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Gumballs & Dungeons

Gumballs & Dungeons

Qcplay · released Mar 3, 2025

AdventureCasualRPGStrategyFree To PlayPCiOS (iPhone/iPad)

Embark on a free, exciting roguelike adventure with Gumballs & Dungeons! Collect and find hundreds of Gumballs, all with their own unique abilities, and create a synergistic team to tackle procedurally generated dungeons, discovering secrets and a trove of easter eggs as you explore!

Steam page ↗Metacritic ↗
88
VGC Score
■Stablehigh confidence

anchored at patch: “Update V1.0.1” (5mo ago)

88%
At launch
97%
Steam all-time
n/a
Press
99%
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 reviews97%92931
Metacritic user ratings––0
Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted)99%95148
Calibration prior (typical game)–7250

Acclaim gate: the raw blend lands at 91.4, but scores above 88 must be earned in front of a mass audience; this verdict rests on 1,862 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 (Mar 23, 2026) · 141 reviews sampled · 148 total reviews in window · weighted 112 up / 1.1 down · computed 2h ago · full methodology →

Patch history

  1. Update V1.0.1
    Mar 23, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  2. Update v1.0.0
    Mar 18, 2026
  3. Update V0.4.0
    Jan 7, 2026
  4. Update V0.3.4
    Dec 17, 2025
  5. Update V0.3.3
    Nov 19, 2025
  6. Update V0.3.2
    Oct 29, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  7. Update v0.3.0
    Sep 24, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  8. Update v0.2.5
    Aug 27, 2025
  9. Update v0.2.4
    Aug 13, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  10. Update v0.2.3
    Jul 16, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  11. Update v0.2.2
    Jun 25, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  12. Update v0.2.0 - Cosmic Knights
    Jun 3, 2025
  13. Update v0.1.2
    May 21, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  14. Update v0.1.1
    Apr 29, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  15. Update v0.1.0
    Apr 23, 2025
  16. [Poll] Your voice, your vote! Determine your favourite old Gumball friends!
    Apr 9, 2025
  17. Update v0.0.15
    Apr 3, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  18. Update v0.0.14
    Mar 28, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  19. Update v0.0.13
    Mar 21, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  20. Update v0.0.12
    Mar 17, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  21. Update v0.0.11
    Mar 12, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  22. Update v0.0.10
    Mar 11, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  23. Update v0.0.9
    Mar 8, 2025
  24. Update v0.08
    Mar 8, 2025
  25. Update v0.0.7
    Mar 7, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  26. Major Update [v.0.0.6]
    Mar 6, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  27. Update v0.0.5
    Mar 6, 2025significant · resets scoring window