PC User Reviews

General combat and gameplay are pretty good all things considered, But I never thought I'd get a natural high from a puzzle in a video game.

Frustrating and obtuse. What at first seems like a charming blend of old-school Zelda and Dark Souls, in actuality Tunic is a half-baked game that fails to live up to the expectations of its influences. I kept hoping that at some point the mechanics would click, new items would enhance the combat experience, or that the unreadable written language would at some point be revealed-- none of which happened in any satisfactory way. Overall, just a disappointment I was glad to be done with, no catharsis or sense of genuine accomplishment to be found.

The central mechanic to collect pieces of a user manual for the game, makes it one of the best experiences I’ve ever had with a video game. Playing is like peeling back layers of an onion as you better understand the world and controls over time. The combat is challenging in later stages of the game, but exploration remains fresh and consistent through to the end.

Very much a case of style over substance. While it looks great and I really wanted to get lost in this world, the run backs, the deliberate obtuseness, and the tedium of the overall experience were too much for me to keep going past the second area.

One of the best game I’ve ever played no doubt. The sensation of being thrown in a world where you don’t know a thing and you have to find the way on your own is incredible. The manual idea is genious and all the little secrets are what makes this game a masterpiece.

Unfortunately terribly frustrating. The graphics and story are ok but the playability is so annoying thatI have abandoned the game numerous times. I have to say it's a waste of money.

Nunca pensei que me divertiria tanto com esse jogo. Eu que não ligo para troféu fui buscar a platina. Vale a pena experimentar

Adorable and mysterious at the same time. It makes you feel like you’re discovering a secret world, one puzzle at a time. It looks cute, but it can be surprisingly tough — in a good way.

7.75/10. Does a lot of things right but doesn't seem to tie it all together as the game goes on. What Tunic does best is capture the magic of being a kid playing any of the many cryptic NES games where you might not have a manual (or the manual is not all that helpful). The developers turned what should be a bug essentially into a feature, and they do it beautifully. The isomorphic, polygon indie graphics give the game its charm. The worldbuilding and sense of mystery start off very gratifying. Where it falls short is that the game begins to rely more heavily on the clunky combat as time goes on. The isometric graphics work against the player, making exploration very clunky in places, and makes the eventual backtracking unbearable. Finally, the story, which really starts off as this sort of metacommentary on gaming, just devolves into something more trite and self-contained. This will not be cracking Jonnythecat's top 115.

TUNIC est une masterclass. Univers incroyable, gameplay parfait, énigmes brillantes, DA magnifique. Bref, un bijou. Alors pourquoi il y a parfois des notes négatives ? Parce que certains découvrent qu’il faut… réfléchir. Si vous galérez, c’est pas parce que le jeu est “mal fait”, c’est juste que vous êtes éclatés. Mention spéciale à ceux qui rage quit au bout de 1h de jeu parce que c'est "trop difficile" et qui viennent polluer les avis avec leurs larmes, pourquoi même essayer un jeu un poil difficile si vous savez très bien que vous êtes à chier aux jeux vidéos. Bref si vous avez un minimum de jugeote, vous allez adorer. Sinon, laissez tomber, retournez sur valorant.

One of the most underrated masterpieces in gaming, period. The sense of Adventure, the progression, the mysteries, secrets, the music, the aesthetic. Very unique game.

A true masterpiece. In terms of storytelling, gameplay, soundtrack, adventure, mystery, and exploration, it's outstanding. Full of challenging puzzles and secrets that will blow your ****'s not just another Zelda with Dark Souls elements. It's definitely a must-play. No wonder there are so many YouTube videos praising it—you don't see that often for video games. If you are a bit patient it will reward you constantly as you progress through the game.

A beautiful game that makes you think. The puzzles are well designed and a bit much for me, I needed the help of guides to push me in certain directions but then enjoyed solving the rest of things on my own. The ending of the story had me feeling all warm and fuzzy. Combat is what's holding it back from being a bit higher for me.

Sehr schönes Zelda-inspiriertes IndieGame. Die Welt ist wunderschön, Gegner sind nicht allzu schwer und die Story ist auch ganz gut.

