Thimbleweed Park

 Switch
User Score
8.2

Generally favorable reviews- based on 91 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 72 out of 91
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 91
  3. Negative: 4 out of 91
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  1. appledinger
    Jun 13, 2019
    3
    The first half of the game was great. In the second half, the puzzles stopped making sense, the plot stopped making sense, and you had to coordinate too many characters. I almost quit when I had to manually walk every character to one location for the plot to progress.

    Also, the ending was just plain bad and unsatisfying. It made every event up until that point inconsequential, making    The first half of the game was great. In the second half, the puzzles stopped making sense, the plot stopped making sense, and you had to coordinate too many characters. I almost quit when I had to manually walk every character to one location for the plot to progress.

    Also, the ending was just plain bad and unsatisfying. It made every event up until that point inconsequential, making you wonder why did I even do any of this at all. Maybe you could see it as a statement on gaming as a whole, but I see it as lazy.    … Expand
  2. Avey123Avey
    Mar 19, 2023
    2
    Playing this game without walkthrough is like trying to pull your own teeth out with tweezers. There are many puzzles here with confusing nonsensical sequencing and peak moon logic. This game does a fantastic job bringing back to the era of the point in click adventure game. That is to say tediously pixel hunting the environment and testing every combination of item and character/object toPlaying this game without walkthrough is like trying to pull your own teeth out with tweezers. There are many puzzles here with confusing nonsensical sequencing and peak moon logic. This game does a fantastic job bringing back to the era of the point in click adventure game. That is to say tediously pixel hunting the environment and testing every combination of item and character/object to hopefully progress the game in some very obtuse way. The story of this game starts interesting enough but I'll just say the ending and back half of the story is so terrible that it murders any goodwill the game may have garnered up until that point. Don't play this game. If you must don't be a fool like me and just grab a walkthrough for the entire thing… Expand

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#31 Best Switch Game of 2017
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#60 Most Discussed Switch Game of 2017
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#69 Most Shared Switch Game of 2017

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Metascore
82

Generally favorable reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. Nintendo Force Magazine
    Oct 30, 2017
    95
    Maniac Mansion came first, and Monkey Island is more famous, but Thimbleweed Park is the finest, most thoughtful Ron Gilbert game yet. [Issue #30 – November/December 2017, p. 22]
  2. FNintendo
    Oct 12, 2017
    80
    Thimbleweed Park brings back the point and click genre for a fun and well developed effort full of good sense of humour and interesting puzzles to solve. While it feels like it would be a big improvement if it could be played in a way more akin to the games it's paying tribute to, Thimbleweed Park will leave no one disappointed.
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  3. SpazioGames
    Sep 30, 2017
    90
    Apart from the PC version, which still wins thanks to mouse and keyboard controls, this is the best way to experience the ironic masterpiece called Thimbleweed Park. Don't let the old school vibe turn you off: thanks to the Casual mode, this is a timeless classic that should be played by anyone who was born and raised between the late '70s and the early '90s.
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