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Tunic Reviews

Tunic is rated 'Mighty' after being reviewed by 111 critics, with an overall average score of 85. It's ranked in the top 5% of games and recommended by 93% of critics.

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Tunic is ranked in the 95th percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.

Unscored Reviews​

Eurogamer
Essential

Entertainium
Essential

Polygon
Unscored

Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Unscored

Scored Reviews​

VG247
5 / 5

GamingTrend
100 / 100

Game Informer
9.8 / 10

Gamepur
9.5 / 10

WayTooManyGames
9.5 / 10

Japan Curiosity
9.5 / 10

IGN
9 / 10

Destructoid
9 / 10

Hobby Consolas
90 / 100

Shacknews
9 / 10

God is a Geek
9 / 10

Windows Central
4.5 / 5

Twinfinite
4.5 / 5

TechRaptor
9 / 10

Worth Playing
9 / 10

GameSkinny
9 / 10

GameSpew
9 / 10

Checkpoint Gaming
9 / 10

MondoXbox
9 / 10

Goomba Stomp
4.5 / 5

GameBlast
9 / 10

But Why Tho?
9 / 10

The Independent
9 / 10

Cerealkillerz
8.9 / 10

Easy Allies
8 / 10

Metro GameCentral
8 / 10

Game Rant
4 / 5

Wccftech
8 / 10

GamesHub
4 / 5

GGRecon
8 / 10

IGN Italy
7.8 / 10

New Game Network
77 / 100

Spaziogames
7.5 / 10

Digital Trends
2 / 5

 

[Banjo64]

Out on Game Pass now.

Xbox (timed) and PC exclusive.

£24.99/$29.99.

 

[Ozriel]

Excellent review scores! solid achievement from a one man dev.
Looks like an early contender for Indie game of the year 2022.


Man, that Digital Trends review…

I know review scores are subjective and all that…but when every other reviewer talks about how the game is a joy to play and has engaging gameplay and you’re the only one going ‘slog’ and ‘dead end’….you’re probably doing something wrong.

 

[AV]

The Digital Trends 2/5 is because the journo couldn't figure out what to do.

 

[elliot5]

digital trends lmao

 

[Ozriel]

Xbox and PC exclusive.

£24.99/$29.99.

Timed exclusive. It should hit other consoles down the line.

The Digital Trends 2/5 is because the journo couldn't figure out what to do.

digital trends lmao

I know, right?
Subjective and all that, but that’s embarrassing as fuck

 

[Roman Empire]

What's with that embarrassing Digital Trends review? I can only imagine the reviewer hating every single second they spent on it because they didn't feel like taking more than 5 minutes to review it.

Edit: This guy might be just like the Cuphead reviewer

 

[GymWolf]

I love that this one is more combat based than puzzle based, exactly like death door.

 

[vaibhavpisal]

Stealth drop on gamepass. Already available.

 

[Banjo64]

Timed exclusive. It should hit other consoles down the line.

Man I fucking hate timed exclusives. I’d pay for this for my Switch OLED over playing at my desk on my Xbox.

 

[Captain Toad]

The Digital Trends 2/5 is because the journo couldn't figure out what to do.

I always wonder if outlier review scores (either really low or a perfect 10) are just a tactic to get more eyes on their site as people will often focus on the highest and lowest scores, especially when they are outliers.

 

[T-Cake]

The Digital Trends 2/5 is because the journo couldn't figure out what to do.

That was me after playing the demo - this is SHIT.

 

[Captain Toad]

Man I fucking hate timed exclusives. I’d pay for this for my Switch OLED over playing at my desk on my Xbox.

This is a perfect fit for Switch, but if it's as good as it sounds, I'll likely double-dip like I did with Cuphead, Ori, Ori 2 and Death's Door.

 

[Banjo64]

I always wonder if outlier review scores (either really low or a perfect 10) are just a tactic to get more eyes on their site as people will often focus on the highest and lowest scores, especially when they are outliers.

You must be happy with these scores Toad, I’ve seen you mention this game a few times over the last year.

 

[John Wick]

Excellent review scores! solid achievement from a one man dev.
Looks like an early contender for Indie game of the year 2022.


Man, that Digital Trends review…

I know review scores are subjective and all that…but when every other reviewer talks about how the game is a joy to play and has engaging gameplay and you’re the only one going ‘slog’ and ‘dead end’….you’re probably doing something wrong.

It's shit like that, that screws the metacritic rating of a good quality game.

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

Out on Game Pass now.

Xbox and PC exclusive.

£24.99/$29.99.

Don't do Gamepass and $29 is a bit high.

Any word on the length?

 

[Mercenary09]

Anyone want this on Steam for a slight discount hit me up

EDIT: Gone

 

[FritzJ92]

Man I fucking hate timed exclusives. I’d pay for this for my Switch OLED over playing at my desk on my Xbox.

Play it on your cloud enabled device then.

 

[The_Mike]

Out on Game Pass now.

Xbox (timed) and PC exclusive.

£24.99/$29.99.

Can't wait to try it i dig the style, but I fear it's hard AF like every other cute game lol.

 

[Banjo64]

Play it on your cloud enabled device then.

Cloud enabled device is an LCD display, with an external controller needed, with the latency issues that come with Ethernetless streaming.

I’d rather just play a downloaded copy on an Oled screen with physical controls.

