Bad Piggies

Short description: 2012 puzzle video game

Bad Piggies

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Developer(s)| Rovio Entertainment
Publisher(s)| Focus Multimedia (PC)
Producer(s)| Petri Järvilehto
Mikael Hed
Jaakko Haapasalo
Designer(s)| Markus Tuppurainen
Peter Urbanics
Programmer(s)| Marco Rapino
Miika Virpioja
Mauricio Hollando
Jussi Markkanen
Composer(s)| Ilmari Hakkola
Series| Angry Birds
Engine| Unity 3D
Platform(s)|

* Android
* iOS
* OS X
* Windows
* Windows Phone

Release| September 27, 2012
Genre(s)| Puzzle
Mode(s)| Single-player

Bad Piggies is a 2012 puzzle video game developed by Rovio Entertainment. A spinoff in the Angry Birds series, it revolves around the villainous green pigs rather than the birds. It has the player build custom vehicles using various objects to guide a pig to the finish line, with optional additional goals being achievable by applying alternate strategies. Bad Piggies was initially released on September 27, 2012, being ported to numerous mobile devices and personal computers. It received mostly positive reception from critics, and a sequel was soft launched in 2023.

## Contents

* 1 Gameplay
* 2 Release
* 3 Reception
* 4 Sequel
* 5 References
* 6 External links

## Gameplay

Bad Piggies is a physics-based puzzle game revolving around the green pigs from previous Angry Birds games.[1][2] The pigs aim to steal the Angry Birds' eggs, but their plans are shredded in a desk fan and become scattered. Thus, the pieces must be recovered by clearing levels.[1] In each level, the player is provided with a set of attachable objects such as crates, wheels, motors, balloons, umbrellas, soft drink bottles, and springs, with more being unlocked as the game progresses.[3][4] The objects provided must be used to construct a custom vehicle that can guide a pig to the finish line and recover pieces of the plan.[1] Alternatively, the player can press a "Hire a Mechanic" button to have a mechanic pig build a vehicle for them.[3]

Each object comes with different behaviours that can be triggered by the player; for instance, desk fans can be toggled, boxes of TNT can be detonated, and balloons can be popped.[5][6] Vehicles can break apart while active, and the pig will be ejected if it does; levels must be manually restarted if the player get stuck.[4][6] Levels have three goals that can be achieved to earn stars; the first is achieved by clearing the level, while the latter two vary from reaching the finish line within a time limit, collecting crates, or excluding a select object from the vehicle.[5][7]

Bad Piggies additionally includes a sandbox mode, which contains large open environments where players can freely build any custom vehicle.[6]

## Release

Bad Piggies was released for Android, iOS, and OS X on September 27, 2012.[8] Ports for Windows 8, Windows Phone, and personal computers followed after, with the latter port being published by Focus Multimedia in October for yes|yes|GB|}}£10.20.[2][9][10] On June 12, 2013, a counterfeit app titled Bad Pigs was delisted from Google Play for containing malware. It had been available since May 25, 2013, and was downloaded over 10,000 times.[11]

## Reception

Reception

| Aggregate score

Aggregator| Score
Metacritic| iOS: 83/100[12]
Review scores
Publication| Score
IGN| 9.2/10[13]
Pocket Gamer| 8/10[5]
TouchArcade| iOS: [1]
VentureBeat| 85/100[7]
| Award

Publication| Award
Pocket Gamer| Silver Award[5]

According to the review aggregation website Metacritic, the iOS version of Bad Piggies was received as "generally favorable" based on 24 critic reviews.[12] Eli Hodapp from TouchArcade gave a 5-star rating, praising its accessibility and claiming that it "tak[es] the franchise in a direction that feels both totally fresh and entirely appropriate".[1] Justin Davis from IGN gave a score of 9.2 out of 10 and called it "the best title Rovio has released yet".[13] Jason Parker from CNET gave an 8.3 score and called it "a unique and interesting new game type that will appeal to both casual and serious puzzle gaming fans".[4] Stuart Dredge from The Guardian wrote that Bad Piggies "merits a four-star rating" and recommended it to "experienced gamers".[3] Mark Brown from Pocket Gamer gave it a Silver Award and an 8 out of 10 score; he called it "creative, addictive, and absolutely packed with content", although he additionally criticised it for "feel[ing] a little too safe and predictable".[5] Chris Plante from Polygon called the main campaign "a fine distraction", heavily preferring the sandbox levels.[6]

