Spelunky Reviews

Spelunky is ranked in the 96th percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
8.5 / 10.0
Aug 26, 2021

One of the last OG indie titles to finally come to Switch, Spelunky promptly gave me a nice slap in the face to remind me of just how quickly I could utterly fail in a game...

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8 / 10.0
Sep 10, 2021

Spelunky turns out to be one of the best indie titles on the market. A very addictive gameplay and an outrageous difficulty prove to be its best assets.

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Loved
Sep 3, 2021

Even all these years later Spelunky has still stood the test of time as one of the most original concepts in the roguelike genre. Brutally hard, but just the right amount of challenge that just pokes you to keep trying. Often I sit down to only play five minutes, which can lead to hours. Even though I probably sunk hundreds of hours into this game over the years it still somehow feels fresh to this day. An absolute masterpiece of gaming that one can finally enjoy on the Nintendo Switch.

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8 / 10.0
Aug 28, 2021

Some aspects related to Spelunky‘s gameplay loop and the quality of its RNG features have aged poorly when compared to more modern and feature-rich roguelikes. Yet considering this was basically the progenitor of half of the indie games in the market, I have to commend it for still being visually appealing and tons of fun after all these years.

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