Kirstie Summers
Pure NintendoReview: Terra Nil (Nintendo Switch) - Pure Nintendo
Published 1/15/2024
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90
+9 vs critic avg
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Linux / Android / PC / iOS / Mac / Switch - 3/28/2023
Terra Nil
Terra Nil is an intricate environmental strategy game about transforming a barren wasteland into a thriving, balanced ecosystem. Bring life back to a lifeless world by purifying soil, cleaning oceans, planting trees, and reintroducing wildlife, then leave without a trace.
- Developer
- Free Lives Games, Clockwork Acorn
- Publisher
- Devolver Digital, Netflix
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81
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Critic avg
81
14 scored reviews
Total coverage
14
All coverage currently scored
Score range
70–90
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Signal shape
Mostly aligned
Score range is 11–20 points
Critic landscape
The critic average is 81 across 14 scored reviews, with a 20-point spread. Critics mostly agree, but there is some useful variation in the individual reviews.
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Most scored reviews currently sit in the 80–89 band.
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14 included scored reviews
90–1003 reviews · 21%
80–898 reviews · 57%
70–793 reviews · 21%
Below 700 reviews · 0%
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Trent Cannon
Nintendo LifeReview: Terra Nil (Switch) - Satisfying Climate-Cleansing Strategy, With Some Switch Issues
Published 12/30/2023
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70
-11 vs critic avg
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Read originalBrian Shea
Game InformerTerra Nil Review - A New Approach To Saving The World - Game Informer
Published 4/17/2023
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75
-6 vs critic avg
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Read originalTerrence Johnson
ZTGDTerra Nil (PC) Review – ZTGD
Published 4/11/2023
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80
-1 vs critic avg
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Read originalEric Van Allen
DestructoidReview: Terra Nil – Destructoid
Published 4/4/2023
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80
-1 vs critic avg
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Read originalKyle LeClair
Hardcore GamerReview: Terra Nil
Published 3/28/2023
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90
+9 vs critic avg
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Read originalLarryn Bell
ShacknewsTerra Nil review: Nature appreciation
Published 3/27/2023
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80
-1 vs critic avg
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Read originalMalindy Hetfeld
The GuardianTerra Nil review – restore nature, and with it your hope for the future
Published 3/27/2023
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80
-1 vs critic avg
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Read originalRuth Cassidy
EurogamerTerra Nil Review - an intricate ecosystem of puzzles
Published 3/27/2023
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80
-1 vs critic avg
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Read originalAndrew Farrell
PC InvasionTerra Nil — Back to the pile
Published 3/27/2023
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85
+4 vs critic avg
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