Such an amazing game! It's a perfect blend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening and Souls-like elements. It’s a game where gaining knowledge is more important than unlocking new abilities. The gameplay loop is really fun—you genuinely feel motivated to explore and discover new **** you enjoy games that don’t hold your hand or tell you exactly where to go or what to do next, this is the game for you. Also, if you loved Death’s Door, you’re going to love this one too!Gameplay MechanicsThe character movement feels great—you have full control, which makes everything more immersive. The different weapons also allow you to interact with the world in unique ways. Enemy and level design are solid; each enemy feels distinct, and the combat is engaging. You have to strategize and approach each encounter differently to **** only downside in combat is the item system. There’s no quick way to access your items during battle, and if you die, you lose all consumables you’ve used. Because of that, you might feel discouraged from using them in the first place.Exploration & SecretsThe game is packed with secrets. Most of them are optional, but incredibly satisfying to find. One standout feature is the collectible "pages" scattered throughout the world. Each one gives you hints or suggestions, like having a physical manual inside the game—super helpful and nostalgic. It would be nice, though, to have an easier way to navigate between the pages once you’ve collected several.Visuals & SoundThe art design is stunning—you can feel the love and care the developer poured into every detail of the world. The music also fits beautifully, giving off chill, lo-fi vibes that complement the ****’s an incredible game—a solid 9/10 for me. I played it on the Steam Deck and had a fantastic experience. It runs smoothly and is well-optimized. Highly recommended!

Sometimes puzzle-action games take either the puzzle or the action pill. This game takes both. Finding pages, deciphering words, exploring every nook and cranny of the world...this game's progression is a story told in curiosity, between the pages of your journal and behind a corner hiding a secret passage. I love games you can trust, and whenever you feel underpowered and lost, you have to stop and look more closely. Read the journal again and trust the game in eventually giving you something to go through that obstacle you obviously don't have the right tool to, right now. What I find lacking is unfortunately the action part itself. Some areas, mainly later in the game, feel a bit unbalanced. The bosses are all amazing, fair and challenging, but the difference in difficulty between bosses and the areas they're from made me question if maybe I needed to upgrade myself more, despite going through their section of the world with ease. Especially the last bossfight. Amazing, but way, way harder than any of the other bosses. The combat has a lot of variety, despite the enormous power creep of certain magic items on the others. Every enemy has their own unique way of being beaten and the combat doesn't feel repetitive at all, except when you're backtracking. Some areas, and I'm mainly talking about the later half of the game, are really hard to go through and while that looks like a fun hard challenge at first, it seems that some rooms were ment to be beaten and left alone forever again when going in there the second time around. Despite that, I think a game is more than just its combat system. Reading the journal and putting the pieces together was something that goes beyond the simple hack and slash and gave me a satisfaction much greater than any big bad guy could give me.

Wholesome, Zelda-like fox souls game. At least that's how the beginning feels like, I highly recommend going in as blind as possible. The combat is maybe just above average, but the exploration, world building, artwork, OST and several later game features felt amazing. A lovely experience overall, one of the best indie games out there imo.

I love zelda/dark souls/FEZ, so obviously I love Tunic. I love the music, gameplay, explorations, and the collecting of pages and way the game unfolds. The endgame is incredible, if you get lost just lookup something. but please get to the end because it's worth it.

It was a fresh concept and a visually appealing game, but the gameplay was stiff, boring, and overly difficult. Navigating and orienting yourself to the world was a chore. The world, although beautiful, felt hollow and, after a few hours, not interesting.

Un jeu comme on les aime. On commence tranquillement, tout est mignon et on se dit que cela va se faire de façon relativement simple. Mais quelle erreur!! Ce jeu est formidable et exigent! Les combats ne sont pas si simples. La musique est envoutante et la direction artistique magique. Tout est beau dans Tunic et l'histoire est touchante. Un très beau jeu a faire et refaire en N+.

In my opinion TUNIC is a perfect game for Zelda and Soulsborne lovers and I loved how we get to discover its secrets, also the music, gameplay, and graphics are gorgeous,

I think it's a great game. I never managed to finish it, not because I lack skill, but simply because it's not entirely my style. I love Souls-like games, but I struggle to get into this one. That said, objectively, it's still a very good game.

My only issue with this game was that I can only experience it for the first time once! The exploration, the secret mechanics you uncover, lore and worldbuilding, boss fights are all fantastic.

At first I really liked the game. But at some point it turned into boring wandering and fights with stuffy mobs.

The characters and graphics are so cute! The art style is amazing! If you like hard puzzles and like playing games that dont explain what you have to do, this is the game for you! The puzzles are very creative and some are really hard! You need to pay a lot of attention to discover what to do. You can also translate the language, which looks really nice and hard to do ( I didn't translate it ). It's an amazing indie game! An amazing experience!

