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VVVVVV cover art

VVVVVV

Terry Cavanagh · 2010-09-07

SteamGOGPlayStation Store

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

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?

14
playing now
96%
positive of 11k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (187 ratings)
3.3h
to beat · rushed 2.2h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

14 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 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.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 14 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 11% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 422k–843k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 10,538 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Humble Store$1.24-75%
GOG$1.25-75%
GOG$1.25-75%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.25-75%

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 48 of 72 observed days · $0.76 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

2322026-08-06 22:00 — 14 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 8 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 8 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 23 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 10 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 14 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 19 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 14 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 14 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 20 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 11 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 10 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 23 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 14 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 16 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 12 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 9 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 9 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 11 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 5 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 10 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 10 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 10 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 11 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 16 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 7 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 3 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 14 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$1.002015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $1.242015-06-11 — best price $1.242015-11-25 — best price $1.242016-02-12 — best price $4.992016-09-22 — best price $4.992017-04-03 — best price $1.242017-10-26 — best price $2.492018-03-27 — best price $4.992018-11-01 — best price $4.992019-03-17 — best price $4.992019-08-19 — best price $4.992019-12-19 — best price $3.742020-05-27 — best price $1.292020-11-19 — best price $2.492021-03-08 — best price $2.492021-10-27 — best price $1.242022-01-05 — best price $4.992022-04-10 — best price $4.992022-09-06 — best price $4.992022-12-02 — best price $2.492023-02-13 — best price $2.492023-06-01 — best price $1.242023-08-11 — best price $4.992023-11-28 — best price $4.992024-03-08 — best price $1.242024-05-31 — best price $2.492024-09-02 — best price $4.992024-11-26 — best price $1.242025-02-05 — best price $4.992025-04-25 — best price $4.992025-08-14 — best price $1.242025-10-15 — best price $2.492026-01-03 — best price $4.992026-03-05 — best price $1.242026-05-12 — best price $4.992026-08-13 — best price $1.242026-08-28 — best price $1.252026-08-30 — best price $1.25
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

5752352026-05-30 — 336 pageviews2026-06-02 — 321 pageviews2026-06-05 — 316 pageviews2026-06-08 — 281 pageviews2026-06-11 — 268 pageviews2026-06-14 — 309 pageviews2026-06-17 — 325 pageviews2026-06-20 — 324 pageviews2026-06-23 — 334 pageviews2026-06-26 — 359 pageviews2026-06-29 — 354 pageviews2026-07-02 — 329 pageviews2026-07-05 — 364 pageviews2026-07-08 — 364 pageviews2026-07-11 — 330 pageviews2026-07-14 — 288 pageviews2026-07-17 — 367 pageviews2026-07-20 — 361 pageviews2026-07-23 — 368 pageviews2026-07-26 — 306 pageviews2026-07-29 — 322 pageviews2026-08-01 — 305 pageviews2026-08-04 — 301 pageviews2026-08-07 — 267 pageviews2026-08-10 — 358 pageviews2026-08-13 — 326 pageviews2026-08-16 — 304 pageviews2026-08-19 — 311 pageviews2026-08-22 — 351 pageviews2026-08-25 — 368 pageviews2026-08-27 — 575 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.

Player tags

2DIndieRetroShortActionSci-fiAdventureDifficultPlatformerExploration

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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