iOS (iPhone/iPad) Critic Reviews

It’s really hard to put a score to a game like Pokémon Sleep. The cute aesthetic and the enjoyment of waking up to document the new Pokémon are definitely there, but the question is if the busy work of building your Snorlax each week is compelling enough to keep coming back. However, the ability for the game to basically judge your bad sleeping habits can definitely help. If Select Button and The Pokémon Company can keep the game going with frequent updates and events without falling into the mobile game trap of locking stuff behind paywalls, then Pokémon Sleep could truly be something great and it could be in the upper echelons of Pokémon mobile games.

It might be for kids who need to be taught good sleeping habits by way of Pikachu tracking their rest. But inevitably, there will be people, even my age, who find Pokémon Sleep’s long-winded way of tracking sleep helpful, soothing, and even fun. I just think the raw utility of a sleep-tracking app is easier to achieve elsewhere.