Uphar Dutta
GameffineEmpyreal Review - Mentally Harder
Published 6/8/2025
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43
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Series X|S / PC / PS5 - 5/8/2025
Empyreal
Empyreal is a complex, challenging, feature-rich action RPG. In a far-flung corner of the galaxy an Expedition arrives on a hitherto unexplored planet to find a colossal Monolith built by a lost civilisation.
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- Silent Games
- Publisher
- Secret Mode
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67
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Critic avg
67
13 scored reviews
Total coverage
13
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Score range
43–100
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Signal shape
Polarized
Score range is 31+ points
Critic landscape
The critic average is 67 across 13 scored reviews, with a 57-point spread. Critics are far apart on this one.
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Most scored reviews currently sit in the Below 70 band.
Score distribution
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13 included scored reviews
90–1001 review · 8%
80–891 review · 8%
70–795 reviews · 38%
Below 706 reviews · 46%
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Chris O'Connor
ImpulsegamerEmpyreal PC Review
Published 5/19/2025
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56
-11 vs critic avg
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Read originalEdEN
PS3Blog.netEmpyreal Review
Published 5/19/2025
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75
+8 vs critic avg
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Read originalJordan Rooker
Thumb CultureEmpyreal – PC Review
Published 5/19/2025
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100
+33 vs critic avg
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Read originalTerrence Johnson
ZTGDEmpyreal (XSX) Review
Published 5/12/2025
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Score
55
-12 vs critic avg
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Read originalJay Claassen
NoobFeedEmpyreal Review
Published 5/11/2025
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60
-7 vs critic avg
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Read originalAbraham Kobylanski
RPGFanEmpyreal Review
Published 5/8/2025
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79
+12 vs critic avg
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Read originalJustin Towell
GamesRadar+Empyreal review: "This looter slasher's often beautiful, hand-designed levels and robust challenge kept pulling me back to go one more round" | GamesRadar+GamesRadar+GamesRadar+Total Film
Published 5/8/2025
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70
+3 vs critic avg
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Read originalLuke Addison
Thumb WarsEmpyreal Review (PS5) – A Pandora’s Box of Monolithic Proportions
Published 5/8/2025
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Score
80
+13 vs critic avg
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Read originalFrancesco De Meo
WccftechEmpyreal Review – A Forgettable Space Adventure
Published 5/8/2025
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55
-12 vs critic avg
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