Tunic

 Xbox Series X
User Score
7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 311 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 231 out of 311
  2. Mixed: 26 out of 311
  3. Negative: 54 out of 311

Review this game

  1. Your Score
    0 out of 10
    Rate this:
    • 10
    • 9
    • 8
    • 7
    • 6
    • 5
    • 4
    • 3
    • 2
    • 1
    • 0
    • 0
  1. Submit
  2. Check Spelling
view
per page
  1. Akonig513
    Mar 24, 2022
    10
    Excellent game by a solo developer. Often achieves the quality you’d find in a legend of Zelda game made by a team of hundreds of people. The challenges are tough but meaningful and the progression elements and puzzle solving is interesting and reward exploration. The art style is great, clean, readable, cute, and overall I had an outstanding time playing this game.
  2. LeicesterCityFC
    Mar 24, 2022
    7
    Good feeling of hitting, interesting atmosphere, cute fox.
    But it is so hard to understand map and puzzle especially latter part.
  3. Ayil
    Mar 24, 2022
    10
    Es un excelente juego gráficos hermosos y ambientación increíbles tiene mucha inspiración de mis juegos favoritos los zelda y los souls excelente juego lo recomiendo
  4. mmcal
    Mar 25, 2022
    10
    The combat in Tunic isn’t currently perfectly polished, I experienced issues with locking on and hit detection. With that said, this game is one of the most charming I’ve played in years and has lived up to the hype I’ve built up for it over the years. The overall narrative is delightfully presented and I was surprised when my young daughter who watched as I played was able to gather andThe combat in Tunic isn’t currently perfectly polished, I experienced issues with locking on and hit detection. With that said, this game is one of the most charming I’ve played in years and has lived up to the hype I’ve built up for it over the years. The overall narrative is delightfully presented and I was surprised when my young daughter who watched as I played was able to gather and appreciate the way the story wraps up. Accessibility options a huge plus and a masterful understanding of game design shines through in the way progress works.… Expand
  5. DaHamburgler
    Mar 25, 2022
    10
    Absolute masterpiece. Can't say enough good about this game. Andrew Shouldice did a magnificent job of capturing the charm of exploration and the wonderment of uncovering secrets. Yes the game is a challenge, and that only makes it better. Haven't felt this way about a game since playing Zelda for the first time in the early 90's. Ignore the negative reviews that this game in no way shapeAbsolute masterpiece. Can't say enough good about this game. Andrew Shouldice did a magnificent job of capturing the charm of exploration and the wonderment of uncovering secrets. Yes the game is a challenge, and that only makes it better. Haven't felt this way about a game since playing Zelda for the first time in the early 90's. Ignore the negative reviews that this game in no way shape or form deserves, those are from bitter players that don't understand how a real video game works.… Expand
  6. DannyCypher
    Mar 25, 2022
    10
    Amazing game, so well thought out and such amazing fun to play 9.5/10 from me.
  7. dedrev
    Mar 26, 2022
    10
    amazing this game was like zelda. great game. amazing game. top notch game. play it now
  8. towl000
    Mar 27, 2022
    9
    **** metacritic, I was writing a ****ingly big review and suddenly I lost all of it. Short review is: the game is difficult/hard in a satisfying way (reminder that it is a Souls like). Tunic does bring much exploration aspects from Botw, but that's not a bad thing at all. I highly recomend anyone with Xbox game pass tô try out Tunic!
  9. Minifiru
    Aug 2, 2022
    10
    Игра потрясающая. Словом - первая которую я прошел на 100%. Игра имеет потрясающий визуальный стиль 10 из 10. В игре есть множество загадок, которые сразу можно даже не заметить. Есть интересная идея по использованию руководства. Игра имеет несколько концовок. Лучшее - игра сразу предоставляет полный выбор действий. Не стоит вестись на милую рисовку игра настоящий souls like.Игра потрясающая. Словом - первая которую я прошел на 100%. Игра имеет потрясающий визуальный стиль 10 из 10. В игре есть множество загадок, которые сразу можно даже не заметить. Есть интересная идея по использованию руководства. Игра имеет несколько концовок. Лучшее - игра сразу предоставляет полный выбор действий. Не стоит вестись на милую рисовку игра настоящий souls like.
  10. MetaGary
    Aug 13, 2022
    10
    I love it. It takes the best aspects of classic Zelda, and does something spiritual with it. All this while hiding a massive world in plain sight.
    Truly a gem.
  11. porkprism
    Nov 21, 2022
    10
    This was my top indie game of the year. Flat out. Mixing souls games and Zelda in a world that is so unassuming and charming but hides so many secrets. Has such rewarding gameplay and a surprisingly emotional story. Amazing game.
  12. ultraviper
    Mar 31, 2022
    4
    Difficulty in this game is ridiculous. Early in the game you're ambushed by 5 spiders at the same time. They leap at you and attack you from beyond your own attack range, and kill you in 2 hits. They all take 4 hits to kill. Slightly later you're faced with turrets that will kill you very fast, their shots are nearly impossible to dodge, and leave you no opening to attack them withoutDifficulty in this game is ridiculous. Early in the game you're ambushed by 5 spiders at the same time. They leap at you and attack you from beyond your own attack range, and kill you in 2 hits. They all take 4 hits to kill. Slightly later you're faced with turrets that will kill you very fast, their shots are nearly impossible to dodge, and leave you no opening to attack them without being shot back. The game gives you a tip to circle them and use your shield. Except for the first few of these you come across you don't even have the shield yet!

