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Is Troublemaker worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Beat-'em-up fans who want a high-school setting and tournament structure
- Players who enjoy combining combat with homework, relationships, and exploration
- Fans of Indonesian settings who want a story centered on student life
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a purely combat-focused game may find the school activities and relationship elements interrupt the fighting
- Those looking for a quiet or low-conflict school simulation may not suit the frequent fights and tournament premise
- Players who want an open-ended social simulator may find the experience centered on Budi's school story and tournament
Our take on Troublemaker
Its defining format is a high-school beat-'em-up where campus life, relationships, homework, and a student fighting tournament share the same progression.
What is Troublemaker?
Troublemaker follows Budi, a transfer student at an Indonesian high school, through an annual fighting tournament called Raise Your Gang.
Gameplay combines beat-'em-up combat with school activities, relationships, homework, popularity, and exploration. Budi can use more than 30 moves and create combos by mixing Light, Heavy, Advanced, and Sick styles. His friends Rani, Zaenal, and Boby accompany him through school conflicts and challenges. Between fights, players can walk around the school, spend time with Budi’s girlfriend, complete homework with friends, and collect 20 items. The game presents high school as both a social setting and a combat arena, with consequences involving arrest and academic failure.
How Troublemaker plays
- 01Combo-based combat
- Budi can combine four move styles to create personal attack sequences.
- 02School-life activities
- Non-combat activities include homework, relationship time, popularity-building, and walking around campus.
- 03Gang companions
- Rani, Zaenal, and Boby accompany Budi during his high-school challenges.
- 04Collectible exploration
- Exploring the school includes 20 different collectibles.
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Troublemaker: platforms & release
Is Troublemaker worth it?
It is worth it if: beat-'em-up fans who want a high-school setting and tournament structure. Skip it if: players seeking a purely combat-focused game may find the school activities and relationship elements interrupt the fighting.
Where can I download Troublemaker?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Troublemaker's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Troublemaker on?
Windows only.
