Wally and the FANTASTIC PREDATORS

Wally and the FANTASTIC PREDATORS

Released Sep 2019

Your best friend wants to cheer you up, so he tries his best to make a dungeon for you to explore. Explore his wholesome, weird-as-heck, scrappy rogue-lite oozing with charm and humor for 1-2 Players.

92% positive · 227 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence

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Evaluation

The developer, Oscar Gonzalez (known as BOON), published a heartfelt post on December 27, 2021 explicitly marking the end of major development on Wally and the FANTASTIC PREDATORS. In that post, he stated: "This Update might be the final major update for Wally" and "There may be updates in the future for Wally, but I'm not planning on adding anything major for now." He described having said everything he wanted to say with the game and expressed satisfaction with its completion. Following that post, all subsequent updates — through the last recorded communication on December 4, 2022 — were maintenance patches: bug fixes, platform compatibility work (macOS, Linux/Steam Deck support), localization finishing, and engine upgrades. None of these introduced new major content. The December 27, 2021 post also bundled the final content additions: new enemies for the Black and White Dungeon, reworked boss encounters, new music, and completed translations for nine languages. The game launched on September 3, 2019 and received three major content updates over its lifespan — the large upgrade/weapon overhaul in February 2020, the True Ending update in July 2021, and the Co-op update in August 2021 — before the developer concluded development at the end of 2021.
Evidence
Developer explicitly states this is the final major update, saying 'I feel like everything that needed to be said with Wally has been said' and 'I'm not planning on adding anything major for now.' Announces they are moving on to a new project.
news post · Dec 27, 2021 source development ending
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Co-op Update shipped: added full co-op mode with Backpack Guy as Player 2, new mechanics, and numerous bug fixes.
news post · Aug 26, 2021 source content shipped
high

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Details

Developer
Publisher
Oscar Gonzalez
Achievements
35
Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Verified
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer · Co-op · Local/Split Screen

About this game




According to my best friend Anton: Wally and the FANTASTIC PREDATORS is a perma-death rogue-lite where you play as Wally, a predatory fox who is attacking defenseless animals in their own homes and taking all their money. During your decent you also get to experience verbal abuse from various NPCs, but it’s okay because you can hug the backpack guy and that’s fantastic.



That’s right, you were the FANTASTIC PREDATOR all along.

I think there’s more than 3 levels, but I really can’t be sure as the game is incredibly difficult. Legends speak of legends that manage to beat the Foxlion and get to level 4. From the trailer though there seems to imply more content probably only accessible by about five that made it this far.



Despite being so difficult and me bad at videogames, the game is very fun to play. The game is fast paced and handles very smoothly. Wally always moves like you tell him to and has a very satisfying moveset. There’s a lot of upgrades to pick up that changes the gameplay in various ways, both positive and negative.


The developer is constantly interacting with the community and is very in love
with his creation. You can tell a lot of love went into this product. The game is overflowing with charm and details, it’s an absolute recommendation from me.

End

Thank you Anton I freaking love you man! Your review is better than anything I could have written!
-Oscar Gonzalez




Wally and the FANTASTIC PREDATORS is a weird game wearing the skin of a traditional rogue-lite.



What sets Wally the game apart is it's attitude. Wally is the weird kid in middle school who Naruto runs in between classes. It's weird, wholesome and confident in itself. It's that confidence that is omni-present in pretty much every part of the game. It's also not afraid of going to extremes in order to make a point or to make a good joke!

I remember this one time I was really bored and thought, dude wouldn't it be hilarious if we made a dungeon where everything just became the letter A.
The enemies, the bullets, every ui element it would be an a and it would be confusing as heck!!



Why? Idk I thought it was hilarious lol




To keep every day extra spicy we add unique twists in dailiy runs.


Twists can be things like have a 50% of throwing a bonus bomb or start a run in a glass cannon mode, or applying some strong buff such as a CRIT to all weapons in the dungeon.





Inspired by Binding of Isaac's infinite synergies combinations, you start a run with a wimpy weapon, over time you find passive items, curses, weapons, quests that permanently change the rules of a single play sessions session (such as getting a curse that makes every bomb shoot a fireball at your face whenever they explode). Dying resets everything giving each run a completely unique experience.


There is also a COOP mode where you can torture your friends by making them play with you, it's local only so you only need one copy! (Not because I'm generous, it's just that I just that I have no idea how to netcode lol)





KEY FEATURES

  • Daily Twists, These Daily/Weekly runs we introduce crazy twists every day! Start one daily run with maximum movement speed or start a run over encumbered with bombs. Compete with 600+ members of our discord community!
  • Local COOP which means you only need one copy of Wally to enjoy with a friend!
  • 10 Dungeons
  • 150+ different Upgrades/Curses/Weapons/Quests/Daily Twists. With so many stack able passives interacting with each other it'll take years to see every combination.
  • Hugging Simulator
  • 5 Single Player Run types
  • 5 Boss fights that will make you say, WHAT THE HECK IS THAT
  • Branching paths, get as greedy as much as you want, do you want to trade all your max health and become a glass cannon? Why the heck not!
  • True Ending, (It's a mystery to everyone what it is)

Last evaluated Jun 26, 2026
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