Pudding Monsters
{{Infobox video game
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| developer = ZeptoLab
| publisher = ZeptoLab
QubicGames (Switch)
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| platforms = iOS, Android, Nintendo Switch
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| released = iOS
December 19, 2012
Android
December 21, 2012
Switch
February 25, 2022
| genre = Puzzle video game
| modes = Single-player
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Pudding Monsters is a puzzle video game developed by ZeptoLab for iOS and Android in 2012, and for Nintendo Switch in 2022. It focuses on live clumps of pudding working to avoid being eaten by combining themselves into a monster to scare humans who want to eat them.
Reception
{{Video game reviews
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| MC = (NS) 75/100{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/pudding-monsters/critic-reviews/?platform=nintendo-switch |title=Pudding Monsters for Switch Reviews |website=Metacritic |publisher=Fandom |access-date=February 2, 2023 |archive-date=February 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202215659/https://www.metacritic.com/game/switch/pudding-monsters |url-status=live }}
(iOS) 73/100{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/pudding-monsters/critic-reviews/?platform=ios-iphoneipad |title=Pudding Monsters for iPhone/iPad Reviews |website=Metacritic |publisher=Fandom |access-date=February 2, 2023 |archive-date=February 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202215701/https://www.metacritic.com/game/ios/pudding-monsters |url-status=live }}
| GI = (iOS) 7/10{{cite magazine |last=Hilliard |first=Kyle |date=February 1, 2013 |url=https://www.gameinformer.com/games/pudding_monsters/b/ios/archive/2013/02/01/combining-blobs-to-combat-the-evil-alfred-hitchcock.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130205020836/http://www.gameinformer.com/games/pudding_monsters/b/ios/archive/2013/02/01/combining-blobs-to-combat-the-evil-alfred-hitchcock.aspx |url-status=live |archive-date=February 5, 2013 |title=Pudding Monsters Review (iOS) |magazine=Game Informer |publisher=GameStop |access-date=February 2, 2023}}
| Gamezebo = (iOS) {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web |last=Squires |first=Jim |date=December 20, 2012 |url=https://www.gamezebo.com/reviews/pudding-monsters-review/ |title=Pudding Monsters Review (iOS) |website=Gamezebo |access-date=February 2, 2023 |archive-date=August 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809051624/https://www.gamezebo.com/reviews/pudding-monsters-review/ |url-status=live }}
| IGN = (iOS) 7.3/10{{cite web |last=Davis |first=Justin |date=December 20, 2012 |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2012/12/21/pudding-monsters-review |title=Pudding Monsters Review (iOS) |website=IGN |publisher=Ziff Davis |access-date=February 2, 2023 |archive-date=February 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202193030/https://www.ign.com/articles/2012/12/21/pudding-monsters-review |url-status=live }}
| JXV = 16/20{{cite web |author=Jihem |date=December 31, 2012 |url=https://www.jeuxvideo.com/articles/0001/00018171-pudding-monsters-test.htm |title=Test: Pudding Monsters (iOS, Android) |language=fr |website=Jeuxvideo.com |publisher=Webedia |access-date=February 2, 2023 |archive-date=February 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202224844/https://www.jeuxvideo.com/articles/0001/00018171-pudding-monsters-test.htm |url-status=live }}
| ML = (iOS) {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web |last=Hayward |first=Andrew |date=January 8, 2013 |url=http://www.maclife.com/article/reviews/pudding_monsters_review |title=Pudding Monsters Review |website=MacLife |publisher=Future US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115042644/http://www.maclife.com/article/reviews/pudding_monsters_review |archive-date=January 15, 2013 |url-status=dead |access-date=February 2, 2023}}
| PG = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web |last=Brown |first=Mark |date=December 20, 2012 |url=https://www.pocketgamer.com/pudding-monsters/pudding-monsters-review/ |title=Pudding Monsters (iOS, Android) |website=Pocket Gamer |publisher=Steel Media Ltd |access-date=February 2, 2023 |archive-date=February 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202215718/https://www.pocketgamer.com/pudding-monsters/pudding-monsters-review/ |url-status=live }}
| TA = (iOS) {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web |last=Campbell |first=Nissa |date=January 4, 2013 |url=https://toucharcade.com/2013/01/04/pudding-monsters-review/ |title='Pudding Monsters' Review – ZeptoLab's Newest Treat Falls Flat |website=TouchArcade |publisher=TouchArcade.com, LLC |access-date=February 2, 2023 |archive-date=February 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202191529/https://toucharcade.com/2013/01/04/pudding-monsters-review/ |url-status=live }}
| rev1 = Common Sense Media
| rev1Score = (iOS) {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web |last=Morris |first=Chris |year=2012 |url=https://www.commonsensemedia.org/app-reviews/pudding-monsters |title=Pudding Monsters (iOS) |website=Common Sense Media |access-date=February 2, 2023 |archive-date=February 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202224846/https://www.commonsensemedia.org/app-reviews/pudding-monsters |url-status=live }}
| rev2 = Digital Spy
| rev2Score = (iOS) {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite web |last=Nichols |first=Scott |date=January 9, 2013 |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/videogames/a449524/mobile-review-round-up-hundreds-rad-soldiers-more/ |title=Mobile review round-up: 'Hundreds', 'RAD Soldiers', more |website=Digital Spy |publisher=Hearst Communications |access-date=February 2, 2023 |archive-date=January 11, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130111013148/http://www.digitalspy.com/gaming/levelup/a449524/mobile-review-round-up-hundreds-rad-soldiers-more.html |url-status=live }}
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The Switch version received "generally favorable reviews", while the iOS version received above-average reviews, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.
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External links
- {{moby game|id=/pudding-monsters}}
Category:Android (operating system) games
Category:Nintendo Switch games
Category:Single-player video games
Category:Video games developed in Spain
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