Maneater is set to release on mobile in time for Christmas as a strange holiday treat

I am of the belief that the best mobile games are ones you can play in quick bursts, or hilariously silly ones. Yes, there are great ones outside this scope, Wuthering Waves for one, but it's a solid framework. I place this game in the latter category, and I say that with all the love in the world. It’s time to bare those teeth, as Maneater is coming to mobile.

Maneater opens with you in control of a giant Bull Shark who is having a whale of a time on a beach, munching everything in sight. Unfortunately, you are caught by a blaggard named Scaly Pete, who kills you. But, big reveal, the shark was pregnant, and you are actually going to be playing as the baby, whom Scaly Pete cuts out of its mother and disfigures so he can find it when it grows. Delightful stuff.

So, a slightly grim opener, however, that just makes it all the funnier to me because you are a shark on a vengeance mission. Your goal is simple; eat everything you can to grow bigger. You can ram stuff, knock humans into water to gobble them, tail slap people to daze them, and use a swordfish as a spear. That would be my primary mode of attack.

As you grow, you get to pick from a bevy of evolutions, including healing yourself as you attack, turning your tail into a sledgehammer, and generating an electric field around yourself. Not to mention, the game is narrated by Chris Parnell, aka Jerry from Rick and Morty, and Cyril Figgis from Archer. It is ridiculous, and I love it.

It appears that the teachings of Bruce from Finding Nemo do not hold true here, for everything is food to you. Should you also wish to turn the world into your lunchbox, you can pre-register Maneater from the App Store and Google Play now.

It’ll cost you $9.99 and is expected to release on December 15th, and what says Christmas more than an aquatic rampage?