Sapper - Defuse The Bomb Simulator

Is this game's development over? I was so excited for this game to come out, bought it instantly, and thoroughly enjoyed it; besides some expected bugs and lack of content. The lack of content was promised by the devs to be swiftly and thoughtfully added as times moved on. By thoughtfully I mean they would listen to the player's input and possibly implement puzzlles like or similar to the input. Haven't pllayed the game in a while because, as i'm sure a lot of others were doing/thinking, I wanted to wait for more content to be added as it was pretty boring after about an hour or two at the time. So, as i was about to play today, I noticed the last update was in mid March....right after its release. Since then it seems a few new simuators have been released and even more to be released in the future. Does this mean that after one of the dev's simulators is released, it's basically forgotten about and then they move on to their next project? I'm simply curious. Would never want to bash a game dev because I know what they do is incredibly hard/long/frustrating/and sometimes boring work. I just wish there would have been more updates since the last time I played and still have a little faith that more content will be added. Can't recommend this game right now unfortunately until that is done. If it's on sale I would say to grab it, but if not maybe wait and watch the updates (as I am going to and will definitely change review). Keep up the good work and give us more bombs and defusal tools! wooooo

[h1]×爆弾処理シミュレーター　〇ダルい死に覚えゲー[/h1] ストアのムービーでは町を探索して仕掛けられた爆弾を見つけ出し解除するゲームのように見えますが、大分様相は異なります。 実際には爆弾はそこらに丸見えの状態でポイ捨てされてますし、場所はマーカーで示されてます。プレイヤーがそれを解除しようと雑に突き進むと道に迷ったり地形でスタックしたりして時間切れで死亡、ダッシュで向かうと鬼のように配置されたブービートラップと地雷に引っ掛かって死亡、チェックポイントに戻されては少しづつ前進する…いわゆる死に覚えゲーです。 ストアのムービーやスクショと現時点のゲーム（2024年12月）とではUIやステージが変わっており、爆弾も外観や解除方法が違っているものが多いです。ゲーム性も早期アクセス時やリリース時とは別物になっているのかもしれません。 また翻訳の問題か、こちらの読解力不足か、チュートリアルがわかりにくい。本命のはずのC4爆弾の解除が一番簡単で、踏まずにスルーすればいいだけの地雷の解除が一番難しく、難易度より理解度の問題で何度も失敗しました。パイプ爆弾はルールを間違って覚えてしまい本番で解除を失敗しまくりました。 （切断したいラインの右隣、あるいは左隣のスイッチをオフにしてからカットするルール。ただしスイッチにつながってるラインがカット済の場合はさらにその隣をオフにしないといけません。私は後半の部分を把握してませんでした） どんな方法で死んでも「死んだな、新入り！」とフランクに告げられるだけでパッと見では爆弾のタイマーが０になったのかブービートラップにかかったのかわからなかったり、タイムアップで死んだら時間ギリギリのままチェックポイントに戻されたり、ちょくちょくUIの挙動がバグってよくわからない状態になったり、何かと不満点は多いです。 それらを超える最大の不満点が１つありまして、 [spoiler]最後の爆弾の手前、森林ステージの最後にノートPCにアクセスしろ、と指示があるのですが、実はPCの横にあるドキュメントを先に読まないと最後の爆弾の解除に必要なパスコードがわからない、という点。 PCを先に触ってしまうと最終ステージに移行してオートセーブされ、森林に戻る事もできなくなるため完全に詰みます。 私は最終ステージで挫折した後フォーラムでこの事をしり、データを削除して最初からやりなおしする羽目になりました。2020年代のゲームか？これが…。[/spoiler]

