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Tintin Reporter - Cigars of the Pharaoh
Developer Pendulo Studios
Tintin Reporter – Cigars of the Pharaoh (Spanish: Tintin Reporter: Los Cigarros del Faraon) is a 2023 action-adventure game developed by Pendulo Studios and published by Microids. It is based on Cigars of the Pharaoh, the fourth volume of The Adventures of Tintin. The story follows Tintin and Snowy on a worldwide adventure. Tintin Reporter – Cigars of the Pharaoh was released for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5,… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
159 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Sep 29, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
59
Mixed
75 positive · 53 negative
95% range 50–67%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 75 | 53 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 0 | 3 | 21 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 2 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mixed
84 of 141 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
59% recommend · 75 yes, 53 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 128 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mixed (209 of 359 positive).
Many players report the game is buggy and crashes frequently, especially on loading screens. [1][2][3] Fans of Tintin appreciate the faithful adaptation and nostalgic feel of the game. [4][5][6] Some reviewers recommend waiting for patches before purchasing due to technical issues. [7][8][9]
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- [2]
Look. I was SUPER Excited to play this But the game in virtually unplayable. I made SEVERAL Attempts to get past the first mission. And Each time I encountered a different game-breaking bug. From necessary chat prompts not working, to being unable to even move. This over 30$ game runs worse than most free app store games.
- [17]
The One & Only Tintin Reporter - Cigars of the Pharaoh Review You Need The Original That Can Be Mistaken For A Bootleg INTRO First off, unlike many reviews here I want to start with saying that I've finished the game, I've not only done one chapter and decided that I had enough expertise to actually review the game, I went through it all, for me it took about 9 hours. I'm not going to whiteknight or hate. But I will …
- [1]
A little review from the world's biggest Tintin fan – me [everyone else who claims to be it is simply lying ;-)]. I finished the game despite the current state it is in. Current situation: The game often crashes during the loading screen. There are some workarounds to reduce this fatal error appearing, but it doesnt always work. Once the game starts lagging (after a few loading screens), the risk seems to be much …
- [5]
2 hours in: I'm loving it so far. Will update as I play it further. No game-breaking bugs in the first 2 hours. Edit: I'm a major tintin fan, so i was very excited to purchase this game. 26 hours in: I finished. Parts are hilarious, and tintin is voiced reasonably. For some reason I thought he was taller, but whatever. It's a good adaptation of the comic. Forget the "do the QTE event without messing up" …
- [4]
Feels great playing your childhood series hope they make more episodes
Summarised from 34 of the 164 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 13, 2026. How summaries are made
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Tintin Reporter - Cigars of the Pharaoh sits at 59% positive across 128 opinionated reactions from 4 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
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60 of 159 · most liked firstLook. I was SUPER Excited to play this But the game in virtually unplayable. I made SEVERAL Attempts to get past the first mission. And Each time I encountered a different game-breaking bug. From necessary chat prompts not working, to being unable to even move. This over 30$ game runs worse than most free app store games.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A little review from the world's biggest Tintin fan – me [everyone else who claims to be it is simply lying ;-)]. I finished the game despite the current state it is in. Current situation: The game often crashes during the loading screen. There are some workarounds to reduce this fatal error appearing, but it doesnt always work. Once the game starts lagging (after a few loading screens), the risk seems to be much higher. Restarting the game helps, sometimes I even needed to restart the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Proton 10 Beta was released!. ## Available in Proton 10.0 ###### 10.0-1: - Now playable (previously worked with Proton Experimental): - Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition - Black Ink - Factorio - Ignited Entry - Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 - MySims Kingdom - No Man's Sky in VR mode (regressed after a game update) - Rising Storm 2: Vietnam - Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army - Soul Interface - THE KING OF FIGHTERS XIII GLOBAL MATCH - VIDEO GAME (924310) -…
neutral · AI labelView post →Don't bother buying this game, I usually try to finish games and write full review but this game won't let me progress because of many bugs that I encountered during almost 2 hours game play. Tried restarting multiple times and nothing changed. Other than bugs the controls are really annoying too, had so many issues with QTE events while I was sure doing them correctly. The game also doesn't let you skip cut scenes, every time you restart you need to watch them all again. No manual save…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It pains me to negatively review a Tintin game since it is one of my favourite comic series. It's been like thirteen years since we last got the Steven Spielberg directed Tintin movie and the awesome tie-in game so I was eagerly looking forward to this one. But this turned out to be a disappointment. None of the mechanics are smooth, not the running, the driving, the flying, the stealth sections, nothing. And the sections where we controlled Snowy was the absolute worst. The whole game looks…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I love Tintin more than anything, it's the most nostalgic character and animation ever for me. But i can't deny the bugs in the whole game that makes me quit the game and relaunch it to be fixed and it's really annoying. The fact that the achievements take days to pop up after i earned them is hilarious. Hope my thumbs down review make the game actually work. I will definitely change my review after the bugs are fixed but for now it's 3/10.