on 6 reviews

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Super Animal Royale is a single player and multiplayer survival shooter game with a comedy theme. It was developed by Pixile and was released on August 26, 2021. It received mostly positive reviews from critics and very positive reviews from players.

Select your favorite adorably murderous fox, panda, or sloth and parachute into a FURocious 64-player battle arena. Explore a top-down 2D world, full of exotic biomes, psychotic animals, and hamster balls. Wield guns, explosives, and silly dances on your way to the top of the food chain.

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93%
Audience ScoreBased on 17,997 reviews
gameplay468 positive mentions
monetization25 negative mentions

  • Fast-paced, addictive gameplay with polished mechanics like dodge rolling and vision-based fog-of-war offering depth and strategic play.
  • Charming, colorful 2D art style and expressive animal characters create a fun, lighthearted atmosphere complemented by a catchy, upbeat soundtrack.
  • Fair and consumer-friendly monetization focusing on cosmetics only, with no pay-to-win elements and reasonable access to unlockables through gameplay.
  • Grinding and quests can be repetitive, tedious, and time-gated, potentially making progression feel like a chore for casual players.
  • Some gameplay elements suffer from balancing issues such as slow bullet velocity and frustrating dodge mechanics, leading to unengaging gunfights.
  • Stability and optimization vary across platforms, with reports of glitches, freezes, long matchmaking times, and poorly optimized versions on certain hardware.
  • gameplay
    1,125 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The gameplay of this top-down 2D battle royale is fast-paced, addictive, and accessible, featuring simple yet polished mechanics like dodge rolling and vision-based fog-of-war that add depth and strategy. It offers a unique, casual experience without pay-to-win elements, emphasizing cosmetic customization and short, intense matches that reward skill and positioning. While some find the gameplay repetitive or lacking innovation, its smooth controls, engaging combat, and charming aesthetics make it a fun and welcoming alternative to traditional battle royales.

    • “The game plays like a combination of Fortnite and Dota/League of Legends, with an overhead camera and a fog of war mechanic that limits vision to a circular radius around each player, creating constant tension and rewarding smart use of cover, sound cues, and ambush tactics.”
    • “Super Animal Royale successfully combines a fun and casual atmosphere with competitive gameplay, featuring smooth, fast-paced, and strategic gameplay mechanics that are easy to pick up but have a surprising amount of depth and customization.”
    • “Gameplay is simple yet deep, fast-paced and exhilarating, with a great balance between frantic action and tactical decision-making; the top-down perspective and unique line-of-sight system make it accessible to newcomers while rewarding mastery and strategic play.”
    • “Taking the formula of battle royale games like Apex Legends and PUBG, the developers carefully removed anything about those games that was any good and replaced it with laughably poor 2D retro top-down shooter mechanics designed for consoles, and then tried almost every possible way to scam gamers out of money for it.”
    • “The dodge mechanic and the comically slow bullet velocity make gunfights absolutely abysmal; I cannot hit anything because everyone keeps dodging all over the place.”
    • “The core mechanics of the game haven't changed a bit, so it still feels extremely dull and bland, but it's somehow worse now as matchmaking can take up to 5 minutes for seemingly no reason.”
  • graphics
    653 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The graphics of Super Animal Royale are widely praised for their charming, cute, and colorful 2D art style that blends simplicity with polished visuals, making the game appealing and easy to run on low-end hardware. Players appreciate the unique top-down perspective combined with expressive animal characters and smooth animations, which provide both clarity and a lighthearted, fun atmosphere that contrasts with the game's competitive gameplay. Overall, the graphics are considered a standout feature that contributes significantly to the game's accessibility, appeal, and distinct identity within the battle royale genre.

    • “The graphics and animation are amazing, as well as the soundtrack.”
    • “The colorful, cartoony visuals are endearing and make the often-hectic battles feel lighthearted.”
    • “The art style is adorable and i love collecting super animals.”
    • “The graphics are lacklustre because this was designed for mobile phones and Nintendo Switch, not gaming PCs.”
    • “The visuals are a bit blurry, making it difficult to tell what is in front of you.”
    • “Just doesn't run on a high graphics computer, wtf is this.”
  • humor
    435 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game’s humor is widely praised for its charming, cute, and hilarious portrayal of adorable animals engaged in chaotic battle royale mayhem. Players enjoy the playful use of funny weapons, pun-filled dialogue, whimsical emotes, and the juxtaposition of cute characters with intense combat, resulting in a lighthearted and entertaining experience. Overall, the humor adds significant charm and keeps gameplay enjoyable, especially when playing with friends.

