Action · September 7, 2010

VVVVVV (2010)

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Help! Everyone has been teleported away randomly! As the heroic Captain Viridian, it's up to you to find your friends, bring them back to safety, and save the universe! VVVVVV is a platform game all about exploring one simple mechanical idea - what if you reversed gravity instead of jumping? The game is designed not to artificially gate your progress. In VVVVVV there are no locks, no power-ups, no switches, nothing to stop you progressing except the challenges themselves. Key features: Elegant, minimalistic level design. Challenging, fast and fun gameplay. Frequent checkpoints mean you never have to replay challenges you've already beaten. Over half an hour of chiptune music by composer Magnus Pålsson. Special game modes, including time trials and a no death mode. A powerful and easy to use level editor for creating your own dimensions to explore.

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36 Action titles launched in 2010 — top 6 by review volume.

Peer Action titles

Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.

Position in Action

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume10.1k Steam reviewsTop 39% in Action
Positive rating96% positiveGenre average: 83% — this title sits in top 9%
Metacritic81/100Genre average 77 — top 36% of Action titles
Engagement hours3 h averageTop 87% for session depth among Action

Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Pixel Graphics · 863
  • Precision Platformer · 717
  • Platformer · 693
  • Indie · 633
  • 2D Platformer · 603
  • Great Soundtrack · 526
  • Difficult · 505
  • Retro · 429
  • 2D · 395
  • Singleplayer · 319
  • Exploration · 259
  • Action · 224
  • Sci-fi · 152
  • Adventure · 135
  • Short · 127

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (12)

  • English
  • French
  • Italian
  • German
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Dutch
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Polish
  • Portuguese - Brazil
  • Portuguese - Portugal
  • Russian

Reception Metrics

Steam community

96%Overwhelmingly Positive · 10.1k reviews

9.7k positive · 404 negative

Metacritic

81/100 critic aggregate

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Metacritic user score

8.0/10

Curator recommendations

6.4k

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Cloud
  • Remote Play on TV

Input & Comfort

  • Full controller support

Other

  • Single-player
  • Includes level editor
  • Family Sharing

Release & Availability

Release dateSep 7, 2010
DeveloperTerry Cavanagh
Base price$1.24 -75%
PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux
Estimated owners1M–10M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

3h

brief (under 5 hours)

Median

1h

Typical completion time

Achievements

19

Steam unlocks available

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Editions & Packages

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