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is broken. After an hour of crashes deleting progress, I finally got to the end of the Ship part of the game (first chapter). I received the Steam achievement for doing so. The game Crashed. When I got back on, the game has gone all the way back to a checkpoint before 30 minutes of hide and go seek with terrible AI. Just sad I was so excited to play this and this is what they chose to give the fanbase after all this wait.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Unfortunately I can't recommend this game at the moment. As a lifelong Tintin fan, I'm disappointed but hopeful that the upcoming patches will make this a great game. I will gladly update this review to positive if the game works and I am able to complete it after those patches. Encountered the following bugs: - Game crashes after cellar escape (less than or about 2 hours into the game), this blocks progress and I am unable to get around it after multiple attempts. - After one of those…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The One & Only Tintin Reporter - Cigars of the Pharaoh Review You Need The Original That Can Be Mistaken For A Bootleg INTRO First off, unlike many reviews here I want to start with saying that I've finished the game, I've not only done one chapter and decided that I had enough expertise to actually review the game, I went through it all, for me it took about 9 hours. I'm not going to whiteknight or hate. But I will be BRUTALLY honest, this is a game that should not be sugarcoated because…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I know that many players have bugs in the game. For me, the game takes a while to start up, but after that I don't have any bugs. I've long since passed the scenes that players describe as buggy. The devs are very active on the forum and they will resolve any bugs you may encounter very quickly. The game is awsome, despite the minor teething issue. The gameplay is great, and the switch between Snowy and tintin is very pleasant. The puzzles are ingenious and sometimes original, and the races…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Feels great playing your childhood series hope they make more episodes
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Waited for the latest patch. Started playing again, Tintin got stuck behind some geometry, reloaded, and apparently I have to start the game again. At the current state I cannot recommend this game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What a disappointment. Graphics look vibrant and pretty spot on to the comics but it's a console port as the adjustments are minimum and right at the beginning it states to "not turn off the console when saving". I didn't encounter any game breaking bugs but noticed some glitches here and there. But what made me dislike the game were the stupid QTE's. Using a controller, as recommended by the game, you have to move the left stick up, down or left or right. Same with the right stick. Then…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →From the GitHub: Now playable (previously worked with Proton Experimental): Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition Black Ink Factorio Ignited Entry Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 MySims Kingdom No Man's Sky in VR mode (regressed after a game update) Rising Storm 2: Vietnam Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army Soul Interface THE KING OF FIGHTERS XIII GLOBAL MATCH VIDEO GAME (924310)…
neutral · AI labelView post →I would suggest you to buy this once it is fixed. It is unplayable with a keyboard and has a lot of glitches. Try playing with a controller and wait for a few weeks till it is fixed.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Unluckily it's very flawed. Even character movements and locomotion are flawed; in particular the camera control is very unnerving. Lot of graphic glitches. One fatal error forced me to close and restart the game; luckily it was triggered by observing a fresco on a wall in the Egyptian tomb; i just avoided to interact and observed it from the distance. Most of challenges are just QTEs challenges, and they are badly implemented. Puzzles aren't original and quite detached from story; they…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →2 hours in: I'm loving it so far. Will update as I play it further. No game-breaking bugs in the first 2 hours. Edit: I'm a major tintin fan, so i was very excited to purchase this game. 26 hours in: I finished. Parts are hilarious, and tintin is voiced reasonably. For some reason I thought he was taller, but whatever. It's a good adaptation of the comic. Forget the "do the QTE event without messing up" achievements. The person on Youtube (who played the entire game in <7 hours) did a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game when working is so nice and true to the original TinTin spirit. But have seen the Fatal Error message too often. And now half way through the game after one last Fatal Error, the game is stuck at a black loading screen on startup. Restarted PC, killed and restarted the game, nothing seems to work. It's stuck and this is really frustrating. The controls responsiveness is the worst. Combine that with fast paced car racing and you have a disaster. Want to finish this so bad but the more I…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →don't do it. please. please don't do