Underplayed Gems

MouseBot: Escape from CatLab (2021)

MouseBot: Escape from CatLab cover
Developer
Vector Unit
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Action, Indie
Rating
4.7 of 5, 49 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 3.5 hours
Where to get it
Steam

How it feels

A frantic, physics-driven dash through deadly cartoon mazes where every leap and dodge is a near-miss.

fast-pacedchallengingcartoonyfunnyphysics-basedcolorfultense

What players say

Players praise the level design and challenge, comparing it to a simplified Crash Bandicoot. The early stages feel easy while later ones ramp up, though the speedrun achievements demand frame-perfect precision. Players are split on the arcade mode being locked behind the campaign.

Trailer

Screenshots

MouseBot: Escape from CatLab screenshot 1MouseBot: Escape from CatLab screenshot 2MouseBot: Escape from CatLab screenshot 3MouseBot: Escape from CatLab screenshot 4MouseBot: Escape from CatLab screenshot 5

More games like this

More by Vector Unit

This page is from Underplayed Gems, a catalog of older and overlooked games. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like playing and it picks from the whole catalog, or browse by platform and genre.