- 80/100
- Players3 ratings
- 85/100
- Metacritic11 critic reviews
More scores
- Metacritic usersuser score
- 66/100
- GameFAQsJust Right
- 4.2/5
- Player reviews
- 78% positive440 reviews
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Runs on
- Windows, Mac, Linux
- Price
- US$14.99
Where to get it
2011 · Action-adventure · Adventure
Junk Jack
Nintendo console exclusive
Junk Jack is a 2D sandbox where you can explore, build and survive in randomly generated procedural worlds full of monsters, hidden treasures and beautiful landscapes.
- Released
- 7 November 2011
- Platforms
- AndroidLinuxNintendo SwitchWindowsiOSmacOS
- Genres
- Action-adventureAdventureIndiePlatformerSandboxSimulationSurvival
- Developers
- —
- Publishers
- —
- Modes
- Co-opMultiplayerSingle-player
- Perspective
- Side view
- Themes
- ActionSurvivalSandbox
- Engine
- Cocos2d-x
- Country
- Italy
- Age ratings
- PEGI 7ESRB E10+
- Languages
- English
About
Junk Jack is an action-adventure sandbox video game by Italian developer Pixbits. It was released for iOS in 2011. A sequel, Junk Jack X, was released on August 29, 2013. Junk Jack X was renamed to Junk Jack, and the original game has been renamed to Junk Jack Retro.
Players say
Media
The articlegameplay, story, development, reception
Gameplay
Junk Jack is a 2D sandbox game where the player collects resources and aims to explore and survive in a randomly generated environment full of treasures and hidden secrets, filled with biomes on the surface and underground.
Development
The developer and coder is Jacopo Santoni (Jack), and the graphics/sfx artist is Silvio Eusebio (XsX). The pair met on multiplayer in Minecraft, and decided to collaborate on a similar game for the iPhone; at that point there were no iOS sandbox games.
Reception
Junk Jack has a Metacritic rating of 85% based on 11 critic reviews.
Slide to Play described the game as fun and addictive, while 148Apps deemed it a must-own for lovers of the sandbox-crafting genre. Pocket Gamer noted that it had a high learning curve, but that it was enjoyable once the player eased into it. It even said it was better than Minecraft: Pocket Edition.
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