Pocket Gamer UK's Scores

  • Games
For 6,041 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 31% higher than the average critic
  • 19% same as the average critic
  • 50% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 6 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 69
Highest review score: 100 Wayward Souls
Lowest review score: 10 Angels In The Sky
Score distribution:
6042 game reviews
    • 88 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    The Worlds Ends With You is a deep and multifaceted adventure with clever combat, innovative features and a worrying shop-till-you-drop addictivity.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Straightforward colour-matching mechanics, challenging modes, and excellent replay value make Push Panic highly recommended.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Machinarium on Vita is an elegant version of a great game, adapted for the platform with a good deal of thought and care
    • 88 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    A cunning and addictive sim, Motorsport Manager offers enough that genre fans will love it, and casual players won't be put off.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Crossy Road might be based on an arcade classic, but it looks great and offers tons of replayability on top of simply being lots of fun.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    A razor-edged, bite-sized platforming experience of the highest calibre.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    A confident follow-up that evolves its solid foundations with new mechanics, Space Marshals 2 is a must-play entry in the shooter genre.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    What Remains of Edith Finch doesn't lose anything in its transition to Switch, and its gorgeous, harrowing tale remains as impactful as ever.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    A masterpiece of art and design. Its technicalities might take a little time to get to grips with but, once understood, this distinguished and exemplary video game demands to be savoured and adored.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    A true evolution of the series, Pokemon X and Y is the most important, expansive, exciting monster-battling title since the earlier days of the franchise.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    A brilliant sequel that expands the lore and scope of its predecessor, The Room 2 is a game that everyone should play.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Battle Bay is the perfect way to kick off the warmer summer months. It's familiar, sure, but its bright and beautiful design and masterfully crafted gameplay will quickly make you forget that you may have played this game before in some other guise.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Metroid Dread is a slick and intense platform-adventure, and the most exciting Switch game Nintendo has produced in quite some time.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Laughing Jackal's latest offers challenge and depth in its mechanics, bottling the chaos of a zombie outbreak in a smartly designed puzzler.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Elegant, deep, innovative, and most importantly fun, Osmos and its effervescent gameplay makes for one of the most tactile experiences on iPad.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A simple and entertaining enough casual roguelike, Land Sliders doesn't have much meat on its bones, but that's fine.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Slightly bruised by its host hardware, but otherwise a technically outstanding, impressively comprehensive and hugely enjoyable fighting package.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    An interesting twist on some old ideas, Super Sharp is a puzzler that just about lives up to its name.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Machinarium is irresistible - a splendid little point-and-click adventure bolstered by a truly artful sense of character, storytelling, and world design.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Rayman Jungle Run is an outstanding example of bringing a franchise to mobile. This fast, tense, beautiful game is everything you loved about Rayman Origins, now perfectly suited to touch.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Modern Combat 3 is the best attempt at recreating Call of Duty on mobiles so far, but it still has a long way to go when it comes to the finer points of the FPS genre.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A fresh and attractive casual tower defence game that benefits from the sharp interplay between its various units.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The stars are nearly aligned for Galaxy on Fire 2, a wonderfully varied, in-depth action-adventure game that could benefit from expanded combat controls.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A delightfully constructed memory test that grows in complexity and appeal the deeper in you go.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Gaming's roundest hero gets a second great game for his second wind. Very different from DX, and in many ways just as good. Get them both.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    SteamWorld Dig 2 is a fantastic addition to the franchise which uses everything we loved about the first game and builds on it, whilst also taking into account what fans have asked for. It's strategic, exciting, fun, utterly enjoyable, and a must-have for the average Switch owner. Whether you've played the first game or not, you'll have a blast with this one.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    NBA Jam is one slammin', jammin' ball game, but where's the multiplayer?
    • 88 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It plays just like the home versions of LittleBigPlanet, but that's ironically to its detriment. However, it's still a quality product in its own right.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    At the end of the day, if you've not played Ikaruga before and you love a good shooter, you'd be doing yourself a disservice missing out on its latest release.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Despite some control work-arounds and dated visuals, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic remains a truly exceptional RPG and one of the best Star Wars games ever released on any platform.

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