Hooolllly ♥♥♥♥... What a shame. Lots of potential but that's all it is. Visually the game's graphics look good enough. But the controls. Holy. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. ♥♥♥♥. I've never seen controls so bad Let's start with their "training". The instructions for diffusing the pipe bomb would be more helpful if they were written in a completely on-the-fly made up language because the instructions supplied might as well not even be there they are so confusing and bad. Bad start. Moving on. Let's talk about the first mission. Diffuse some bombs in a parking garage. You go to the parking garage and start running up the floors (along the roadway, not the stairs -- fine whatever. But you come to a floor where there's a van sideways in the ramp to the next floor. You're given this tiny sliver of sidewalk (as the edge of the ramp) to jump up to the couple-inch high edge. Yeah, you can't walk up to the sidewalk edge lip like a normal person. You have to jump to it. .... not good... Then once you manage to land on it without falling the hell off of it to the floor below, you then have to crouch because the ceiling (the floor of the next floor) is too low. This wouldn't be an issue if where you're at would allow you to move forward. Instead you have to go around the van on this tiny little edge-lip since your character can't just roll around the corner of the van by push themselves into the van at a slight angle like most normal games. No. You gotta go AROUND the van while crouched on this tiny little edge... SON OF A ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥♥ I fell again! ... I'm starting to get aggravated! ... Finally you manage to make it around, and now you gotta sprint jump across an alley. Yeah, because my confidence in this game's physics are so high, I'm sure I'll make it. Miraculously I do. I run across the catwalk and around to the back of the building, and find some sort of engine. I dunno, it's green and highlighted so I guess I turn it on... Click. Ok, great it's on. Now what? Running back and forth to the catwalk and the back of the building, I don't see what I'm supposed to do. Wait there's a ladder, I can't reach it. I guess I gotta run and jump to it? I see some boxes, lemme try jumping onto them... holy ♥♥♥♥ this game is bad. first sprint jump failed. Second sprint jump I make it to another box next to the ladder. Ok jump along the wall but out a little and turn around while in mid-air to try to catch the ladder. Nope. Wait there's a junction box with a jacknife lever. Pull it? Ok fine, I guess I do. *ladder starts to come down* Are you ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ kidding me? Who in the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ world motorizes a damn fire escape ladder? Stupid. Just so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ stupid. Come the hell on. ... I'm starting to get pissed! ... Fine, I'll climb the ladder, run up to it look up and keep running so as to climb the rungs? No. Jump into the ladder? No. Ok jump into the ladder and spam spacebar and E... Wait that looks like that sort've did something. Try it again... Try it again... Try it again... Wait. ok so it's just E? Fine. Ok my character is too short to get to the ceiling of a level ontop of the building that had the ladder. Move some boxes. Should be pretty simmmmm.... no, no. I almost said it... But I'm not going to. So far, I'm not impressed. Guaranteed moving this damn box is going to be some crazy friggen ordeal. Pick up box, attempt to place... hoooollllly ♥♥♥♥. You have GOT TO BE KIDDING ME.... You have SERIOUSLY got to be kidding me.... Oh this is somebody's joke isn't it? The box falls over and rolls off the roof of the level, I'm trying to place it on, back down to my feet. Try again. now it rolls over and falls and wedges itself between the level and the roof-fence. ... why am I still playing this? why do I do this to myself??? .... Grab a different box and try it again placing it EVER so damn gingerly. Ok now jump onto the box, so I can jump over the ceiling fence. ... breathe... just. breathe... ... Try it again, ok I'm over the roof-fence. Hit V for sapper vision, the next bomb is in a direction passed another roof-fence with a giant pipeline in front of it. Maybe I can jump onto the pipeline and over the fence. How to get to the top of the pipeline... Oh. There's little mini-levels sticking up that I should be able to jump across to then jump across to the top of the pipeline. Oh ♥♥♥♥ me. No. Please. PLEASE. Anything but that. ... More boxes ... Ok looks like I don't have to move them this time. Whew! Try to jump onto the box... WTF?! Why is motion blur on and causing lots of hitching?! I specifically made sure that ♥♥♥♥ is OFF... OFF! Stupid f'ing game do you know what off means?! Check settings again... Yep, it's set to off... Fine whatever, I'll keep going. I jump onto one box, and then onto the first mini-level, so far so good. With the lagging and motion blurring, I try this several more times. Eventually I make it onto the box, and jump onto the next mini level. I jump across to the next mini level after that.... Ok. Here we go, I just have to make it onto the top of the pipeline... ♥♥♥♥ ME! I wind up overshooting it and land between the pipeline and the roof-fence... I'm gonna ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ <heavy grumbling> someone. This has got to be someone's sick idea of a joke. There's no other explanation. That's gotta be it. That's it. I'm sure of it. That's what I'm going with because the thought someone can be that incompetent at making physics this bad and level design this atrocious is a horrifying thought. Yes. That's it. It's deliberate. Ok, let's try it again... On to the box, jump across to the mini level, then across to the next mini level aaaaaand this time too short... Ok I think I have a sure fire method this time. There's brackets holding the pipeline in place every so often that surround the pipeline from the outside, meaning there's SLIGHTLY more landing space if I aim for those, and slightly even more landing space if I position myself at an angle to it... jump on to the box. Jump to the mini level, jump to the next mini level. Position myself just right... hold sprint first (don't need any stupid motion blur ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ or some other stupid podunk reason for hitching to cause the game not to recognize I'm in a sprinting state) run aaaaaand ... Ok I'm done. I'm only 16 minutes in and I've already seen way more than enough. It took longer to type up this infuriating experience than it took to get to that point.