 

[Punished Miku]

I don't think I expected upper 80s, but more like lower 80s. That 9.8 from Game Informer is very high.

I'm psyched! The demo was really good.

The artwork mimicing the original NES Zelda instruction booklet is the icing on the cake.

 

[Ozriel]

Man I fucking hate timed exclusives. I’d pay for this for my Switch OLED over playing at my desk on my Xbox.

Nah, you shouldn't be mad. It's made by just one person, with support from ID @ Xbox. Not your usual 'moneyhat'.

Most certainly won't be releasing today if they planned a simultaneous launch.

 

[Ozriel]

Don't do Gamepass and $29 is a bit high.

Any word on the length?

One review said he beat it in 20 hours, with quite some stuff still to do. Looks well priced.

Edit: Seeing another guy say 12 hours. I guess YMMV

 

[Ezquimacore]

That fox has the Foxkiri sword, Foxkiri tunic and the foxlyan shield.

 

[Fuz]

Nice. Glad to see it seems to be good.

 

[SlimeGooGoo]

Looks average to be frank

 

[wtftad]

I know this is on GamePass but PLEASE consider buying this game. This is a solo (mostly) effort by one dev and it has taken them years to finish this.

They cemented their deal with Microsoft before GamePass was even a thing, who knows what their engagement stipulations (or whatever they are calling it now) are on the back end.

I threw up a giveaway for a copy of the game as well (steam code). Enjoy folks!!

*edit* I have nothing to do with this game or the developer/publisher of this game.

 

[CatLady]

Stealth drop on gamepass. Already available.

Wow so that is for real. NICE!

I'm playing GotG right now and am surprised to find I'm really liking it, but Tunic will be next after I finish it.

 

[Vasto]

Downloading now

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

One review said he beat it in 20 hours, with quite some stuff still to do. Looks well priced.

Edit: Seeing another guy say 12 hours. I guess YMMV

20 is decent for price and length.

 

[remember_spinal]

Looks average to be frank

Is frank usually exceptional?

 

[Fredrik]

Thanks Gamepass! Loved the demo

 

[TurnOneYeti]

Damn out of nowhere. Downloading now. Thanks gamepass.

 

[manfestival]

I will be checking this out then. The review scores seem to indicate solid quality. I mean it looks just like Deaths Door and I loved that game. Granted different devs but the gameplay looks like the same kinda thing.

 

[SlimeGooGoo]

Is frank usually exceptional?

Good guy frank

 

[Jimmyisback]

Another masterpiece on game pass.

 

[ZoukGalaxy]

Good, I was waiting for this one.
GTH gaming pass, I want a proper physical release, not a rental.

Too bad, will PC then ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[adamsapple]

3GB and shows up as SX optimized, not an enhanced BC release.

 

[AV]

Booting up now. Still says "Secret Legend" in the launcher window which was the original name of the project like 7 years ago or so

 

[Riky]

Great scores, downloaded and ready to go.

 

[Captain Toad]

You must be happy with these scores Toad, I’ve seen you mention this game a few times over the last year.

Yeah. More happy to hear of it being challenging and open-ended without constant hand-holding.

 

[anthony2690]

Don't do Gamepass and $29 is a bit high.

Any word on the length?

IGN review said 15-20hours.

 

[vaibhavpisal]

Wow so that is for real. NICE!

I'm playing GotG right now and am surprised to find I'm really liking it, but Tunic will be next after I finish it.

Am balls deep in Elden Ring. I want to play other games but can't. Everytime I boot xbox I click on it without thinking.

Neither is it going to end anytime soon. Lol.

 

[Plantoid]

After 150h of Elden ring i will be putting it aside waiting for a patch so I can dive into pvp,

Played like 30min of this game, combat is not good, but everything else is great so far, the level design is super bonkers

 

[Ozriel]

Good, I was waiting for this one.
GTH gaming pass, I want a proper physical release, not a rental.

Too bad, will PC then ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

“I wanted a physical release, so I’ll buy it digital on Steam in protest”

Hmm

 

[SlimeGooGoo]

Man, that Digital Trends review…

The Digital Trends 2/5 is because the journo couldn't figure out what to do.

digital trends lmao

What's with that embarrassing Digital Trends review?

Is there a better alternative?​

Tunic is trying to emulate old-school Zelda, and if you want that experience with a fresh coat of paint, give 2019’s remake of The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening a try. It’s gorgeous and plays like the 1993 version with some much-needed improvements.

 

[Strider Highwind]

Well I been waiting for this one and now..When I try to install it from the Gamepass App/Xbox App it gives me the blue screen of death and restarts the computer. Tested all hardware and no problems there, and if I reboot without the ethernet cable my PC works fine..plug in the ethernet cable and it tries to redo the install through the windows services automatically and sends me right back to the BSOD. Removed my antivirus and its still happening

So now I can't even put my PC online or it tries to do this update and crashes.

 

[TurnOneYeti]

I’m only about 20 mins in but I’m in love with this game. It has a lot of charm and brings alot of nostalgia to the table.

 

[skit_data]

This looks nice!
Will it get a PS4/PS5 release? Any info?

 

[Captain Toad]

No, he's not. He went in expecting a Link's Awakening clone, which it clearly isn't. That doesn't make the game bad, it just makes it a different type of game than he wanted and expected.