Journey to the Savage Planet Reviews

Journey to the Savage Planet is ranked in the 67th percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
84 / 100
Jan 27, 2020

Funny, fresh, and full of surprises, Typhoon's debut blends genres expertly.

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IGN
Top Critic
6 / 10.0
Jan 27, 2020

This comedy exploration experience blasts off with a lot of fresh ideas, but doesn't quite stick the landing.

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Recommended
Jan 27, 2020

Gentle anarchy reigns in this brilliantly humourous adventure.

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Jan 27, 2020

Journey To The Savage is a short-but-sweet title you absolutely don't want to miss.

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Jan 27, 2020

A short and satisfying space adventure which really is laugh out loud funny

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8 / 10.0
Jan 27, 2020

With fun discoveries galore, I was always excited to step back onto the surface of this uncharted world

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7 / 10
Jan 29, 2020

Journey to the Savage Planet is a charming and upbeat adventure about exploring an uncharted planet in service of your corporate overlords.

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Unscored
Jan 27, 2020

This is one of hundreds of games that ask us to kill and conquer, but never question our actions. The story tells us we’re here to have fun, and supposedly save the world.

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Kotaku
Top Critic
Unscored
Jan 27, 2020

Journey to the Savage Planet knows it’s wacky and embraces that. In 2020 I need to smile more, and Savage Planet made me feel great, even if I was covered in goo.

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VG247
Top Critic
Jan 27, 2020

As any Trekkie will tell you, discovery is addictive, and Journey to the Savage Planet is almost all discovery.

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4.5 / 5.0
Jan 27, 2020

Typhoon Studios has created an indie title that will capture the attention of the masses.

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8 / 10
May 25, 2020

Journey to the Savage Planet is a wonderfully unique mixture of No Man's Sky-style exploration and Metroidvania puzzling and platforming with a wonderfully dark sense of humour that arrives here on Switch in a slightly compromised but still eminently playable state.

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8 / 10.0
Jan 27, 2020

Journey to the Savage Planet is a smaller, happier version of what No Man's Sky should have been at launch. Filled with things to find, trials to survive and, most importantly, genuine personality.

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7 / 10
Jan 27, 2020

It's a game of MacGuffins, so to speak—what you're doing and why you're doing it is inessential to the joys and the juice on offer.

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9 / 10.0
Jan 27, 2020

With an enticing, hilarious world that's constantly fun to explore, Journey to the Savage Planet could be one of 2020's sleeper hits.

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IGN Spain
Top Critic
7 / 10.0
Jan 27, 2020

Typhoon Studios, formed by veterans of the Canadian industry, presents a great space exploration game for when we simply want to enjoy and let ourselves go, even if that means losing some depth and challenge.

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8 / 10.0
Jan 27, 2020

Journey to the Savage Planet is a title whose greatest virtue is to foster a constant sensation of discovery in the player.

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8 / 10
Jan 27, 2020

A rollicking space adventure, Journey to the Savage Planet has the smarts to make you laugh out loud while taking shots at consumerism and big business.

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83 / 100
Jan 27, 2020

A really colorful, tongue-in-cheek adventure that offers many secrets to discover. Sadly, the balance in the challenges needs some tweaking.

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Jan 27, 2020

The exploration serves as the centerpiece of Journey to the Savage Planet and almost all of its other parts enhance or are enhanced by it.

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