Track down your hat-stealing thief in Hustle, an open-world survival-crafting shooter packed with strange weapons and base building.

If you have ever wanted an open-world survival-crafting adventure where your main motivation is reclaiming stolen headwear, Hustle delivers a delightfully eccentric premise. Your overarching goal takes you across a curious world to track down the absolute scoundrel who made off with your hat, leaving your bald head entirely exposed to the elements. Drawing inspiration from games like Forager and Enter the Gungeon, this top-down shooter blends relaxed progression with frantic action.

Gameplay

Survival and progression revolve around gathering materials in unconventional ways, specifically by shooting directly at your surrounding environment to harvest resources. As you clear out the area and collect what you need, you will construct and expand your own base of operations from the ground up. Survival is never a quiet affair, because a diverse array of enemies and towering bosses actively try to halt your progress at every turn.

To keep pace with the mounting opposition, you earn experience to level up your character, unlocking and continuously expanding your personal skill set. That growth directly supports your offensive capabilities, letting you craft and unlock an eccentric arsenal of strange weapons. You can also automate your wealth by printing out millions in cash, funding whatever eccentric projects you decide to pursue next.

Beyond the direct combat and base construction, the world encourages thorough investigation through structured objectives and hidden secrets. You can complete missions scattered throughout the area and literally dig up whatever buried secrets the neighborhood happens to be hiding. Every system loops back into expanding your footprint across the open world.

What stands out

The game draws distinct creative inspiration from two very different mechanical traditions, merging the steady progression loops of Forager with the punchy top-down shooting of Enter the Gungeon. That strange DNA results in an open-world survival-crafting sandbox where you harvest trees and rocks simply by pumping bullets into them.

Humor runs right through the core concept, highlighted by the fact that your entire multi-million dollar rampage and combat campaign stems from a petty hat theft that leaves your putrid, bald head out in the open. Paired with systems that let you print mountains of cash and wield bizarre weaponry, it cuts a very distinct path through the survival genre.

Who might enjoy it

You will likely want to keep an eye on this if you enjoy top-down shooters that mix base building, resource gathering, and incremental progression into one chaotic sandbox. It suits players who appreciate humorous premises, eclectic arsenals, and open-world exploration driven by quirky missions and base expansion.

Unreleased: review and concurrent-player statistics are not applicable.