Nom Nom Galaxy

 PlayStation 4
Metascore
70

Mixed or average reviews - based on 16 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 16
  3. Negative: 0 out of 16
  1. Atomix
    May 22, 2015
    82
    The mixture of genres in Nom Nom galaxy works better in some areas than others but it results on a complex game with a lot of potential. Is good to see that Pixeljunk series are back with a good game full of variety and addictive gameplay.
  2. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Jun 30, 2015
    80
    Always manages to pull you back in for a spoonful more. [July 2015, p.95]
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  3. Push Square
    May 21, 2015
    80
    While some of the gameplay ingredients don't necessarily work that well together – with the combat in particular leaving a bitter aftertaste – you'll at least be able to cleanse your palate with another draft of its fun base building and resource management, and that'll keep you coming back for more servings.
  5. CGMagazine
    May 20, 2015
    80
    While there are some uncharacteristic interface and game play issues for Q-Games, the overall effect is another terrifically original take on a variety of genres.
  6. IGN Italia
    May 15, 2015
    80
    If you're looking for something different, funny and challenging, stop right there: Nom Nom Galaxy is your new favorite soup-strategy game.
  7. Everyeye.it
    May 18, 2015
    75
    It's modest at times, and imperfect, but there's some good fun to be had once the gameplay mechanics really kick in.
  8. Gaming Nexus
    May 22, 2015
    74
    The premise behind Nom Nom Galaxy wears thin after a can or two. Its neatly focused premise and evolving puzzles don't progress at a rate to keep things stimulating for more than a few planets' worth of corporate conquest.
  9. Hobby Consolas
    Feb 18, 2016
    72
    The mix of genres in the game is original, but also confusing.
  10. Multiplayer.it
    Feb 15, 2016
    70
    Nom Nom Galaxy is a sandbox experience with both platform and strategic/tower defense features. This particular nature make it pretty unique but also short-lived.
  11. games(TM)
    Jul 23, 2015
    70
    It’s jarring mechanics are a little too unnecessarily complex, but those who often find themselves drawn to the subtle puzzles of similar strategy and simulation games will have plenty to chew on here.
  12. Destructoid
    May 22, 2015
    70
    Nom Nom Galaxy isn't particularly exciting, but it's a whimsical little journey that does a decent job at world building. Despite the fact that people are probably clamoring for "more PixelJunk Monsters" as we speak, I'm glad that Q-Games continues to try new things.
  13. Metro GameCentral
    May 22, 2015
    70
    A fun addition to the sandbox genre, that adds a more structured campaign and achievable goals – at the cost of only a little in the way of accessibility.
  14. Games Master UK
    Aug 5, 2015
    68
    Multiple genres reduced to their most basic forms, but the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. [Aug 2015, p.68]
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  15. Edge Magazine
    Jul 17, 2015
    60
    Uncharacteristically watered-down. [Aug 2015, p.121]
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  16. PSNStores
    Jun 15, 2015
    60
    The daily-ish galactic challenges are fun for a while (and help with pins), but they start to repeat after a week or so, losing their luster.
  17. DarkStation
    Sep 3, 2015
    50
    Nom Nom Galaxy is a functional game with good art direction, sound, and story; however, I found that I was forcing myself through each level without really being engaged in the process. I do have a strong urge to go make some soup though.

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User Score
6.9

Mixed or average reviews- based on 42 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 42
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 42
  3. Negative: 8 out of 42
  1. gamingnewsdaily
    May 16, 2015
    8
    Nom Nom Galaxy is a really good game bending sandbox games which is all about creating enormous soup factories with your friends and shippingNom Nom Galaxy is a really good game bending sandbox games which is all about creating enormous soup factories with your friends and shipping tasty soup into outer space. You have to create platforming, mining, construction(base building),resource-management and tower defence. Within the game players land on huge remote planets within the fictional galaxy, players will have to find new ingredients with their handy buzzsaw. Once the basic soup factory you can explore the remote plants to clear space to start expanding on what you can sell and dominate the market of the soup world.

    So that’s the basic of the game now lets get on to what I think of the game, lets start on gameplay. Well when I first loaded the game up on my ps4 it reminded me of playing Super Mario Brothers but with the destructible world of Terraria, the only difference is you have oxygen which you have to keep an eye on cause if you don’t you will not get far. Don't worry though there are oxygen pockets dotted around the planets, the one thing I loved about this game was the research to unlock upgrades to your little astro dude and even your weapons to help fight against invading enemies from rival factory's .

    Now lets talk about the galactic challenges which are a separate area to the core gameplay and really work towards social gameplay and long-term engagement with friends or even complete strangers, all the challenges are based around racing, defending, swimming and more which makes them unique as you are rewarded if you protect your position which you can transfer the them into the core game.

     Overall Nom Nom Galaxy is a great game if you like open world, build how you like indie game, it has vast features and unlocks in which you can play though to until you heart is content to unlock them. It also has quite a few trophies for you to help improve your expanding profile. Beside everything this game has to offer I feel like Pixel Junk can easily expanded this game with future DLC.

    Positives
    • Large open world planets
    • Enormous range of challenges and recipes
    • Tactical thinking when being attacked

    Negatives
    • Tutorial was a bit to long and is needed before playing with friends.    … Full Review »
  2. Agarwel
    May 16, 2015
    7
    Interesting small game. Combination of terraria (digging and exploration of undeground), building strategy (use the resources to create soupInteresting small game. Combination of terraria (digging and exploration of undeground), building strategy (use the resources to create soup factory) and little bit of tower defence (competition sometimes attacks you. You need to deal with them).
    Main difference from other digging games is goal (100 percent market share). And it does not take so long to reach it. So this is not a infinite game, but nice arcade, where you can finish level in few hours. (but dont be afraid, there is long campaing)

    The biggest trouble with this game is the slow start. As you progress between the missions you unlock new technologies. So at the begginign you can build just the basics and you need to manage almost everything in the base by yourselft. "Harvest, insert, ship, repeat" can become boring grind.
    But if you pass this stage, you will unlock new tools that will allow you to automate these task. So you dont have to do them yourselft. And game becomes much deeper (building the chains of harvesting robots and robots moving stuff around) and much more fun.

    It is not a game for hundreds of hours. But of the cheap price, it is worth the try.    … Full Review »
  3. jmart0031
    Feb 7, 2016
    0
    a real yawn fest, terraria meets some sort of lame robot soup tycoon game. Awful. No need for this game to exist, or anyone to play it noa real yawn fest, terraria meets some sort of lame robot soup tycoon game. Awful. No need for this game to exist, or anyone to play it no wonder ps4 offered it for free. It is a waste of time… Full Review »
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