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Aggregator | Score |
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Metacritic | PC: 84/100 [19] NS: 83/100 [20] iOS: 91/100 [21] XONE: 80/100 [22] |
OpenCritic | 85/100 [23] 91% Critics Recommend |
Publication | Score |
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Destructoid | 9/10 [24] |
Edge | 9/10 |
Game Informer | 6/10 [25] |
GameSpot | 8/10 [26] |
IGN | 8.5/10 [27] |
Nintendo Life | 9/10 [28] |
Nintendo World Report | 8.5/10 [29] |
PlayStation Official Magazine – UK | 9/10 |
PC Gamer (US) | 85/100 [30] |
Pocket Gamer | 5/5 [31] |
TouchArcade | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Prior to release, Gorogoa won the Visual Design Award at the 2012 IndieCade, [33] and in 2013 won the Good Game Club top prize. [34] The game also won the 2014 Independent Games Festival Excellence in Visual Art award for which it also received honorable mentions in the Design and Narrative categories. [10]
Following the full release of the game, it received generally positive reviews from critics, holding a score of 84/100 on PC and 91/100 on iOS on Metacritic. [19] [21] Reviewers particularly praised Gorogoa's illustrations and graphics. Sam Machkovech of Ars Technica described the game as the "prettiest hand-drawn, hand-illustrated video game ever made", [35] and Philippa Warr, writing for PC Gamer , called it "utterly beautiful". [36]
Writing for The Verge, Andrew Webster praised the game's lack of frustration, rarely finding himself stuck or unable to progress with a puzzle as a result of the game's design, a sentiment echoed by Warr. [36] [37] In VentureBeat's review, Stephanie Chan praised the game's accessibility and the satisfaction of completing the puzzles. [38] Rob Kershaw at Jump Dash Roll agreed, writing that Gorogoa was "beautifully illustrated" and "a marvel of game design". [39] Machkovech, though, found some annoyance with puzzles which didn't have a clear solution process. [35]
At two to three hours, the game's length was described as "short-and-sweet" by Machkovech, albeit wishing it was longer. [35] Some reviewers, such as Warr, expressed a desire to play through the game multiple times to digest the story. [36]
Eurogamer ranked Gorogoa 49th on its list of the "Top 50 Games of 2017", [40] while Polygon ranked it 35th on their list of the 50 best games of 2017. [41] The game was nominated for "Best Mobile Game", "Best Puzzle Game", and "Most Innovative" in IGN's Best of 2017 Awards. [42] [43] [44] Polygon named the game among the decade's best. [45]
Year | Awards | Category | Result | Reference |
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2017 | Game Developers Choice Awards | Best Mobile Game | Won | [46] [47] |
Innovation Award | Won | |||
Best Debut | Nominated | |||
2018 | 21st Annual D.I.C.E. Awards | D.I.C.E. Sprite Award | Nominated | [48] |
Mobile Game of the Year | Nominated | |||
Outstanding Achievement in Game Design | Nominated | |||
Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction | Nominated | |||
17th Annual National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers Awards (NAVGTR Awards) | Game Design | Nominated | [49] [50] | |
New IP | Nominated | |||
14th British Academy Games Awards | Debut Game | Won | [51] [52] | |
Artistic Achievement | Nominated | |||
Game Innovation | Nominated | |||
Mobile Game | Nominated | |||
Original Property | Nominated | |||
Golden Joystick Awards | Best Storytelling | Nominated | [53] [54] | |
Best Visual Design | Nominated | |||
Best Indie Game | Nominated | |||
Mobile Game of the Year | Nominated | |||
SXSW Gaming Awards | Excellence in Art | Nominated | [55] [56] | |
Mobile Game of the Year | Nominated |
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