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Geometry Dash

Geometry Dash

RobTop Games · released Dec 21, 2014

ActionIndiePCiOS (iPhone/iPad)

Jump and fly your way through danger in this rhythm-based action platformer!

86
VGC Score
Stablehigh confidence

anchored at patch: “Update 2.206 Patch Notes:” (2y ago)

93%
At launch
93%
Steam all-time
n/a
Press
73%
Player sentiment
92%
Recent sentiment

Screenshots & trailers

What players say

Why the number is what it is: aspect mentions counted across 463 sampled Steam reviews (433 positive / 30 negative), recent and most-helpful. Plain keyword counting, fully reproducible; nothing here is written by a machine.

What positive reviews talk about

Positive reviews don't converge on specific aspects.

What negative reviews complain about

Negative reviews don't converge on specific aspects.

Satisfaction by hours played

Same score, different games: see how sentiment holds up the longer people play.

Under 5h

96%

46 reviews

5-15h

94%

68 reviews

15-40h

94%

78 reviews

40-100h

97%

73 reviews

100h+

91%

198 reviews

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 reviews93%871805
Metacritic user ratings8621
Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted)92%863000
Calibration prior (typical game)7250

Scoring window: since the last significant patch (Jun 1, 2024) · 300 reviews sampled · 298604 total reviews in window · weighted 247.3 up / 17.5 down · computed 4h ago · full methodology →

Press & Creators reviews (1)

Individual verdicts from outlets we track: scored reviews first, most trusted outlets first among them. The small badge is each outlet's trust score: how well its scoring history aligns with players.

  • 80
    trust 60Aug 14, 2013

    Geometry Dash provides all of the challenge expected from an “impossible” game while also making it more accessible to newcomers.

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Patch history

  1. Update 2.2081
    Jan 21, 2026
  2. Update 2.207
    Nov 8, 2024
  3. Update 2.206 Patch Notes:
    Jun 1, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  4. Update 2.204
    Jan 12, 2024
  5. Update 2.203
    Jan 11, 2024
  6. Update 2.201
    Jan 7, 2024
  7. Update 2.2
    Dec 20, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  8. Update 2.1 promo!
    Sep 30, 2015
  9. Update 2.1 promo!
    Sep 30, 2015
  10. Update 2.01
    Sep 26, 2015
  11. Update 2.01
    Sep 26, 2015
  12. Update 2.0 is here!
    Aug 27, 2015significant · resets scoring window
  13. Update 1.92
    Jan 20, 2015significant · resets scoring window
  14. Update 1.92
    Jan 20, 2015