{{Infobox video game | title = Deeeer Simulator | image = Deeeer Simulator cover.jpg | developer = Gibier Games | publisher = Playism | platforms = {{ubl|Nintendo Switch|PlayStation 4|Windows|Xbox One}} | genre = Sandbox | modes = Single-player | released = November 25, 2021<ref>{{Cite web |last=Romano |first=Sal |date=August 25, 2021 |title=''DEEEER Simulator: Your Average Everyday Deer Game'' adds PS4, Xbox One, and Switch versions; launches November 25 |url=https://www.gematsu.com/2021/08/deeeer-simulator-your-average-everyday-deer-game-adds-ps4-xbox-one-and-switch-versions-launches-november-25 |access-date=August 22, 2024 |website=Gematsu |language=en-US}}</ref> }}
'''''Deeeer Simulator''''' (stylized as '''''DEEEER Simulator''''') is a 2021 sandbox video game developed by Gibier Games and published by Playism. It was first released for Windows on January 20, 2020, left early access and released for Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on November 25, 2021. Inspired by ''Goat Simulator'', despite its billing as a "simulator" and the subtitle "Your Average Everyday Deer Game", it is a comedic and surreal game in which the player is reincarnated as a deer and can either explore a stylized city or destroy it using a variety of supernatural powers, such as a stretchy "grappling hook" neck, while looking for hidden secrets. The game went viral for its humorous, unconventional gameplay, but received mixed reviews from critics, who noted its lack of content or goals, describing it as more of a toy.
== Reception == TJ Denzer of ''Shacknews'' called ''Deeeer Simulator'' "freaking ridiculous [...] mostly in a good way", describing it as "ridiculously over-the-top" and wishing there was more content to the game. He noted issues controlling the deer, describing it as "so jank that sometimes it makes the gameplay feel sluggish or sloppy", and saying that it went beyond humor and into annoyance.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Denzer |first=TJ |date=2021-11-22 |title=DEEEER Simulator review: Justice is cervid |url=https://www.shacknews.com/article/127798/deeeer-simulator-review-justice-is-cervid |access-date=2024-08-18 |website=Shacknews |language=en}}</ref> Shaun Musgrave of ''TouchArcade'' described it as "more of a silly toy" than a typical game, calling it funny but saying it tried too hard to elicit humor.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Musgrave |first=Shaun |date=2021-11-25 |title=SwitchArcade Round-Up: 'DoDonPachi Resurrection', 'DEEEER Simulator', and Today's Other New Releases |url=https://toucharcade.com/2021/11/25/switcharcade-round-up-dodonpachi-resurrection-deeeer-simulator-and-todays-other-new-releases/ |access-date=2024-08-18 |website=TouchArcade |language=en-US}}</ref> ''Kotaku'' said that the game quickly won the reviewer over due to its silliness,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-01-23 |title=Deeeer Simulator Is Chaos On Four Legs |url=https://www.kotaku.com.au/2020/01/deeeer-simulator-is-chaos-on-four-legs/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200302071841/https://www.kotaku.com.au/2020/01/deeeer-simulator-is-chaos-on-four-legs/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 2, 2020 |access-date=2024-08-18 |website=Kotaku Australia |language=en-AU}}</ref> while Dominic Tarason of ''Rock Paper Shotgun'' called its humor more "earnest" than that of ''Goat Simulator''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Tarason |first=Dominic |date=2019-01-30 |title=Deeeer Simulator insists that it's quite normal, really |url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/deeeer-simulator-is-crowdfunding-in-a-quite-normal-way |access-date=2024-08-18 |work=Rock Paper Shotgun |language=en}}</ref> Patricia Hernandez of ''Polygon'' described the game as "social media catnip".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hernandez |first=Patricia |date=2020-01-22 |title=Lord, where to even begin with this deer game on Steam? |url=https://www.polygon.com/2020/1/22/21077033/deeeer-simulator-deer-game-steam-release-pc |access-date=2024-08-18 |website=Polygon |language=en-US}}</ref>
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