GameStar's Scores

  • Games
For 2,399 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 61% higher than the average critic
  • 9% same as the average critic
  • 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: 94 The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Lowest review score: 10 Fast & Furious Crossroads
Score distribution:
2451 game reviews
    • 84 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    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.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    Quotation forthcoming.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    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.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    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.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    A gorgeous remaster of an unmatched masterpiece, but in terms of gameplay additions, it offers only the bare necessities.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    Fast and thrilling matches, precise controles - Rocket League is a multiplayer heavyweight. Server problems are testing your patience though.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    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.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    Quotation forthcoming.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    Songs of Conquest revives the spirit of Heroes of Might an Magic 3 and strikes a really good figure.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    It offers a fascinating world to explore, but the gameplay isn't very challenging.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    Quotation forthcoming.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    Fascinating adventure using vehicles in a relaxed post-apocalypse setting that entertains well thanks to many ideas.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    The Season add-on enriches the Sims Universe with weather effects, holidays and many seasonal activities.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    Wonderlands delights with incredible humour, comical characters and much content. However, not all of its innovations are compelling.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    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.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    Capcom has done an excellent implementation for the PC.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    Gigantic open-world game with spectacular battles that is held back by a lack of player guidance and accessibility.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons Remake is a touching story highlight with beautiful graphics and simple but clever gameplay.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    A top-notch collection of all 2D-era milestones of the Street Fighter series, many of which are still very playable today.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    The most charming indie hype of recent years is finished. The perfect diversion between the blockbusters.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    Assassin's Creed and VR go surprisingly well together, even if the game's main story is rarely captivating.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    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.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    A modern retro platformer that plays in the same league as the classics.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    Max Caulfield's return is a gripping story adventure with a high 'feel-good' factor that stumbles over its own narrative in the finale.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    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.
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    • 77 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    Fast RTS with great animated medieval troops clashing and conquering sectors like in Company of Heroes.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    Versatile survival game in the Hyborean age with a lot of variety for construction enthusiasts, adventurers and explorers.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    Victoria 3 is a fantastic business simulation game. But unique and unusual as it is, it will not please everyone.
    • 91 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    Quotation forthcoming.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    Well crafted and challenging construction game, which gets more complex with increasing playing time, but also brings a few quirks with it.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    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.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    Playing cards, throwing dice, swinging pendulums and spanking villains: it's great fun if you can live with the random element of the game.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    Diverting mystery adventure with an impressive, historical setting and a strong focus on its multi-layered plot.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    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.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    Beautiful, hand-drawn puzzle game that enchants the player with elegantly nested puzzles and a story without words.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    Quotation Forthcoming
    • 75 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    A well-done revival of Syndicate for real-time strategists with strong nerves. Brains and coordination triumph over fast clicking.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    Huge and challenging RPG including a great pawn system. Give this title a chance, despite its average looks.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    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.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    Replaced shines with intense 2.5D action and a compelling story, but struggles somewhat with platforming and controls.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    Gripping investigation and courtroom game that deals with the subsequent prosecution of Nazi crimes in a tangible and interesting way.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    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.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    Immortal Pillars is a worthy China expansion that only lacks some really outstanding moments.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    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.
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    • 85 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    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.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    Fascinating and surreal adventure with witty dialogues, bizarre scenes, countless innuendoes and imaginative puzzles.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    Funny time travel to the beginnings of the genre. Veterans will like the allusions to the classics and the 80s setting.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    Creative tribute to text adventures and an in many ways surprising storytelling experiment with a well-done 80s-like scary atmosphere.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    Exo One delights with innovation and an immersive atmosphere - if you let it.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    Quotation forthcoming.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    Finding Paradise is a simple game, but convinces with its emotional and unusual story as well as the clever humor.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    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.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    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.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    Echo doesn't use its potential, but with the adaptive AI it offers an interesting gameplay approach and a cool sci-fi story.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    Pony Island is a very entertaining experience full of constant surprises and funny things.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    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.
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    • 81 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    Sunless Sea is special, though it is not for everyone. That's okay.
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    • 83 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    Brute, thrilling turn-based battles with superheroes, action cards and tactical maneuvers. Too much chatter between missions.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    Timberborn isn’t the prettiest or most exciting city-building game, but it’s great fun to tinker with.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    Quotation forthcoming.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    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.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    Extremely addictive despite some weaknesses. A captivating world of model railroads.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    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.
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    • 81 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    A stylish action adventure with stunning graphics and exciting fights that sometimes gets too carried away with details.
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    • 82 Critic Score
    With the Vaulters a very sympathetic race finds its way back into the Endless universe and excited us with cool new gameplay mechanics.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    Quotation forthcoming.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    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.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    The atmospheric open world doesn't reinvent the wheel, yet entertains with sublime puzzles and fun combat.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    Buy recommendations rarely fall so easily like this: If you want just more Borderlands, buy the Pre-Sequel.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    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.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    It's a magical 2D RPG you just have to love. The art style and the fitting characters create a visual highlight.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    Quotation forthcoming.
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    Hand on heart: Remnant: From the Ashes does not come close to the stick-hard role models of From Software.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    An extraordinary narrative adventure game that will stay in your memory for a long time, but it would have benefited from more interactivity.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    Quotation forthcoming.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    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.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 81 Critic Score
    Timelessly good strategy classic in a modern guise, but not all of the new features work.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 81 Critic Score
    Captivating and challenging action RPG in the spirit of Dark Souls, but the PC conversion includes bizarre blunders.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 81 Critic Score
    Quotation forthcoming.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 81 Critic Score
    Sifu is one of the best martial arts games ever, though getting to the fun part is (somewhat unnecessarily) tedious.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 81 Critic Score
    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.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 81 Critic Score
    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.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 81 Critic Score
    Challenging Soulslite, but the fights are never unfair or completely overwhelming.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 81 Critic Score
    Unravel 2 remains magically beautiful and cleverly expands its basic concept. A real leap in quality, however, is missing.
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    • 81 Critic Score
    Worthy DLC finale to a successful remaster.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 81 Critic Score
    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.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 81 Critic Score
    An unsettling action-adventure game dealing with war and humanity, that still has some minor technical issues.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 81 Critic Score
    Great sniper game that shines especially with its huge areas, tactical possibilities and fantastic stealth gameplay.
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    • 81 Critic Score
    Behind pixel graphics, 2D perspective and minimalistic controls hides an amazingly complex strategy game.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 81 Critic Score
    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.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 81 Critic Score
    The most beautiful nightmare of the year, which masks a mediocre game concept with stunning graphics and unparalleled sound design.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 81 Critic Score
    Quotation forthcoming.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 81 Critic Score
    Huge fantasy RPG that rewards exploration but is lacking when it comes to immersion. Currently mostly recommended on PC.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 81 Critic Score
    It was good as a beta, now at release it's very good. All that's missing are more game modes.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 81 Critic Score
    Charming puzzle strategy that, like a good tabletop game, is a delight to play again and again.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 81 Critic Score
    Quotation forthcoming.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 81 Critic Score
    I was more surprised by how well the developers mixed fighting, climbing and exciting history with such an unusual and coherent science fiction scenario.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 81 Critic Score
    Mordheim is a lot of fun, despite its rough corners, if you are patient and willing to live with harsh consequences.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 81 Critic Score
    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.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 81 Critic Score
    The idea with the Matryoshka dolls: beautiful.

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