Team Meat Announces Super Meat Boy Again+

Team Meat has announced Super Meat Boy Again+, an updated version of its cult 2010 platformer Super Meat Boy. The game is coming to PC via Steam, but no release date has been announced yet.

Super Meat Boy Again+ fully recreates the original game but adds updated graphics, new music, and animated cutscenes. Players can expect more than 300 levels, both new and old secrets, and unlockables to earn along the way.

The story stays the same: you once again play as Meat Boy, who is trying to rescue his beloved Bandage Girl from the evil Dr. Fetus. What the “+” in the title means, though, the developers aren’t saying yet. Team Meat only says it’s a surprise they don’t want to spoil.

One of the biggest parts of the announcement is the return of the original game’s composer, Danny Baranowsky, known as Danny B. His Super Meat Boy soundtrack is considered one of the best in indie gaming history. In later re-releases of the game, however, his music was replaced with a new score because of a rights dispute, so his return will be a welcome surprise for many fans.

The original Super Meat Boy came out in 2010 and became one of the most important indie games of its time. It was created by Edmund McMillen and Tommy Refenes and became famous for its high difficulty, precise controls, and instant restarts after death. The story of its development was even featured in the documentary Indie Game: The Movie.

The series later got a follow-up, Super Meat Boy Forever, in 2020, and Super Meat Boy 3D came out this year on March 31. That game was made by Team Meat and Sluggerfly, and critics gave it mixed reviews, with Metacritic scores ranging from 63 to 78 depending on the platform.