it. I love tintin, but don't do it. it's literally softlock simulator. please god don't do it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I grew up reading all of the Tintin comics, and sincerely enjoyed them. I still own a majority of the series, and continue to read them to this day. While I appreciate the efforts of the team, at times, I found myself playing this game, desperate for it to end. I sincerely enjoyed the parts of the game that were essentially point and click adventure - searching in a room for a way through the next doorway, interacting with the environment, and having conversations with the characters whom I…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This one wasn't very good. The cutscenes and general dialog are pretty good - but that is all just stuff lifted from the comic. The actual gameplay often feels arbitrary and begrudging. We get maybe 2 good adventure-game-style puzzle areas and the rest is quick time events, stealth sequences and chases (also with quick time events).
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As a Life long Tintin Fan, This entry had so much potential, the music, the Characters, the mystery are all there, however the game is incredibly Janky. So much of my game play was ruined by characters clipping, or glitching, or actions just not working. This game just needed another few months of polish and a maybe a little more deviation to give a satisfying adventure. On a plus side, it kept me on the edge of my seat, even having known the original book and cartoon.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The purpose of this is more towards being a message for the devs/publishers on what to improve if they decide to go ahead with a Blue Lotus game. It is not a bad game, but there is a lot of improvements to be made in order to make it a great game. I understand it's AA and may not have the biggest budget, but I thought I'd put it all out there anyway. First of all, you guys did somewhat manage to capture the magic of TinTin, but here are some things that need to change. The main voice…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a great game, but gaming mechanics is totally broken in many places. I really doubt there was some quality control for this game. Some scenes (running, driving, flying) you need to retry hundreds of times, because there are invisible walls and various strange bugs that are super annoying! This game costed my family a lot of nerves and I may advise better not to start!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Giving a preliminary thumbs up despite the launch being a disaster. Not because I honestly can recommend the game in its current state, or because I support the practice of dropping a barely functioning game on release, but because it's obvious that underneath all the bugs and crashes there is a real great game that could potentially be an amazing start for a Tintin-video game franchise. From what I've played so far there really aren't that many bugs or problems as the game is running, it…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I like the Tintin universe and I bought this when it came out and have been hoping for updates, but after realised that updates never came I give it a try and have now have I played through the entire game and it feel's ufinished and abandoned. Throughout the whole game it feel's more like a beta version. What I like: The story (even if it's not exactly as the album) When the game works it's fun to play What I dislike: Gaming mechanics is totally broken in many places Lots of annoying and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I did get it on sale and I am a Tintin fan. I thought the environments, tone and animations were true to the Tintin universe and I got a real kick out of my playthrough so far. Haven't seen any game breaking bugs. Tintin does do some verbal handholding for puzzles but otherwise the mechanics do require you to think, which I enjoy (think Grim Fandango vibes). Snowy stealth missions were very fun. One thing to note, I'm not used to quicktime events where you need to balance things on the fly, so…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I recommend this game only for fans. I rate it positively only because I like the characters. The game opens with Tintin chasing a papyrus, and right away I felt disappointed: the movement controls feel clunky, and you need precise positioning to trigger and succeed in the QTEs. Also, the key inputs occasionally lack consistency like once it asks Q rather than Space to jump. The conversations and story are interesting, with Snowy being cute and lovable, Tintin acting hospitably, with silly…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I was able to complete and 100% the game after patch 1.0.5. The only issue I ran into was during a car race, where the ground would completely disappear and I had to use guesswork to finish it. Besides that I loved this game! I had never seen an episode of Tintin before this but after I beat it I watched the Cigars of the Pharaoh and the game is very similar to the original story. Many of the bad reviews are from previous patches as it initially released in a poor state. The game is filled…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →LOVE Tintin. This game isn't it. It's a movie you press buttons in and sneak around. Has every reason to be amazing and fun, but it isn't. They chose the wrong book and the wrong points in the story to focus on. And the glitches. It's one fatal error away from me quitting...oh wait...it just did, hence why I'm here. I quit. (I even waited until after the larger patches before I played it) EVERY game asset is buggy. -Sneaking, You get seen when no one is there and I'm mantling objects I never…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Got fed up due to high amount of quick action and linear stealth sections. Not really an adventure game in the classic sense. Also encountered some bugs (re-loading the save generally fixes them though, but still annoying).
