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SNØ: Ultimate Freeriding

SNØ: Ultimate Freeriding

Studio Gauntlet · released Feb 16, 2025

ActionIndieSimulationSports

SNØ is a minimalistic freeriding game. Push your limits for the high score, or simply enjoy the unforgiving procedural wilderness.

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88
VGC Score
·No trend datahigh confidence

anchored at patch: “SNØ 1.0.06.00 - Zen Tweaks and Game Engine Update” (3mo ago)

89%
At launch
96%
Steam all-time
n/a
Press
99%
Recent sentiment

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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%91468
Metacritic user ratings––0
Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted)99%9589
Calibration prior (typical game)–7250

Acclaim gate: the raw blend lands at 90.3, but scores above 88 must be earned in front of a mass audience; this verdict rests on 935 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 (May 12, 2026) · 87 reviews sampled · 89 total reviews in window · weighted 44.8 up / 0.7 down · computed 5h ago · full methodology →

Patch history

  1. SNØ 1.0.06.00 - Zen Tweaks and Game Engine Update
    May 12, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  2. SNØ 1.0.5.44 - Patch Notes
    Apr 16, 2026
  3. SNØ 1.0.5.43 - Patch Notes
    Apr 16, 2026
  4. SNØ 1.0.5.36 patch notes
    Apr 1, 2026
  5. April 1st Patch
    Apr 1, 2026
  6. SNØ 1.0.5.21 patch note
    Mar 29, 2026
  7. SNØ 1.0.5.17/18 patch notes
    Mar 29, 2026
  8. SNØ 1.0.5.11 patch notes
    Mar 28, 2026
  9. MAJOR UPDATE - Pole Hunt 🚩
    Mar 28, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  10. Seasonal skin patch
    Feb 10, 2026
  11. SNØ 1.0.4.29 - Bugfix
    Oct 17, 2025
  12. SNØ 1.0.4.25 Hotfix
    Oct 16, 2025
  13. SNØ 1.0.4.23 - Unity security patch
    Oct 3, 2025
  14. SNØ 1.0.04.20
    Sep 15, 2025
  15. SNØ 1.0.04.13
    Sep 2, 2025
  16. SNØ 1.0.04.11
    Aug 27, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  17. SNØ 1.0.3.22 - Skin management patch
    Jul 6, 2025
  18. SNØ 1.0.03.16 - Action Cam Improvement
    Jul 3, 2025
  19. SNØ 1.0.03.12
    Jun 27, 2025
  20. Hotfix - SNØ 1.0.02.25 (Mac only)
    May 26, 2025
  21. The big QOL-update!
    May 21, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  22. 1.0.01.91 - Hotfix
    Apr 15, 2025
  23. EASTER UPDATE 🐣
    Apr 15, 2025
  24. SNØ 1.0.01.84 - Hotfix
    Apr 10, 2025
  25. THE SNOWBOARD UPDATE 🏂
    Apr 9, 2025
  26. SNØ 1.0.01.71
    Apr 7, 2025
  27. SNØ 1.0.01.67
    Apr 5, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  28. SNØ 1.0.01.61
    Mar 28, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  29. COMING SOON - Score Rebalance 🌟
    Mar 26, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  30. SNØ 1.0.01.46 🏔️✨
    Mar 15, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  31. SNØ 1.0.00.91
    Mar 1, 2025
  32. SNØ 1.0.00.87
    Mar 1, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  33. SNØ 1.0.00.67
    Feb 25, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  34. SNØ 1.0.00.59
    Feb 21, 2025
  35. SNØ 1.0.00.54
    Feb 18, 2025
  36. SNØ 1.0 is OUT!
    Feb 17, 2025
  37. Patch Notes
    Nov 25, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  38. 1.14.17 - Next Fest Update
    Oct 14, 2024significant · resets scoring window