This week I tried a recent addition to Steam. The Puzzle game called Eets Munchies. Eets Munchies is about a little creature that looks much like a mix between a rabbit and a piranha, who always seems to be hungry for sweets.

At first when I looked up screenshots of the game I thought it may be a platformer game where you control the little creature. But actually it is quite the opposite. The little guy moves on his own and you need to influence what he does and where he goes by placing items and environmental pieces, as well as interacting with the different things in the level to help him get to the 3 treats and lastly the cake at the end.
But as the game reminds you at times, it’s easy to get 1 or 2 of the treats, but getting all 3 before going to the cake is supposed to be the challenge. Because if you don’t do the right things, the little creature could end up going after the cake before you get all the treats in the area.

So this is how the game works. You start a level where everything, including the creature, is frozen in place. In this time you need to place the items they give you some place in the level where it could help the little guy go where it needs to go. These items include wood boards that can bridge gaps or block areas off, a flying whale that can inhale the little creature or other items and launch them in the direction its facing, bombs that explode when they come in contact with something, arrows that can dictate what direction certain items go, and many more items that you unlock as you go. There are also items that the creature can eat as well that affects how it moves. Like an onion that makes it unable to jump, a pepper that allows it to jump further and a cupcake that changes him back to normal.

Once you have the items where you want them you can then hit a button which puts everything, including the creature, in motion. While you can’t move the little guy around yourself, you can use some of the items in the environment that you either placed or were already there to move it or items around. While things are in motion you can click items like a spring flower which bounces things around, or click the flying whale to inhale the creature and items to shoot it in a certain direction.

Quite often you will fail a level, but don’t worry. This could happen if the creature jumps off into the void or if it doesn’t get all the treats before the cakes. You can restart the level anytime, no problem. In this game you practically need to experiment sometimes to see what works. This can take many tries. But all in all the puzzles aren’t too complicated. Once in a while you will get stuck on a puzzle or two but when you figure them out it feels good.

If puzzle solving is not enough for you, the game also has a built in level creator which allows you to make and share your own puzzles on steam.

One thing I do like about this game is the art style. It has a nice hand drawn cartoon look to it and the animation is really nice. Even the music supports that style. I can’t help but love the look of the main character. It looks cute but it also looks like it will bite your hand off if you got to close to it. 😉

Another thing that you would notice with this game when you first open it is that it is locked to a certain screen resolution. The resolution makes it look like it is more fit to play on an iPad then a computer. But then this game is also available on iTunes as well as Steam, so that may explain it. And while it would be nice to be able to change it, how the levels are laid out, it’s not too big of a problem.

So all in all I would recommend this game to anyone who loves puzzle games and who wants a game that they can jump in and out off quite easily. It’s a nice game to pick up if you want to spend a few moments figuring out things in a constructive mode where everything affects everything else. Otherwise this may not be the game for you.

You can get Eets Munchies on Steam and iTunes. (Steam currently has a deal where you get 20% off if you own any other Klei Entertainment games on Steam including: Don’t Starve, Shank, and the original Eets)

Check out the trailer: