Metascore
70

Mixed or average reviews - based on 41 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 41
  2. Negative: 1 out of 41
  1. Jan 10, 2022
    40
    Some might see it as an indictment of our current polluting society, others just as a very short and simple platform game with a wafer-thin story and few challenging puzzles that - unlike the titular gunk - doesn't stick around for long.
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  1. Dec 22, 2021
    A very interesting trip to other planet, with tons of exploration and some bits of action and puzzles.
  2. Dec 16, 2021
    As the journey shifts and becomes a bit darker, there's a real flash of steel at the core of it all. If you've played the SteamWorld games, you'd probably expect this, but it's still a delight to see a game like this built with such craft and obvious humanity. I started The Gunk worrying about how one of the great 2D design teams would cope with three dimensions. The truth is they cope so effortlessly that I just spent the next four or five hours gloriously lost in what they had built. [Eurogamer Recommended]
User Score
6.8

Mixed or average reviews- based on 175 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 98 out of 175
  2. Negative: 33 out of 175
  1. Dec 17, 2021
    2
    Don't have Russian language. Pls we want!!! Пожалуйста добавьте русский язык, хватит игнорировать наш рынок. Нам уже очень надоело играть вDon't have Russian language. Pls we want!!! Пожалуйста добавьте русский язык, хватит игнорировать наш рынок. Нам уже очень надоело играть в игры что без субтитров, что без озвучки #XboxNeedsRussianVoice Full Review »
  2. Dec 17, 2021
    1
    Boring and Cringy..The graphics are ugly and so are the character and world design..There is no map leading to constant back tracking...It'sBoring and Cringy..The graphics are ugly and so are the character and world design..There is no map leading to constant back tracking...It's just boring, you solve basic suck up stuff puzzles and get lost... Main character is cringe to listen to and gross to look at, her hair looks like logs of poop and her skin is bruised and greasy.. Artisticly, overall this game is incredibly ugly and off putting. Well there goes another great studio that once made great games until they partnered with Xbox and their games became junk...I think there is an issues with studios getting to do whatever they want and not needing to impress players to make money that ruins these studios...All Xbox wants is Game Pass fodder and the security of being already paid and under the Microsoft bank blanket means these people don't have to try, they get paid and keep their jobs weather their game is good or bad. Full Review »
  3. Dec 18, 2021
    10
    A nice surprise. The game looks beautiful, and it's very relaxing. A new great game on Xbox