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Beat Around The Bush

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2025

Should you play it?

Beat Around the Bush is a series done over YouTube shorts where the top comment got the next addition to the game. Beat Around the Bush is a game where your primary goal is to Beat around the Bush. Once you do, you did it. You won. Therefore, there's no more reason to keep playing this game.

What works

  • Unique and humorous concept
  • Philosophical and emotional narrative
  • Free to play
  • Engaging progression and upgrades
  • Community-driven development

Things to keep in mind

  • Slow and grindy early gameplay
  • Save data loss on mistakes
  • Some bugs and technical issues
  • Limited customization and social features
  • Repetitive mechanics

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Kao the Kangaroo: Round 2 (2003 re-release)

  • Islets

  • Eternal Edge+ Prologue

  • HRDINA

  • Pale Abyss - Prototype

  • Black Book

Less idle-friendly

Games that feels like Beat Around The Bush but with less of an idle filler feel

  • The Cub

  • Heavy Bullets

  • Hollow Knight

  • Berry Bury Berry

  • Another Crab's Treasure

  • Lifeslide

More expressive

Games that feels like Beat Around The Bush but with more self-expression and customization

  • The Bloodline

  • Strange Seed

  • Megabonk

  • Astrometica: Prologue

  • Fairy Bloom Freesia

  • Tchia

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Beat Around The Bush: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Expression, Fellowship, Cooperation, Competition. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Idle, Value. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Thrill.

Last update: 21/08/2026