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Scribblenauts Showdown

Released: 3/6/2018

It’s Scribblenauts, party-style! Use your imagination and go head-to-head in the ultimate multiplayer showdown! Enjoy a party-style Scribblenauts experience, conjuring from over 35,000 objects from the vast Scribblenauts dictionary to outsmart your opponent in over 25 mini-games! • Play solo or with up to 4 of your friends in Showdown Mode and imagine your way to victory through card-based strategy and creative skill. • Face off against a friend or the CPU in Versus Mode. • Go nuts in the Sandbox - Create Anything in 8 different Sandbox levels and watch what happens, solo or with a friend. • Create your own Scribblenaut by unlocking hundreds of wacky costume pieces and vehicles.

It’s Scribblenauts, party-style! Use your imagination and go head-to-head in the ultimate multiplayer showdown! Enjoy a party-style Scribblenauts experience, conjuring from over 35,000 objects from the vast Scribblenauts dictionary to outsmart your opponent in over 25 mini-games! • Play solo or with up to 4 of your friends in Showdown Mode and imagine your way to victory through card-based strategy and creative skill. • Face off against a friend or the CPU in Versus Mode. • Go nuts in the Sandbox - Create Anything in 8 different Sandbox levels and watch what happens, solo or with a friend. • Create your own Scribblenaut by unlocking hundreds of wacky costume pieces and vehicles.

It’s Scribblenauts, party-style! Use your imagination and go head-to-head in the ultimate multiplayer showdown! Enjoy a party-style Scribblenauts experience, conjuring from over 35,000 objects from the vast Scribblenauts dictionary to outsmart your opponent in over 25 mini-games! • Play solo or with up to 4 of your friends in Showdown Mode and imagine your way to victory through card-based strategy and creative skill. • Face off against a friend or the CPU in Versus Mode. • Go nuts in the Sandbox - Create Anything in 8 different Sandbox levels and watch what happens, solo or with a friend. • Create your own Scribblenaut by unlocking hundreds of wacky costume pieces and vehicles.

Critics
61
Metacritic
42

Score Breakdown

60.6

Critic Average

31 reviews

N/A

Steam User Score

Less than 50 reviews

42

Metacritic User Score

40 reviews

Disparity Breakdown

Steam Disparity
N/A
Metacritic Disparity
+18.6
Combined Disparity
+18.6

Average of both sources

Review Timing

30 launch window (97%)1 late (3%)

Review summary

Updated Feb 15, 2021

Based on 31 scored critic reviews, critics give this game an average score of 60.6/100. Critics score this game 18.6 points higher than Metacritic users.

How these comparisons are calculated
Sources behind this summary(5 recent of 31)+
  1. Frances AddisonviaMovies Games and Tech
    Feb 15, 2021·Late review
    90/100View review
    Metacritic 42/100 · +48.0 pts
  2. Matúš ŠtrbaviaSECTOR.sk
    Apr 25, 2018·Launch window
    40/100View review
    Metacritic 42/100 · -2.0 pts
  3. Rodrigo VargasviaGeneración Xbox
    Apr 18, 2018·Launch window
    63/100View review
    Metacritic 42/100 · +21.0 pts
  4. João DuarteviaFNintendo
    Apr 7, 2018·Launch window
    30/100View review
    Metacritic 42/100 · -12.0 pts
  5. Henrique NovaesviaGameFM
    Mar 29, 2018·Launch window
    80/100View review
    Metacritic 42/100 · +38.0 pts