Tricky Towers Reviews

Tricky Towers is ranked in the 48th percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
USgamer
Top Critic
Jul 27, 2016

The single-player aspect of Tricky Towers is challenging, but can get rather frustrating due to its random elements. However, as a multiplayer game, Tricky Towers works really well. Its tower-building gameplay is incredibly easy to pick up and play, and it delivers fierce and fun competition that offers plenty of ways for players to mess with one another. Definitely recommended as a party game, or if you have friends and family to play with.

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7 / 10
Aug 10, 2016

If you’re approaching Tricky Towers with only single player in mind, there are probably far better ways to spend your time. However, take it online – or ideally get some mates round – and you’ve suddenly got a fun, competitive little title that’ll easily keep you amused for a few hours.

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7.2 / 10.0
Sep 26, 2017

A good Tetris evolution that relays more on its multiplayer component than on the single player part, but can become the king of your parties.

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4 / 10.0
Jul 27, 2016

Tricky Towers is not fun or enjoyable, but you might get something out of it if you’re a masochist.

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Oct 6, 2017

Overall, the game is fun for a short time, but it's never anything on which you are going to spend a huge amount of time.

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ZTGD
Top Critic
7.5 / 10.0
Oct 5, 2017

Tricky Towers is a party game first and foremost, best played with friends. Grab some extra controllers and have hours of fun trying to knock the bricks out of your mates. The ease in which your friends will be able to grasp the mechanics is Tricky Tower's greatest asset, and it is worth the asking price alone.

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68 / 100
Nov 27, 2016

There’s something inherently satisfying about seeing your friends visibly devastated when their dreams of an architecture career come crashing down in front of their eyes.

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8 / 10.0
Jul 27, 2016

Not just an exceptional title that breathes fresh life into the traditional Tetris formula, Tricky Towers also gives a great account of itself for those folks looking to test their brains rather than their trigger fingers in both local and online multiplayer gatherings.

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6 / 10
Jul 27, 2016

Tricky Towers is a good romp when playing local multiplayer with friends – the floppy physics add tension (both literally and metaphorically) and the spells make the gameplay interesting and dynamic. The gameplay suffers quite a bit in single player, though, and even though the price is cheap, the game does wear thin eventually.

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8 / 10
Oct 15, 2018

Tricky Towers offers up a cool twist on a puzzle classic, and the focus on multiplayer battling makes this an ideal game for showing off the Switch's unique capability for multiplayer gaming on the go. Everybody knows how to play Tetris, and Tricky Towers does just enough to build on that core concept to make the game interesting and weird enough to be quite memorable. Although the single player offerings are a bit on the slim side, we enjoyed our time with Tricky Towers and would highly recommend it for anybody looking for a good couch multiplayer or puzzle game.

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7 / 10.0
Oct 12, 2018

All in all, Tricky Towers is a fun little multiplayer-focused title. While there is single player, I personally don't feel that it provides enough on its own to warrant a purchase. However, if you have local or online friends who enjoy a good puzzle game (and particularly Tetris), then this is easily worth the price of admission. Just please don't blame us when that friendship is strained by the dark magic powers in the game.

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7 / 10.0
Jul 27, 2016

Tricky Towers is provided with many challenges, even though you will probably reach the end of the game in about four hours. Its multiplayer mode is fun, especially the local one, but it would have been nice to have an official ranking area to "fight" seriously. The game has a great potential, but it remains unexpressed.

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Generación Xbox
Alberto Rocha
Top Critic
7.5 / 10.0
Oct 1, 2017

An arcade title with wicked puzzles, the Tetris's unruly grandson who proposes a fun return to the subgenre. Unfortunately, its lack of personality in the visual and sonorous aspects blurs the experience a little but the game has a great level of imagination.

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7 / 10.0
Jul 27, 2016

Tricky Towers is an okay single-player game, but you’re going to want this Tetris-inspired skyscraper builder for some couch co-op. It’s easy enough to grasp, but it’d be a whole lot more satisfying if the balance of the game wasn’t heavily favouring the luck of the draw over actual player skill.

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7 / 10.0
Jul 26, 2016

The trials in Tricky Tower can significantly extend your game time due to their difficulty and quantity. However, beyond that single player option you can either engage in battles against friends locally or online, or try to see how many blocks you can stack in endless mode, and that’s it. Tricky Tower is a simple game, but the luck factor for success in a majority of the game modes can cause much more frustrating than something where the player’s skill has a larger affect on the outcome.

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8 / 10.0
Oct 23, 2018

Overall Tricky Towers is an excellent idea, generally well executed, with a few areas that could use improvement. Ultimately though, it's fun to play alone, with friends, or with strangers, and puzzle game fans will no doubt find many hours of enjoyment.

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7.3 / 10.0
Jul 29, 2016

An innovative little puzzler that stacks up well, and will keep you entertained for a weekend.

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7.5 / 10.0
Oct 11, 2018

Tricky Towers is an incredibly creative and unique take on the puzzle genre. I just wish there was more to unlock and explore as it does have incredible potential. Nevertheless, I do recommend this brick-stacker to anyone looking for a fun local and online multiplayer experience.

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6.5 / 10.0
Jan 13, 2017

Tricky Towers is recommended if you know you're going to be playing it with people all the time. Although the online community is practically nonexistent, the chaos of local multiplayer makes it a game that you can put in constant rotation without anyone getting tired of it. While it does have a good, clean presentation, it doesn't have much to offer in the single-player department to keep players engaged.

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7.5 / 10.0
Oct 15, 2017

It makes for a decent puzzle title with an interesting concept that is shackled by an issue that ruins the experience by making easy moves difficult and difficult moves impossible.

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