Bradley the Badger gives players a sandbox 'Kit' to repair broken, self-aware worlds

Day 4 Night's upcoming platformer Bradley the Badger will let players use "The Kit" to interact with unfinished assets and mend deliberately broken game worlds, the studio told GamesRadar+. The project is featured in GamesRadar+'s Big in 2026 coverage and is listed among the outlet's most wanted games of 2026.

"The Kit lets players interact with any unfinished asset in the game the way a developer would," Day 4 Night said, adding the tool is designed to be systemic so there is rarely a single "right" solution. "If players can imagine an approach and the mechanics support it, it'll probably work," the studio told GamesRadar+.

Day 4 Night describes Bradley as "a love letter to the video game industry and the people who make games," inspired by the continual reinvention of the medium. The game pairs a vibrant, colorful art style with inventive mechanics that aim to reward player creativity. According to the game's Steam page, environments vary widely: some levels skew horror, others recall Cyberpunk 2077's Night City or the ramshackle medieval towns of the Witcher 3, and there's even a nod to Bloodborne.

The studio says The Kit "forces us to think less about guiding players down a path and more about giving them a playground." Bradley the Badger does not have a firm release window.

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