Ninety-Nine Nights received mixed reviews from various media outlets. On the review aggregator GameRankings, the game had an average score of 63% based on 81 reviews. On Metacritic

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, the game had an average score of 61 out of 100, based on 66 reviews — indicating mixed or average reviews.

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 and GameSpot

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 gave it relatively poor review scores of 5.6 out of 10 and a 5.9 out of 10, respectively. On the other hand, Play Magazine awarded it a score of 90% in its review, while the Official Xbox Magazine

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 gave it a 7.5 out of 10.http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/xbox360/99nights?q=Ninety-Nine%20Nights The Japanese magazine Famitsu

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awarded the game a score of 31/40 (8/8/8/7).