Three people covered the game for VentureBeat. James Pikover, a critic, gave a score of 85 out of 100; he wrote that "depth of puzzles and creative building aspect will keep players hungrily coming back for more" but criticised the game's difficulty for not being designed for casual players.[7] Jesse Divnich, an analyst, gave a score of 75 out of 100, calling it "a sign that Rovio is still gun-shy on experimentation" and added that "its lack of aggressiveness into other genres is resulting in missed financial opportunities", considering it a "sane business decision" overall. Devin Monnens, an academic, gave a score of 90 out of 100 and praised its themes of inventing and engineering.[14]

## Sequel

A sequel to Bad Piggies was conceptualised in 2019; concept art depicted an outer space setting and a playing card system similar also seen in Angry Birds 2 (2015), though the concept was quickly abandoned. In 2021, Bad Piggies 2 was announced via three advertisements on TikTok.[15] In 2023, the game was soft launched in select European countries for iOS devices, with an Android version planned for later.[16] The soft launch ended in October, with the game servers shutting down on October 31.[citation needed]

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Hodapp, Eli (2012-09-27). "Bad Piggies Review – Hide Your Eggs, the Pigs are Coming in This Fantastic Physics Puzzler". https://toucharcade.com/2012/09/27/bad-piggies-review-hide-your-eggs-the-pigs-are-coming-in-this-fantastic-physics-puzzler/.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Moscaritolo, Angela (4 September 2012). "Angry Birds Creator Launching New Game, Bad Piggies". https://uk.pcmag.com/mobile-games/60727/angry-birds-creator-launching-new-game-bad-piggies.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Dredge, Stuart (26 September 2012). "Bad Piggies \- review". https://www.theguardian.com/technology/appsblog/2012/sep/26/bad-piggies-angry-birds-review?newsfeed=true.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Parker, Jason (28 September 2012). "Bad Piggies (iOS) review". CNET. https://www.cnet.com/reviews/bad-piggies-ios-review/.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Brown, Mark (2012-09-26). "Bad Piggies Review". Pocket Gamer. http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/iPad/Bad+Piggies/review.asp?c=45256.
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Plante, Chris (26 September 2012). "Bad Piggies (Mobile) review - Grand theft piglet". https://www.polygon.com/2013/1/24/3727560/bad-piggies-mobile-review-grand-theft-piglet/.
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Pikover, James (2012-10-01). "Bad Piggies is a painfully challenging departure from Angry Birds (review)". https://venturebeat.com/2012/10/01/bad-piggies-is-a-painfully-challenging-departure-from-angry-birds-review/.
8. ↑ Purchese, Robert (4 September 2012). "A release date for Bad Piggies: the new game by Angry Birds bunch". https://www.eurogamer.net/a-release-date-for-bad-piggies-the-new-game-by-angry-birds-bunch.
9. ↑ Gera, Emily (21 September 2012). "Angry Birds spin-off Bad Piggies headed to retail for PC release next month". https://www.polygon.com/gaming/2012/9/21/3367436/angry-birds-spin-off-bad-piggies-headed-to-retail-for-pc-next-month/.
10. ↑ Matulef, Jeffrey (21 September 2012). "Angry Birds spin-off Bad Piggies coming to PC for £10.20". https://www.eurogamer.net/angry-birds-spin-off-bad-piggies-coming-to-pc-for-10-20.
11. ↑ Eddy, Max (13 June 2013). "Bad Piggies Android Malware Pulled From Google Play". https://uk.pcmag.com/opinion/14846/bad-piggies-android-malware-pulled-from-google-play.
12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Bad Piggies". Metacritic. Red Ventures. Archived from the original on August 7, 2025. Retrieved 2018-08-07.
13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Davis, Justin (2 October 2012). "Bad Piggies review". https://www.ign.com/articles/2012/10/02/bad-piggies-review.
14. ↑ Pikover, James; Divinich, Jesse; Monnens, Devin (October 9, 2012). "Threeview: Bad Piggies reviewed by a critic, an analyst, and an academic". https://gamesbeat.com/threeview-bad-piggies/.
15. ↑ Novichenko, Alina (10 November 2022). "Bad Piggies 2 release date and the rest you need to know". https://www.pocketgamer.com/bad-piggies-2/release-date/.
16. ↑ Morris, Iwan (9 May 2023). "Bad Piggies 2 comes to selected countries in iOS-exclusive soft launch". https://www.pocketgamer.biz/bad-piggies-2-comes-to-selected-countries-in-ios-exclusive-soft-launch/.

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