Sayonara Wild Hearts Reviews

Sayonara Wild Hearts is ranked in the 95th percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
Eurogamer
Top Critic
Recommended
Sep 17, 2019

Maybe this is perfume, following the shape of the breeze. From top-note to drydown, vividly here and then vividly gone.

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Kyle Hilliard
Top Critic
7.9 / 10.0
Sep 17, 2019

Sayonara Wild Hearts' music and art combine for a stirring, unique experience.

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7 / 10.0
Sep 19, 2019

Sayonara Wild Hearts crackles with style, but is an ultimately inconsequential ride

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Unscored
Sep 23, 2019

Sayonara Wild Hearts feels like the perfect game to relax to just before going to bed, with hopes of washing my dreams with the pink-purple colors of a neon sunset, surrounded by beautiful people who fight as if they’re falling in love.

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6 / 10
Oct 4, 2019

Sayonara Wild Hearts has moments of brilliance, but too often, movement and timing issues disrupt its enchanting aesthetic.

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Kotaku
Top Critic
Unscored
Sep 18, 2019

It’s undeniably cool, and if it’s not your thing, then Sayonara Wild Hearts is like, whatever. It wants to take whoever does love it and ride off into the neon sunset with them.

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USgamer
iew by Nadia Oxford, Staff Writer
Top Critic
Sep 17, 2019

Sayonara Wild Hearts is a quick but intense ride through a landscape that's been made dangerous and jagged by broken hearts and pop music. Its unusual style makes the road hard to see from time to time, but people who love Simogo's games will love riding with The Fool.

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Game Revolution
Camden Jones
Top Critic
Sep 17, 2019

Sayonara Wild Hearts is a fleeting game, yet, like the best records, is worth flipping over, restarting, and putting on repeat once it wraps up its last track.

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8 / 10.0
Sep 23, 2019

Sayonara Wild Hearts is what you'd get if Robyn ran the Grid from Tron. A stunning collection of music, action, heart, and radiant setpieces, it's easily one of the most inventive and unpredictable games of 2019. And it could have been one of the best too if only the developers had made the decision to present this album as a whole upfront rather than take players through it track by track.

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10 / 10
Sep 17, 2019

Truly incredible, Sayonara Wild Hearts is a pop-culture gem that celebrates music and games in a passionately individual way. There has never been anything else quite like it, and if you have even a passing interest in gaming’s inherent value you need to play it. And then play it again.

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IGN Spain
Top Critic
8.3 / 10.0
Sep 26, 2019

Sayonara Wild Hearts is a wonderful half music album half video game, which leaves us wanting much more thanks to its great approach and execution. If you like video games, give it a chance.

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8 / 10.0
Sep 17, 2019

Sayonara Wild Hearts isn't particularly long, but the catchy pop score and variety of levels give you a decent challenge.

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9 / 10
Sep 18, 2019

Everything works in concert in Sayonara Wild Hearts. It's sublime.

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Unscored
Jan 9, 2020

I think Sayonara Wild Hearts reminded me of all the cool things I’ve liked over the years, because it’s not saying anything deeper than “Cool things are ****** great, and being cool is great too.” Which is fine. It’s all said in this incredibly alluring wash of pink and blue and purple, this brief flowerbloom of a game, this stylish, inescapably cool thing that references Tarot without, you know, trying too hard about it.

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85 / 100
Sep 24, 2019

Sayonara is an experience first and game second, so it is not one that should be played if you are only interested in the high scores, but if you take the game as a whole, then it can be deeply rewarding.

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9 / 10.0
Sep 23, 2019

A beautifully made score chaser which has that rarest of things - a soul. Sayonara Wild Hearts isn't just a game, it's an emotional band aid that feels like a warm phantom embrace. Absolutely essential stuff.

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7 / 10
Sep 26, 2019

Despite its short length, this is still very much a trip worth taking.

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92 / 100
Sep 29, 2019

Aside from its length, Sayonara Wild Hearts is basically a perfect rhythm game.

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GameMAG
Top Critic
9 / 10
Dec 14, 2019

Sayonara Wild Hearts is an interactive art product that combining game elements and a digital representation of the future. The small length of the gameplay is compensated by incredible dynamics and vivid emotions that you experience during the walkthrough. And this is a great achievement in the world of soulless clones, social projects and serious dramas.

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8 / 10
Sep 18, 2019

Sayonara Wild Hearts is much more than the rhythm game it looks like : it is a whrilwind of visuals and sounds, where electro-pop music depicts a wild chase, sets in a neon-looking city. As short as it is intense, this experience is like no other, and find its inspiration in many genres. Like a good LP, it will plays over and over, until you know it by heart.

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