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VVVVVV
VVVVVV is a platform game all about exploring one simple mechanical idea - what if you reversed gravity instead of jumping?
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“Vertically vaulting Valkyrie valiantly ventures vast voids, victoriously vibing. Visible vicinity vows vivid virtue. Vehemently, visitor's vitals violently violated. Vultures vacuuming viper's venom. Valve vaguely vibrates, vitalizing vile viruses. Voiceless, voyager vomits,…”
— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs played“very easy and beginner friendly game, also very easy to unlock achievements! :3 kill me”
— a player, Steam review · 15 hrs played“---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☐ Good ☑ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 11:49 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
2.4.4
Another year, another minor update! For the most part this is for custom levels and the level editor itself, along with one more attempt to fix the screen textures going blank when a change to the win
2.4.3
It's been a while since the last minor update, so let's do one more! This one is pretty small aside from two major changes: Persian language support is now available, and Linux builds now use the Snip
2.4.2
This is a minor patch following the 2.4.1 update, released earlier this year. The full release notes can be found on GitHub here: https://github.com/TerryCavanagh/VVVVVV/releases/tag/2.4.2 Highlights
2.4.1
This is a minor patch for the recent 2.4 update. The full release notes can be found on github here: https://github.com/TerryCavanagh/VVVVVV/releases/tag/2.4.1 Highlights of this update include: - New
VVVVVV 2.4 out now!
Wait, a new VVVVVV update??? It's true! Two years after our last major update, and 14 years since the game's original release, we're back again with version 2.4! (Art by Cheep, thanks again!) Today's
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Indie |
| Player tags | Pixel Graphics · Precision Platformer · Platformer · Indie · 2D Platformer · Great Soundtrack · Difficult · Retro · 2D · Singleplayer · Exploration · Action (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Includes level editor · Remote Play on TV · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Catalan, Irish, Welsh,… |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 19 |
| Estimated owners | 500,000 – 1,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://thelettervsixtim.es |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP Processor: 2 GHz Memory: 256MB Graphics: Direct X9.0c Compatible Card DirectX®: DirectX® 9.0c Hard Drive: 42MB Sound: Standard audio