GameStar's Scores
- Games
For 2,399 reviews, this publication has graded:
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61% higher than the average critic
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9% same as the average critic
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30% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 1.4 points higher than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 76
| Highest review score: | The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom | |
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| Lowest review score: | Fast & Furious Crossroads |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 1,564 out of 2399
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Mixed: 773 out of 2399
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Negative: 62 out of 2399
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The best soccer game in a long time is not EA FC or Football Manager. Inazuma Eleven is a monster of a game and the most fun virtual ball game of the year – penguins included.- GameStar
- Posted Jan 16, 2026
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- Posted Mar 22, 2019
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It may be a simple game, but who cares- The low difficulty makes it possible to enjoy the fairy tale world where you can be a benevolent hero and king – or just the opposite.- GameStar
- Posted May 27, 2011
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Bloodline Champions hits the sweet spot: no unnecessary stuff, but unique and well balanced heros in a great player-vs-player environment. And it's free, too.- GameStar
- Posted Feb 21, 2011
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A gorgeous remaster of an unmatched masterpiece, but in terms of gameplay additions, it offers only the bare necessities.- GameStar
- Posted Sep 24, 2021
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Fast and thrilling matches, precise controles - Rocket League is a multiplayer heavyweight. Server problems are testing your patience though.- GameStar
- Posted Jul 27, 2015
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King's Bounty: The Legend is a mixture between RPG and strategy game. Battles are fought turn-based, but travelling takes place in real time, which enables some interesting tactical moves. The Quest are diverse and well done. The first fantasy-strategy game from Russian developer Katauri is already very close to Heroes of Might & Magic.- GameStar
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- Posted Jun 19, 2023
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Songs of Conquest revives the spirit of Heroes of Might an Magic 3 and strikes a really good figure.- GameStar
- Posted May 20, 2024
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It offers a fascinating world to explore, but the gameplay isn't very challenging.- GameStar
- Posted Feb 11, 2016
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- Posted Dec 20, 2013
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Fascinating adventure using vehicles in a relaxed post-apocalypse setting that entertains well thanks to many ideas.- GameStar
- Posted May 17, 2018
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The Season add-on enriches the Sims Universe with weather effects, holidays and many seasonal activities.- GameStar
- Posted Jul 30, 2018
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Wonderlands delights with incredible humour, comical characters and much content. However, not all of its innovations are compelling.- GameStar
- Posted Mar 24, 2022
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Rise of Venice hasn't been built from scratch but compared to Port Royale 3 it comes with added politics, a 3D map and adjustments in all the right spots. It's a classic trading sim where everything works together extremely well and it will keep you busy for weeks.- GameStar
- Posted Sep 27, 2013
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- Posted Jan 14, 2013
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Gigantic open-world game with spectacular battles that is held back by a lack of player guidance and accessibility.- GameStar
- Posted Apr 10, 2026
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Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons Remake is a touching story highlight with beautiful graphics and simple but clever gameplay.- GameStar
- Posted Feb 27, 2024
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A top-notch collection of all 2D-era milestones of the Street Fighter series, many of which are still very playable today.- GameStar
- Posted Jul 30, 2018
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The most charming indie hype of recent years is finished. The perfect diversion between the blockbusters.- GameStar
- Posted Oct 29, 2022
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Assassin's Creed and VR go surprisingly well together, even if the game's main story is rarely captivating.- GameStar
- Posted Dec 5, 2023
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Driver: San Francisco is such a fast and diverse game that it's very easy to forgive the mediocre predecessor. Only the slightly esoteric story needs some time to get used to.- GameStar
- Posted Sep 27, 2011
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- Posted Nov 1, 2014
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Max Caulfield's return is a gripping story adventure with a high 'feel-good' factor that stumbles over its own narrative in the finale.- GameStar
- Posted Oct 28, 2024
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The singleplayer campaign is a failure, but the multiplayer is worth it. Looks great, almost perfect sound and it's fun. The levolution feature improves the atmosphere of the game, but has with little consequences regarding game play.- GameStar
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Fast RTS with great animated medieval troops clashing and conquering sectors like in Company of Heroes.- GameStar
- Posted May 27, 2018
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Versatile survival game in the Hyborean age with a lot of variety for construction enthusiasts, adventurers and explorers.- GameStar
- Posted May 27, 2018
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Victoria 3 is a fantastic business simulation game. But unique and unusual as it is, it will not please everyone.- GameStar
- Posted Oct 24, 2022
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- Posted Oct 25, 2012
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Well crafted and challenging construction game, which gets more complex with increasing playing time, but also brings a few quirks with it.- GameStar
- Posted Mar 15, 2018
