Games by Zockrates Laboratories
Ruffy and the Riverside Switch eShop
Phiphen Games / Zockrates Laboratories
- 26th Jun 2025 (UK/EU)
- 26th Jun 2025 (NA)
Reviews of Zockrates Laboratories Games
Review Ruffy And The Riverside (Switch) - An Inventive Platformer That's More Than Copy-Paste
The right Ruff
Sometimes I'll get asked to review a game that doesn't immediately feel as though it really falls within my wheelhouse. At all. And I have to admit, as much as I do love the look of Ruffy and the Riverside, with its 1980's kids-TV-show-styled characters, replete with visible marker strokes from having been coloured in, I definitely...
Latest Zockrates Laboratories News
Saturday11th Oct 2025
News Hand-Drawn Platformer 'Ruffy And The Riverside' Gets 60fps Update On Switch 2
It's also got an fps boost on Switch
When the 3D hand-drawn platformer Ruffy and the Riverside made its debut on Nintendo platforms in June, we noted how there were some performance issues across both the Switch and Switch 2. It seems the developers have now acknowledged these issues in the latest game update by addressing the frame rate on both...
Thursday20th Mar 2025
News This New Hand-Drawn 3D Platformer Might Be Teasing A Switch 2 Release
Coming to "Nintendo Switch(es)" this June
Last year, the "hand-drawn 3D platformer" Ruffy and the Riverside was announced for the Nintendo Switch. In an update, the German indie developer Zockrates Laboratories has now locked in a release date - confirming the game will be coming to "Nintendo Switch(es) on June 26th, 2025". Make of this what you...
Thursday5th Dec 2024
News New Hand-Drawn 3D Platformer Is Bursting With Nintendo Inventiveness
Launching Q1 2025
A new hand-drawn 3D platformer is heading to the Nintendo Switch in Q1 2025, and by gum, it's looking rather lovely indeed. Ruffy and the Riverside comes from developer Zockrates Laboratories and looks to bring some of that iconic Nintendo inventiveness into a gorgeous world full of hand-drawn characters and assets. The general...
