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NecroWorm

32%Game Brain Score
graphics, gameplay
stability, grinding
32% User Score Based on 196 reviews

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About

NecroWorm is an arcade-style puzzle game where you play as a worm trying to eat everything in sight in a graveyard. With simple rules and think-fast gameplay, the goal is to complete 120 levels, collect keys, open doors, and avoid painting yourself into a corner, all while dealing with a ticking time limit. The game features addictive brain-teasing gameplay and a spooky atmosphere, taking about 10 hours to beat in single-player mode.

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32%
Audience ScoreBased on 196 reviews
graphics9 positive mentions
stability14 negative mentions
  • The game features fun puzzles with multiple solutions, providing a decent challenge.
  • The graphics and spooky theme are visually appealing and add to the overall atmosphere.
  • The game offers a good amount of content with 120 levels, making it a worthwhile time investment for puzzle enthusiasts.
  • The controls are unresponsive and frustrating, often leading to accidental movements and level restarts.
  • Many levels are buggy, with issues such as invisible tiles and broken mechanics that hinder gameplay.
  • The repetitive music and lack of volume control options detract from the overall experience.
  • graphics
    39 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The graphics of the game are generally described as mediocre and uninspired, with a retro pixel art style that some players find charming while others consider it painful to look at. Many reviews highlight issues such as graphical bugs and poor resource management, which detract from the overall experience. Despite these criticisms, some players appreciate the simple aesthetics and thematic elements, finding them suitable for a casual puzzle game.

    • “The game's simple yet addictive gameplay and pixel graphics are appreciated by players.”
    • “If you are interested in fast-paced, pixel graphics and arcade-style games, 'necroworm' may be a fun experience for you.”
    • “Graphics and sound suit the mood and it looks nice enough: I tested it on my low-end machine and it ran smoothly, so that's nice.”
    • “The graphics are passable but uninspired, and the music, although initially pleasant, becomes repetitive and grating as the same track is used for every level.”
    • “While there are options to change the resolution for the game, all this does is scale up the fixed resolution sprites/raster images used to make the game, which makes little or no difference to the graphics quality.”
    • “Way too many graphical issues to recommend this game.”
  • gameplay
    38 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The gameplay is generally described as simple and reminiscent of classic snake mechanics, with some players appreciating its addictive nature and pixel graphics. However, many reviews criticize the repetitive level design, inconsistent mechanics, and frustrating controls, leading to a lack of engaging challenge. While there are attempts to introduce new mechanics, they are often poorly executed or feel random, detracting from the overall experience.

    • “The game's simple yet addictive gameplay and pixel graphics are appreciated by players.”
    • “Gameplay is classic snake with a time limit for score and varied maps and obstacles.”
    • “Awesome game, simple mechanics and very addicting!”
    • “Boring mechanics and achievements; what you see is what you get.”
    • “There is no one level that uses a specific mechanic; they all seem like a repeat of each other.”
    • “Some obstacles lacked collision, there were broken mechanics, the timers are painfully inconsistent, and it isn't fun.”
  • music
    33 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The music in the game has been widely criticized for being repetitive and lacking variety, with many players noting that it consists of a single, grating track that quickly becomes annoying. Additionally, the absence of volume control options further detracts from the experience, leading some to prefer turning the music off entirely. While a few users found the music to have a pleasant or thematic quality, the overall consensus is that it fails to enhance the gameplay and can be quite off-putting.

    • “Also, the music is just delightful.”
    • “The art and music are a wonderful ghoulish affair and really help carry the simple premise.”
    • “It features a really nice art style (one of the best that I've seen in these types of puzzle games), some Halloween style music in the background and a wide variety of increasingly challenging puzzles.”
    • “Honestly, the music is so repetitive and boring that in the end, maybe that is why they just went with an off button; and truthfully, it isn't all that much to look at.”
    • “The soundtrack is literally just one song, an instrumental from a children's Halloween party 101 playlist that grows incredibly grating.”
    • “The music gets annoying after a while and doesn't loop very well.”
  • stability
    14 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game's stability is heavily criticized due to numerous glitches and bugs that significantly hinder gameplay, particularly in the later levels. Players report broken controls and issues with level design, making the experience frustrating and detracting from the overall enjoyment. Many reviewers express disappointment, stating that the game could have been enjoyable if not for its technical problems.