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Mechanics like the Dragonguard crossbow are a first step in the right direction, but are altogether too seldom used to be really positive. In the long run, the virtues of the game eventually fade away from the uniformity of the scaffolding - and that's just a shame given many good elements.- GameStar
- Posted Nov 4, 2019
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Playing cards, throwing dice, swinging pendulums and spanking villains: it's great fun if you can live with the random element of the game.- GameStar
- Posted Nov 16, 2017
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Diverting mystery adventure with an impressive, historical setting and a strong focus on its multi-layered plot.- GameStar
- Posted Jul 27, 2021
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The graphics may be from 2011, but the story and the combat system are great. It has everything you can expect from a Final Fantasy title.- GameStar
- Posted Aug 24, 2015
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Beautiful, hand-drawn puzzle game that enchants the player with elegantly nested puzzles and a story without words.- GameStar
- Posted Jan 29, 2018
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- Posted Jul 4, 2014
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A well-done revival of Syndicate for real-time strategists with strong nerves. Brains and coordination triumph over fast clicking.- GameStar
- Posted Sep 3, 2015
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Huge and challenging RPG including a great pawn system. Give this title a chance, despite its average looks.- GameStar
- Posted Jan 14, 2016
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It’s a lot of fun and it sounds like that, too. It’s great to race against friends again and again and there’s nothing better out there at the moment, even though it may not be a game to keep on playing in the long term.- GameStar
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Replaced shines with intense 2.5D action and a compelling story, but struggles somewhat with platforming and controls.- GameStar
- Posted Apr 20, 2026
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Gripping investigation and courtroom game that deals with the subsequent prosecution of Nazi crimes in a tangible and interesting way.- GameStar
- Posted Apr 4, 2025
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The magic word is perma-death and makes looking around for food and trying to survive thrilling. Technically it's mediocre but if you like zombies you need to play State of Decay.- GameStar
- Posted Nov 9, 2013
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Immortal Pillars is a worthy China expansion that only lacks some really outstanding moments.- GameStar
- Posted Mar 7, 2025
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Although the game degenerates into quite a grind after the completion of the first series of missions, the procedurally generated worlds and the friendly community provide enough variety for long enough.- GameStar
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The interesting characters and the thrilling story were worth the wait. Now let's hope the second episode can keep up this kind of quality.- GameStar
- Posted Oct 11, 2013
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Fascinating and surreal adventure with witty dialogues, bizarre scenes, countless innuendoes and imaginative puzzles.- GameStar
- Posted Jan 2, 2018
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Funny time travel to the beginnings of the genre. Veterans will like the allusions to the classics and the 80s setting.- GameStar
- Posted Mar 30, 2017
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Creative tribute to text adventures and an in many ways surprising storytelling experiment with a well-done 80s-like scary atmosphere.- GameStar
- Posted Jan 2, 2018
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- Posted Dec 29, 2021
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- Posted Nov 26, 2012
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Finding Paradise is a simple game, but convinces with its emotional and unusual story as well as the clever humor.- GameStar
- Posted Jan 2, 2018
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Camelot instead of Washington, Excalibur instead of muskets and the Round Table instead of Founding Fathers. Lots of ideas taken straight from the Total War series and lots of good own ones, too. If you like to enable more and more things in a game instead of being shown everything at once, this is a game for you. It's not a game worthy for a King yet, but more than worthy for a Prince.- GameStar
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Firaxis takes some risks, yes. But probably to bring a little variety to the XCOM series and maybe build a bridge to a real successor. The new features are all well thought out and offer enough differences to XCOM 2 to justify the purchase, but you shouldn't expect a revolution.- GameStar
- Posted Apr 23, 2020
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Echo doesn't use its potential, but with the adaptive AI it offers an interesting gameplay approach and a cool sci-fi story.- GameStar
- Posted Sep 22, 2017
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Pony Island is a very entertaining experience full of constant surprises and funny things.- GameStar
- Posted Jan 21, 2016
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The central game mode - "hunting" - is splendid that makes Evolve a recommended game. All the rest seems a little immature and makes me hope for a more mature and sophisticated successor.- GameStar
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Brute, thrilling turn-based battles with superheroes, action cards and tactical maneuvers. Too much chatter between missions.- GameStar
- Posted Nov 30, 2022
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Timberborn isn’t the prettiest or most exciting city-building game, but it’s great fun to tinker with.- GameStar
- Posted Mar 12, 2026
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- Posted Nov 30, 2012
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Good 4X game with some interesting changes, but it can't surpass the predecessor due to a lack of innovations and the old-fashioned presentation.- GameStar
- Posted May 21, 2017
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Extremely addictive despite some weaknesses. A captivating world of model railroads.- GameStar
- Posted Sep 5, 2014
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I have waited 19 years for a worthy successor to Battle Isle 2 and it was worth it. Well animated units, simple to understand, tricky to master, challenging AI. The presentation could be better though.- GameStar
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A stylish action adventure with stunning graphics and exciting fights that sometimes gets too carried away with details.- GameStar
- Posted Aug 21, 2024