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I am a Tintin fan and came to this game with the hopes of re-living the magic of reading Cigars of the Pharaoh for the first time. However, as of the time of reviewing, the game is riddled with issues. I faced multiple problems where key items would not load and I had to restart the game just so that they would spawn correctly and progress but the deal-breaker was the end of Chapter 1 where the game simply crashes while transitioning to the next chapter. I have tried it a couple of times but…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you are a fan of TinTin, then go for it. But 40€ is too much for this game, I would recommend 25€. I am sure there was a lot of work to create this game and I appreciate it and thank to all people that contributed to this game. Graphic is nice, sounds and voices are good. I come across twice with bugs. Some puzzles were challenging and didn't make any sense to me. The gameplay was a little bit tricky, I failed too often because of clumsy control. In overall I enjoyed this game and I hope…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Controls are cluncky Too many QTEs
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Tintin vibe is in this game is pretty Tintin-y. However, the game is so incredibly broken - I suggest waiting until they patch it up before giving it a serious go! For fun, though? Give it a go as is LOL It was a wild ride That being said, it has potential so I'm not going to thumbs it down. It will be glorious when it's all fixed!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →First I must admit that I did not play this game exensivelcy. Nor did I experience any game-stopping bugs in my playthough, proabably becasuse I didn't play it long enough. I did however experience atrouchous performance and glitchy graphics. This game is simple not done. But more importanly the game just sucks. Right off the bat you are smacked in the face with the most obnoctious QTE known to man. If you are using a constroller it's somewhat manageble, otherise it't unplayable. But either…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The artwork and graphics are just beautiful! As for the game ..... there are too many QTE for my liking. The puzzles were enjoyable but the QTE are arcade like and spoiled the game for me. I adore Pendulo and was hoping the game would be on par to their previous ones. I will not recommend, nor will I play the game again. The QTE were horrifying on a keyboard and too lengthy.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm a big fan of Tintin comics, which makes this even more disappointing. The game feels very childish compared to the books, with weak writing and bad voice acting. Gameplay is clunky and outdated, like a low budget early Wii game aimed at under 10s. It quickly becomes boring, with repetitive sequences. Also, why give a Belgian character a strong British accent? this game feels cheap, childish and underwhelming. not worth it even on sale.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Starting off, I love tintin and when i heard about this game before release i was so excited. then it released and i heard alot of negative reviews due to bugs. so I held off buying it, hoping the monopoly holders at moulinsart would force a fix and better support. it did get patched, kinda. theres quite a few irritating puzzles and controls. it plays like a WII game, poorly translated to mouse and keyboard. the Concept of the game is great, the art style is good and authentic to the setting.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The fact that this game has mixed revies is an autrocity! Mainy it has them because game used to have bugs, but they had been fixed as for now I didnt encounter any. The game itself is actually amazing adventure, I truly enjoyed all the puzzles, the story and and comical vibe. The game is good optimized, it runs smoothly even on my old bad PC, but looks great visually! Totally recommed for adventure lovers! I was debating whether to buy this game because of mixed reviews, But so happy I made…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →First impressions are not good when the game opens with the dreaded QTE and other limiting gameplay choices. You'll soon discovered that this is definitively a rushed product as it still has occational bugs and other red flags like less details and annoying gameplay quirks that make the world not as immersive and alive as you could imagine. But... for all it's flaws the game seem to get slightly more polished the further you get, and it has good graphics and music and the voice acting is…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is definitely worth it you are a fan of Tintin. I only had two bugs during the game and they were both easily solved by reloading the latest checkpoint. There are multiple deep references to the comics you wil pick up on if you have reade the comics or watched the show.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Delightful but PC version is very buggy the second half of the game. Runs smoothly at first but takes a turn for the worse.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I liked it. The crashes are a bit annoying, there are a couple visual bugs and it feels a bit unpolished. Still it was very enjoyable.