'I'm confused and I need an adult' that unsettling Steam game you're seeing on Instagram is real, it's coming soon, and frankly, I'm terrified

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Mon, 18 May 2026 12:27:45 +0000

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If you've been seeing loads of posts about a disconcerting indie game called HoverGrease 2, then you're not the only one.

FULL STORY ======================================================================Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Threads Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Disconcerting indie game HoverGrease 2 is set to launch this week It's a top-down hero shooter with both a story campaign and multiplayer modes The oddly realistic art direction and bizarre title has gamers confused on social media Everywhere I go, I see HoverGrease 2 . At least, everywhere I go on Instagram, because for some reason, my algorithm has decided that I simply have to know all about it.

It's an onslaught, with endless posts about the upcoming game (mainly from
the official HoverGrease account ) appearing after every other reel that I watch. Although the account only has a few hundred followers, many of these posts have thousands of likes, so I'm obviously not alone in this experience. Now, this isn't an entirely new phenomenon (and anyone who has used the Instagram app will know that your personalized algorithm can sometimes become fixated on often quite bizarre topics), but it's the first time I've been devoutly served content about a title that's so... unsettling. Latest Videos From You may like 'It's puke or be puked on' this crazy indie game has you taking shots to save your soul I trapped a clone of my boss on a desert
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On paper, HoverGrease 2 sounds like it might be up my street. It's a top-down hero shooter with both a single-player story and a suite of competitive
online multiplayer modes. It's got ten playable characters, with each
boasting 18 unique weapons or attacks to play around with.

The online offering sounds surprisingly fleshed out, too, with talk of a battle pass and various unlockable items on the game's Steam store page. HoverGrease 2 - Official Reveal Trailer - YouTube Watch On The first problem, at least for me, is the art direction. The developers describe the game's world as "bio-cyberpunk," which basically means that it's a sci-fi setting populated by weird mutants.

There's a guy with a chicken head, some kind of horse lady, a human-rabbit hybrid, and more. It's not a bad idea in and of itself, but the quite realistic visual style just leaves each one of them looking seriously
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Then there's the sexualization. Every playable woman in the game seems to be wearing the skimpiest outfit possible (in contrast to the comparatively clothed men), which, combined with the realistic animal features, just feels
a bit weird and gross. Are you really meant to sit there and leer at the exposed, slimy, yellow skin of a talking humanoid frog? Greasy indeed.

I'm clearly not alone either in being left feeling a bit icky, as the
comments on the game's initial reveal trailer (posted to the official IGN channel , of all places) are a wall of reactions that range from bemused to downright uncomfortable.

"Is this game a prank? What even is this?" wrote one user. "This is terrifying... Why do the bunny and squirrel look more human than animal?" asked another. One commenter simply wrote: "I'm confused and I need an
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And the elephant in the room to top it all off is the question of what on earth "HoverGrease" actually means. In fact, how is this even HoverGrease 2 when there doesn't seem to have ever been a HoverGrease 1? The more I think about it, the more confused I get.

You could argue that all this strangeness has actually worked out in the developer's favor, though. Here I am writing about the game, and here you are reading about it. I'm honestly even a little tempted to dive in come its May 22, 2026 launch to see what it's all about.

If you're keen on joining in, you can wishlist the game on Steam now . Just
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