Bubsy 4D

IGN

Alessandro Fillari·May 21, 2026

Critic70/100

Agreement—

This notorious video game mascot makes a stylish, if brief, comeback in his best outing yet.

Game Informer

Wesley LeBlanc·May 21, 2026

Critic40/100

Agreement—

If Bubsy 4D is an attempt to bring new players to this 33-year-old franchise, its poor level design, characterization, and platforming will ensure it won't.

Push Square

Stephen Tailby·May 21, 2026

Critic60/100

Agreement100%

In some ways, Bubsy 4D is the best the series has ever been; the bobcat's wide range of abilities affords him a huge amount of freedom to move through levels with style. However, a fairly narrow focus on movement means other aspects suffer; enemies may as well not be there, and stages are static and sparsely furnished. The result is a good 3D platforming character stuck in a pretty bland 3D platformer.

Nintendo Life

Nile Bowie·May 21, 2026

Critic70/100

Agreement100%

At $20, Bubsy 4D is a solid budget platformer with levels that are consistently fun, if somewhat underbaked. Admittedly a low bar, it is comfortably the best Bubsy game ever made, with genuinely great controls and speedrunning depth that will reward players who relish climbing leaderboards and shaving seconds off their runtimes.It's an easy recommendation for anyone with a soft spot for '90s mascot platformers or morbid curiosity in the Bubsy franchise. For a series that spent decades as a byword for bad game design, Bubsy 4D is a long-overdue course correction for one of gaming's most persistently maligned characters and a strong foundation for future titles.