After killing the first one with a plasma shotgun, he proceeds to spawn as many as he can and prepares to launch a spike ball at them but gets sucked into a Warp Zone before he can do it.

[5] Thunderful and Headup Games published Dr. Fetus' Mean Meat Machine for Windows, PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox One and Series X/S, and Switch on June 22, 2023.

[8] Nintendo Life called it "a serviceable puzzler" but said it has low replayability if players are uninterested in making an already difficult game even harder.

[3] Slant Magazine praised its ability to retain the core elements of a Meat Boy game while transposing them to another genre.

They also felt the difficulty made solving levels feel "incredibly rewarding" without it becoming too frustrating, thanks to the checkpoints.