This is very much just barely an OK game. It is VERY short and simple. No real thinking to it. Just walk and cut. GREAT idea though and with a lot of work, it could be a good game. Worth about $0.99 and the money I paid for it is way too much. If you can catch it on sale, then I'd buy it. Otherwise and knowing what I know now... Don't discount it completely as it could be a decent game later on!

Отвратительно! как по геймплею, так и по визуалу.

Siga a minha página de curador da Steam, Honest Opinion: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/38350841/ Eu até me diverti com o jogo, porém ele não é bem feito. É uma boa ideia com uma má execução. Primeiramente que o jogo é absurdamente curto. Eu zerei o jogo em menos de 2 horas. Isso é muito pouco, ainda mais que não temos opções de workshop da Steam. Claro, o jogo ainda está em acesso antecipado, mas ele foi lançado na Steam em março de 2021, e o desenvolvedor disse que o jogo deveria ficar em acesso antecipado por apenas 6 meses, então já até passamos desta estimativa. Teriam de ser adicionadas várias missões para este jogo valer a pena, e eu sinceramente duvido que isto seja realmente feito. Basicamente, eu paguei 10 reais por uma DEMO mal feita, não por um jogo inteiro (e olhe lá ainda, já vi DEMOs que duram muito mais do que este jogo durou). Deixando isso de lado, temos o jogo em si, suas mecânicas e etc. Bom, você pode desarmar bombas (obviamente), hackear algumas coisas eventualmente, descriptografar também algumas coisas e abrir fechaduras. Desarmar bombas não é difícil, é legalzinho até, mas bem simples. Temos de cortar os fios das cores que vão aparecer na luz da bomba, tudo dentro do tempo limite. Também temos as minas terrestres que são aproveitadas em apenas 1 missão do jogo, que temos um minigame de tirar 4 parafusos com cuidado, aos poucos, para nenhum ficar com muito mais pressão do que o outro. Até aí ta tudo bem. Mas e quanto às outras 3 coisas que você pode fazer? Bom, destravar fechaduras foi uma cópia mal feita de Thief Simulator. As mais simples nós devemos descobrir em qual ângulo a peça de cima deve ficar para abrir. Em Thief Simulator (que é exatamente a mesma coisa, apresentada da mesma forma também) quanto mais perto do ângulo você estiver, a fechadura vai girando pouco mais (assim você consegue saber se está mais perto ou mais longe do ângulo), e são sempre ângulos aleatórios que sempre mudam. Já em Sapper, a fechadura só gira se estiver no ângulo certo, não há indicação se você está perto ou não. Fora isso, os únicos ângulos que eu vi na minha jogatina foram de 45º para a esquerda ou para a direita, só. O outro minigame, para fechaduras mais avançadas, é exatamente igual também ao de Thief Simulator, em que jogamos os pistões para baixo ao clicar o mouse e se eles alinharem no local correto, clicamos novamente e apertamos um botão para ir para o próximo pistão. Mesma coisa. Hackear também temos 2 formas, a mais básica e a mais avançada. Ambas você vai usar 1 ou 2 vezes sem contar o tutorial. A primeira é um daqueles minigames puzzle que você deve fazer com que o cano de entrada se encontre com o cano de saída (fica girando os canos no espaço para poder conectar), nada muito difícil. A segunda é basicamente um Guitar Hero usando as teclas ASDF, que você deve acertar acho que 5 vezes e pronto, nada muito difícil também já que não é muito rápido e nem têm muitas teclas. Descriptografar é só uma forma, que é como se fosse um frogger em uma rotatória, ou seja, você deve fazer uma seta atravessar por 3 faixas que ficam girando alguns retângulos e não pode encostar neles. Ridículo de fácil, acho que só teve 1 vez que eu tive que desviar de alguma coisa, nas outras o minigame iniciou e eu só apertei direto para frente. Fora isso, o controle do personagem é esquisito, ainda mais quando se deve escalar (por sorte, só precisamos fazer isso 1 vez no jogo acho), em que basicamente você deve pular em cima das coisas, como diversos jogos por aí. Os mapas são interessantes, não muito grandes, mas parece que são apenas assets que os desenvolvedores encaixaram o jogo, pois têm algumas partes do mapa que são completamente ignoradas. Pode ser que eles tenham sim feito os mapas do 0, mas ainda assim acho muito estranha a forma em que os mapas foram aproveitados (ou deixaram de ser aproveitados no caso). Uma outra reclamação que possuo é que quando devemos encontrar alguma coisa, o jogo simplesmente deixa essa coisa que devemos "encontrar" aparecendo através de paredes para nós, então já sabemos onde está, não é necessário procurar. Ainda nessa de ver coisas através de paredes, é possível encontrar bombas sem nem abrir os locais, só apontando o mouse por fora, já que o mouse vai acabar apontando para a bomba e ela estará em destaque para você (ou nada ficará em destaque, mostrando que não há nada ali dentro). Basicamente, fiquei muito decepcionado com este jogo, já que estava querendo comprar e jogar ele há um bom tempo, e agora que pude no desconto de Halloween, me decepcionou por completo.

