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Pilgrims

Pilgrims

Amanita Design · released Oct 6, 2019

AdventureCasualIndiePCNintendo SwitchiOS (iPhone/iPad)

Pilgrims is a playful adventure game, created by the team behind Machinarium and Samorost. Roam the land as you please and make new friends, share a laugh with your fellow travelers and help them complete their little stories, your way. How many different solutions can you find?

89
VGC Score
Stablehigh confidence
88%
At launch
96%
Steam all-time
73%
Press
71%
Player sentiment
97%
Recent sentiment

Screenshots & trailers

Review sentiment over time

Weekly positive-review rate (green) and review volume (bars). Dashed lines mark significant patches; the amber line is the start of the current scoring window. Hover the dots to see what drove a dip or a jump.

How this score was computed

The VGC Score is a weighted blend on a press-comparable 0-100 quality scale. Steam approval rates are first calibrated (95% positive on Steam ≈ 89.5 quality, since Steam approval skews high). Press and tracked creator reviews each count ~2x a player review and share one cap against player evidence (creator buy/skip calls pool into an approval rate, calibrated like Steam approval); all-time sentiment is capped and halved (it's context, not verdict); reviews of the current build carry the most weight when a fresh patch anchors the window; and a 'typical game' prior keeps small samples from pegging the scale. Because press reviews and Metacritic user aggregates describe the launch build, their weight decays as the game ages (3-year half-life after a 1-year grace). That's how a game that launched rough can outgrow its old reception once updates win players over. Reviews under 2h playtime (the refund window), non-Steam activations, and free copies are downweighted.

ComponentPositiveQuality (0-100)Weight (pseudo-reviews)
Press reviews (Metacritic)7310
All-time Steam reviews96%921000
Metacritic user ratings715
Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted)97%9218
Calibration prior (typical game)7250

Acclaim gate: the raw blend lands at 90.5, but scores above 88 must be earned in front of a mass audience; this verdict rests on 6,327 player reviews, a largely self-selected fanbase. As more players weigh in, the ceiling rises (full scale unlocks at 100,000 reviews).

Scoring window: last 30 days (no significant patch detected) · 50 reviews sampled · 44 total reviews in window · weighted 15.5 up / 0.5 down · computed 2h ago · full methodology →

Press & Creators reviews (4)

Individual verdicts from outlets we track: scored reviews first, most trusted outlets first among them. The small badge is each outlet's trust score: how well its scoring history aligns with players.

  • 80
    trust 66Apr 29, 2024

    Pilgrims is a charming and humorous adventure game that offers tons of creative puzzles that can be solved in multiple ways.

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  • 70
    trust 64Nov 12, 2019

    It’s a short game, but its beautiful hand drawn art style is a source of constant delight, as are the interactions in this work of startling originality from the makers of Samorost and Machinarium.

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  • 70
    trust 49Nov 10, 2019

    Only the length disappoints us. Even by the studio's standards, Pilgrims is a slip of a thing. [Issue#139, p.122]

  • 80
    trust 40Oct 14, 2019

    Pilgrims is a quirky, fun and artistically charming little adventure which pushes players to play over and over again to discover all its possible combinations.

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Patch history