Thumper Reviews

Thumper is ranked in the 93rd percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
Metro GameCentral
Top Critic
9 / 10
Oct 13, 2016

The best new rhythm action game for years, with a perfect blend of gameplay, music, and a frighteningly oppressive atmosphere.

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8.3 / 10.0
Oct 11, 2016

A nice surprise for those who have or have not PS VR. A game as easy to play as deep and extremely addictive.

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9.1 / 10.0
Oct 11, 2016

Thumper packs a punch, taking you on an audiovisual trip and demanding absolute focus. It's a fun, adrenaline pumping journey, though its extremely high difficulty isn't for everyone. If you don't mind failing repeatedly, you'll find an exciting and satisfying rhythm racer in Thumper.

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Unscored
Oct 11, 2016

THUMPER is the videogame you should play today.

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4.5 / 5.0
Oct 11, 2016

By the end of Thumper, the speed is insane, the music wild and oppressive, and the feeling of just barely holding on to a beast that wants to send you flying so it can gnaw your bones is disturbingly strong.

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9 / 10.0
Oct 10, 2016

Thumper is an absolute blast providing a nightmarish world filled with a desire for speed and brutal music based obstacles to maneuver through.

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10 / 10.0
Oct 10, 2016

Pac-Man, Dark Souls, the best Metroids and Marios and Zeldas—the true classics, the cornerstones of the medium that have made an indelible impact on how we play and think about games. Thumper is right up there alongside them. It is an essentially perfect realization of its own unique goals and concerns, and a game we’ll be playing and celebrating for decades, even if it leaves us afraid and confused.

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IGN
Top Critic
9 / 10.0
Oct 10, 2016

Thumper’s brutal, breakneck speed and precision-based musical action kept me entranced for all nine of its bizarre, nightmarish stages, which contained enough nuanced high score-chasing tricks to demand several replays already. To really master Thumper’s many layers of rhythm-based mechanisms would take much more time than the 10 or so hours it takes to complete the first time – and that’s a challenge that I eagerly accept.

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9 / 10.0
Oct 10, 2016

You’ll spend ages playing through the different levels and adore every single step. The music is great, the visuals are better and everything comes together perfectly.

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8 / 10.0
Oct 9, 2016

I'd still recommend Thumper, though. Readily. But I would also advise not to get too wrapped up in fully finishing it. This road is long and winding and brutal. It might just drive you mad.

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9 / 10.0
Oct 5, 2016

Thumper's difficulty continues to put a knife up to me and my 'X' button. The game thrives in it's mesmerizing atmosphere, soundtrack and difficulty, which is really all you need.

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GameSpot
Top Critic
9 / 10
Oct 5, 2016

Thumper's unrelenting speed and menacing percussion are overwhelming, seeping into your subconscious in the best way possible.

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5.8 / 10.0
Oct 5, 2016

Steer a metallic beetle down a fast-moving track, avoiding obstacles and collecting doodads along the way

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