Platforms
- PCMay 25, 20216.5playscore6.859 Critics5.711.8K Players
- PlayStation 5Sep 6, 20227.3playscore6.914 Critics7.89.00K Players
- Xbox Series X|SSep 6, 20227.3playscore6.512 Critics8.01.60K Players
- PlayStation 4May 25, 20217.1playscore6.635 Critics7.910.4K Players
- Xbox OneMay 25, 20217.1playscore6.536 Critics8.22.22K Players
- Nintendo SwitchMay 14, 2024NAplayscore6.87 CriticsNA0 Players
127 critic reviews · 12 community reviews across all platforms
Critic Reviews
I'm enjoying Biomutant on the Nintendo Switch, but there’s still so much I've not touched upon, like the vehicle sections, mounts, and challenging boss encounters. However, while Biomutant does stumble in some areas, it’s still an enjoyable adventure, even with its shortcomings.
Leigh Wynne · Jun 11, 2024 Reviewed on SwitchRead full reviewBiomutant is very far from a bad game and getting something of this scope ported to the Nintendo Switch in a very playable state - as seen from other ports over the years - is credit to the technical knowhow and adaptiveness of the development team at Experiment 101. There are a lot of interesting mechanics going on, from the focus on an entirely customisable character and the crafting and loot system, to the exploration in this unique setting. While performance is generally acceptable however, the graphics are undoubtedly rough round the edges and things like shadows, pop-in and inconsistent textures spoil what is otherwise a decent enough presentation. Adding to this, while the world is varied in its locales, the emptiness of the setting does much to break immersion and despite the illusion of choice many of the quests ultimately boil down to the mundane.
Chris Leebody · May 14, 2024 Reviewed on SwitchRead full reviewAs open-world action RPGs go, Biomutant has some appeal. And if you’re into it, there’s a good level of replayability with the skills balance and hero-type selections. Most players, however, are likely to lose interest before reaching the end.
David Temple · May 13, 2024 Reviewed on SwitchRead full reviewBiomutant is one of those games that isn’t going to appeal to everyone. Even the people like me who enjoy it, won’t argue that it's flawless. But it is an ambitious game, developed by a small team that is happy to try new things and take risks. Biomutant is one of those AA games you would have picked up on the Playstation 2 and absolutely loved as a kid. When you return to it as an adult, it may not hold up that well, but the underlying things you loved about it would shine through. This is that sort of low budget experiment that we so rarely see these days, and I can’t help but enjoy it. Beneath its flaws is an interesting open-world action RPG that manages to hold up fairly well on Switch.
John Rairdin · May 13, 2024 Reviewed on SwitchRead full reviewOverall, Biomutant on the Switch is a decent port of a decent game. There is a new learning curve with Nintendo Switch controls, especially in handheld mode, and the graphics are not much to write home about. The difference is really noticeable especially if you’re coming from PC. However, Biomutant performs and still offers a good time for those that loved it the first go around.
TISHA KAMBARAMI · May 13, 2024 Reviewed on SwitchRead full reviewLa versión para Nintendo Switch de Biomutant es una gran adaptación que, aun con sus recortes, reproduce fielmente la experiencia del resto de plataformas. Es una lástima que esa experiencia siga siendo muy irregular en todos los apartados.
Álvaro Alonso · May 13, 2024 Reviewed on SwitchRead full reviewBiomutant could have been something special, but the ambitious project fails to capitalize on what it does differently. Trapped in the clutches of an open world from a generation past, its own ideas are thwarted by an overload of other mechanics and overwhelming menus.
Liam Croft · Nov 30, 2022 Reviewed on PS4Read full reviewOverall, the game is very smooth, never dropping a frame no matter how crowded it may become, and the world is as beautiful and colorful as ever. My biggest gripe with the game is pretty universally mentioned: there was a lot more going on in the game than could be given proper attention, such as the upgrade and crafting systems, but it makes up for it in my opinion with a story and a world that is fun to explore.
Cassie Peterson · Oct 09, 2022 Reviewed on Series X|SRead full reviewBiomutant on the PS5 is a greatly enhanced experience that, whilst unable to fix some of the more fundamental issues baked into its core, is a much better-realized version of the developers’ vision.
Shane Boyle · Sep 19, 2022 Reviewed on PS5Read full reviewAll in all, Biomutant had the potential to be a frolicking Zelda-like but everything about this ecologically-minded adventure falls short of its ambition.
Allen Kesinger · Sep 15, 2022 Reviewed on PS5Read full review
Community Reviews
Interesting concept but the story is very short and the fights are repetitive
Reviewed on PCAn unfinished Product. Pros: Overall Graphics quality is good. Variety of characters Cons: Story is Lame Mechanics and fighting style feels half-cooked. Not the best open-world environment.
Reviewed on PCThe game is playable, the world is very pretty, and the combat can be varied enough to grant you a sense of stylistic freedom. The HUGE caveat is that the game has more things weighing it down than things that make it special. There is ALOT of ideas here, and a refined sequel would probably be amazing! The game is just too ambitious, derivative, and at times poorly executed for its own good, though. I played the game on hard to ensure that I used my skills and resources efficiently and effectively. The physics and hit detection are awful. Sometimes I miss when I should have hit an enemy and sometimes I get hit when the enemy should have missed. You can literally walk through dead enemy corpses, there are invisible walls (PS3 era problems, and terrain slopes that should be traversable but are not. The quests are also super fetchy and some make you travel so far that it’s just not attractive to go fetch something so far away for a small reward. The world has no life because of the narrator. Literally nobody can have a personality because the narrator talks for them! The audio is also terrible. Without the narrator talking, some sound effects that should be present are not there and the audio of the combat in general is underwhelming at best and laughable at worst. Because the pace of the game is so lame through meaningless dialogue choices and the core gameplay is fun at best and broken at worst cause of its physics, I can’t give this game an average 5. Tack on the PS3 era problems for questing and the iPhone game menus, the game is a 3.6 to me. Below Average, Below meh, not trash, not unplayable, not mediocre completely, somewhere in between
Reviewed on PS4Simply put- I hated Biomutant! The narrator is annoying and they use a stupid baby language like “mooma” “popsi” etc. Hated that! It stunk not finding a needed suit for the environment like the no-oxygen zone. The story is really lame and wants you to choose going for the light/good side. Although it looks open-world it’s really pretty linear with waypoints to next events. It has extremely long load times if you die on PS5. I did think the game environment looks really good. And I thought the combat was pretty good. But those are the only positives for me. It’s not really a AAA game. I’d say don’t waste your money or wait for a major sale. It’s earned the poor reviews & I definitely don’t recommend!
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About the game
BIOMUTANT® is an open-world, post-apocalyptic Kung-Fu fable RPG, with a unique martial arts styled combat system allowing you to mix melee, shooting and mutant ability action.