    • “The in-game dialogue is very charming and nice, and the setting of a theme park all about animals leads to a lot of funny jokes that can be found in the game's ever-updating environment.”
    • “Some tools lean heavily into the game’s humor, like banana peels that cause enemies to slip or skunk gas grenades that obscure vision, but they still serve practical tactical purposes.”
    • “It’s hilariously cheeky, adds a layer of personality to the game, and never fails to make me laugh—whether I’m the one dancing or the one spectating it after getting outplayed.”
    • “Unfunny”
  • story
    303 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game features a developing story integrated through quests and a social hub, blending a dark backstory with a whimsical aesthetic that adds depth beyond its battle royale gameplay. However, many quests are criticized for being grindy, time-gated, and sometimes tedious, with some players finding the story elements limited or poorly integrated. Overall, while the lore and narrative enhance the experience for some, the story is often regarded as secondary to gameplay and quest progression.

    • “And even if you don't like battle royales, they have a very enjoyable story mode with peaceful activities.”
    • “Also I just want to say, thanks devs for the super animal lore, was not expecting for there to be so much story and strife behind the scenes of this super spectacle, but I completely enjoyed learning more with the historical society and all the NPCs' new dialogues.”
    • “It's a great free to play game, granted I wish the small story finds were not locked behind a super edition paywall.”
    • “A lot of quests are just tedious busywork.”
    • “The quests within the saw expansion as well aren't fun at all with stupid arbitrary time limits put in place to get you to play more instead of letting you go at your own pace, and with a large handful of quests requiring you to have more or less one the lottery with how awful some of the rates are for items.”
    • “To that end, most quest chains have pause points built in where the NPCs will not continue the quest until after server reset ('tomorrow'), so any attempt to speedrun the new story would by nature require being segmented.”
  • music
    169 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The music in this game is widely praised for being catchy, upbeat, and perfectly complementing the cute, fun art style and fast-paced gameplay. Many users highlight the memorable lobby tunes and diverse soundtrack by composer CatBaux, describing it as a major highlight that enhances the overall experience. The soundtrack is considered both relaxing and energizing, often earning users’ repeated listens and strong emotional enjoyment.

    • “Pixile Studios clearly care a lot about Super Animal Royale, and their dedication is easy to see—from the fun gameplay, fair monetization, steady updates, and world-building/lore all the way to the amazing soundtrack by the very talented Catbaux.”
    • “The new soundtrack has been well thought out and is pleasant to my ears, adding variations and extension of older songs and bringing new ones that set the mood and atmosphere.”
    • “The music is fantastic, follows a tried and true Royal format but is still unique in its own way.”
    • “All in all, the music is terrible and the gameplay is pretty good.”
    • “The graphics are basic, the soundtrack reasonable.”
    • “I love the art style, and the music is ok.”
  • monetization
    144 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Monetization in the game is predominantly fair and consumer-friendly, focusing exclusively on cosmetic microtransactions without pay-to-win elements or aggressive pressure. Many cosmetics and unlockables are available through regular gameplay, and any paid content, including battle passes or DLC, tends to be reasonably priced and optional. Although some criticism exists regarding the introduction or pricing of microtransactions, the overall model is praised for being non-intrusive, anti-fomo, and supportive of ongoing development.

