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Geometry Arena

Geometry Arena

011 Games · released May 31, 2021

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A free-form arena-shooter Roguelite with heavy emphasis on building an overpowered character! You play as a little shape that shoots other shapes! Strengthen your character by mixing and matching mods and upgrades, and experiment with a limitless rune upgrade system!

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88
VGC Score
·No trend datahigh confidence

anchored at patch: “v1.1.0 Major Update - Performance Optimization” (11mo ago)

90%
At launch
96%
Steam all-time
n/a
Press
90%
Recent sentiment

Screenshots & trailers

Review sentiment over time

Weekly positive-review rate (green) and review volume (bars). Dashed lines mark significant patches; the amber line is the start of the current scoring window. Hover the dots to see what drove a dip or a jump.

How this score was computed

The VGC Score is a weighted blend on a press-comparable 0-100 quality scale. Steam approval rates are first calibrated (95% positive on Steam ≈ 89.5 quality, since Steam approval skews high). Press and tracked creator reviews each count ~2x a player review and share one cap against player evidence (creator buy/skip calls pool into an approval rate, calibrated like Steam approval); all-time sentiment is capped and halved (it's context, not verdict); reviews of the current build carry the most weight when a fresh patch anchors the window; and a 'typical game' prior keeps small samples from pegging the scale. Because press reviews and Metacritic user aggregates describe the launch build, their weight decays as the game ages (3-year half-life after a 1-year grace). That's how a game that launched rough can outgrow its old reception once updates win players over. Reviews under 2h playtime (the refund window), non-Steam activations, and free copies are downweighted.

ComponentPositiveQuality (0-100)Weight (pseudo-reviews)
Press reviews (Metacritic)––0
All-time Steam reviews96%921000
Metacritic user ratings––0
Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted)90%8436
Calibration prior (typical game)–7250

Acclaim gate: the raw blend lands at 90.4, but scores above 88 must be earned in front of a mass audience; this verdict rests on 2,410 player reviews, a largely self-selected fanbase. As more players weigh in, the ceiling rises (full scale unlocks at 100,000 reviews).

Scoring window: since the last significant patch (Sep 19, 2025) · 36 reviews sampled · 36 total reviews in window · weighted 19.4 up / 2.1 down · computed 12h ago · full methodology →

Patch history

  1. v1.1.0 Major Update - Performance Optimization
    Sep 19, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  2. [Beta Branch] v1.1.0t1 Update
    Apr 12, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  3. Welcome to play the latest version of Geometry Arena 2
    Jun 20, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  4. v1.0.7 Update
    Jul 15, 2021
  5. v1.0.6 Update
    Jun 29, 2021significant · resets scoring window
  6. v1.0.5 Update - Auto Start & Auto Fuse !
    Jun 22, 2021
  7. v1.0.4 Update - lots of new content!
    Jun 18, 2021significant · resets scoring window
  8. v1.0.3 Update
    Jun 10, 2021
  9. Fixed a critical issue with the Daily Challenge
    Jun 9, 2021
  10. v1.0.2 Update
    Jun 7, 2021
  11. v1.0.1 Update
    Jun 4, 2021
  12. Happy Children's Day! v1.0 is here!
    Jun 1, 2021significant · resets scoring window
  13. v1.0 is now available!
    May 31, 2021significant · resets scoring window
  14. v1.0正式版最终测试 & 测试玩家回馈活动
    May 20, 2021
  15. v1.0正式版：更新计划前瞻 & 测试相关
    Mar 31, 2021
  16. v0.8.7 Update
    Mar 22, 2021
  17. v0.8.6 Update
    Mar 3, 2021
  18. v0.8.5 Update
    Jan 18, 2021
  19. v0.8.4 Update
    Jan 13, 2021
  20. v0.8.3 Update
    Jan 8, 2021
  21. v0.8.2 Update
    Jan 1, 2021significant · resets scoring window
  22. v0.8.1 Update
    Dec 28, 2020
  23. v0.8.0 Major Update - New Role "Core"
    Dec 25, 2020significant · resets scoring window
  24. v0.7.6 Update
    Dec 3, 2020significant · resets scoring window
  25. v0.7.5 Update
    Nov 26, 2020
  26. v0.7.4 Update
    Nov 20, 2020
  27. v0.7.3 Update - Daily Challenge
    Nov 10, 2020
  28. v0.7.2 Update
    Nov 2, 2020
  29. v0.7.1 Update
    Oct 25, 2020
  30. v0.7.0 Major Update - New Role Swordmaster
    Oct 19, 2020
  31. v0.6.6 Update
    Oct 11, 2020
  32. URP Version is Available Now!
    Oct 10, 2020significant · resets scoring window
  33. v0.6.5 Update
    Oct 4, 2020
  34. v0.6.4 Update
    Oct 1, 2020
  35. v0.6.3 Update
    Sep 25, 2020
  36. v0.6.2 Update
    Sep 22, 2020
  37. v0.6.1 Update
    Sep 19, 2020
  38. v0.6.0 Major Update - New Role & New Rune Feature
    Sep 17, 2020significant · resets scoring window
  39. v0.5.6 Update
    Sep 13, 2020
  40. v0.5.5 Update
    Sep 11, 2020

…and 43 earlier patch announcements.