''Snuggle Truck'' is a
driving
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/
racing
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action
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game developed by
Owlchemy Labs
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. Originally, the game was titled ''Smuggle Truck'', and it involved smuggling immigrants across the United States border, but it was rejected by Apple's
App Store
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due to its controversial subject matter, so the characters were swapped out for stuffed animals, with the game revolving around getting them into a zoo, and the game was retitled ''Snuggle Truck'' in 2011. Since then, approximately 2 million copies have been downloaded for
iOS
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, with 1.3 million downloads during the 9 days after going
free-to-play
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. On March 26, 2012, both ''Snuggle Truck'' and ''Smuggle Truck'' were included in the
Humble Bundle for Android 2, though the latter is only available on
Android
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. Later on February 3 it was added to Steam.
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