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Game Information
Game Title: Tron: Catalyst
Platforms:
- PC (Jun 17, 2025)
- Nintendo Switch (Jun 17, 2025)
- PlayStation 5 (Jun 17, 2025)
- Xbox Series X/S (Jun 17, 2025)
Trailer:
Review Aggregator:
OpenCritic - 68 average - 40% recommended - 20 reviews
Critic Reviews
CGMagazine - Jordan Biordi - 8 / 10
While I think TRON: Catalyst leaves a little to be desired, it's still an excellent action adventure and brings the TRON world to life in a way few games have.
Checkpoint Gaming - Cass Barkman - 7 / 10
TRON: Catalyst proves that there are still plenty of stories to be told on the Grid, even if it never fully realises this potential itself. Its narrative is well-written and engaging, it faithfully captures the aesthetic of the films and has perfectly function combat and exploration, but its repetitiveness and inability to fully take advantage of the possibilities of TRON's 'discfu' leaves it feeling like version 0.8 rather than 1.0 when it comes to taking advantage of the possibilities of this series.
GameGrin - Alana Dunitz - 8 / 10
TRON: Catalyst is a fun, futuristic game full of disc battles, Light Cycles, neon, and time loops. It's a title to try out for yourself!
GameSpew - Richard Seagrave - 5 / 10
TRON: Catalyst gets off to a good start, promising varied gameplay and a neat time-loop mechanic. The trouble is, it soon devolves in a dull affair with way too much repetitive combat, and the time-loop mechanic is mostly wasted.
Gamer Escape - Aaron Botts - 7 / 10
Exo’s adventure is well worth a playthrough, and fans can breathe easy knowing that this romp in the Arq Grid is an experience worthy of the TRON name. Jumping into this Grid is a perfectly acceptable entry, but you might want to go in with tempered expectations.
GamesRadar+ - Max Williams - 3 / 5
Tron as a franchise has too many tabs open.
GamingBolt - Ravi Sinha - 6 / 10
TRON: Catalyst leverages the mythos of its long-running setting for an intriguing premise, one hampered by middling combat and objectives.
Hardcore Gamer - Ivanir Ignacchitti - 4 / 5
Tron: Catalyst brings Bithell Games once again to Disney's Tron universe, this time in an action-adventure experience.
IGN - Leana Hafer - 7 / 10
Tron: Catalyst competently gets the job done as an action game, but it's rarely more than just good.
Impulsegamer - Chris O'Connor - 4.5 / 5
TRON: Catalyst is a lot of fun. The mechanics of it mean you don't have to fear being derezzed (though depending on your difficulty setting it might get frustrating) and the fact that starting again (though not exactly from scratch)… adds a nice twist to what might otherwise be a fairly standard isometric action game. Certainly if you are a fan of TRON and like the idea of the wider TRON universe, give it a look.
PSX Brasil - Ivan Nikolai Barkow Castilho - Portuguese - 75 / 100
TRON: Catalyst is a good adventure game set in the TRON universe. The looping mechanics are interesting, as is the combat. However, overall, it is a short, simple game with a reasonable story.
Paste Magazine - Dia Lacina - 7.5 / 10
For all the incredibly talented work on display, Catalyst ends up a game that can’t quite figure out how to fill its own space, and still chafes against the lack of room to full render. But goddamn does racing a lightcycle on the streets in defiance of Core feel good.
PlayStation Universe - Garri Bagdasarov - 6 / 10
Tron: Catalyst did a great job of making me feel I was part of the Tron Universe, but it did a poor job of keeping me engaged. The characters, music, and voice work were great, but the combat became repetitive in the first hour, and the exploration didn't offer anything engaging to look forward to. For Tron fans, Catalyst is a no-brainer. For everyone else, it won't make you love or hate Tron more or less than you do now.
Push Square - Graham Banas - 7 / 10
If you're a fan of the franchise, then TRON: Catalyst is a title you won’t want to miss. Bithell Games has massively expanded the scope and ambition of its title from the first time out, and the results are mostly successful.
Shacknews - TJ Denzer - 6 / 10
The combat and look of the game are boring. The atmosphere and music are detached and out of alignment with the story. The light cycle is fun, but you’re very restrained in where you can use it. And ultimately, while the time loop makes the story and progression more interesting, that arguably worthwhile story is attached to a fairly humdrum action game wearing all of the expected components of the Tron aesthetic.
Tron: Catalyst has an interesting story and world that fans will love, but the combat and exploration come up short of being worthy of the Users.
The Nerd Stash - Giovanna De Ita - 7.5 / 10
TRON: Catalyst also makes up for mundane combat with an intricate narrative and a fascinating approach to storytelling.
TheGamer - Joe Parlock - 2.5 / 5
It never quite shakes off the feeling of being a budget Hades; it’s, at the very least, a fine way to kill a few hours, even if you forget about it immediately after.
Thumb Wars - Luke Addison - 3 / 5
TRON: Catalyst is a shorter experience from a AA developer well-versed with the TRON IP, and while the world is incredibly well represented, the thin combat system, 2D characters, and paint-by-numbers story won’t light a fire under any fans to get involved.
XboxEra - Győző Baki - 8 / 10
. It perfectly captures the essence of the TRON audiovisual experience, without overstaying its welcome, taking me just about 10 hours to finish. It has a satisfying, if rather formulaic, ARPG combat loop