Donut County is a very silly short game.

The entirety of the experience is you playing as a small hole in the ground needed to devour what you can in order to grow and devour larger items ranging from a brick to a full sized house. I found it very satisfying to start small and end up engulfing entire buildings or a highway’s worth of cars, a la Katamari Damacy.

While the gameplay is usually pretty one note, the levels are short and the writing & story I found entertaining as well. One of the main characters is a raccoon named B.K.. Technically, that is the player character as B.K. is controlling the hole via an app on their phone. Turns out, he’s used the hole to suck the whole town into the ground and they all end up in a cavern-like area. While talking around the campfire they’ve all made, the player relives the stories told here while playing as the hole.

Overall, this is a very short game (~2 hours) that is endearing and doesn’t overstay its welcome. I definitely recommend this on a sale, as you could finish it in a night. "

Reviewed on Dec 17, 2023


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