Famitsu Review Scores October 31 2026: Imports and Ports to Watch

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Star Wars leads the week, but the smaller games are the real scouting report

The latest Famitsu review scores for October 31, 2026 put Star Wars: Galactic Racer at the front of the pack with 8/9/9/8, a 34 out of 40 total according to Nintendo Everything’s weekly Famitsu roundup. That is the strongest concrete result in this batch, and it gives Western readers an easy headline: among the games reviewed this week, Galactic Racer is the one Famitsu’s four-reviewer panel liked most consistently.

The useful tension sits underneath that number. This week’s list is short, platform information is uneven across sources, and two of the lower-profile games, Deck of Haunts and Glow Box, show notable disagreement between Famitsu’s individual reviewers. For readers who track Japanese game reviews to spot imports, likely ports, or localization candidates, the totals matter less than the pattern behind them.

Nintendo Everything reports the four October 31 Famitsu scores as Star Wars: Galactic Racer at 8/9/9/8, Deck of Haunts at 9/6/9/8, MeowPower Yachiyo at 6/8/7/7, and Glow Box at 5/8/8/6. The outlet notes that Famitsu reviews use four editors, each scoring out of 10, for a maximum of 40 points. PSX Brasil’s October 29 Famitsu post, citing Gamefront, separately lists Star Wars: Galactic Racer, Glow Box, and MeowPower! Yachiyo with platforms and publishers, but does not include Deck of Haunts in the supplied text. That leaves one of the week’s most interesting scores with the least surrounding information.

The full October 31 Famitsu scorecard, with the caveats intact

Nintendo Everything’s October 31 roundup gives Star Wars: Galactic Racer a 34/40, Deck of Haunts a 32/40, MeowPower Yachiyo a 28/40, and Glow Box a 27/40. PSX Brasil’s October 29 roundup matches three of those totals and adds that Star Wars: Galactic Racer is listed for PS5, Xbox Series, and PC with Secret Mode attached; Glow Box is listed for Switch 2 and Switch with Waku Waku Games; and MeowPower! Yachiyo is listed for Switch, also with Waku Waku Games. Those platform and publisher details come from PSX Brasil’s reporting, not Nintendo Everything’s shorter score-only post.

Deck of Haunts is the gap. Nintendo Everything includes it in the October 31 scores at 9/6/9/8, totaling 32/40, but the provided PSX Brasil October 29 text does not list it. Without a supported platform, publisher, or release-detail source in the material provided, the safe reading is simple: Famitsu reviewed it and gave it a strong but divided score. Anything beyond that, including availability or localization status, remains outside the confirmed record here.

There is also a platform-reading trap for Western readers. Nintendo Everything filed its Famitsu item under Switch and Switch 2, which makes sense for a Nintendo-focused site carrying a weekly score roundup. But PSX Brasil’s listing for Star Wars: Galactic Racer names PS5, Xbox Series, and PC rather than Switch platforms. That does not prove a contradiction in the review score itself, but it does mean readers should not assume every game in the Nintendo Everything list is currently confirmed for Nintendo hardware based only on the category tags.

Galactic Racer is the safest score, and probably the least import-sensitive pick

Star Wars: Galactic Racer’s 34/40 is built from 8/9/9/8, which is the cleanest result of the week. No reviewer drops below an 8. In Famitsu terms, that kind of spread usually reads as broad approval rather than one critic dragging a niche favorite upward. The score alone does not tell us anything about handling model, track design, roster, progression, performance, or licensed content. The sources here only support the numbers, platforms, and publisher listing reported by PSX Brasil.

For Western readers, the practical question is availability rather than discovery. PSX Brasil lists Star Wars: Galactic Racer for PS5, Xbox Series, and PC with Secret Mode. That makes it less of a traditional import watch than a multiplatform title that may already be aligned with Western storefronts, depending on its release plan. The Famitsu score still has value as an early signal from the Japanese press, especially because it outpaces the other games in this week’s set, but it is not the sort of Japan-only curiosity where a high review total suddenly changes the import math.

There is one useful comparison point from the previous supplied Famitsu roundup. PSX Brasil’s October 24 post listed Sanrio Party Land at 32/40, We Were Here Tomorrow at 30/40, Rivage at 29/40, and Hell Let Loose: Vietnam at 28/40. Against that nearby batch, Galactic Racer’s 34/40 stands out as the higher-scoring commercial title in the available late-October sample. That does not make it a buyer’s-guide verdict, but it does place the game at the top of this small review window.

