Look, let us be honest, a new satirical title that extracts only the settings menu from games and adds a splash of humour has just landed on Steam.

Video Game Menu: The Game launched on August 22 as a simulation satire piece. Rather than standard content like heart-pounding action or intricate puzzles, the core gameplay revolves around clicking buttons within neatly arranged settings menus and observing the resulting chaos.

The developer gives you the ability to tweak universal options such as graphics quality, V-sync, target FPS, and brightness. Naturally, the real meat of the game lies not in these mundane elements, but in utterly bizarre settings. Anomalous choices pop up, including a screen rotation switch and a remove glasses function. Toggling the remove glasses option applies a brilliantly blurry effect across the entire screen.

On top of that, quirky and humorous interactions are packed in, such as a cursor-evading feature that makes the mouse pointer scamper away to prevent clicking, an airplane mode where a cockpit PNG image blankets the whole screen, and text that shrinks when the cursor gets too close.

Various forms of input devices are meticulously replicated under the hood. You get toggles that switch states on and off with a click, sliders that slide left and right, and text fields where up to 256 characters can be typed in. Checkboxes and labels also make an appearance, allowing the player to tinker with them freely to alter various configurations.

As of August 29, Video Game Menu: The Game holds a Positive rating on Steam with 84 percent of 19 reviews leaning favourable. Positive player reactions include, "After a few laughs, you feel like you have had your fill of fun," "I had absolutely no clue what was going to happen next," and "It brings back fond memories of poking around option menus as a kid."