Developer: SMG Studio
Publisher: Team17
Year: 2020
Genre: Arcade

Finished playing Moving Out with two of my kids a few nights ago, not counting all the bonus levels and objectives, and had a great time. In Moving Out you are a team of movers who must get everything out of a house before the timer expires. A lot of the humor and fun from playing the game comes from the chaos caused by moving everything quickly and the physics knocking everything around the house, since you are not punished for destroyed the home owner’s property. Later levels add to the chaos by throwing you into wackier environments. I imagine it’s got a similar energy as Overcooked, but I never played that one so I can’t say for sure.

What I really appreciate about the game are all the difficulty options that made it possible to play this game with my kids. My kids are 7 and 5 years old and there is absolutely no way we could have played this without the options to add more time and making items easier to pick up. The game still remained a challenge but at a much more manageable level.

My kids were also a fan of the character customization options. As you can see in the above screenshot, you have all sorts of wacky looks to choose from and it was also nice to see that your character could be in a wheelchair. It doesn’t have any effect on gameplay and is just nice from a representation perspective.

The character design choices also add to the 80’s Saturday Morning Cartoon look that the game is sorta going for through its art and music. Generally I’m incredibly bored with games and pop culture leaning into 80s aesthetics, which isn’t something this game is really doing, but the light touch of 80s Saturday Morning cartoon influence in this actually works very well.

If you’re looking for a game to play with your kids, I would highly recommend Moving Out. It has a wide variety of options to make the game playable by folks of any skill level and the humor worked for my kids too. I think I actually got this game through a Humble Bundle, so you may already own it too!

Moving Out is available on Windows, Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One