I've been here for the entire history of this game, and i can tell you straight up; it's a mess. a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ mess. To put it simply, this game was abandoned, not just once, not just twice, but THREE ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ TIMES. I genuinely do not know how that happens. I do not. The entire game was refurbished from its original product and somehow it became worse than the original product. I'm baffled. The original version of this game was a lot more monotonous but you know at least it didn't have some gamebreaking bug preventing you from ever beating it. Yes, this game has a bug, that will straight up stop you from beating it. On the last level too. You get a code from a note that you need to enter to reveal a bomb, and guess what? if you died on the last stage, or didn't read it from the previous stage at all? you never get it. Game becomes unbeatable unless someone outright tells you it. Unfortunately it appears to have been abandoned, so it will never be fixed. The achievements aren't even changed from the original, some of them probably aren't even achievable anymore. Honestly, if you want a good bomb defusal game, get a friend and go play KTANE, it has a very big community and a lot of community content.

Видео обзор тут https://youtu.be/dtc9ITwU24M Sapper defuse the bomb simulator - симулятор, где вам предстоит обучиться сапёрному делу. Перед началом игры, кроме имени и фамилии, вы выберете три навыка, которые в дальнейшем будете прокачивать. Так что нужно прикинуть заранее, что может пригодиться. А дальше вас забросят в полицейский департамент на смену предыдущему саперу, догадываетесь почему? Как говорится, сапёр ошибается лишь один раз. Вы тут же приступите к обучению. К слову обучение несколько хромает, вы сразу можете и не понять чего от вас хотят. Вам скажут, разберите почтовый ящик, а вы и без понятия с чего начать то. С первой обучающей бомбой и то понятнее (смотри на индикатор и реж провода). Про использование отмычки я вообще молчу, с десятой попытки поймете, как работает система отмычек, а отмычки делятся на первый и второй уровень. Второй на мой взгляд гораздо проще. Так же помимо обычных замков, вы будете взламывать терминалы и электронные замки. Механика их взлома основана на мини играх типа проведи треугольник в центр, соедини точку А с точкой Б и нажми комбинацию букв, как в ритм-играх, только без музыки. И честно сказать уровень сложности этих игр низкий даже слишком. Отмычка по-моему самый сложный инструмент из тех, что тут есть. А теперь к основной игре. В ней присутствует сюжетная линия про подрывника психопата, как это обычно бывает. Он спрятал взрывные устройства с подсказками в городе, а вам их искать, причем часики тикают, но в процессе осмотра мест и удачном обезвреживании бомб время на таймере чуть прибавляется, так что времени предостаточно. Игра к сожалению пока линейна и если вы нашли ход или предмет, который понадобится в следующем задании, то вы не сможете им воспользоваться пока до них не дойдет очередь. Взрывные устройства пока обезвредить тоже не составляет труда, нет никакого чувства опасности. Но если вдруг вы по какой-то причине все таки подорвались, то начнёте играть за нового сапера, и так далее. А на информационной доске сможете посмотреть, сколько прослужил ваш предшественник. Игра по времени пока непродолжительная. Здесь нет каких-либо режимов, где можно просто разбирать бомбы или соревноваться на время обезвреживания. Но разработчики игру не забросили, и в недавнем объявлении рассказали об изменениях в механике игры, новых мини играх и так далее. Обновление должно быть довольно значительным, так что ждём.

