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VVVVVV

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First release
Jan 11, 2010
Engine
C++
Genres
Indie, Adventure, Platform, Arcade, Puzzle · Action, Fantasy, Science fiction
Platforms
Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, iOS, Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 4, Ouya, Nintendo Switch, Linux

There's something terribly wrong in an alternate dimension! Help Captain Viridian flip to find five crew members, 20 hard-to-reach Trinkets and save a dimension on the brink of destruction. It's a space opera in the most unique scale with a style that only VVVVVV can bring to you. Instead of jumping, control the direction of gravity by inverting your gravity and allowing Captain Viridian to flip between the floors and ceilings of the environment. For adventurers who save the dimension, there's still hours and hours of new gameplay with all-new Player Levels. Test your mettle and see if you have what it takes to beat a collection of levels created by other famous game developers. Inspired by classic 8-bit days gone-by and now with experience-heightening 3D, VVVVVV will challenge even the most battle-hardened old-school gamers.

Also known as vvvvvv.exe

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Storyline
A spaceship with six crew members - Viridian, Victoria, Vitellary, Vermillion, Verdigris, and Violet - suddenly encountered mysterious trouble while underway. The group escapes by means of a teleportation device, but for some reason all the crew members are sent to different places. Viridian, the protagonist, must find the other crew members and escape from this mysterious labyrinth...Read more

A spaceship with six crew members - Viridian, Victoria, Vitellary, Vermillion, Verdigris, and Violet - suddenly encountered mysterious trouble while underway. The group escapes by means of a teleportation device, but for some reason all the crew members are sent to different places. Viridian, the protagonist, must find the other crew members and escape from this mysterious labyrinth...

Release dates
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Jan 11, 2010
Mac
Jan 11, 2010
Linux
Jul 26, 2011
All 14 release dates
Nintendo 3DS
Dec 29, 2011
Nintendo 3DS
May 10, 2012
Nintendo 3DS
Oct 04, 2012
Android
Jun 11, 2014
Ouya
Jun 11, 2014
iOS
Jun 12, 2014
PlayStation Vita
Aug 25, 2015
PlayStation 4
Aug 25, 2015
PlayStation Vita
Aug 26, 2015
PlayStation 4
Aug 26, 2015
Nintendo Switch
Nov 17, 2017
Time to beatIGDB · recorded
Main Story
2h
Main + Extras
3h
Game modes
Multiplayer, Single player
Perspective
Side view
Keywords
ghosts, exploration, retro, gravity, level editor
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At a Glance

Critic Score
80
Main Story (IGDB)
2h
Main + Extras (IGDB)
3h
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Steam users rate this Overwhelmingly Positive, 6,684 reviews in all languages, recorded 16 October 2026

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