Bee Simulator
Release Date: November 14, 2019
Arcade, TPP, educational, for 2 players, Polish, animals, co-op, action adventure, splitscreen, PS Plus Premium, PS Plus Extra, multiplayer, singleplayer
OpenCritic
An original arcade and adventure game, allowing us to control a bee living in a large metropolis. While having fun, we carry out missions in which we help our swarm to survive in the city park. The title contains educational elements and also has several game modes, including a cooperative game.
Videos and Screens
[1:03] Bee Simulator gamescom 2018 trailer
Nintendo Enthusiast: 8.5 / 10 by Dominick Ashtear
Bee Simulator on the Nintendo Switch is a unique game experience that combines educational messages, fun mechanics, and a ton of bee puns.
COGconnected: 76 / 100 by Alex Everatt
Bee Simulator does a very good job of conveying the life of a bee while adding in enough gameplay elements to make it qualify as a game
AusGamers: 6.9 / 10 by Steve Farrelly
You'll even get trapped in spider webs and have to play a mini game in order to escape lest you be wrapped up as a meal for another day.
GAMERS Score
Average score from 240 votes. 562 players anticipated the game.
Bee Simulator Description
Bee Simulator is an original arcade and adventure production, which has been enriched with educational elements. We play as a bee. VARSAV Game Studios studio in Warsaw is responsible for creating the game. Besides games, the team also deals with industry consulting and developing VR technologies.
Plot
Bee Simulator takes place in a vast park in the heart of a metropolis, modeled on the famous New York Central Park. We play as an ordinary worker bee. Our task is to help the swarm in building a colony, which is threatened by people planning to cut down the tree with the beehive. The brave insect receives orders from the queen herself and begins a mission, which is the first step on the way to save its family.
Mechanics
Bee Simulator is an arcade game in which we can freely control the bee and explore a large map depicting an urban park. The action is presented from the third-person perspective. The controls have been simplified so that even inexperienced players can cope with moving in 3D space. The production was created with children and their parents in mind. The game contains many educational elements thanks to which players can learn more about the customs and biology of bees.
During the game, we have a unique opportunity to see the world from the perspective of an insect. The queen orders us to take part in many activities such as racing, collecting pollen and dancing in the air. We can also interact with the environment, including people, animals, and other insects. From time to time, we are forced to use our sting to defend ourselves against aggressors such as wasps.
Game modes
The developers have prepared three game modes. The first is a campaign in which we get to know the next chapters of the history of our beehive and we are led by the hand when the game introduces us to the new mechanics of the game. Exploration mode allows us to freely explore the map of the world without focusing on the story campaign. The last variant of the game is a multiplayer mode, in which we can play on a shared screen or online. The participants of the game are transferred to a completely new map, prepared for their possible cooperation or competition.
Technical aspects
Bee Simulator offers realistic three-dimensional graphics. The music in the game was composed by Mikolaj Stroinski, who previously worked on, among others, Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and The Vanishing of Ethan Carter.
Last updated on May 30, 2019
Bee Simulator Summary
Platforms:
PC / Windows
Switch
PlayStation 4
Xbox One
Developer: Varsav Game Studios
Publisher: Nacon / Bigben Interactive
Bee Simulator System Requirements
PC / Windows
Minimum: Intel Core i5-2300 2.8 GHz / AMD FX-4350 4.2 GHz, 4 GB RAM, graphic card 1 GB GeForce GTX 550 Ti / Radeon HD 5770 or better, 10 GB HDD, Windows 7
Recommended: Intel Core i5-3470 3.2 GHz / AMD FX-6300 3.5 GHz, 4 GB RAM, graphic card 2 GB GeForce GTX 660 / Radeon HD 7870 or better, 10 GB HDD, Windows 7