''Snuggle Truck'' is a 2011 side-scrolling platformer game developed by the American studio

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. Originally, the game was titled ''Smuggle Truck'', and it involved smuggling immigrants across the United States border; however, it was rejected by the

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due to its controversial subject matter. The characters were swapped for stuffed animals, now revolving around getting them into a zoo, and the game retitled ''Snuggle Truck'' in 2011. Since then, approximately two million copies have been downloaded for

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, with 1.3 million downloads during the 9 days after going

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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. On February 3, 2012, it was released on Windows through Steam.url=http://store.steampowered.com/app/111100/

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