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With the Vaulters a very sympathetic race finds its way back into the Endless universe and excited us with cool new gameplay mechanics.- GameStar
- Posted Feb 26, 2018
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- Posted Apr 30, 2013
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Pandora is a world beautiful enough to make you fall on your knees. You can happily spend dozens of hours exploring - only the story can't quite keep up.- GameStar
- Posted Dec 6, 2023
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The atmospheric open world doesn't reinvent the wheel, yet entertains with sublime puzzles and fun combat.- GameStar
- Posted Nov 30, 2020
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Buy recommendations rarely fall so easily like this: If you want just more Borderlands, buy the Pre-Sequel.- GameStar
- Posted Oct 15, 2014
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Hopefully the game grows as well as Civilization 5 with future patches and add-ons for the game that satisfy my inner Jean-Luc Picard.- GameStar
- Posted Oct 23, 2014
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It's a magical 2D RPG you just have to love. The art style and the fitting characters create a visual highlight.- GameStar
- Posted Apr 30, 2014
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Hand on heart: Remnant: From the Ashes does not come close to the stick-hard role models of From Software.- GameStar
- Posted Aug 26, 2019
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An extraordinary narrative adventure game that will stay in your memory for a long time, but it would have benefited from more interactivity.- GameStar
- Posted Sep 8, 2021
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- Posted May 2, 2012
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Lego Indiana Jones enables you to play through the story of the first three movies. Fans will enjoy legendary scenes like the escape from the stone sphere, the roller coaster ride in a mine lorry or the motorboat chase in Venice. The game is a good mix of jump and run, action and riddles, but suffers a bit because of problems with the camera and AI. It's the third Lego game and these problems should have been solved by now. But it's still a lot of fun.- GameStar
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Timelessly good strategy classic in a modern guise, but not all of the new features work.- GameStar
- Posted Nov 13, 2023
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Captivating and challenging action RPG in the spirit of Dark Souls, but the PC conversion includes bizarre blunders.- GameStar
- Posted Nov 7, 2017
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- Posted Sep 17, 2012
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Sifu is one of the best martial arts games ever, though getting to the fun part is (somewhat unnecessarily) tedious.- GameStar
- Posted Feb 15, 2022
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Just like Lego Indiana Jones this game was inspired by the movies, but concentrates on fighting three supervillains, one in each mission. You can play Batman or Robin, each with his own abilities, while the AI controls the other one. The linear missions are full of weird riddles and machines. The game looks great and offers a lot of variety, even if you don't like the slapstick comedy and the pribble-prabble of the characters.- GameStar
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John Woo created an uncomplicated and varied action game with a lots and lots of gunfights, a thin but nicely told story about revenge with continuous and beautifully staged action - and doves.- GameStar
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Challenging Soulslite, but the fights are never unfair or completely overwhelming.- GameStar
- Posted Jul 17, 2024
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Unravel 2 remains magically beautiful and cleverly expands its basic concept. A real leap in quality, however, is missing.- GameStar
- Posted Jun 11, 2018
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Worthy DLC finale to a successful remaster.- GameStar
- Posted May 6, 2024
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Hearts of Iron 4 is extremely complex with love for details - a nightmare for beginners, but maybe still too easy for veterans of the series.- GameStar
- Posted Jun 6, 2016
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An unsettling action-adventure game dealing with war and humanity, that still has some minor technical issues.- GameStar
- Posted Sep 1, 2025
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Great sniper game that shines especially with its huge areas, tactical possibilities and fantastic stealth gameplay.- GameStar
- Posted Feb 19, 2017
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Behind pixel graphics, 2D perspective and minimalistic controls hides an amazingly complex strategy game.- GameStar
- Posted Feb 3, 2019
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It's a good game and all the ingredients are there, but it's missing the love and passion that Rocksteady used to pour into those games. The world is bigger but lifeless, the story isn't as thrilling.- GameStar
- Posted Oct 25, 2013
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The most beautiful nightmare of the year, which masks a mediocre game concept with stunning graphics and unparalleled sound design.- GameStar
- Posted May 21, 2024
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- Posted Apr 8, 2019
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Huge fantasy RPG that rewards exploration but is lacking when it comes to immersion. Currently mostly recommended on PC.- GameStar
- Posted Feb 13, 2025
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It was good as a beta, now at release it's very good. All that's missing are more game modes.- GameStar
- Posted Oct 31, 2016
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Charming puzzle strategy that, like a good tabletop game, is a delight to play again and again.- GameStar
- Posted Apr 27, 2022
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- Posted May 17, 2013
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I was more surprised by how well the developers mixed fighting, climbing and exciting history with such an unusual and coherent science fiction scenario.- GameStar
- Posted Jun 3, 2013
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Mordheim is a lot of fun, despite its rough corners, if you are patient and willing to live with harsh consequences.- GameStar
- Posted Dec 3, 2015
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Behemoth is one of the most impressive VR role-playing games (so far), but comes with a few rough edges in terms of story and combat.- GameStar
- Posted Jan 9, 2025
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- Posted Mar 9, 2012
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