This is basically Zelda + The Outer Wilds. It's an incredible knowledge-gated game with great explorations and puzzles. Other than the mediocre combat (which isn't the focus of the game), everything is so exceptionally unique.

Played on Steam Deck. I wanted to play TUNIC for so long, but it was years before I finally decided to buy it, guess all the delays made me lost interest. The thing is,now I have finally played it and was able to finish it (not 100%,got first ending) and I have to say even when the game is good, I was kind of dissapointed. The game is beautiful, the sense of discovery and exploration is very fun at least until the second half of the game, but that s pretty much it, combat and movement are kinda just okay, a little clunky for my liking, bosses arent that great neither tbh, and the game s also quite short of content. Hate to say this after years of waiting for the game, but unfortunately, this one is overrated IMO. 7.5 at best. Not Mediocre by all means, just an okay good game.

Tunic, a game where you play as a little fox in a big world. You have woken up in this mysterious world that is completely unknown to you and full of secrets. The world makes you impulsively explore the world with many mysteries to uncover throughout your adventure through a land of lost legends, ancient power, and ferocious monsters while collecting powerful items to aid you in this massive adventure that will keep you in the game for a long time with more secrets to uncover as you **** are a little fox lost in a big world unknown to you, stranded in this land beknownst to you. With only your curiosity to explore this free world, defeating powerful enemies to learn the secrets to being a powerful **** game has not many mechanics to learn in the start and teaches you new abilities throughout the game, making it more enjoyable and exciting with the new mechanics learnt to be able to defeat more enemies. The game has an instruction booklet built in, which you find the pages throughout the game teaching you about secrets, enemies, lore, controls, and the game itself as well as giving it the feel of an old Nintendo game with the manuals.Tunic is a massive adventure with many secrets to uncover throughout or when you finish the game, adding more mystery and depth to the game. The game is very lengthy, keeping you in for a while with an average of 12 hours to play normally with 21 hours to play the game to complete with all of the secrets hidden within the game (HLTB). Starting from being lost on a little island to fighting massive bosses, this game has many secrets to keep you puzzled throughout. The game can be compared to zelda due to its gameplay, setting and camera controls as you explore a unknown fantasy land and find ancient powers.Tunic is a massive game to explore; even replaying the game, you will still find secrets that were hidden in plain sight. The story, once played, becomes a bit predictable but takes a while to learn and more secrets to discover each time, and will leave you with an unforgettable **** game is recommended to play on a controller as there aren’t many controls to learn, and it’s easier to learn on a controller, as well as you experience much more of the game with controller features such as rumble. The game is a bit more complex to play on a keyboard and mouse in my experience, with the mouse not being used throughout the **** game comes at a pricey £24.99 for the entire experience, with no DLCs or in-game purchases for this game. With that high of a price, you expect it to be a well-designed game with a great storyline... And you'd be correct! This game is great quality, especially for an indie game with finely tuned graphics, perfect for the little fox as well as great sound design and an in-depth story with many mysteries to keep you deeply interested in this game for many hours. I think this is a great cost for this game and is well worth the **** a dreamy, isometric world with amazing VFX and attention to detail, the graphics look great. The camera’s view adds to the effect, showing how small you are compared to the massive world to explore and the size of the massive ancient powers and structures compared to you, truly giving the feeling that you are a little fox. The game’s graphics are going for a mix of retro games with present graphics, making the world look dreamy and fitting for the little fox on an adventure. The dreamy graphics make you want to explore the world more, with different styles of islands, it makes you want to see the entire world. The game’s graphics have a magical twist with the VFX, making the world look surreal and showing the player there are massive ancient powers that lurk underneath and many mysteries to **** sound effects are incredible, making the game a reality. The sound inside the game shows the true ancient powers between the little fox and the entire world. The sound design makes you feel like you are inside the game as well as gives guidance and hints to where you are and how to continue in the story, as well as warning if enemies are near or any **** game makes you feel like you’re in a dreamy but mysterious atmosphere with many secrets to uncover and to search for. The atmosphere also really pushes the fact that you’re a small fox in a massive world to explore that you are lost in with the language unknown to you while the world’s graphics and sound feel magical and unknown to you.However, Tunic is a massive game worked on by an indie developer. The game is very polished and gives the player a feeling of old retro games with the instruction manual and retro graphics mixed in a way making it incredibly appealing to the eye. With a long game to play through and many hours to keep you invested in this game, many mysteries to uncover, and a massive world to explore, I rate this game a 9/10 as its game and price didn’t disappoint but there is not much replayability after you have completed the game.

