Pac-Man Party

The game includes a story mode known as "Mr. Cookie's Recipe". It also has a party mode for up to four players. There are over 50 minigames, which when played, allows players to unlock bonus content.

It also has a "Classic Games" mode where players can play three classic Namco arcade games—Pac-Man, Galaga, and Dig Dug—with either the Wii Remote turned sideways or a Classic Controller. The 3DS version of the game allows players to do link-up 4 player with only one cartridge. The Wii version has two extra boards that the 3DS version does not have. A scaled-down version on Windows Phone has 2D graphics and contains 10 mini games.

Pac-Man Party received "mixed or average" reviews, while Pac-Man Party 3D received "generally unfavorable" reviews, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. Many critics would criticize the minigames for being too repetitive or similar to others, and for the game going on for too long. In Japan, Famitsu gave the game a score of one six, one seven, one six, and one seven for the former; and two sevens, one six, and one eight for the latter.

Eurogamer Italy was the most critical of the game, disliking its slow-paced gameplay, "uninspired" soundtrack and repetitive minigames, saying that the board game aspect was "convoluted" in comparison to the Mario Party series. GamesRadar+ criticized its low difficulty level in the single-player campaign and sound effects for being "annoying", while Nintendojo criticized the tilt controls in some of the minigames. Nintendo World Report, Eurogamer Italy, Nintendojo and GamesRadar+ would all criticize some of the minigames for being too similar to each other and for being repetitive after a while, with Eurogamer in particular labeling many of them as "unoriginal". Nintendo World Report also criticized the lack of other Pac-Man series characters such as Ms. Pac-Man, and that the included arcade games should have been those from the Pac-Man franchise instead of other Namco titles.