
As punishment for dirtying Olympus's marble halls, Sisyphus, the dung beetle, must push his ball of dung up and down Mount Olympus every day, for the rest of his life. That is, unless he can complete the seemingly impossible task of reaching Olympus before the sun sets
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Rated among the top 1% of games in the 2025 GMTK Game Jam, Sisyphus Is a Bug is a knowledgevania about a dung beetle's eternal punishment... now expanded with a new campaign!
Sisyphus, the dung beetle, happily rolling his ball of dung, found himself among the gods in Mount Olympus. Zeus, upon seeing the wretched creature dirtying his marble halls, condemns Sisyphus to roll his ball of dung up the mountain every day, for the rest of his life. That is, unless he can reach Olympus before the sun sets...
Reach Olympus in 60 seconds... or fall down the mountain and do it all over again
Learn movement tricks to help you overcome obstacles quickly
Earn achievements along the way
Discover a brand new campaign exclusive to the Steam release!
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Languages: English, Portuguese - Brazil
Engagement
Hours played at review time, across 41 reviews with recorded playtime.
Reviews
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Reviews
Have played 20 minutes and of how much I have enjoyed the game I would rate it 20 / 10. You will experience multiple 'oh wait what?!' moments in the first 120 seconds of your time playing it.
Really good game! It's short but very dense. This game is all about discovering new movement techniques that let you make the most of your short 60 second lifespan.
Fun little game, highly recommend, it probably takes like 3-4 hours to beat both maps (i had already played the o.g gamejam version and the demo on steam so the i barely played the first map), still havent beat the second map on hard tho. Anyway, the game approach is pretty unique and i havent seen anything like that before.
10/10 Would roll poop ball up the mountain every day
Very good bite-sized puzzle game that deserves more attention!
Yes, yes, do it, yes, do it now. So fun. So cute. So great. I love this little bug.
Sisyphus is a Bug is a delightful platformer with bite-sized metroidbrania moments. You learn what you can do naturally through the course of a dozen or so attempts, and then you have the full skillset you need to reach the end, and it becomes a speedrunning challenge. It has a cute and simplistic artstyle, to boot!
If you're looking for a fun, fast, speedrunnable, and cheap game, definitely give Sisyphus Is a Bug a try! This game is so much fun. It's all about messing up and trying again until you finally master the route to the end, and it feels so fulfilling when you finally manage to do so. The movement is very creative and leads to fun gameplay where you have to launch yourself and your dung ball all around the maps, making it very speedrunnable if you manage to perfect it. Also, the soundtrack and sound design are really good. I love how the track gets more and more intense as you get closer to the end of your timer. (props to the little sound Sisyphus makes when you try to jump with the ball, I just love it).
this game kinda fire tho. There's two main campaigns. First one was fun and only took a moment to get through. Second one looks kinda ass so I'm not gonna bother. It's worth your time for sure
Ce jeu aurait pu être vraiment bien, mais la mécanique final est BEAUCOUP TROP DURE a faire ! Je n'ai pas a faire un mouvement de triches pour pouvoir terminer un jeu et pas tous le monde est un speed Runner. Très déçus car ces graphismes sont jolies et la musique est sympa.
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