Du mal à me prendre la baffe. j'y ai joué 2 fois en abandonnant après plusieurs heures car l'impression de tourner en rond et la flemme de devoir faire 10x le tour de la map pour trouver un passage. J'ai la sensation que le jeu a été fait pour y cacher plein de secrets et de mystères, malheureusement mal dosé. On dépasse l'équilibre exploration-secrets. Trop de secrets au mètre carré. Une 3D souvent utilisée pour caché des passages malheureusement certains relèvent parfois de la chance et du contrintuitif pour être trouvés. Le même jeu avec avec une quantité plus raisonnable de secrets aurait été plus digeste et tout autant marquant.

a true masterpiece, not only an innovative souls-type gameplay combined with puzzles, the devs went further and created a deep work with insane secrets

BIG W for this game I really enjoyed myself in like 11 hours. The manual was so fun to me. It let me discover the gameplay. For me is definitely 10/10 but for those guy who doesnt has game sense it kind difficult.

Has a magic to it that few games have anymore. Truly embraces not teaching the player and letting them learn things for themselves. Both to great effect and in certain circumstances, can be incredibly rewarding. An awesome time that I think anybody can enjoy.

Tunic is a masterpiece zeldalike and soulslike game that achieved a fair balance. Beautiful art style and an ambiguous world that makes you hungry to know more about it.

Je n'en reviens toujours pas que tout était sous mes yeux depuis le début ! Une des meilleures découvertes que j'ai eu le plaisir de jouer depuis très longtemps ! Si vous vous attendez à un ancien Zelda remis à neuf, passez votre chemin ! C'est un jeu à mystère !

First 70% of game was fun, but then starting from burial grounds the game becomes annoying, not difficult in interesting way, just annoying. I felt very disappointed that they take away your upgrades, making all your time spent on leveling up pointless. All enemies 2 shot you forcing to replay tedious parts. Arena at the end of cathedral pissed me off, they just spam you with large groups of enemies, and if some enemies got lucky to hit you twice you have to replay all the waves from the beginning. I dropped the game

Very good exploring aspect but the combat is not that good. The game can't stand to it's difficulty because the mechanics in the combat don't work that well. I would give it a try if you like exploring, but you will find yourself not knowing what to do next, very often.

This game was very VERY Impressive. This game was so amazing that its now my favorite game of all time. this game with a mix of great combat and intense puzzle solving goes to make an amazing masterpiece and i will defend that forever. the way the story is all connected with the puzzles and gameplay makes this game 100x better than it already was and if i was to chose to play a game again for the first time, it would be this

This is one of the best and worst games I have played and for good reasons. Tunic is both very experimental and at the same time very traditional. The game design is very innovative and captures how video games used to be experienced. The old game was filled with obscure puzzles, unfair level design, and even a foreign language, which resembled the old Japanese game in which nobody understood what going on. Player has to scratch their heads to look for the game manual for hints and walkthroughs. In Tunic, the game manual is both a tool for hints and a puzzle to be solved. However, after so many years of gaming experience, I believe game designs are generally going in the correct direction, how the old game used to be experienced was a product of this time and would not completely click in modern times. Additionally, there are many game design choices I cannot possibly agree on, for instance, the maximum health-reducing enemy and even in the mid-game the game reset all player upgrades which basically ended the previous gameplay investment meaningless. The hidden puzzles are way to time-consuming than they needed to be, they are mostly not difficult to figure out but very time-consuming to map out the correct code. One single error can cost a player 30 minutes to 1 hour. Overall, it is a unique experience in the modern age, everyone should give it a try to see if they like it or not, especially I would those who have summer vacation to burn. 7/10 good game with serious flaws.

I have played through the game twice and both times I was awestruck by the beauty and craftsmanship that went into the audio and visual design. It's truly a marvellous gaming experience. On the surface it's a charming homage to Zelda but as you get into it, you realize the creators had something much grander in mind. It is relentlessly difficult but players are rewarded for committing to its mechanics. I'm still unsure how deep into the layers and layers of puzzles I made it but there is a lot to discover in Tunic's curious little world.

