Amazing Frog

Amazing Frog? is an open-world physics sandbox set in a fictional version of Swindon called Swindonshire, populated entirely by ragdoll frogs whose primary feature is uncontrolled flatulence. Picture GTA's structure handed to a developer with no interest in being taken seriously and you're in the right neighborhood. The game's pitch is that everything is a toy and the only correct response is to throw it.

The activities list is enormous and persistently growing through updates. Lawn mower driving was the headline of a recent update. There are taxis to drive, trash to collect on Bin Day, jobs scattered around Swindonshire, a Bank of Swindon to deposit your earnings in, weapons (crossbows, lasers, machine guns) to wield, a chess board you can play on, a moon to visit, sharks to swim near, vehicles ranging from cars to boats to aircraft, and a sewer full of zombie frogs that doesn't always go well.

The Magical Mystery Toilet is the game's signature mystery. Anything that fits will flush — flushing things produces transformative effects, and repeated flushes intensify the magic. The whole game has a quality of being designed by someone who let the absurd ideas in without filtering them, which is exactly the right approach for a flatulent ragdoll frog open world.

Local split-screen for up to four players lets the chaos scale. Co-op and combat both work, but most groups end up doing whatever they want in parallel. An enormous inventory system encourages collecting absolutely everything — berries, jam jars, money, skulls, fish, dead pigeons — and a vacuum helps with bulk pickup. The Quest for the Magical Mystery Toilet provides loose structure around the open-ended play, but the game is fundamentally about what you decide is funny.