Hedgehog Throne

Why We Picked Hedgehog Throne

What Hedgehog Throne asks for is a single well-timed input, repeated under mild pressure, and it never pretends otherwise. aiming and firing is the job, repeated under mild pressure until the pressure stops being mild. It is a thin idea, and it survives on how good that thin idea feels. Its 205 plays say less about quality than about how easy it is to start again. By the numbers: 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, and 441 of 500 on the arcade shelf.

How to Play

What you actually do, in order:

• Aim with the pointer and fire; there is no reload to manage.
• The next attempt starts from zero, which is why the first few seconds carry most of the weight.
• Play the first attempt as a scouting run and let the pattern show itself.

Editor’s Note

No save, no progression, no reason to come back except the number — which is usually enough. There is nothing to unlock and nothing to lose, which is why the restart button gets used so often.

Written by the UGFJD editorial team for this page. The publisher’s own description follows below, unedited.