Attract and tame your favourite Piñatas. There are more than 60 species that roam wild on Piñata Island. Personalise everything from the grass at your feet to the hat on your Piñata's head. Welcome to Piñata Island, enjoy your stay! On the vibrant Piñata Island, living piñata creatures shaped like animals make their homes in the gardens that dot the land. The player inherits a neglected, overgrown plot and sets about restoring it, tending the soil and growing plants to entice wild piñatas to visit, settle, and eventually raise young of their own. As the garden flourishes, its caretaker must also protect it from troublemakers like the mischievous Ruffians and their leader Professor Pester, along with the destructive "sour" piñatas that seek to spoil all the hard work.
SimulatorStrategyComedySandboxKidslife simulationminigamesbreedinggardeningbased on - tv showfarmingmicromanagementachievementsartificial intelligencekid friendlydancingeaster eggPC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Log it
Sign in to log this.
Where do you stand?
Three questions people argue about. Answer first, then see how your circle and the community split.
Would Viva Piñata hit harder if it came out today rather than in 2006?
Sign in to answerBe the first to answer.
Has Viva Piñata aged badly?
Sign in to answerBe the first to answer.
Is Viva Piñata overrated?
Sign in to answerBe the first to answer.
Ask the title a question
Answered from what people have written, never made up: a verdict, how much when it's a matter of degree, and the sentences that say so, quoted with their names. Reviews here first, then TMDB's reviews and the title's Wikipedia plot and reception. If nothing settles it, you can put it to the curators.
Character
Plot-driven, resolved, warm and contemporary.
- character-ledplot-driven
- resolvedopen-ended
- warmbleak
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
Who loves it, who doesn't
No profiled raters yet.
Reviews
No reviews yet.
About the game
- Platforms
- PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
- Developer
- Rare, Climax Group
- Publisher
- Microsoft Game Studios
- Released
- November 9, 2006
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Third person
IGDB rating 7.5/10 from 58 ratings.
Screenshots
Pairings
Companions we picked from the closest works, and how to take them.
Similar in taste
Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Curator Co. Other media included when they land close.
Viva Piñata: Pocket Paradise 200879% alikeBoth plot-driven, warm, resolved.
Chipper & Sons Lumber Co. 201376% alikeBoth plot-driven, warm, contemporary.
Elli 201973% alikeBoth plot-driven, warm, earnest.
Yo-kai Watch 201372% alikeBoth warm, resolved, contemporary.
Ooblets 202271% alikeBoth warm, contemporary, unpretentious.
The Simpsons: Tapped Out 201270% alikeBoth plot-driven, classical in form, unpretentious.
Both resolved, warm, plot-driven.
Peggle Nights 200869% alikeBoth plot-driven, warm, resolved.
Horton Hears a Who! 200862% alikeFilm · Both classical in form, resolved, earnest.
Luck 202261% alikeFilm · Both classical in form, resolved, warm.
Often played with
Similar games per IGDB. Opening one adds it to Curator Co.