    • “This game would be fun if it wasn't so buggy and had half the levels.”
    • “Towards the end, they do try to throw some new elements at you to change up the game, but those levels tend to be buggy (parts don't work right, tiles are missing, etc.) which makes it less fun to solve.”
    • “Would be a mediocre but passable puzzle game if there weren't levels that were blatantly broken and glitches that would create phantom pieces of your worm that affected your ability to complete levels.”
  • humor
    5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The humor in the game is inconsistent and often fails to resonate with players, with some finding it amusing while others feel it lacks any genuine comedic elements. While a few reviews highlight funny moments in puzzle mechanics or gameplay, many criticize the game's overall execution and suggest that the humor may be more ironic than intentional. Overall, the comedic aspect appears to be hit-or-miss, leaving players divided on its effectiveness.

    • “Very good and funny puzzle with trading cards and achievements.”
    • “Kinda funny snake-like game, but there are so many bugs.”
    • “Though marketing itself as both 'scary' and 'funny,' necroworm's aesthetics convey neither feeling.”
    • “Look at the tags: logic, puzzle, funny... definitely not funny when the gaming experience is frustrating. This is supposed to be a puzzle game, not a technique-based game.”
    • “The humor falls flat and feels forced, making the game more tedious than entertaining.”
    • “I expected clever jokes and witty dialogue, but instead, I was met with stale puns and unoriginal gags.”
  • grinding
    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Players find the grinding aspect of the game to be tedious and frustrating, particularly as they approach 100% completion, with occasional control bugs adding to the annoyance. While the game starts as an engaging puzzler, it becomes increasingly laborious in the later levels, leading to a mixed recommendation.

    • “The grind to 100% is tedious, and at times the controls will bug out, varying based on the situation.”
    • “Where this could have been a fun, fast-paced puzzler, it's an exercise in tedious frustration.”
    • “Slight recommend - a decent enough puzzler that becomes increasingly tedious toward the latter third of levels.”
  • story
    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The story aspect is characterized by a moral about perseverance and the unpredictability of life, emphasizing the importance of pushing forward despite uncertainty. However, some users feel that the narrative lacks depth, with minimal premise and a focus on gameplay mechanics that encourage brute-force solutions over thoughtful puzzle-solving.

    • “Moral of the story: you never know what life has in store for you, and if I had given up when all odds were against me, I wouldn't be where I am today.”
    • “There is no premise or story here either.”
    • “It is always there when you play (unlike, for example, the Portal games that had it separated from the story mode), and it encourages you to move even when you don’t know the paths you're going to take, therefore enticing brute-force rather than actually thinking about the puzzle.”
  • replayability
    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Users feel that the game's attempt to enhance replayability may actually detract from the overall experience. Suggestions for improvement include restructuring levels into distinct sections and refining controls, which could potentially make the game more enjoyable and replayable. However, some reviews indicate that replayability is not applicable or significant in its current state.

    • “That said, if the levels were made into 3 sections with obvious differences and themes to give a feel of moving forward, the controls were stable, and the game was tweaked for the better, this would be a perfectly passable quick jaunt with replayability.”
    • “It probably is here to artificially help replayability, but it hinders the game in my opinion.”
    • “Replayability: n/a”
  • optimization
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Users have reported issues with optimization, specifically noting lag and stuttering during movement in the game.

    • “There also seems to be some kind of lag/stuttering when moving.”
    • “The game frequently drops frames, making it hard to enjoy the experience.”
    • “I encountered numerous performance issues that hindered gameplay.”

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8h Median play time
7h Average play time
3-10h Spent by most gamers
*Based on 2 analyzed playthroughs

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