Tunic souls-like türünün en iyi örneklerinden biri. Gerek gameplay'i gerek oyun akışı oldukça güzel. Düşman çeşitliliği yeterli derecede. Sanat tasarımı cidden mükemmel. Boss'lar oldukça hoş , zorlu ama imkansız hissettirmiyor bu yüzden çok iyi. Aynı anda kullanabileceğimiz yani gamepad ya da klavyede kullanabileceğimiz item sayısı 3 ama savaş ortasında bile değiştirebiliyorsunuz. Genel item çeşitliliği de oldukça iyi. Sadece kılıç kalkan ilerlemiyoruz oyunda. Grapling hook'tur , donduran kılıç tarzı bir şey , asa vb. vb. şeylere sahibiz. Tunic oldukça özgür bir oyun. Gerekli şeyleri yaptığın sürece daha oyunda kılıcını almadan son mekanlara gidebiliyorsun. Bunlardan başka olarak Tunic klasik souls-like oyunlarının üstüne kendine özel oldukça orjinal şeyler katıyor. Mesela daha önce hiç görmediğim bir sistem -ilk demiyorum emin değilim-. Oyunda hiçbir şeyi bilmeden başlıyoruz. Ama hiçbir şey. Yazıları bile okuyamıyoruz. Hiçbir mekaniği bilmiyoruz. Oyun ortasında bulduğumuz sayfalarla az biraz fikre sahip oluyoruz bu şey nedir buradan nasıl geçilir gibi. Zaten başta hiç sayfa olmadan başladığımızdan cidden yeni doğmuş bir bebek gibi bırakılıyoruz ortaya. Başka orjinal ve güzel bir yanı. Oyun oldukça gizli yolların üzerine inşa edilmiş. Yani 1-2 tane değil. Tüm oyun onlarla dolu. Tek bakış açısıyla ilerlediğimizden dolayı farketmediğimiz yollar. 15 saat oynamışım daha oyunun başında görmediğim yollar felan var. Bunun üzerine oyun kendini sırlar üzerinde oldukça gizliyor. Mesela sadece d-pad'le üst-alt-sağ-sol-sağ-sol-üst-alt falan yaparak açtığın oldukça fazla kapı var. Bunların hepsi kitapta ipucu olarak falan bulunabiliyor. Yani böyle tatlı bir gizem unsurlarına sahip.İşte Tunic böyle bir oyun. Yakın zamanların en iyi indie oyunlarından biri. Souls-like ve metroidvania seven herkesin bu oyunu oynamasını öneriyorum.🅐🅛🅣🅘🅝

Game has a good feel at the start but has made several bosses much too difficult. Some of the late game secret puzzles do not respect the player’s time, or they expect you to simply look up the answer. The game has done many things right with an interesting way of slowly giving you information and a satisfying levelling system, however pairing that with “souls-like” bosses in the late game is extremely annoying.

Es un juego muy bueno y tiene unos gráficos increíbles para estar hecho por una persona

good atmosphere great songs but its little boring and first 1 and 2 hour gameplay is very uncomfortable but its look like little zelda ı love that

Finished the a ending of the game but now scratching my head trynna figure our the golden path puzzle. Just as soon as I thought the hard part was over, another one came and crashed me xD.

Clunky, miserable gameplay renders Tunic a complete slog despite its gorgeous music and graphics. Furthermore, the mysterious nature of the title doesn't feel like another layer to enjoy on top of an already satisfying experience. On the contrary, it seems as though the developers knew Tunic wasn't any fun so they smothered it in esoteric **** to fool people into thinking that the game is deeper than it actually is. Do not play if you cherish your free time.

It is an interesting game with multiple little riddles to find. All the systems are kind of generic and there are very few new and interesting ideas. Moreover, recently I have watched a developer's speech on GDC that goes deep into the game content and, truth to be told, I did not get it while playing. I mean that if you are interested in solving riddles and searching for every small detail then this game is must played, but I am not such kind of a person to spend on a such small game too much time.

I loved all the puzzles in this game. The developers have really put a lot of thought into making a fascinating game.

Just imagine Links awakening but cryptic, Thats tunic. This game is amazing and is insanely underrated. This game has amazing gameplay and stunning world design, and the cryptic messages keep you thinking about the game after you have finished it. I would recommend playing tunic with no prior knowledge.

Classic Zelda but BETTER at times. first of all being a cute fox is amazing, and you have actual great dungeons. map design and genuine secrets in a dark fair and tough awesome world. The secrets are amazing and figuring out the puzzles with the exploration and putting the manual together is so clever. there is an amzing moment in this game when you figure out the mountain puzzle and more when you just go big brain.Insanely clever, charming, satisfying and cute/ fun. The bosses/ tough sould elements are just right balenced to make learning and beating it satisfying and fun. so many great abilities and moments without having to have traditionaldialogue. Game is an absolute treat! Follow the golden path.

this is one of the most underrated games ever . a great gameplay with a stunning world design . but i wish it had more bosses and a better story telling