Sapper – Defuse The Bomb Simulator, developed by Live Motion Games and published by WIG Publishing, is a tense and methodical first-person simulation experience that places players in the role of a bomb disposal expert. It attempts to recreate the mental pressure, focus, and precision required to perform one of the most dangerous jobs in the world. Rather than relying on action or spectacle, the game aims to build its suspense through silence, realism, and the constant threat of failure. Each mission begins simply enough—you arrive at a scene, survey the environment, and identify the presence of a possible explosive—but beneath this calm lies a constant sense of dread. The ticking of timers, the whirring of devices, and the faint hum of tension in the air serve as reminders that every move you make could be your last. The gameplay is structured around a loop of exploration, investigation, and careful execution. Players must first locate hidden explosives using tools such as metal detectors and signal scanners. Once a bomb is found, the task becomes one of analyzing the device, identifying its components, and determining the correct procedure for defusal. Each scenario introduces variations—some bombs are placed in tight, dimly lit environments, others in open spaces with multiple hazards. Occasionally, players must hack control panels or bypass locks to access critical areas, adding layers of complexity to what might otherwise be a simple process. The game’s greatest strength lies in these moments of preparation and hesitation, when you’re weighing your options and fighting the urge to rush. The time pressure amplifies the tension, forcing you to balance caution with urgency as seconds tick away. Sapper’s visual design, while modest, successfully captures the gritty realism of its subject matter. The environments—industrial sites, apartments, abandoned warehouses—are detailed enough to create a believable sense of place without overwhelming the player. Lighting plays a significant role in establishing atmosphere; flickering bulbs, shadowy corridors, and dim emergency lights add to the feeling of unease. The bomb models themselves are intricate, with wires, circuits, and switches that invite careful inspection. Sound design is equally important to the experience. The subtle clinks of metal tools, the hum of electrical current, and the ominous beeping of timers work together to immerse the player in the scenario. There’s little to no background music, which allows the sound of the environment and the bomb itself to dominate, reinforcing the realism and tension that define the experience. However, for all its potential, Sapper – Defuse The Bomb Simulator suffers from limitations that prevent it from fully realizing its premise. The biggest issue is its short runtime—most players can complete the available missions within just a few hours. Once you’ve learned the mechanics and patterns of the bombs, the challenge becomes more predictable, and the replay value diminishes quickly. The game lacks a progression system or randomized elements that could keep missions feeling fresh. While the tools and defusal processes are satisfying at first, they don’t evolve enough to sustain long-term engagement. Bugs and rough edges further detract from immersion, from occasional graphical glitches to clunky movement. These issues don’t destroy the experience but serve as reminders that this is a small-scale simulation rather than a deeply polished professional training tool. Despite its technical shortcomings, Sapper succeeds in creating genuine moments of suspense and concentration. When you’re hunched over a digital explosive, trying to decide which wire to cut first, the game captures a primal feeling of anxiety that few simulators achieve. The simplicity of the interface works to its advantage here—it keeps the focus on the act of defusal rather than on unnecessary distractions. The pacing also lends itself to short, intense play sessions rather than long marathons. Each mission feels like a self-contained puzzle, with success hinging entirely on your ability to stay calm under pressure. The sense of relief after successfully disarming a bomb is palpable, and the brief silence that follows feels almost triumphant. It’s in these fleeting moments that the game achieves its purpose, making you appreciate the precision and courage of real-life bomb technicians. Sapper – Defuse The Bomb Simulator is best understood as a compact experiment in tension rather than a fully realized simulator. It offers a rare perspective within the genre, one that prioritizes psychological pressure over technical depth. For players seeking a short but intense experience that captures the nerves and concentration of bomb disposal, it delivers a solid few hours of immersion. However, those looking for a longer campaign, advanced mechanics, or high production value will likely find it lacking. Still, the game deserves recognition for attempting something different in a landscape filled with more conventional simulation titles. It may not be flawless, but its ability to make players hold their breath as they reach for the next wire speaks to the strength of its core concept—a quiet, perilous dance with disaster that never quite lets you relax. Rating: 5/10

I was really looking forward to the game but now that i played it its really annoying. I die even though i did exactly what i was told and the whole parcour thing is pretty annoying. I liked the minigames before, in the demo i think it was, way more i never had a problem with them. I wasnt able to do anything at the start after the customization and had to force quit the game through steam. Then I had to find the pipe bomb in the tutorial which wasnt shown through the vision and i wasnt able to disarm it due to the game constantly telling me im doing something wrong. After i went to the menu and back it worked at the first try. I stopped after constantly dying in the forest on top of the tower, because it constanly said i died even though i did as i was told before. Not to mention the pipe bomb minigame in the campaign was different and worked different than in the tutorial. In this state its sadly unplayable. I will refund it due to that. I can really not recommend this game in this state