Grindstone

Critic reviews

• GameSpew

  Kim Snaith · May 08, 2023

  9.0

  Grindstone‘s premise is simple in the best way possible: this is the sort of puzzle game that really gets its claws into you and doesn’t let go. Getting a high score in a daily challenge is a thrill, and getting a record-breaking chain is oh-so-satisfying. It helps that it looks fantastic, too, with a sumptuous hand-drawn art style.

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• Way Too Many Games

  Aaron Price · Jan 05, 2021

  4.0

  It is just something that needs to be noted before walking into it though. All around, Grindstone had some really good visuals though, and one thing you have to commend is the gore option. No blood, regular blood, or extra blood. What a brilliant idea!

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• Nintendo Insider

  Ryan Janes · Jan 04, 2021

  9.0

  Grindstone is a fantastic puzzler that has well and truly gotten its hooks in me. What usually starts out as plans for a quick five-minute session soon unravels into hours. The wait from Apple Arcade to Nintendo Switch has been worth it, and Grindstone ends 2020 with a bang.

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• Nintendo World Report

  Joel A. DeWitte · Dec 31, 2020

  9.0

  The divine gameplay mechanics give a wonderful sense of control in spite of the randomness of how enemies fall, and the inputs of buying equipment or using currency to give temporary boosts gives ample opportunity for improvisation if things don’t go quite your way. I only wish there were more to play.

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• NintendoLife

  Stuart Gipp · Dec 28, 2020

  8.0

  Ever-so-slight resource exhaustion is the only thing letting it down, but it's easily forgiven when smashing seven shades of shawarma out of creeps is so flipping fun. We say it's time to reverse that well-worn idiom and put your yes to the Grindstone.

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• Hey Poor Player

  Josh Speer · Dec 19, 2020

  9.0

  Honestly, Grindstone is a game I’m ecstatic I finally got to try. If I hadn’t known it was originally for mobile, I wouldn’t have believed it. This is a high quality adventure, and a reason I keep following the work of Capybara Games. It’s full of content, amazing art and challenge galore.

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