    The game is obtuse by design. You loot items from chests and the game doesn't tell you what they are or what they do. You're forced to use them to find out. So you use it, and now you know what it does, but now you don't have it any more so getting the thing in the first place was pretty useless.

    The level design just sucks. Often paths between areas will be hidden by the game's own camera angles, again with the being obtuse by design. I was stuck in one area for close to an hour because the path to get out of the area was a ladder completely out of view of the game's camera.    … Expand
  13. R3bbit
    Aug 21, 2023
    8
    Beautiful art style, engaging and mysterious story, lovely background music and engaging world.

    Combat is fast and visceral, although it has a child like art style, this game could prove too daunting for younger players. Most boss fights can be made easy by effective utilization of your magic weapons or spamming throwables. The final boss however will require some skill with your    Beautiful art style, engaging and mysterious story, lovely background music and engaging world.

    Combat is fast and visceral, although it has a child like art style, this game could prove too daunting for younger players.

    Most boss fights can be made easy by effective utilization of your magic weapons or spamming throwables. The final boss however will require some skill with your blade and shield.

    I can guarantee hardcore gamers a right challenge if they try figure out the path to progress by just utilizing the in-game book which you build up by collecting the pages throughout the world. I however found the clues and hints too daunting when trying to figure out how to get the some areas and had a youtube stream open next to me to find the way forward.

    I kid you not.....you could literally play this game without ever know how to find your sword and shield...no guidance or hints...after about 2 hours of fumbling about with a wooden stick I had to go to youtube for help on getting my sword and shield.

    Use your shield...it is the pathway to winning most boss fights, especially the final one. The shield is immensely powerful and can tank almost all blows.

    This game was a pleasure to play, don't miss it.    … Expand
  14. amandra
    May 22, 2022
    3
    Extremely overrated. Boss fights start very easy, which helps to learn the mechanics, but then speed up to white knuckle for the last quarter of health, often with glitchy behaviors that can send your targeting or your character itself kareening.

    The progression has a smooth feel, bit also feels like it's missing something fundamental from it's inspiration. The art direction feels odd    Extremely overrated. Boss fights start very easy, which helps to learn the mechanics, but then speed up to white knuckle for the last quarter of health, often with glitchy behaviors that can send your targeting or your character itself kareening.

    The progression has a smooth feel, bit also feels like it's missing something fundamental from it's inspiration.

    The art direction feels odd given the difficulty.    … Expand
  15. Schwammlgott
    May 2, 2022
    10
    Als Erstes muss ich sagen, ich bewerte nur sehr selten mit der vollen Punktzahl, aber dieses Spiel ist einfach nur herausragend, fantastisch, genial...es gibt zu wenige Worte, wie mich dieses Spiel begeistert.
    Der Kniff mit dem "Old-School-Spieleberater", den man Seite für Seite findet, beschert einem so viele Aha-Momente, einfach nur genial!
    Für jeden Klassik-Zelda Fan ein Muss...trotzdem    Als Erstes muss ich sagen, ich bewerte nur sehr selten mit der vollen Punktzahl, aber dieses Spiel ist einfach nur herausragend, fantastisch, genial...es gibt zu wenige Worte, wie mich dieses Spiel begeistert.
    Der Kniff mit dem "Old-School-Spieleberater", den man Seite für Seite findet, beschert einem so viele Aha-Momente, einfach nur genial!
    Für jeden Klassik-Zelda Fan ein Muss...trotzdem ist es so viel mehr, als ein einfacher Klon! Nicht beinflussen lassen, von denen, die behaupten es wäre ein einfacher Zelda Klon! Wer sowas behauptet, hat es nicht wirklich gespielt!    … Expand
  16. lamentes
    Dec 30, 2022
    9
    A beautiful game that draws you in and lets you puzzle out what's going on with gently guiding level design and dozens of hidden secrets. The depth of this game is incredible, the combat challenging and overall it was a joy to play.
  17. filipedbranco
    May 27, 2022
    9
    Beautiful game. Challenging, sometimes very difficult, but also very rewarding. The art is beautiful, the way of playing and discovering how to play (and the story itself) is very original. One of my favorite games ever, without a doubt.
  18. B-Bog
    Jun 7, 2022
    8
    Probably one of the hardest games I have ever encountered, both when it comes to combat and totally cryptic secrets/puzzles. If you're a fan of Dark Souls and the like, you're probably going to enjoy the intense challenge with very few checkpoints, but if you're more of a Zelda fan (like myself), prepare to get your ass absolutely handed to you. It wasn't too long until I had to use NoProbably one of the hardest games I have ever encountered, both when it comes to combat and totally cryptic secrets/puzzles. If you're a fan of Dark Souls and the like, you're probably going to enjoy the intense challenge with very few checkpoints, but if you're more of a Zelda fan (like myself), prepare to get your ass absolutely handed to you. It wasn't too long until I had to use No Fail Mode, and thank god for its existence, otherwise I would've probably never finished this beautiful and intricate game. Although what I would have much preferred would have been some more difficulty options between "mind-numbingly hard" and "Kirby's Epic Yarn".

