Catch 200+ real life bugs in this peaceful creature collector. You’ve bought the local insectarium (bug zoo) in the cozy town of Buggburg, so start swinging your net to build your dream bug collection and create the best insectarium Buggburg has ever seen.
Developed by a tiny, two-person dev team, Bug & Seek is a relaxing bug-catching game with a mystery twist and pixel art bugs.
You've just bought an abandoned Insectarium (bug zoo)—congratulations! Now, go catch real-life bugs, build your collection, and level up your skills. Bug & Seek features a very simple and peaceful gameplay loop, no stress, and no wrong choices. So relax and enjoy all those bugs (and learn about them too)!
* Discover 200+ adorable and real insects
* Customize and Expand Your Insectarium
* Explore The World
* Meet the Locals
* Solve the Mystery
What to Expect:
* Simple Game Mechanics — Explore, shake objects to reveal hiding bugs, and swing your net. Bug & Seek was meant to be easy, peaceful, and stress-free. A leveling system increases the rarity of bugs you can catch, and some special items boost your chances too.
* A Bug-Based Economy — To earn money, you will have to sell bugs at the stores and for jobs and quests. But don't worry, you will be able to catch more!
* Cozy, Humorous Vibes — The cute little town of Buggburg to explore, lots of goofy and bug-obsessed NPC's, bugs with personalities and jokes, and a fun mystery about someone stealing a bunch of bugs.
* Light Customization — There are a handful of adorable new decoration sets, and even a few new clothing items you can acquire.
* Real Facts and Information — Every bug in the game is a real bug, and you'll learn things like why bugs are so important to biodiversity and environmental health.
What Bug & Seek DOES NOT have:
* Challenging gameplay; the gameplay loop in Bug & Seek is very simple.
* Mini games; if you swing your net at a bug, you will catch it.
* Energy meters or sleep requirements; after all, you can only catch certain bugs at night.
* Multiplayer options;
* Combat; while bugs in real life do attack and eat other bugs, they don't in Bug & Seek, and you won't fight NPC's with your bugs. The bugs also do not carry swords or wear medieval armor, as fun as that might sound.
* Romance; while you can talk to NPC's, and do jobs for them involving catching bugs, you cannot romance them, nor can you romance the bugs, regardless of the superpowers that might give to your offspring.
I just found this game this morning… I’m obsessed! From mystery to collection to decoration to quests to bug facts to moneymaking, this game has everything I’ve been looking for in a game as if I summoned it from my imagination! I’m not usually a pixel-game sort of person but this game is just gorgeous. I can tell the creators really love bugs and critters and it’s fantastic. Also small detail but I LOVE that the trees are bendy? It makes me giggle everytime. I don’t have the money for the full version yet but I’m so excited to get it when I can. The mystery is SO intriguing and I got this game for the bugs! Seriously thank you for making this I’ve been looking for a game that scratches this kind of specific itch for YEARS!!! You can really see the love that went into it
Developer Response
Thank you so much!! This just made my day! :)
Wonderful game
Son-Of-Loki
First and foremost, I cannot recommend this game enough. I bought the expansion and it is well worth it. I know many players are kids, but as an adult it's fun and satisfying without feeling tedious like many other games with a similar audience. The art is cute, and the play itself is fluid. I was on a trip recently, and the app being offline was perfect for the plane. I can hear my high school English teacher telling me to have a complaint with all of my praise, so I guess a search and/or filter in the field guide would add ease, but I also like it how it is too. It feels akin to having to flip though a physical guide to find a species. Thank you for the mobile port, I hope others will find the same joy I have playing this game.
Love it!
Jamin12021
I love bugs irl. I keep many different kinds of insects and arachnids so this game is EXACTLY what I’ve been wanting out of a game for so long. Thank you devs for finally scratching that buggy itch! If I could ask a single boon of the devs? I’d appreciate if you could also give the scientific names of the bugs. It could be put under the common names when you first catch a new bug. I know there are kids that play and it should be kept simple for them but those of us who are crazy about bugs greatly appreciate the scientific names. Please and thank you! 🙏 if no, I’ll still spend far too much time on your awesome game and probably buy it on switch to get the extra bugs you can’t get on the phone so no biggy!
Wish controllers worked
lysol disinfecting wipes
Cant use controllers. Love the game but seriously hope future updates to include some form of controller accessibility. You cant move the character. and i hate playing games with my thumbs on the screen and i like having my hands under a blanket while I play games i cant do that in this one. I know first world problems, but makes me really sad cause i love bugs, and this is all the coziness of animal crossing without the extensive neverending chores. Plop in and plop out.Im still gonna play it but please add accessibility for controllers so i dont have big circles invading the screen.
**Bug catchers! I fixed an issue where starting a purchase and canceling resulted in the full game unlocking. Purchases are now verified through the AppStore. If you were a lucky winner of a long-term free trial, you may find that you are now limited to the demo area of the game. You can always choose "Restore Purchases" in the Main Menu > Get More Bugs to see if you own the full game. Thank you to those who alerted me and expressed their desire to support the project in this way!**
New Features and Quality of Life (QoL) improvements!
- Autosave feature implemented, saving your progress in the background as you play.
- A simple on-screen timer lets you see how long you have to catch a bug (and gives a clue its rarity).
- Interactive objects now reset at dawn & dusk.
- No storage needed for clothing! All of your owned equipment is now visible in the Equipment menu.
- Bonuses from equipment are now listed in the equipment menu.
- Repeating quests with clothing rewards now grants coin rewards once clothing has been obtained.
- Mastery levels, Karl's fee, and some rewards have been rebalanced.
- There are now 216 total bugs to catch!
- The Codex now gives you a total for the number of bugs you've discovered (i.e., 121 / 216).
- A bug category icon has been added to the "New Species Discovered" pop up.
- Fixed issues with decor replicating in the insectarium.
- Fixed an issue where the heist end screen failed to continue dialogue.
- Other (bad) bug fixes.
- Improved performance, most notable on older devices.
- Thank you for playing!!
Version 2.1
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Information
Seller
So Peculiar, LLC
Size
510.4 MB
Category
Simulation
Compatibility
Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 13.0 or later.
iPod touch Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
