Shovel & Swindle

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In Shovel & Swindle, you and a partner play as 19th-century Scottish grave robbers stealing bodies to sell to medical schools. The gameplay centers on digging up fresh corpses while evading patrols, solving environmental puzzles to access burial sites, and coordinating with your teammate to manage tools and avoid suspicion. Missions unfold in varied graveyard settings with shifting obstacles, requiring a mix of stealth, timing, and creative problem solving. The game leans into its darkly comedic premise with quirky character designs and chaotic moments of near-discovery. Co-op play remains tight and responsive, making it easy to communicate and adapt strategies on the fly. Though the campaign is brief, the blend of slapstick tension and quick-paced action has earned praise from early testers, with one reviewer calling it "the most fun you’ll have with a shovel since Minecraft." The historical gimmick never overshadows the gameplay, keeping focus on the absurd but addictive mechanics of digging and dodging.