About This Game

A lonesome crawdad, mired in debt, rises up against the vicious loan sharks and cruel robber barons who run the Bayou in this surreal, hardcore 8-bit action-roguelike. Battle and bet your way through dozens of colorful bosses and a wealth of extracurricular activities as you fight to erase your debts once and for all!

Game Features

• The world's first crustacean debt simulator. Your creditors are dangerously upset with you. Pay them off, or fight them to the death. Dozens of tenacious bosses demand remuneration—or your life!

• Toss, catch, repeat. Bullet hell meets Breakout. Dodge, parry, and punish foes with effects like poison, hex, and bleed.

• Link and build. Deep roguelike progression featuring over 50 unique weapons and 200+ synergistic upgrades. Tap an array of buddies for direct and indirect combat support. Hang out dockside and read mail from your neighbors!

• All play, no jobs. Connect with vagrants and transient visitors over games of skill and chance. Hustle dozens of unique minigames that offer risky paths to financial freedom or to ruin.

• Chips fall. Manage your time and finances carefully within the Bayou's predatory economy. The deck is stacked against you. Scrounge every dollar. Gamble it all away, or save and invest. Put bold parlays on your own performance in combat!

• Cozy retro. Bleu Bayou brings modern sensibilities to the 160 x 144 resolution and four-shade palettes of your favorite handheld console, with a rootin’-tootin’ chipgrass soundtrack and full controller support to boot. Between battles, visit your customizable burrow to regroup, relax, and reflect.