    • “Monetization in the game is, in my opinion, almost perfectly optimized - it isn't predatory, it's all cosmetics and emotes; in short, nothing is something you need to succeed.”
    • “Progression is entirely cosmetic and the monetization is among the least predatory out of any live service game currently.”
    • “All microtransactions are for cosmetics only, and there are plenty of free ones made available on a regular basis.”
    • “This is a Nintendo Switch cash grab that's been dumped on Steam to try to gouge gamers through exorbitantly priced DLCs and microtransactions.”
    • “It has a decent monetization, battlepass and shop, it isn't a big deal since you can earn some cosmetics by playing.”
    • “I love this game, but my only concern is how expensive the microtransactions are and how much everything costs. I want to support this game but the asking price for 5000 tickets is 54.95 AUD (daily rotating stock of items tend to cost from 150 and all the way to 550 tickets) and because of that, I ran out of tickets surprisingly quickly and still had new items to buy (I even bought the 5000 tickets during the PTR beta tests, so I received an extra 25% on top of those tickets).”
  • grinding
    129 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Grinding in the game is a significant and often tedious aspect, with many players finding the progression for unlocking animals, skins, and battle passes to be slow and repetitive. While some enjoy the rewarding feeling of unlocking new content and appreciate mechanics like magnets to ease certain grinds, others feel overwhelmed by the amount of time and busywork required, especially at higher levels. Overall, grinding is a core part of the experience that may appeal to dedicated players but could be off-putting for casual ones.

    • “The battle pass for this game is not too grindy, but they don't give you a lot of missions to work with to earn exp. However, the game allows you to keep earning progress across two battle passes since they don't expire, which means you don't have to miss out on items. This is a huge plus, and I wish other games would adopt this!”
    • “For the base-level skins, you can use a resource called "magnets" to much more quickly and reliably get exactly what you're aiming for. This greatly reduces the grind time, so you don't have to grind for days and days unless you're after something very specific.”
    • “Despite some grind, it is still not really grindy overall.”
    • “The core gameplay remains mostly unchanged compared to the first versions of the game, as grinding, completing RNG-based quests and reading hundreds of NPC dialogue are prioritized over the game itself.”
    • “Grinding feels like a chore, even on my original account with the super edition it still was rough.”
    • “Grinding event currency is grueling and requires at minimum the playtime equivalent of 160 wins to unlock all the items from the event.”
  • emotional
    94 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The emotional aspect of the game is defined by its overwhelmingly wholesome and positive community, which players consistently describe as friendly, supportive, and fun. The game's cute art style and heartwarming interactions, combined with a lighthearted yet competitive gameplay, create an experience that often evokes strong, joyful emotions, including tears of happiness. Despite minor criticisms, the emotional atmosphere is largely praised as a rare and refreshing contrast to typical toxic online environments.

    • “Just to break down one part at a time, SAR has been some of the most amazing and memorable moments of my life, yet some of the most heartbreaking ones as well. I've seen people absolutely disgrace SAR, quit it, and a lot of drama around it, but I've also got to meet some of the most amazing people I've ever met through SAR, people I today have daily contact with.”
    • “This is literally the most wholesome community I've ever been in. I can die to the same guy three different times and see him in fifteen different matches, but we're buddies, we sync our dances, and compliment each other's skills.”
    • “The game is basically fueled by the interactions between the community, the staff, and the game's world. Pixile is the most heartfelt indie dev I've ever seen and you can feel the love they put into every aspect of the game.”
  • optimization
    56 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game is widely praised for its excellent optimization, running smoothly on a broad range of devices from low-end PCs to mobile platforms, with minimal lag and stable performance. Developers actively address issues and maintain frequent updates to enhance stability and gameplay experience. However, a few platform-specific performance concerns and occasional bugs exist, but overall, the game is considered highly accessible and well-optimized for varied hardware.

    • “This game is incredibly well optimized so I'm not getting weird screen artifacts or goofy deaths often.”
    • “In my experience, the game always runs smoothly on every platform I have played it on, and I've never experienced any lag (aside from Facebook gaming, which is known for poor performance).”
    • “The game performance is also excellent and there is almost no lag in the matches.”
    • “I used to play this game all day in the past, but in the last year there have been no updates at all apart from cosmetics (which are useless for me), game is poorly optimized, has no players at all (500 avg max/day) and devs do not care about their community.”
    • “It's on Steam, Xbox, PlayStation, and Switch (don't really recommend Switch because it's badly optimized).”
    • “Poorly optimized, you'll get the animals you want early and be farming for animals that just look horrible that nobody wants.”
  • stability
    43 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game's stability is mixed, with many users praising smooth performance on lower-end hardware and minimal bugs, while others report frequent freezes, glitches, and lag, particularly in servers. Although some find it relatively polished and bug-free, there are recurring issues with occasional crashes, server lag, and unaddressed bugs that detract from the experience. Overall, stability varies widely depending on platform, updates, and user setup.

