NUTS

NUTS is a single-player walking simulator surveillance mystery. Record the squirrels, report your findings, and piece together what’s really going on in Melmoth Forest.

NUTS is a story rich, detective and nature game developed by Joon, Pol, Muutsch and Char & Torfi and published by Noodlecake.
Released on February 04th 2021 is available on Windows and MacOS in 13 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese.

It has received 850 reviews of which 748 were positive and 102 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.3 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 24.50€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified NUTS into these genres:

Story Rich Detective Nature Immersive Sim Narration Atmospheric Walking Simulator Mystery First-Person Exploration FPS Puzzle Action-Adventure Capitalism Conspiracy Female Protagonist Horror Psychological Horror Open World Casual

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Requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

OS *: Windows 7 or higher 64bit
Processor: Intel Core i3 2.00 GHz or AMD equivalent
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 450 or higher with 1GB Memory
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 2 GB available space

MacOS

OS: Mac OS X 10.8+
Processor: 2011 or newer Intel Core i5, or M1
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: Discrete GPU
Storage: 2 GB available space
Additional Notes: Dedicated graphics card required

Reviews

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Dec. 2024

NUTS is a good causal game where you take videos of squirrels and have to find where they come from. The designs are originals and colorful and the ambient is very cozy. The only negaticve point is it's a little bit repetitive. It worth it with a discount price, I recommend it!!! 🐿️💗

Sept. 2024

Very peaceful formulaic gameplay with light story but simple and sweet. Can be repetitive the game is short enough that it doesn't drag on.

Aug. 2024

Really not what I expected at all - for some reason I thought this was going to be a zany psych-horror-comedy about a researcher being driven mad by squirrels, and instead it's actually a rather serious environmentalist thriller. Basically a much better Firewatch in some ways. The puzzle elements are rather unique, as you have to place video cameras during the day and study the footage at night, essentially making this a very unconventional detective game. I can understand why some might consider this mechanic rather finicky, but as someone who had messed around with amateur audio editing in the past I found that element rather well done - you do need a sense of perfectionism. To lightly touch upon a major spoiler, I can understand why some might be disappointed by the ending - I'm generally not a fan of open endings, especially in games which feature such deadpan social commentary as this - but I feel like it works here - the pro-conservation and anti-corruption themes are very much relevant right here, right now, a happy ending would be disingenuous and ruin the message of the game somewhat, while a bummer ending would just be fucking strange. About performance issues - I did suffer a rather surprising FPS drop on the Steam Deck, which surprised me, but I'm not someone who really cares about that kinda stuff - it's just kinda rare, especially for an indie title. I wouldn't try to run this on a potato laptop.

March 2024

This game is fantastic, but I'd suggest waiting for a sale where it's priced under $10. Although it's short — I finished it in under two and a half hours — it's incredibly respectful of your time and never feels tedious. Overall, it offers a delightful experience with a fun concept, and cute squirrels.

Feb. 2024

This game has a somewhat melancholy but also heartwarming story. The surveillance mechanic, with you placing cameras and then watching their recordings to inform where you should put them next, is very well done.

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24.50€

8.3

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Developer

Joon, Pol, Muutsch, Char & Torfi

Publisher

Noodlecake

Release 04 Feb 2021

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