Tokyo Scramble Reviews
Tokyo Scramble is a stealth-first horror game that traps you in derailed subway tunnels under Tokyo, with dinosaur-like Zinos waiting for you to make a mistake. Sneaking, heart-rate management, and Anne’s watch apps turn vending machines, alarms, gates, and elevators into tools for surviving short, stage-based runs, with GameShare co-op letting friends split movement, camera control, and gadget duty. The group chats and casual banter don’t always match how much danger Anne is in, but the chapter format makes it easy to play a few stages at a time and, paired with steady performance, it’s a strong fit if you want horror that’s all about planning routes instead of pulling the trigger.
No one can accuse Tokyo Scramble of being generic or unoriginal. It brings together good ideas and interesting concepts that, if better developed, could result in something truly remarkable. However, in the end, it feels like a melting pot of ideas and mechanics lost in a feverish teenage dream about relationships and subterranean monsters. It's a game with fun mechanics, competent stealth, and a chaotic and fun multiplayer, but it suffers from trying to aim at too many things at once. However, the studio probably knows the scope and the strengths and weaknesses very well, and perhaps that's what's reflected in the lower and more accessible price compared to most titles on the console.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
Tokyo Scramble delivers a tense survival-stealth experience built around exploration, environmental interaction, and avoiding dangerous creatures lurking beneath Tokyo. The variety of enemies and the constant pressure during exploration create genuinely effective moments of suspense. However, a weak narrative, repetitive gameplay loop, and underwhelming presentation limit the game’s long-term appeal. Despite some interesting ideas and solid tension in short bursts, the experience struggles to stay engaging until the end.
Review in French | Read full review
Tokyo Scramble has some neat ideas, but the frustrating gameplay, choppy performance, and poorly-written characters hold it back from succeeding as a stealth game. I hope the more inventive aspects of the game can make a return in a more polished title down the line, as Tokyo Scramble sadly isn’t worth buying for those alone.
Tokyo Scramble is one of the worst Switch 2 exclusive games made to date, with tedious stealth, outdated graphics, and a nothing-story.
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Tokyo Scramble is a neat experiment and it mostly works, as long as you play the game in shorter bursts as it's designed.
Tokyo Scramble is an ambitious stealth adventure that introduces a handful of clever mechanics but struggles to unify them into a satisfying whole. While its dinosaur-infested setting and gadget-driven stealth show flashes of creativity, those moments are undermined by an incoherent story, repetitive encounters, and rough presentation. The result is a game that feels more exhausting than engaging, one that hints at a stronger experience it never quite becomes.
Tokyo Scramble is a very rough game. It has a great, crazy premise: dinosaurs living under Tokyo, a young girl with apps, and a strong will. Some creative ideas can be seen in their natural traps. When it works, it's exciting, funny, and also kind of cute. But it's also too hard to forgive.
Tokyo Scramble feels like a title scrambled together just to get a release up on the Nintendo Switch 2. Despite having some good ideas here and there, it’s overall very unpolished, messy, and full of wrinkles that shouldn’t have even left the QA stage.
Tokyo Scramble isn’t a bad game by any means. It’s very much middle of the road. It does look exciting at times, with some areas standing out more than others, and overall it’s a pretty good-looking game. Anne and the Zinos are well designed, and some of the tactics you use to progress are genuinely interesting. That said, the AI doesn’t always behave the way it should, and once you get the hang of things, the experience can start to feel repetitive. The story is easily the weakest part, unfortunately, but when your premise is basically “sinkhole leads to dinosaurs,” there’s only so much you can expect.
Tokyo Scramble is worthwhile for those seeking a survival experience focused on tension and style, but less so for those expecting a stealth thriller with deep strategic construction.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review