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Goodboy Galaxy

Goodboy Galaxy

A vibrant sci-fi platform adventure game where you help Maxwell the dog explore unfamiliar worlds, make strange new friends and contend with mysterious forces - by jumping, shooting, slicing, shrinking, warping and drilling.

Released Oct 25, 2024 Developer Goodboy Galaxy Ltd. Platforms Windows · Linux AdventurePlatformerActionExplorationMetroidvania
View on Steam ↗ $24.99 (US · as of 2026-05-14)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.

94.8%positive153 reviews
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“Goodboy Galaxy may look like a run-of-the-mill metroidvania, but its central mechanic of looping world maps, which somehow don't make the world feel small, is genuinely unique. I've enjoyed this game so much that after I played it all the way through to the end on GBA hardware,…”

— a player, Steam review · 15 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

98achievements
17.0%median completion
2.9%rarest: Rhythm Special 1 Expert
91.0% of players 74.4% of players 61.6% of players 50.1% of players 49.9% of players 46.9% of players 46.5% of players 44.5% of players 41.7% of players 39.2% of players 32.3% of players 31.5% of players 28.9% of players 28.6% of players 28.3% of players 27.8% of players 27.2% of players 26.8% of players 26.0% of players 26.0% of players 25.8% of players 25.7% of players 25.5% of players 24.0% of players 23.6% of players 23.5% of players 23.5% of players 22.9% of players 22.4% of players 22.4% of players 22.1% of players 22.1% of players 22.0% of players 21.6% of players 21.5% of players 21.5% of players 21.0% of players 21.0% of players 20.6% of players 20.4% of players 20.1% of players 19.9% of players 18.4% of players 18.3% of players 18.3% of players 18.1% of players 17.6% of players 17.2% of players 17.0% of players 17.0% of players 16.9% of players 16.9% of players 15.8% of players 15.7% of players 15.6% of players 15.6% of players 15.5% of players 15.3% of players 15.2% of players 15.2% of players 91.0% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
91.0%Crash Landing — Crash landed on the Outpost. Ouch.
74.4%Ship Shape — Got your funny spaceship fixed. Don't forget to say thank you!
61.6%Here Comes the Sun — Arrived on the beach planet Zandunia. Wear sunscreen.
Rarest badges of honor
2.9%Rhythm Special 1 Expert — Got an S Rank in the Rhythm Special 1.
3.1%Rhythm Special 2 Expert — Got an S Rank in the Rhythm Special 2.
4.6%Big Time Flipper — Got an S Rank in Burgerdog. (Special mode)

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Nov 01, 2024
V1.2 PC update released!

Hi everyone! Here's another update with various small fixes :) Changelog: Fixed the Totummy guard showing you the wrong icon for the right analogue stick. Fixed horizontal stick directions not being s

Oct 28, 2024
V1.1 PC update released!

Hi everyone! This is a minor release to fix the handful of bugs encountered since launching on PC a few days ago! Thanks so much to everyone who's played our game so far, it really means the world to

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.

GenresAdventure, Indie
Player tagsAdventure · Platformer · Action · Exploration · Metroidvania · Puzzle-Platformer · 2D · Cartoony · Colorful · Pixel Graphics · Aliens · Comedy (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Shared/Split Screen Co-op · Shared/Split Screen · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · DualShock Controller Support
LanguagesEnglish, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Arabic, Japanese
ControllerFull support
Achievements98
Official sitehttps://goodboygalaxy.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 Processor: 2.0 Ghz Memory: 1 GB RAM Storage: 500 MB available space