    • “The gameplay itself is mainly generic battle royale mechanics and relatively bug free, but does get boring rather quickly.”
    • “I am using a laptop that is fairly old (lower 12% of laptops), and this game still runs great!”
    • “The game is very polished and it runs great.”
    • “A buggy, grindy mess, lacking substance and doing nothing but distracting and pushing away from the core gameplay.”
    • “Between rampant cheating, buggy servers, awful weapon balancing and a very nonchalant attitude from the development team whenever problems are brought to their attention -- this game is a hard pass.”
    • “Over 50% of matches end in freezes or hangups followed by a disconnect or a complete game crash.”
  • replayability
    41 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Super Animal Royale is widely praised for its high replayability, driven by its fun and approachable battle royale gameplay, diverse unlockable cosmetics, and a continually updated content base. Players appreciate the quick game sessions, charming community, and variety of customization options that keep the experience fresh over time. While a few note occasional issues that impact playability, the overwhelming consensus highlights the game's enduring appeal and strong replay value.

    • “For players looking for a battle royale experience that values fun, clarity, and replayability over spectacle, Super Animal Royale stands as one of the most distinctive and enduring entries on Steam.”
    • “It's cute, it's fun, it actually has a pleasant community of players, and replay value holds up over the years.”
    • “Furry battle royale with quick games, making it so even if you have plans soon, you can squeeze in around 3 games, great replayability, other game modes, and way more is coming in the future!”
    • “Sure, it can be fun with friends, but it has so many problems that sometimes the game is hardly even playable, and don't even get me started on replayability, it's non-existent here.”
    • “This game has terrible servers, the dumbest chat rules and lacks replayability.”
    • “Just leave that to the cosmetic store and battlepass rather than the achievement unlocks since that's limiting replayability.”
  • atmosphere
    25 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The atmosphere of Super Animal Royale is widely praised for its charming, lighthearted, and welcoming vibe, combining cute, playful visuals with a fun and casual tone that stands out in the battle royale genre. The game's cheerful and supportive community, paired with a delightful soundtrack and detailed animations, creates an engaging and enjoyable experience that appeals to both casual and competitive players. Overall, its unique, whimsical atmosphere offers a refreshing alternative to more traditional, gritty battle royales.

    • “The art style is cute, the atmosphere is welcoming and lighthearted, the gameplay is just simple enough that it's easy to pick up and run with but has just enough nuance to it to make it feel rewarding when you do start to get rolling.”
    • “The adorable, animated animals and vibrant environments create a visually appealing and playful atmosphere that sets it apart from more traditional, gritty battle royales.”
    • “This game is one of the few that has a rule to be "pawsetive" which really brings up the welcoming, supporting, and loving atmosphere!”
    • “The devs decided that to maintain the realistic atmosphere of the game, they made things very slow.”
    • “I especially like the "bwoking dead" mode, if only the atmosphere was a little more spooky...”
    • “That said, if you can weather the storm, public games have a hilarious atmosphere where you can suddenly win just because everyone drops out or ejects people based on snap judgments.”
  • character development
    14 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The character development is praised for its charming, cute, and well-animated designs that enhance player engagement. Customization options and humorous, light-hearted elements add depth, while constant updates introduce new vanity items for fresh character variety. The overall design balances adorable aesthetics with engaging story elements and smooth gameplay appeal.

    • “The character design is naive and overwhelmingly cute and they excel at resembling the most important features of each animal.”
    • “Simple little character designs all animated in the Spine animation software look very smooth and appealing, and the little bits of lore and humor spread about in random ways, like the storm raining bananas or the way your little goober can slip and spin around inside the hamster ball, are great.”
    • “As a result, we're constantly earning new vanity items every time a seasonal event comes along, enabling me to come up with even more fun and varied character designs.”
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Super Animal Royale is a survival shooter game with comedy theme.

Super Animal Royale is available on Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X|S, PC, PlayStation 5 and others.

On average players spend around 82 hours playing Super Animal Royale.

Super Animal Royale was released on August 26, 2021.

Super Animal Royale was developed by Pixile.

Super Animal Royale has received mostly positive reviews from players and mostly positive reviews from critics. Most players liked Super Animal Royale for its gameplay but disliked it for its monetization.

Super Animal Royale is a single player game with multiplayer and local co-op support.

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