Tinkerlands
Last updated: 2025-05-25
- Fun, stable, and engaging core gameplay loop
- Terraria-like experience with unique game elements
- Well-designed and engaging boss battles
- Appealing retro pixel art style
- Promising, good value for the price
- Frequent crashes, bugs, and slow movement
- Reviews
(sample size) - 262
- Helpful reviews
- 75%
- Unhelpful reviews
- 25%
- Protest reviews
- 0%
- 73%Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
- 27%Helpful reviews with negative sentiment
- Positive points
- 366
- Negative points
- 282
- Gameplay points
- 50
- Perf. points
- 18
- Rec. points
- 131
- Misc points
- 22
| Point | Description | Importance |
|---|---|---|
| Fun, stable, and engaging gameplay | The game is praised for its overall polish, stability, and engaging gameplay. Reviewers highlight the responsive controls, vibrant graphics, balanced combat, and enjoyable solo or co-op experience. Many reviewers specifically mention the game being fun and immersive, with some anticipating hundreds of hours of playtime. | 94% |
| Terraria-like with unique elements | The game is frequently compared to Terraria, Core Keeper, and Necesse, with reviewers noting similar mechanics and gameplay loops. However, the game also manages to establish its own identity by blending elements from multiple games. This point highlights that the game is familiar yet unique. | 64% |
| Well-designed, engaging boss battles | The game features well-designed and engaging boss battles. Reviewers praise the boss designs, combat mechanics, and rewarding progression system. Some reviewers specifically mention enjoying the boss fights in multiplayer. | 20% |
| Appealing pixel art style | The game's pixel art style is consistently praised for being visually appealing and well-executed. Reviewers describe the graphics as fantastic, vibrant, and cohesive, contributing to the game's overall charm. | 19% |
| Good inventory and loot system | The game's inventory and loot systems are well-received. Reviewers appreciate the large inventory size, convenient item management features, and the extensive crafting options. The armor and accessory system is also praised for its depth and customization options. | 16% |
| Balanced and challenging experience | The game offers a balanced and appropriately challenging experience. Reviewers note the variety of weapons and armor, the sense of progression, and the enjoyable difficulty, especially when playing in a group. | 14% |
| Incredible potential, rich content | The game has incredible potential and is already rich in content. The world is interesting to explore, with a great air of discovery and danger. | 11% |
| Diverse and well-crafted biomes | The game features diverse and well-crafted biomes, each with unique enemies and weather conditions. Reviewers find the biomes pleasant to explore, contributing to the game's overall engagement. | 9% |
| Good music and sound design | The game's music and sound design are well-received. Reviewers describe the soundtrack as excellent, pleasant, and effective at setting the mood. | 9% |
| High-quality translations available | The game includes high-quality translations in multiple languages, including Portuguese, Korean, and Japanese. Reviewers appreciate the effort put into refining the translations and the inclusion of localized pricing. | 8% |
| Useful crab companion DLC | The crab equipment DLC is visually appealing and useful in the early game. The crab pet provides companionship and assists in battles, although it can sometimes attract stronger enemies. | 7% |
| Satisfying resource gathering/crafting | The game's resource gathering and crafting are satisfying and not tedious. Reviewers appreciate that the game avoids the grind often found in similar titles. | 7% |
| Deep crafting and progression systems | The game offers deep crafting, building, and progression systems. Reviewers highlight the artifact system, the variety of activities (fishing, cooking, farming, sailing), and the overall sense of exploration and discovery. | 7% |
| Positive demo experience | The demo version of the game was smooth, enjoyable, and had functional multiplayer. Leveling up in the demo was also enjoyable. | 6% |
| Customizable accessory system | The game's accessory system allows for significant character customization. Reviewers appreciate the variety of stats and effects available, enabling players to create builds tailored to their preferred playstyle. | 5% |
| Emphasis on world exploration | The game emphasizes world exploration through procedurally generated islands. Each island presents new challenges, enemies, and rare materials, encouraging players to venture further. | 5% |
| Engaging core and building mechanics | The game's core and building mechanics are engaging and enjoyable. New mechanics prevent boredom, keeping the gameplay fresh. | 5% |
| Enjoyable with friends | The game is enjoyable to play with friends, with support items available and the ability to interact with friends in-game. | 5% |