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VVVVVV cover art

VVVVVV

Terry Cavanagh · 2010-09-07

SteamGOGPlayStation Store

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Nov 17, 2017 (Nintendo Switch), Jun 11, 2014 (Android), Jan 11, 2010 (Mac), Dec 29, 2011 (Nintendo 3DS), Jul 26, 2011 (Linux), Aug 25, 2015 (PlayStation Vita)

VVVVVV is a platform game all about exploring one simple mechanical idea - what if you reversed gravity instead of jumping?

VVVVVV is a 2010 Action and Indie game priced at $4.99, with an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (96% of 10,538 reviews).

20
playing now
96%
positive of 11k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (187 ratings)
4.62★
PlayStation Store rating (240 ratings)
3.3h
to beat · rushed 2.2h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

20 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

VVVVVV is a 2010 puzzle-platform game created by Terry Cavanagh. In the game, the player controls Captain Viridian, who must rescue their spacecrew after a teleporter malfunction caused them to be separated in Dimension VVVVVV. The gameplay is characterized by the inability of the player to jump, instead controlling the direction of gravity, causing the player to fall upwards or downwards. The game consists of more than 400 individual rooms, and also supports the creation of user-created levels.

Trailer

VVVVVV trailer thumbnail

VVVVVV trailer

≈198,669 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 20 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 270 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~34/week).
  • · Review velocity up 30% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 27,663 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 423k–846k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 10,571 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$1.24-75%
GOG$1.25-75%
GOG$4.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2014-01-01) · bundled 13×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 80 of 108 observed days · $0.75 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
727220182026Week of 2018-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3612026-09-15 12:00 — 7 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 12 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 5 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 7 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 4 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 4 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 6 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 16 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 6 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 20 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 7 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 14 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 19 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 5 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 10 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 13 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 7 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 12 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 14 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 18 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 20 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1118Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 41 · peak 125Dec 2012 — avg 19 · peak 58May 2013 — avg 9 · peak 25Oct 2013 — avg 12 · peak 39Mar 2014 — avg 16 · peak 39Aug 2014 — avg 29 · peak 75Jan 2015 — avg 29 · peak 90Jun 2015 — avg 28 · peak 71Nov 2015 — avg 16 · peak 55Apr 2016 — avg 14 · peak 31Sep 2016 — avg 14 · peak 34Feb 2017 — avg 29 · peak 101Jul 2017 — avg 23 · peak 72Dec 2017 — avg 18 · peak 49May 2018 — avg 13 · peak 62Oct 2018 — avg 10 · peak 25Mar 2019 — avg 12 · peak 28Aug 2019 — avg 16 · peak 45Jan 2020 — avg 15 · peak 33Jun 2020 — avg 16 · peak 43Nov 2020 — avg 11 · peak 30Apr 2021 — avg 11 · peak 23Sep 2021 — avg 21 · peak 82Feb 2022 — avg 13 · peak 32Jul 2022 — avg 14 · peak 27Dec 2022 — avg 12 · peak 32May 2023 — avg 11 · peak 29Oct 2023 — avg 8 · peak 21Mar 2024 — avg 12 · peak 33Aug 2024 — avg 14 · peak 29Jan 2025 — avg 13 · peak 34Jun 2025 — avg 11 · peak 29Nov 2025 — avg 9 · peak 21Apr 2026 — avg 10 · peak 25Aug 2026 — avg 12 · peak 84
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$4.99$1.002015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $1.242015-06-21 — best price $4.992015-12-21 — best price $4.992016-09-08 — best price $4.742017-04-03 — best price $1.242017-11-22 — best price $2.492018-06-19 — best price $4.992019-02-04 — best price $1.242019-08-19 — best price $4.992020-01-17 — best price $2.492020-08-12 — best price $1.242021-01-18 — best price $4.992021-10-27 — best price $1.242022-02-14 — best price $1.242022-06-23 — best price $1.242022-11-23 — best price $2.492023-02-13 — best price $2.492023-06-29 — best price $1.692023-09-05 — best price $4.992024-02-23 — best price $1.242024-05-31 — best price $2.492024-10-22 — best price $1.692025-01-02 — best price $4.992025-03-27 — best price $2.492025-08-14 — best price $1.242025-11-05 — best price $4.992026-02-05 — best price $1.692026-04-24 — best price $4.992026-08-13 — best price $1.242026-08-31 — best price $1.252026-09-15 — best price $1.252026-09-30 — best price $1.252026-10-14 — best price $1.24
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4162352026-05-30 — 336 pageviews2026-06-03 — 300 pageviews2026-06-07 — 315 pageviews2026-06-11 — 268 pageviews2026-06-15 — 320 pageviews2026-06-19 — 318 pageviews2026-06-23 — 334 pageviews2026-06-27 — 309 pageviews2026-07-01 — 289 pageviews2026-07-05 — 364 pageviews2026-07-09 — 353 pageviews2026-07-13 — 359 pageviews2026-07-17 — 367 pageviews2026-07-21 — 288 pageviews2026-07-25 — 302 pageviews2026-07-29 — 322 pageviews2026-08-02 — 314 pageviews2026-08-06 — 306 pageviews2026-08-10 — 358 pageviews2026-08-14 — 335 pageviews2026-08-18 — 368 pageviews2026-08-22 — 351 pageviews2026-08-26 — 317 pageviews2026-08-30 — 404 pageviews2026-09-03 — 345 pageviews2026-09-07 — 309 pageviews2026-09-11 — 249 pageviews2026-09-15 — 311 pageviews2026-09-19 — 265 pageviews2026-09-23 — 287 pageviews2026-09-27 — 308 pageviews2026-10-01 — 327 pageviews2026-10-05 — 328 pageviews2026-10-09 — 352 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

19
achievements tracked
18.3%
earned "Game Complete"
1.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudIncludes level editorRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing

22 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)9,7214%19
PS4, PS Vita (PlayStation)68614%19
PS4, PS Vita (PlayStation)55511%19
Switch (Nintendo)930%0
Switch (Nintendo)40%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DIndieRetroShortActionSci-fiAdventureDifficultPlatformerExploration

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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