Journey to the Savage Planet

GamingTrendTerrance Hale

85/100

Journey to the Savage Planet is an amazing experience of alien planetary exploration where the developer’s imaginations were allowed to paint a canvas of fun, art style, and humor that never felt forced or over the top. Once you temper expectations and remind yourself that this is a game about exploration and not an alien shoot em’ up or a fully packed RPG, you begin to realize how special this game is. The game offers 2-player co-op online which many titles like this wouldn’t even think twice about.

DestructoidJordan Devore

8.5/10

Journey to the Savage Planet was such a fun way to kick off the decade, and I’m going to bring it up at the end of the year when people inevitably begin asking about the overlooked gems of 2020. If you want something light and breezy with an intoxicating collectible-based feedback loop, here you go.

Nintendo World ReportJohn Rairdin

8/10

At its core, Journey to the Savage Planet is an incredible game that only misses a couple quality of life issues that make navigation a little more frustrating than it should be. That being said, the rest of its excellent design blows right past that oversight. The Switch version in particular brings with it its own unique issues, but once again the design outshines these issues. While I can’t say the Switch is the ideal way to play this game, it is worth playing in whatever form you can.

Worth PlayingChris "Atom" DeAngelus

8/10

Journey to the Savage Planet is an upbeat first-person adventure game set in a bright and colorful alien world filled with weird and wonderful creatures.

Sirus GamingErickson Melchor

8/10

When the issues of a game are rolled and stomped by its greatness, then it’s something to invest on if you have some spare.

Den of GeekRob Leane

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Press StartJames Berich

7.5/10

Journey to the Savage Planet is a concise yet well focused adventure that channels the best bits of games like Metroid and Prey. Despite this, some unsatisfying combat and repetitive locales keep it from being the achievement that it could be.

WayTooManyGamesKyle Nicol

7.5/10

Earlier on this year, the world was treated to the wonderfully wacky Journey to the Savage Planet, a weird and engaging first-person metroidvania title with an incredible, Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy-inspired sense of humour. When our reviewer Leo tackled it back in January, he praised the game’s unique tone and strong emphasis on exploration. The Switch version is out now, and we’re about to find out if it manages to hold up in this less powerful hardware.

VideogamerJosh Wise

7/10

It’s a game of MacGuffins, so to speak—what you’re doing and why you’re doing it is inessential to the joys and the juice on offer.

VGChartzBrandon J. Wysocki

7/10

A very compelling and entertaining experience.During a commencement speech, Anna Quindlen is quoted as saying “Every story has already been told.”  She goes [...]

Jump Dash RollAnt Barlow

6/10

Journey to the Savage Planet weaves an intriguing interstellar narrative into a charming, albeit straightforward, first-person rogue-lite. At its best, Typhoon Studios’ game is a fun and quirky take on a pretty rote subject. Unfortunately, it struggles under the weight of poor controls, some awkward design choices and an unfortunate lack of polish.

Analog Stick GamingJeff Young

Unscored

Journey to the Savage Planet was a game I purchased from seeing a bit of it streamed on Twitch. Its colorful creatures, often humorous dialogue and brief moments of action accompanied me along the adventure of exploring this strange alien world. In many ways, this feels like the game I wanted from N