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I do not understand the complaints. The game is working fine, the puzzles are fine, the story is fun, Snowy is adorable.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →[url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/6142328/] With 1,400+ reviews, make sure to follow The Cpt Froggy Club Curator Page for plenty more! Tintin Reporter - Cigars of the Pharaoh: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hergé is one of the most renowned writers and artists of French-language comic books (The Adventure of Tintin). It’s staggering to think that Tintin's stories have been translated into 38 different languages, bringing joy to both children and adults since he was first…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very buggy. Not designed for ultrawide so elements of the top and bottom and chopped off (this is just playing in fullscreen mode, no mods) Controls are designed for gamepads but workable on PC, one particular part of the game seems impossible to progress without a game controller. Sad as it is a fun and entertaining experience otherwise (its obviously geared towards kids, so its not quite as fast paced as the movie but still good)
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is fun as hell but there some annoyinh bugs. Like stiff character movements with controller, minor stutterings and troublesome camera. If it wasnt a Tintin game I would have given the game a thumbs down. But I love Tintin and therefore the positive recommendation since there is no way to give a neutral score.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Every Tintin fan should definitely play this game! Snowy is absolutely adorable.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game could be improved in many aspect. But, the contents and the way the game evolved was pretty good. I actually enjoyed it a lot, though I must credit my nostalgia for some of that excitement I felt when playing the game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →horribly glitchy. could not get off the ship. everything kept turning invisible or i would just die. 3/10. i hope they fix the bugs
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Tintin reporter - Bugs of the Pharaoh. Solid 10 out of 10! EDIT: 2 hours in and can't start chapter 2 because of fatal error. Best game of 2023 so far!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Tintin Reporter - Cigars of the Pharaoh - Gameplay Trailer.
neutral · AI labelView post →Tintin Reporter – Cigars of the Pharaoh, developed by Pendulo Studios and published by Microids, is a modern action-adventure adaptation of Hergé’s classic comic album. The game reimagines one of Tintin’s most iconic stories in full 3D, placing players in control of the young investigative reporter and his loyal dog Snowy as they unravel an international conspiracy tied to mysterious cigars, ancient tombs, and a sprawling criminal network. Rather than presenting itself as a strict…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Faces of the characters all have an uncanny valley vibe to them, the voice acting is really all over in quality from character to character, and the amount of filler added to the story is painful. The dialogue a lot of the time is poorly written/clunky, although I will admit it got a few chuckles out of me at times. I will say it has heart because you can tell they heavily know their tintin lore from characters from the second to last book showing up among references to the first two books…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The story is interesting, but it could have been better in terms of emotions. There was one puzzle with a box below bed which was impossible to figure out how to solve. I had to watch a walkthrough to pass this puzzle. The hint next to it was completely useless to me. The control during chasing is terrible. Some times the models of TinTin and Snowy a bit frightening. TinTin is cure under some angles but still gets me scared here and there. Very often during puzzle solving the game stuck and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As a longtime Tintin fan, I was really excited to play the new video game adaptation of Cigars of the Pharaoh. I'm happy to say that the developers did a great job of "translating" the classic comic book story to the game format. The best part is how they seamlessly integrated game-play sequences into the comic book. I really liked the drug-fueled sequence towards the end in the tomb. The character models look a little off, but it's easy to get used to them. I only ran into one major bug…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →THE GAME IS UNPLAYABLE! it needs an update badly. UE4 Fatal Error every step of the way.. unplayable!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →the game crashes with a fatal error after 2 hours game time. i hope i get a refund because the error came right after the 2 hour mark... i will get the game when the price is about 50% to 75% i hate being the scamed one after pre ordering the game and now i cannot play it longer than 2 hours, thats unfair
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game crashes right at the beginning. Cannot play
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