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VVVVV cover art

VVVVV

BekkerDev Studio · 2019-11-17

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Nov 17, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

VVVVV is a colorful, dynamic platformer action with puzzle elements, made in retro style.

59%
positive of 54 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$0.77
steam price (US)

One day a sorcerer from the dark kingdom decided to gain power over gravity. With the help of alchemy, he made a potion of gravity and was captured by his own invention - the strength of the potion was so great that it consumed his planet. In the name of his salvation, the wizard sacrificed his soul to the altar, granting immortality and power over nature. His abode was destroyed, and then he created a powerful alliance, code-named V-Five, incorporating the five most dangerous and vicious creatures. They invaded our land and plunged the world into chaos. Nothing could resist them, only the pow(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 54% of 23,042 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.4k–3.2k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 54 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
101020192026Week of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2019-11-17 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2DRPGGoreIndieMagicRetroActionAdventureDifficultMinimalist

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.