THE GUNK
Developer/publisher Thunderful (Image & Form)
Format PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series
Origin Sweden
Release December
As he guides us into another alien cavern stained with black goo, oozing like sentient tar, we find ourselves wondering about the state of game director ’s living room. “This game is perfect for anyone who doesn’t enjoy cleaning, but enjoys cleaned,” he says, sucking up a phlegmy deposit with player-character Rani’s wrist-mounted hoover. “Which is me. I don’t like the act of cleaning, but I love just after it’s been done.” He pulls one last gobbet loose. “And that’s kind of what you get in this game. Because the cleaning itself is done in hyper-speed – it takes a couple of seconds and you’re