    But. nevertheless, exploring Tunic's fascinating world and uncovering its secrets was still a lot of fun, even with the challenge of combat completely removed. The concept of the manual is very intriguing and, if you like a good head-scratcher, you'll have something to chew on for days to come. Personally, I did most of the post-game stuff via guides, as I lacked the patience and keen perception needed to collect everything just from the cryptic hints in the manual alone.    … Expand
  19. Phuz
    Aug 25, 2023
    0
    This game is horrible. I instantly disliked it. It's like they combined Oceanhorn with Ys and made a terrible mess of it.

    The gameworld looks horrible and the music doesn't fit and another loose ploddy character. It's just ugly and unlikeable.
  20. Xplocion
    Mar 28, 2022
    9
    The good:
    The combination of exploration, adventure and "Soul Like" is very fun and challenging. Great dynamic of learning concepts and things about the game as you progress, as you test, as you explore, and above all as you get manual sheets. Little Fox knows more than he lets on (when he walks and turns his head in a different direction it means there is something there). Cyptic    The good:
    The combination of exploration, adventure and "Soul Like" is very fun and challenging. Great dynamic of learning concepts and things about the game as you progress, as you test, as you explore, and above all as you get manual sheets. Little Fox knows more than he lets on (when he walks and turns his head in a different direction it means there is something there). Cyptic achievements (you have to learn to interpret the lines to execute them and to know where to execute them). Manual pages are collectibles that are useful for something. It's on Xbox Game Pass, so try it out without fear.

    The bad:
    Very short. Difficult achievements. After exploring everything in a first session and knowing certain secrets, there is no more motivation than completing the Achievements and still thinking about it. The bosses are brutal. Difficult and cryptic achievements to get inconsequential and useless trophies.

    Lo Meh!:
    The manual gives you some brutal spoilers, but you don't understand them or you're not looking at it right. Foxy Zelda/Furry Zelda starts like that in Zelda Like, but as you progress and experiment you see that it is much more than Zelda, becoming a unique platformer, a puzzle game or a Boss Rush. No matter what version of the game you've played previously, it will show you that there is much more under that cover of Zorro Zelda (becoming Fez or Tron or with references to FF7).    … Expand
  21. FearlessPlace7
    Dec 10, 2022
    10
    This game surprised me so much, I should've played it earlyer. Tunic kinda merge aspects from souls-like games to a Zelda. It's challenging and incentives you to explore the world. Looks just amazing!! 10/10 for me!!!
  22. Stan_Osbourne
    Jun 25, 2022
    8
    This game was a very big surprise for me. Indeed, the spirit and atmosphere of Zelda with the combat system of Dark Souls. A lot of it depends on the study of the world and the collection of the game manual, which is very creative, I have not seen this in any game.

    The very cool soundtrack and the visuals in the game are simply at the highest level, however, there are minor problems    This game was a very big surprise for me. Indeed, the spirit and atmosphere of Zelda with the combat system of Dark Souls. A lot of it depends on the study of the world and the collection of the game manual, which is very creative, I have not seen this in any game.

    The very cool soundtrack and the visuals in the game are simply at the highest level, however, there are minor problems with the combat system. The hero is not very mobile, and often, boss battles are very difficult, not because the bosses are difficult, but because you don’t get into the timings as a game, and it’s forgiven the bosses, and the damage always goes through you. And the shield blocks damage only from one enemy, and from the other on the side, at least a couple of degrees - no.

