Frog Legs Review

In French cuisine, frog legs are a questionable delicacy. Sold as an appetiser, or even a snack if you happen to stumble across them, they just don’t seem like they should taste good. They’re pure muscle, after all, and come from a slimy pond-dwelling creature. But, as with most of the best things in life, you’ll only find out how good they are if you try them, and then you discover they taste a bit like chicken. 

In a way, this was how I felt going into Frog Legs, a short frog-based horror game by Elliot Dahle. This 30 to 40 minute jaunt combines 2D classic Frogger with the epic gun fights of old-school Doom, and some Resident Evil-style puzzles to solve. Throw in some I Know What You Did Last Summer style story, and it just sounds like it shouldn’t work. But, as with the French delicacy, it just does. 

Frog Legs is a treat everyone can enjoy 

Frog Legs Review

8.0Great

PlatformPC

Release DateMay 19, 2025

DeveloperElliott Dahle

PublisherElliott Dahle

With a delightfully small file size and equally wonderful, lenient system requirements, you can pretty much play Frog Legs as long as you own a computer that is capable of connecting to the Internet. There were no bugs that I noticed during my (multiple) playthroughs, at least none that you aren’t meant to collect for an achievement, and everything ran incredibly smoothly. 

The settings are surprisingly extensive, too, with keymapping available and the option to play either using a keyboard or a controller. Both are equally enjoyable and hassle-free options, although using a mouse does have its benefits for the limited amount of combat. 

Frog Legs passes the vibe check 

Dahle’s comedic talents are clear from the beginning, as you’re thrown into a 2D game of Frogger complete with a delightfully nostalgic CRT TV filter. You’re immediately thrown into a bizarre tale of four frog friends who just want to cross the road, something that’s easier said than done, while the four friends bicker over the entire escapade.

Phil, Bill, Carl, and Pete each take turns to cross the road and make it to the other side, with varying degrees of success depending on your skill level and reaction times, until only Bill is the last remaining frog. And poor, unsuspecting Bill is soon left as nothing more than a red stain on the highway of life. 

Poor Bill. 

Cue the I Know What You Did Last Summer element of this sorry tale, with the three remaining friends promptly abandoning Bill (or what’s left of him) and heading through a portal to the 3D world, where they can hop in more than two directions. 

These frogs have a pond load of wit

The discussion between the frog friends about the various directional axis upon which they can hop is, undoubtedly, funny. What’s funnier is the self-awareness possessed by ‘Hon Bon’, apparently now your inexplicably horny frog wife, upon waking up in the 3D dimension two frog years later. 

At this point, if you’ve ever played one of the many indie horror games available through Steam, you’ll know the formula. The power is out, you get a flashlight, and you need to explore the house. That formula is present here, too, but it’s made so much better when Hon Bon precedes her instructions with “like in all good horror games, the power is out” before telling you exactly where the flashlight is, which is admittedly a nice touch. 

That self-awareness is refreshing and unexpected, and it’s enough to drag a laugh out of you even if you know it’s coming. In the same vein, the one main jumpscare is something that you see coming from a mile away, and yet it still had me raising my fist to punch my monitor as I slipped into fight or flight mode.  

The puzzles are, well, puzzling

I didn’t go into Frog Legs expecting to need a genius-level IQ to solve the puzzles throughout, but I was pleasantly surprised by their challenge level. They are in no way difficult, but they do require a certain level of complexity that forces your full attention to be given to the game. 

There are two types of puzzles: Combination locks that require you to fully take in your surroundings, and statues that need certain items placed into them. The first lock took me the longest, as it was technically capable of being a six-digit code but only required four numbers to unlock. However, that was my only major stumbling block. As long as you pay attention to the details, the locks won’t cause you any issues. 

The statues are slightly more confusing. I’ll be honest and say I got through the first statue puzzle with pure guesswork, but the second one had me confused until I figured out that interacting with the statues provided clues about what items they needed. 

Overall, the puzzles are a delight. They’re not so challenging that they become a source of frustration, but they’re also not so easy that they feel pointless. A balance was struck here, and that’s always a good thing. 

Ribbit and tear, motherfrogger

See that header above? It’s a direct quote from Hon Bon as you enter into Frog Legs’ Doom-inspired combat segment, and it perfectly sums up the type of humor you can expect if you dive in. 

After one of your froggy comrades hands you a gun (don’t ask where he pulled it from), you face off against four 2D enemies. They all go down in one shot, which encapsulates the difficulty, but let’s face it, we’d be freaked out if we encountered Souls-like combat in Frog Legs. Besides, it’s satisfying to wipe them out in four shots. Cathartic, in a sense. 

There’s another boss to face off against, too, but I won’t spoil the twist at the end of this horror-lite experience. Although I will say that it eventually involves a ‘Bug Froggin’ Gun’ and a ‘Margarita Missile’. No, your eyes are not deceiving you. 

Like its namesake delicacy, Frog Legs is a strange and unsettling concept, but it’s a joy to behold at every turn, striking an artful balance between fun and challenge within its 40-minute gameplay loop. It’s not a deep dive into the pond of gaming, but Frog Legs offers the perfect combination of nostalgic comfort and familiar horror concepts, providing an un-frog-ettable experience.