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Button City

Button City

Released: 8/9/2021

Fennel is a shy little fox who just moved into town. After discovering the local arcade, he makes new friends and gets swept up in a whirlwind adventure to save it from being shut down at the paws of greedy fat cat Peppermint Pepperbottom! Button City is a colorful low poly narrative adventure game about friendship and community. Enter a pastel diorama world inspired by 90’s nostalgia and filled with cute characters to befriend. Complete quirky quests around town, play arcade games, collect fun costumes, solve puzzles and more as you follow a story about growing up and saving the things that are important to you. • Explore a beautiful and lovingly crafted world in a low poly art style. • Befriend a cast of charming animal characters. • Complete fun and silly side quests at your own pace. • Master arcade games to unlock new game modes and prize items! • Dress up in fun costumes and decorate your room.

Fennel is a shy little fox who just moved into town. After discovering the local arcade, he makes new friends and gets swept up in a whirlwind adventure to save it from being shut down at the paws of greedy fat cat Peppermint Pepperbottom! Button City is a colorful low poly narrative adventure game about friendship and community. Enter a pastel diorama world inspired by 90’s nostalgia and filled with cute characters to befriend. Complete quirky quests around town, play arcade games, collect fun costumes, solve puzzles and more as you follow a story about growing up and saving the things that are important to you. • Explore a beautiful and lovingly crafted world in a low poly art style. • Befriend a cast of charming animal characters. • Complete fun and silly side quests at your own pace. • Master arcade games to unlock new game modes and prize items! • Dress up in fun costumes and decorate your room.

Fennel is a shy little fox who just moved into town. After discovering the local arcade, he makes new friends and gets swept up in a whirlwind adventure to save it from being shut down at the paws of greedy fat cat Peppermint Pepperbottom! Button City is a colorful low poly narrative adventure game about friendship and community. Enter a pastel diorama world inspired by 90’s nostalgia and filled with cute characters to befriend. Complete quirky quests around town, play arcade games, collect fun costumes, solve puzzles and more as you follow a story about growing up and saving the things that are important to you. • Explore a beautiful and lovingly crafted world in a low poly art style. • Befriend a cast of charming animal characters. • Complete fun and silly side quests at your own pace. • Master arcade games to unlock new game modes and prize items! • Dress up in fun costumes and decorate your room.

Critics
68
Steam
92

Score Breakdown

68.0

Critic Average

29 reviews

92

Steam User Score

172 reviews

N/A

Metacritic User Score

Less than 20 reviews

Disparity Breakdown

Steam Disparity
-23.9
Metacritic Disparity
N/A
Combined Disparity
-23.9

Average of both sources

Review Timing

28 launch window (97%)1 late (3%)