The Mosquito Gang is my favourite usage of the term “extraction” game in a while.

The mosquitoes also appear to get side objectives, like unplugging fumigators and turning on a music player.

Again, I must sternly object that this is not typical mosquito behaviour.

A mosquito getting struck by a fly swatter and flaming out comically in asymmetrical multiplayer game The Mosquito Gang

A mosquito does not have the muscle power to operate a steering wheel.

You’d need to be a horse fly or larger.

You earn cash for completing jobs, which can be spent on useful implements such as bug swatters.

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Always a hit round these parts.

Perhaps it’ll teach me the real trick to staving off the annual kitchen invasion.

People have suggested doing the washing-up more often but that feels pretty extreme, very much a last resort.

The Mosquito Gang is slated to launch sometime this year.Read more on Steam.