Bubsy in: The Purrfect Collection

Platformer· Side Scroller· 2D Platformer· 3D Platformer

Released Sep 2025

Is Bubsy a celebrated icon from the mascot wars of the early 90s or a platforming punchline? Bubsy in: The Purrfect Collection explores the franchise's troubled history and enduring popularity. A playable history that includes games, artifacts and interviews. What could possibly go wrong?

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Evaluation

Bubsy in: The Purrfect Collection is a retro compilation that launched on September 9, 2025, bundling six to eight classic Bubsy games (depending on version counted) alongside artifacts and interviews. The collection was presented from the outset as a complete, curated package — a retrospective celebration of the Bubsy franchise — with no roadmap, season pass, or announced post-launch content. Bug-fix patches shipped on September 12 and September 29, 2025, addressing camera, control, and graphical issues shortly after launch, which is typical post-launch maintenance for a collection of this type. The developer's news activity since launch has focused entirely on promoting Bubsy 4D, a separate, brand-new Bubsy game developed by Fabraz (not Limited Run Games) that launched May 22, 2026. The Purrfect Collection's store page was used to cross-promote Bubsy 4D and its Steam Next Fest demo in October 2025, but Bubsy 4D is an entirely different product and does not represent additional content for the collection itself. No DLC, expansions, or future updates have been announced or listed for The Purrfect Collection. The collection launched as a finished product and there is no indication of further development.

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Store description presents the collection as a finished, curated retrospective with a defined list of included games and features. No mention of upcoming DLC, updates, or additional content.

store metadata · Sep 9, 2025 source content shipped

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Launch announcement confirming the collection releases September 9, 2025, describing it as a complete package of six classic Bubsy titles with artifacts and interviews. No post-launch content roadmap mentioned.

news post · Aug 15, 2025 source content shipped

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Details

Developer

Limited Run Games

Publisher

Atari

Achievements

Platform

Windows

Controller

full support

Steam Deck

Verified

Players

Single-player · Multiplayer · Co-op · Local/Split Screen

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About this game

Is Bubsy a celebrated icon from the mascot wars of the early 90s or a platforming punchline? The team at Limited Run Games has built a new collection to find the answer. Bubsy in: The Purrfect Collection explores the franchise's troubled history and enduring popularity.

Bubsy in: The Purrfect Collection is a playable history that includes games, artifacts and interviews. All of the games have been carefully updated for modern platforms using Limited Run’s proprietary Carbon Engine.

At the helm of the project is Audi Sorlie, a producer, author, Bubsy World Heavyweight Champion and arguably the world’s foremost expert on the furry franchise. Together with the team at Limited Run and Atari, he has created the ultimate retrospective celebration of Bubsy, the 3’6” tall 80 pound bobcat. What could possibly go wrong?

Included Titles:

- Bubsy in: Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind (Super Nintendo Entertainment System™, Super Famicom™, SEGA Genesis™)

- Bubsy II (Super Nintendo Entertainment System™, SEGA Genesis™, Game Boy™)

- Bubsy in: Fractured Furry Tales (Atari Jaguar™)

- Bubsy 3D (PlayStation®)

Features

- Enhanced resolution and framerate along with save states and rewind functionality for every game in the collection

- Scans of art, manuals, ads, and more, straight from the top secret Bubsy archives

- Video interviews that delve into the development history of gaming’s most infamous bobcat

- Listen to your favorite tracks in the music player

What is the Carbon Engine?

Created internally at Limited Run Games, the Carbon Engine is a development tool that allows legacy content to be ported to modern platforms. It uses emulation as a base, on top of which the Carbon Engine builds features like UI, rendering, audio, data management, controller inputs, and console-specific SDK features like trophies. It allows Limited Run to put out highly accurate, emulation-based ports of classic games for modern hardware. Old, well-loved releases can find a second wind on all-new hardware using the Carbon Engine. It is a core component of Limited Run’s vision for a world that is Forever Physical.