The Plucky Squire Reviews

The Plucky Squire is ranked in the 89th percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
9 / 10.0
Sep 1, 2024

Charming, inventive, and constantly transforming, The Plucky Squire is not only a celebration of adventure and games, it's an exploration of creativity and art. Wildly distinct art styles and genres harmonize in this perspective-bending tale.

Read full review

4 / 5.0
Sep 17, 2024

The Plucky Squire is a fun & fresh take on a classic game style, full of heart with a great message for all ages. Just because a story seems simple, doesn't mean it doesn't matter.

Read full review

Sep 17, 2024

“The Plucky Squire” is a masterpiece that enchanted me with its creativity and charm. Something that generally only Nintendo can achieve.

Review in German | Read full review

9.3 / 10.0
Sep 17, 2024

The Plucky Squire was worth the wait; it's the definition of indie perfection: it has a lot of quality, heart, soul, innovation and charm. Thanks to the characters, their personality, the world and all the creative things it does constantly, it has become one of our games of the year and one that we will remember with a lot of love.

Review in Spanish | Read full review

10 / 10.0
Sep 17, 2024

The Plucky Squire is one of the best games of this year. The highly varied gameplay perfectly combines with a creative approach to building the game world in both 2D and 3D sequences. The above elements, combined with near-perfect technical condition and very good sound design, put this production next to the best games of the year.

Review in Polish | Read full review

8.5 / 10.0
Sep 17, 2024

The Plucky Squire is an incredible action-adventure game combining 2D and 3D, but needs just a little more shine.

Read full review

8 / 10.0
Sep 17, 2024

The Plucky Squire is an endlessly charming adventure that tells a wholesome story thanks to its likable cast and lighthearted tone. Jumping from 2D to 3D spaces is technically impressive, no matter how often you've seen the effect play out.

Read full review

Recommended
Sep 17, 2024

The Plucky Squire is one of my favourite games this year. It's filled with charm, humour, and heart. All Possible Futures understands video games don't need to be complicated and bloated—the emphasis on puzzles, platforming, and combat is straightforward but done incredibly well.

Read full review

8 / 10.0
Sep 17, 2024

The whole third act will especially leave you smiling like a fool, because at its core, The Plucky Squire is good, simple fun.

Read full review

Sep 17, 2024

All Possible Futures' The Plucky Squire offers a beautifully creative game featuring a vibrant world with wordplay, combat, and puzzles, alongside seamless transitions between a 2D book and a detailed 3D desk environment.

Review in Dutch | Read full review

8 / 10.0
Sep 17, 2024

The Plucky Squire has a lot of incredible moments, with a scale of creativity that is often executed well. Unfortunately, the 3D sections are nowhere as interesting as the 2D elements, and often fail at using the best qualities of the mechanics to really stand out. All that said, when The Plucky Squire is leaning on its best ideas, it’s a truly engaging and creative title that should be experienced.

Read full review

8 / 10.0
Sep 17, 2024

I absolutely adored The Plucky Squire. It takes the simplicity of older 2D games and mixes it with the fun exploration found in more modern 3D puzzle platformers. My only complaint is that I found the puzzles to be a bit too devoid of challenge, as I would have loved to have seen more done with the page-turning, book-shifting concepts they introduced. Still, this is a game that is truly something unique and can be enjoyed by everyone, especially with all the accessibility options available.

Read full review

9 / 10.0
Sep 17, 2024

Ultimately, I loved my time with The Plucky Squire, the developers clearly have the fundamentals of platforming down and compensate for a lack of difficulty with its heartwarming story and cute characters (Moonbeard is my favorite). The feel-good story will capture both adults and children, as will the forgiving (but fun!) gameplay and puzzles. All Possible Futures does a fantastic job using the tropes of fairy tales to tell a sincere story of fate, heroism, and the responsibility to have faith in ourselves to change and grow.

Read full review

Unscored
Sep 17, 2024

An altogether fun action adventure with some charming, and occasionally brilliant, 2D to 3D platforming and puzzling. But don't expect to flex your own creativity, even if it gives you the tools to do so.

Read full review

90 / 100
Sep 17, 2024

The Plucky Squire is an adorable adventure for everyone to enjoy. It has some issues, like glitches and a less than stellar story, but plucky really is the right word to describe the game. It's technically ambitious and impressively varied, making it easy to forgive its shortcomings.

Read full review

8 / 10
Sep 17, 2024

The Plucky Squire is a delightful adventure that surprises with fun ideas in every chapter. The world within the book offers unique puzzles and challenges, which is compounded by Jot's ability to leap from its pages into the third dimension. Though the combat's kinda flat, and some elements deserve to be used more often than they are, there's an undeniable joy to the game's constant imaginative ideas. It's a short but sweet game that'll win over players of all ages.

Read full review

7.5 / 10.0
Sep 17, 2024

The Plucky Squire is a game clearly made with a serious amount of love for the wonderful medium of glorious interactivity that is video games. And for it being the first title from development team All Possible Futures, it’s a staggering achievement in art, design and ideas. It’s just a shame the gameplay didn’t get as much attention as the nostalgia it so skilfully indulges.

Read full review

8 / 10.0
Sep 17, 2024

The Plucky Squire may be one of the most exceptionally presented video games in recent memory. In moving from the 2D space to the 3D space, a sense of wonder is created that's unrivalled by the vast majority of other releases. That sense of wonderment is captured in the storytelling as well, which leans on the charm of children's fiction. Perhaps a little too scared to create complex depth to the puzzles or gameplay, more mature audiences may find the game lacking in some regard. However, that doesn't stop the title from being widely appealing and an absolute delight from prologue to epilogue.

Read full review

85 / 100
Sep 17, 2024

With eye-catching visuals, an identity overflowing with youthful vivacity, and a delightful metalinguistic mix that unites gameplay and narrative, The Brave Squire seeks at once to draw inspiration from past legacies and imprint a unique amalgam. The low challenge may not please some because it seems that the great ideas were not properly used, but for others, honest fun will be all that matters in the adventure of Pontinho and his friends.

Review in Portuguese | Read full review

Jeremy Penter
Top Critic
Buy
Sep 17, 2024
Plucky Squire Review video thumbnail