    But it was not this that killed me in the game, but getting the second, true ending. The first one is false, but to get the second one, I can assure you that you will have to read and watch a lot of guides on YouTube. But it's worth it, although puzzles for superintelligent beings. I recommend in general, Glory to Ukraine!    … Expand
  23. Mrblank1
    Apr 7, 2022
    4
    Overall the game is fine but navigating and finding some of the hidden paths seems pretty much impossible to find without a guide. It is hard to give this game anything higher since it is hard to actually even see the game from a simple navigation standpoint.
  24. churros
    Aug 15, 2022
    8
    Pros:
    + beautiful artstyle
    + beautiful music
    + many secrets
    + memorable character designs
    + innovate manual

    Cons:
    - unbalanced boss fights
    - easy to get lost
  25. CTAN
    Jun 3, 2022
    1
    Zelda wannabe? Beautiful graphic and scene design, but I'm really disappointed with the design and gameplay mechanic... In nut shell, nothing is new...
  26. QueenXyjah
    Mar 31, 2022
    10
    Such an amazing game, a great homage to Zelda yet doing its own thing. It is challenging but not impossible. The soundtrack is its own character and sets the atmosphere. Love all the secrets tucked in throughout the world. You can can feel the love that went into this congrats to the team.
  27. Frank22
    Jun 12, 2022
    9
    A great adventure game, aesthetically beautiful, combat is fun and more complex as the game progresses. The level design is really good and is nice how everything is somehow connected. The game doesn't say (almost) anything to you, lets you explore and find a way on your own, giving you clues through the pages of the book you find along the way, which is far more rewarding that anA great adventure game, aesthetically beautiful, combat is fun and more complex as the game progresses. The level design is really good and is nice how everything is somehow connected. The game doesn't say (almost) anything to you, lets you explore and find a way on your own, giving you clues through the pages of the book you find along the way, which is far more rewarding that an in-your-face tutorial for everything. The little guide book is a super cool idea. The puzzles and secrets hidden are super creative. Good use of perspective. The game though hard/demanding at times, never feels unfair. Finally but not less important, the soundtrack is superb. This game takes inspirations from zelda and dark souls, but it's a thing of it's own. Can't wait to see what this Andrew Shouldice guy comes up next. end of this messy ass review. 8.7/10… Expand
  28. Raios-Rogue
    Apr 5, 2022
    0
    86 my arse this game is trash graphics look like from 20 years ago at least the graphics are better than halo infinite and all you do is play with a fox and hit a bunch of stu pid xbots with a stick on the head the one person that made this game should have flushed it down the toilet
  29. Vitalick
    Sep 2, 2022
    8
    Juegazo. El primer día lo paré a los 20 minutos por los graficos tan simples. El segundo día a la 1 hora por no saber que hacer y andar perdido. El tercer día le pillé el rollo y ya no pude parar de jugarlo. Apariencia simple pero muy bien ideado y entretenido.
  30. fastoch82
    Oct 2, 2022
    6
    The game may be great, but it failed to keep me playing past its beginning (I picked up the sword and hit the first bell), because of a poor difficulty management.
    The game is unnecessarily difficult at times and navigation can be quite a pain, especially when you respawn too far from where you died.
    I much more enjoyed my experience on Death's Door, to quote a game which shares many    The game may be great, but it failed to keep me playing past its beginning (I picked up the sword and hit the first bell), because of a poor difficulty management.
    The game is unnecessarily difficult at times and navigation can be quite a pain, especially when you respawn too far from where you died.
    I much more enjoyed my experience on Death's Door, to quote a game which shares many similarities with Tunic. Death's Door is an example of a game where the learning curve is just perfect and where dying never feels unfair.
    I think Tunic is overrated and games should never be reserved for elite hardcore gamers. It's not just a matter of patience, some gamers just can't spend countless hours in the same game hoping that success will eventually come...
    Developers should know better than anyone that balance is everything.    … Expand
Page:

Awards & Rankings

16
#16 Best Xbox Series X Game of 2022
9
#9 Most Discussed Xbox Series X Game of 2022

Critic Reviews

All reviews »
Metascore
85

Generally favorable reviews - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 21
  3. Negative: 0 out of 21
  1. GAMES.CH
    Oct 6, 2022
    86
    Tunic is one of those games that won’t let you go until you see the credits rolling. It’s insane, what Andrew Shouldice and his small team came up with and how much lifeblood was poured into this action adventure. Definitely an indie title you should not miss.
    Read full review
  2. Vgames
    Jun 5, 2022
    90
    Tunic demands all of your attention to experience its world and mysteries as intended. Fortunately, with excellent world design, fun and diverse gameplay and extraordinary ways to keep you interested in what to come next, it truly deserves that investment and focus.
    Read full review
  3. XboxEra
    May 27, 2022
    70
    TUNIC is both an incredible and incredibly frustrating title. The combat lets down what otherwise is a masterpiece.
    Read full review
See all critic reviews »