Making subjectivity useful.
Switch - 4/30/2021
New Pokémon Snap is an on-rails first-person photography game developed by Bandai Namco Studios and published by Nintendo and The Pokémon Company for the Nintendo Switch. It is a sequel to the 1999 Nintendo 64 game Pokémon Snap. Players explore an archipelago in an autopilot hovercraft and photograph Pokémon in order to conduct research about their ecology.
Personalization locked
Critic Atlas can compare your ratings and reviewer matches to estimate whether this game may land above or below consensus for you.
Critic average
80
Average of 15 scored external reviews.
User average
—
No saved user ratings yet.
Your rating
Your ratings feed Matched Critics scoring alignment and Personalized Score. More rated games means more overlap with named critics.
Your review
Share what stood out and who this game is for. Published reviews may be visible publicly; draft and private reviews stay yours.
Bars show a weighted description signal from player answers and curated baseline data.
Help describe this game
Sign in to answer a few quick questions about this game.
Review coverage
Numeric critic scoring uses full scored reviews once available. Review-in-progress scores act as temporary early signal only until full review scores exist. Unscored reviews still count as coverage, but they are not included in the critic average.
Critic avg
80
15 scored reviews
Total coverage
15
All coverage currently scored
Score range
60–90
Lowest to highest scored review
Signal shape
Mixed response
Score range is 21–30 points
The critic average is 80 across 15 scored reviews, with a 30-point spread. That suggests a mixed critic response rather than a single clear read.
How to read this
The average may hide important disagreement. Check the individual review cards and score deltas to see which critics landed above or below the pack.
Most scored reviews currently sit in the 80–89 band.
Shows how included scored reviews are clustered across the normalized 100-point scale.
15 included scored reviews
Showing 11-15 of 15 matching critic reviews. 15 total critic reviews. Page 2 of 2.
Review: New Pokémon Snap - The Best-Looking Pokémon Game Yet, And A Joyous Revival
Published 4/28/2021
Log in and rate games to see Matched Critics alignment.
Scoring alignment
—
Score
80
0 vs critic avg
Review
Read originalNew Pokemon Snap Review – A Blast From The Past
Published 4/28/2021
Log in and rate games to see Matched Critics alignment.
Scoring alignment
—
Score
80
0 vs critic avg
Review
Read originalIGN New Pokémon Snap Review
Published 4/28/2021
Log in and rate games to see Matched Critics alignment.
Scoring alignment
—
Score
80
0 vs critic avg
Review
Read originalNew Pokemon Snap Review - Who Needs Battling Anyway?
Published 4/28/2021
Log in and rate games to see Matched Critics alignment.
Scoring alignment
—
Score
80
0 vs critic avg
Review
Read originalNew Pokemon Snap review: a lovely warm hug of a game, but be prepared for the grind - VG247
Published 4/28/2021
Log in and rate games to see Matched Critics alignment.
Scoring alignment
—
Score
80
0 vs critic avg
Review
Read originalPlayer reviews
No player reviews yet. Published reviews from Critic Atlas users will appear here. These are separate from external critic reviews.
