Chicken Run: Eggstraction - Quick Review

Chicken Run: Eggstraction is exactly the kind of game you get when someone at Aardman says, “What if we made Metal Gear Solid, but everyone’s made of felt and panic?” And as someone who grew up playing the PSone Chicken Run game, yes, the one where you sneak around like a poultry‑based Solid Snake while the Tweedys loom over you like Yorkshire terminators, this new entry feels like coming home for Christmas. Which is fitting, because the movie is Christmas. If it’s on TV, the remote goes down, the kettle goes on, and the next 85 minutes belong to Ginger and the gang.

So imagine my delight when Eggstraction turned out to be a surprisingly faithful extension of that universe, faithful in the sense that every chicken is still one bad decision away from becoming a pie, and everything you do feels like it could go catastrophically wrong at any moment.

Playing Eggstraction feels like someone took the PSone game, fed it a protein shake, and said, “Right, now be a proper co‑op heist caper.” It’s frantic, silly, and full of that Aardman charm where every character looks like they’re two seconds from a nervous breakdown. The chickens scuttle around with that same stop‑motion wobble, and the humans still have the energy of people who’d absolutely lose a fight with a goose.

This is a co‑op stealth‑heist game, which means you and your mates will spend 80% of your time whisper‑shouting “NO NO NO THEY’VE SEEN US RUN” while dropping contraptions that look like they were built out of spoons and hope.

• You sneak

• You grab eggs

• You escape

• You pray no one triggers an alarm

• Someone triggers an alarm

• You all scatter like you’ve just heard the word “gravy”

It’s basically Overcooked meets Chicken Run, which is to say: friendship‑destroying, but in a wholesome, clay‑animated way.

If you loved the PSone game, you’ll get a warm nostalgic glow every time you:

• Hide in a box

• Distract a guard with something ridiculous

• Hear a chicken yell something that sounds like it was recorded in a shed

And if you love the movie, like, “it’s not Christmas until Mrs Tweedy threatens someone” love, then the tone is spot on. The humour, the expressions, the slightly chaotic Britishness of it all… it’s like slipping back into a world where poultry revolution is a perfectly normal seasonal tradition.

Sometimes the chaos gets too chaotic. There are moments where the screen looks like someone dropped a farmyard into a blender. But honestly, that’s part of the charm. If you’re playing a Chicken Run game for precision and discipline, you’ve misunderstood the assignment.

Pros

• Chaotic co‑op fun that captures the exact “we’re all going to die unless we leg it right now” energy of the films.

• Aardman charm everywhere, from the wobbly animations to the expressive, slightly traumatised chickens.

• Nostalgic stealth vibes that echo the PSone game—boxes, distractions, and improvised gadgets galore.

• Great for group play, especially if you enjoy shouting at friends in a loving, poultry‑themed way.

• Faithful to the movie’s tone, making it feel like a proper return to the Chicken Run universe.

Cons

• Chaos overload at times—missions can devolve into farmyard bedlam faster than you can say “Mrs Tweedy.”

• Less fun solo, since the game’s built around co‑op mayhem.

• Occasional visual clutter, making it hard to tell which chicken is yours in the panic.

• Some repetition in mission structure if you’re playing long sessions.

Chicken Run: Eggstraction is a delightful, frantic, lovingly crafted return to a world that absolutely did not need to go this hard, but did anyway. It’s the perfect game for fans of the original movie, fans of the PSone classic, or anyone who’s ever looked at a chicken and thought, “Yeah, that’s a natural-born escape artist.”

XPN Rating: 4 out of 5 (GOLD)

Chicken Run: Eggstraction is available now!