{{Short description|2024 video game}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2025}}{{Infobox video game | image = Behemothgametile.png | developer = [[The Behemoth]] | publisher = The Behemoth | platforms = [[Windows]] | engine = | genre = [[Endless runner]] | released = {{vgrelease|WW|October 31, 2024}} | modes = [[Single-player]] }}
'''''Behemoth''''' (styled as '''''BEHEMOTH''''') is a [[Side-scrolling video game|side-scrolling]] "dodge and flap" [[endless runner]] video game developed by [[San Diego]]-based indie studio [[The Behemoth]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Become the behemoth |url=https://behemoth.thebehemoth.com/ |website=The Behemoth |access-date=2024-11-27}}</ref> It was released for [[Windows]] in October 2024.<ref>{{cite web |date=24 October 2024 |title=The Behemoth announces side-scrolling 'dodge n' flap' arcade game BEHEMOTH for PC |url=https://www.gematsu.com/2024/10/the-behemoth-announces-side-scrolling-dodge-n-flap-arcade-game-behemoth-for-pc |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241106062418/https://www.gematsu.com/2024/10/the-behemoth-announces-side-scrolling-dodge-n-flap-arcade-game-behemoth-for-pc |archive-date=2024-11-06 |access-date=2024-11-27 |website=Gematsu}}</ref>
== Gameplay == The game is described as "an arcade extravaganza in which you play as a chicken gathering up baby chicks and collecting candy corn as you soar through the skies". Candy corn is used to unlock in-game cosmetics "like chicken colors, beaks, wattles, and feet". The game also features daily leaderboards on which players can compete. Gaming journalists made note of its resemblance to the 2013 mobile game [[Flappy Bird]], although the core gameplay concepts differ.<ref>{{cite web |title=Castle Crashers Developer Announces Arcade Throwback Behemoth |url=https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/castle-crashers-dev-behemoth-new-game |website=TechRaptor |date=2024-10-25 |access-date=2024-11-27 |archive-date=2024-11-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241129045935/https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/castle-crashers-dev-behemoth-new-game |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=NewsThe Behemoth unveils their new, self titled game |url=https://gamingtrend.com/news/the-behemoth-unveils-their-new-self-titled-game/ |website=Gaming Trend |date=2024-10-24 |access-date=2024-11-28 |archive-date=2024-11-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241129045827/https://gamingtrend.com/news/the-behemoth-unveils-their-new-self-titled-game/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
== Development== [[John Baez (game developer)|John Baez]], co-founder of the studio, stated, "In 2003, it starred in a little minigame on our first website. Visitors were prompted to lift The Behemoth chicken out of its nest and gently maneuver it to one of the roosts on the other side of the screen. If you didn't succeed, the chicken would scream as it fell off the bottom of the screen. Luckily it would reappear back in the nest, ready for another try! Now, twenty-one years later we are happy to make the iconic chicken the star of its own arcade game! Save some baby chicks! Save the world! Have some fun!".<ref>{{cite web |title=Castle Crashers studios announces brand new game, BEHEMOTH |url=https://www.thumbculture.co.uk/castle-crashers-studios-announces-brand-new-game-behemoth |website=Thumb Culture |access-date=2024-11-27 |archive-date=2024-11-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241129045937/https://www.thumbculture.co.uk/castle-crashers-studios-announces-brand-new-game-behemoth |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20241204061840/https://worthplaying.com/article/2024/10/24/news/143992-behemoth-is-an-infinite-dodge-n-flap-arcade-game-coming-to-pc-next-week-screens-trailer/ "'Behemoth' Is An Infinite Dodge n' Flap Arcade Game Coming to PC Next Week — Screens & Trailer"]. ''Worth Playing''. Archived from [https://worthplaying.com/article/2024/10/24/news/143992-behemoth-is-an-infinite-dodge-n-flap-arcade-game-coming-to-pc-next-week-screens-trailer/ the original] on 14 October 2025. Retrieved 28 November 2024.</ref>
== Reception == ''Behemoth'' received a mostly positive reception from critics and fans.<ref>{{cite web |date=17 November 2024 |title=BEHEMOTH |url=https://opencritic.com/game/17694/behemoth/reviews |access-date=2024-11-27 |website=[[OpenCritic]]}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == *{{official website|https://behemoth.thebehemoth.com/}}
{{The Behemoth}}
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