Deck of Haunts has the week’s most interesting split

Deck of Haunts earned 9/6/9/8 from Famitsu, according to Nintendo Everything, for a 32/40 total. That is the same total range as a broadly positive review, but the spread is the story. Two reviewers scored it at 9, one at 8, and one at 6. For players who follow Japanese game reviews to find oddities before they travel west, that kind of shape is often more intriguing than a flat line of 8s.

The confirmed fact is limited: Famitsu’s four editors were not in full agreement. The interpretation has to stay modest. A 9/6/9/8 pattern can point to a game with sharp strengths and equally sharp friction, or simply to reviewers responding differently to genre expectations. The source material does not describe Deck of Haunts’ mechanics, difficulty, language support, platforms, developer, or publisher, so this is not a recommendation to import it sight unseen.

Still, this is the title from the October 31 list that deserves the most follow-up from localization watchers. A 32/40 total puts it second for the week, tied in score territory with PSX Brasil’s prior-week Sanrio Party Land listing, but the divided panel suggests a more polarizing proposition. If a Western listing, demo, or platform holder page appears later, the first thing to check is whether the design depends heavily on Japanese text, rules explanation, or long-form narrative. Until those details are confirmed, Deck of Haunts is a watchlist item rather than a purchase target.

MeowPower Yachiyo and Glow Box are the Nintendo-hardware curiosities

PSX Brasil lists MeowPower! Yachiyo for Switch with Waku Waku Games, while Nintendo Everything reports its Famitsu score as 6/8/7/7, totaling 28/40. The exclamation point differs between the PSX Brasil listing and Nintendo Everything’s plain “MeowPower Yachiyo,” but the score line matches. A 28/40 is not a breakout result, yet the spread is fairly stable. No reviewer goes above 8 and no one drops below 6, which reads as middling-to-solid within this small batch.

Glow Box is more volatile. Nintendo Everything gives it 5/8/8/6, for 27/40, and PSX Brasil lists it for Switch 2 and Switch with Waku Waku Games. That platform pairing is the most concrete port-related detail in the week’s lower half. Unlike MeowPower! Yachiyo, which PSX Brasil lists only for Switch, Glow Box is tied to both Nintendo generations in the supplied source material.

For an indie and platformer-minded reader, the panel split on Glow Box is the detail to respect. Two 8s suggest some reviewers found something that worked, while a 5 and a 6 point to reservations. The provided sources do not say whether those reservations involve controls, performance, difficulty, presentation, content volume, or anything else. Because PSX Brasil identifies it as a Switch 2 and Switch release, Western Nintendo players should watch for eShop pages, demos, or user impressions before treating the Famitsu total as either a warning sign or a hidden-gem alert.

How Western readers should use these Famitsu scores

Famitsu’s four-editor format is useful because it exposes disagreement. The total score is clean for headlines, but the individual numbers often carry the better import signal. Star Wars: Galactic Racer’s 8/9/9/8 is the strongest consensus result. Deck of Haunts’ 9/6/9/8 is the most intriguing disagreement. Glow Box’s 5/8/8/6 is the riskier split. MeowPower! Yachiyo’s 6/8/7/7 sits in the middle, suggesting a game that did not strongly divide the panel.

The availability picture is less complete. Based on PSX Brasil’s supplied October 29 Famitsu post, Star Wars: Galactic Racer is associated with PS5, Xbox Series, and PC; Glow Box with Switch 2 and Switch; and MeowPower! Yachiyo with Switch. Nintendo Everything’s October 31 post confirms the latest Famitsu scores but does not attach platforms in the article text provided. Deck of Haunts remains the unanswered listing in this source set.

The practical guidance is therefore conservative. If you are looking for the week’s strongest broadly endorsed game, track Star Wars: Galactic Racer. If you chase unusual imports and are comfortable waiting for more information, Deck of Haunts is the one to monitor because its score is high and uneven. If you are focused on Nintendo hardware, Glow Box and MeowPower! Yachiyo are the confirmed names to check against regional store listings, with Glow Box carrying the added Switch 2 angle reported by PSX Brasil. None of these scores replace platform-specific reviews, performance reports, language confirmation, or storefront details, but they do provide a useful first filter for the latest Famitsu review scores.