Tunic

 Switch
Metascore
88

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. NintendoWorldReport
    Sep 27, 2022
    95
    Tunic is a modern masterpiece and its mysteries, secrets, and puzzles will stay with you for a long time after the credits roll.
  2. Hey Poor Player
    Oct 10, 2022
    90
    Tunic is intuitive gameplay at its finest, requiring you to figure things out as you go. You’ll either sink, or you’ll swim, and though I sank far more often than I swam, I still couldn’t get enough of this game. If you need a little Dark Souls with your Zelda, this is one of those games that you don’t want to pass up.
  3. TouchArcade
    Oct 4, 2022
    90
    If you enjoy action-adventures and don’t mind a game that isn’t big on going easy on the player, you should give TUNIC a look. It’s gorgeous, clever, challenging, and simply a joy to pick away at. While it is quite difficult by default, there is an impressive number of options for those who want to tailor the game to their preferences. This Switch port, while obviously not quite up to the versions on other platforms from a technical standpoint, is very good and more than capable of delivering the experience to players. Really something special.
  5. TierraGamer
    Sep 27, 2022
    90
    Tunic is a game that combines all its features in exciting ways. From its design to its visual and sound section, it feels like a loveable experience. Everything comes together to give us an experience worth enjoying, and the Nintendo Switch allows you to take it everywhere.
  6. Pocket Tactics
    Sep 27, 2022
    90
    Tunic boasts satisfying and challenging combat, as well as a beautiful world rich with hidden treasures and forgotten knowledge, and revels in slowly giving players the pieces they need to explore its every corner. A delightfully colourful visual language and a beautifully wistful soundtrack also help, bringing everything to life with earnest energy that delivers a sense of childlike wonder that very few games can achieve.
  7. Nintenduo
    Sep 28, 2022
    85
    TUNIC surprises by bringing back what we love most about The Legend of Zelda and wraps it with an ingenious puzzle that will make us feel that we are in front of the great classic adventure games.
  8. 4P.de
    Oct 9, 2022
    81
    If you love 2D Zeldas or Death's Door, you have to grab it: Tunic is an imaginative action-adventure with clever ideas, a picturesque game world and really poisonous bosses - also on Switch.
  9. Nintendo Life
    Sep 27, 2022
    80
    You’d be wrong to assume the cute fox-like protagonist and colourful world implies Tunic is a relaxing little adventure for all ages – it’s anything but. Tunic requires a lot of intuitive thinking and patience to navigate its beautiful world with its brilliant in-game instruction manual. Coupled with an unforgiving combat system that punishes impatience and rewards measured study of opponents, Tunic is a game designed for those versed in old-school adventuring and experienced in difficult, sometimes frustrating swordplay. Given all this and its evident Hylian inspirations, and even with some unfortunate performance hitches and obvious downgrades from the versions on other platforms, Tunic feels right at home on a Nintendo console and we recommend it as a creative and concise adventure that both draws and expands upon some prestigious inspirations.

Awards & Rankings

7
#7 Best Switch Game of 2022
42
#42 Most Discussed Switch Game of 2022

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User Score
8.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 47 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 42 out of 47
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 47
  3. Negative: 3 out of 47
  1. Kwar
    Oct 2, 2022
    10
    I finished this game and I literally applauded because it was such a masterpiece. I have to admit at the end I did cheat a bit because I wasI finished this game and I literally applauded because it was such a masterpiece. I have to admit at the end I did cheat a bit because I was like I'm not going to do all that stuff to get to that true ending. But everything else I managed on my own. Such a fabulous, fabulous, fabulous game. I give high high praise to the developers of this game and I hope they release something else like it again in the future. Just what a Marvel. I have tears in my eyes just so glorious. Thank you so much!… Full Review »
  2. Keffey
    Sep 8, 2023
    8
    Jogo bonito, porém esperava um pouco mais tanto no desafio de puzzles quanto na ação.
  3. Djon57VGR
    Sep 4, 2023
    10
    Tunic is a pure and perfect retro experience of what beating Zelda 1 at child's age looks like. The second way to understand and beat the gameTunic is a pure and perfect retro experience of what beating Zelda 1 at child's age looks like. The second way to understand and beat the game was a pure Sherlock Holmes way and gonna blow mind for years. Thank you for not only the game but the game inside the game.… Full Review »
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