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Katamari Damacy (2004)

0.2702Canon Score · ranked #73 all time

Aggregated from 7 of 17 authoritative lists, weighted by authority and adjusted for each list's scope and age. How scoring works →

About the game

Katamari Damacy (lit. 'Clump Spirit') is a 2004 action puzzle video game developed and published by Namco for the PlayStation 2. The game's plot concerns a diminutive prince on a mission to rebuild stars, constellations, and the Moon, which were inadvertently destroyed by his father, the King of All Cosmos. This is achieved by rolling a magical, highly adhesive ball called a katamari around various locations, collect

Why it ranks #73

Every list on which Katamari Damacy appears, with its position as published.

ListAuthorityPosition
Guardian 50 Best of 21st C (2019)Editorial list#49 / 50
Slant 100 Greatest (2020)Editorial list#69 / 100
Polygon 500 Best (2017)Critics' canon#85 / 500
EDGE 100 Greatest (2017)Critics' canon#94 / 100
gamesTM 200 Greatest (2018)Editorial list#118 / 200
Game Informer Top 300 (2018)Critics' canon#133 / 300
1001 Video Games (2013 ed.)Critics' canonSelected